DEAF 402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cochlear Implant, Lip Reading, Hearing Aid
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Deaf Stories and Novels, cont.
Types of Character Conflict
- External Conflict
o Character vs. Character
▪ Main character has a conflict with another character in the story
o Character vs. Nature
▪ Conflict with weather, animals, other things in nature, etc.
▪ Firefighter vs. Fire
o Character vs. Society
▪ Character has conflict with society’s perspective and not deaf perspective
▪ Society’s expectations of character
o Character vs. Machine/Technology
▪ Conflict with car, laptop, cochlear implant, elevator, etc.
- Internal Conflict
o Character vs. Self
▪ Conflict with identity, loneliness, depression, anxiety, etc.
▪ Firefighter vs. Fear
Connections between Plot and Conflict
- The plot and character presented in the story are inseparable: “Plot is a series not simply
of happenings, but of happenings that come out of the character, that reveal character,
and that influence character” (Cain & Barnet, 2011, p. 132).
- The plot has no “raison d’etre” without the conflict
- Raison D’etre: the most important reason or purpose for someone or something's
existence
Excerpt of “No Sound” by Julius Wiggins
- Main Point of Story: deaf people don’t need a hearing aid to live a successful life
- Character vs. Character
o Parents and family members
o Co-workers (writing offensive comments on a paper resulted in getting fired)
- Character vs. Nature
o None
- Character vs. Society
o Societal views on CI’s, speaking, etc.
- Character vs. Machine/Technology
o His hearing aid
o Technology at work, subway, in his environment
- Defiance
o Accepts who he is as an individual, ditches the hearing aids, and doesn’t try to fit
in with who his family wants him to become
“Noisy House” by Melissa Whalen
- Main Point of Story: always believe in yourself
- Character vs. Character
o Deaf character saying she hears things but parents don’t believe her
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Document Summary
Character: main character has a conflict with another character in the story, character vs. Internal conflict: character vs. self, conflict with identity, loneliness, depression, anxiety, etc, firefighter vs. The plot has no raison d"etre without the conflict. Raison d"etre: the most important reason or purpose for someone or something"s existence. Main point of story: deaf people don"t need a hearing aid to live a successful life. Character: parents and family members, co-workers (writing offensive comments on a paper resulted in getting fired) Character vs. society: societal views on ci"s, speaking, etc. Character vs. machine/technology: his hearing aid, technology at work, subway, in his environment. Defiance: accepts who he is as an individual, ditches the hearing aids, and doesn"t try to fit in with who his family wants him to become. Main point of story: always believe in yourself. Character: deaf character saying she hears things but parents don"t believe her.
