ENG-W 131 Lecture 5: Fundamentals of Caring Notes class notesPremium
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EnglishCourse Code
ENG-W 131Professor
Jillian GilmerLecture
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Fundamentals of Caring
Typical associations with a care giver
• Structured, Type A following rules
• Ben walks in with no experience and follows his own rules, not a stiff relationship
• Usually thought to be highly regimented, on a script
• Complete dependency
• Just being a job for someone, no personal level
Ben’s issues
• Lost his son and feels guilty
• Feels obligated to make sure Trevor is ok
• Trevor becomes a symbolic figure
• By becoming caregiver, it fills a void
• Ben can’t do anything about his son but he feels like he can do something for Trevor
Trevor’s personality
• Biological father isn’t around
• Restricted, daily routine
• Very sarcastic
• Not close with father, he left when he found out Trevor had a disability
• Abandonment issues
Dot
• Running away from home and starting over
• Trying to get to Denver
• Mom passed away
• Father isn’t in the picture until the end
• Because she saw how Trevor’s father treated him she was forgiving to her dad
Gender & Disability
• Wendell
o scene with the cow how the workers had to carry the wheelchair up and down (literal burden)
o Disabilities are given disadvantages in society same example as above ^
o How Trevor was supposed to man up and go talk to Dot yet he was worried his disability would hold him
back in a way and he wouldn’t talk to Dot at first.
• Devor
o Mom makes the money because she is a single mom yet usually the man makes the money
o Disability is feminizing yourself
o Ben and Trevor’s masculinity was being challenged when the dash lights came on and Dot was telling them
to just keep going.
Gender & Sexuality
• How you can’t be a sexual being with a disability
• Since your body is displayed his body is questioned
• Gender=self-determination peeing standing up=independence
• Inter-dependence; the relation between Ben and Trevor
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