Discuss the attitudes of the various villagers (e.g. Lady Wondershoot, the Vicar, Caddles’ mother) towards Caddles and others like him. How do they treat him, and how is Caddles’ life shaped by that treatment?
Book 2, Chapter I (The Coming of the Food)
Book 2, Chapter II (the Brat Gigantic)
Watch this video to learn about the lives of people living with acromegaly:
read: “The History of Treatment Toward People With Disabilities” (Book chapter from Psychosocial Aspects of Disability, 2nd Edition by Marini, Irmo, PhD, CRC, CLCP | Graf, Noreen M., PhD, CRC | Millington, Michael J., PhD
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PROMPT: In Book II, Chapter I, Lady Wondershoot meets Caddles and questions, “Is it right this child should have such an extraordinary quantity of milk?” In Chapter II, the Vicar declared Caddles to be “a terrible nuisance about the village.” We learn that Caddles is not given access to school nor church.
Discuss the attitudes of the various villagers (e.g. Lady Wondershoot, the Vicar, Caddles’ mother) towards Caddles and others like him. How do they treat him, and how is Caddles’ life shaped by that treatment?
How were people with physical differences treated at the time of publication of The Food of the Gods? How do you think that Caddles would be treated in the United States today?
Support your reflection with at least 2 quotes from The Food of the Gods, and at least one reference to “Chapter 1: The History of Treatment Toward People With Disabilities” from Psychosocial Aspects of Disability, 2nd Edition.
Assignment Requirements
Your reflection paper should be between 400-500 words. (Writing a bit more than that is okay too).
Your discussion must connect your personal reflection to an analysis based on the chapters read from The Food of the Gods in this module (Book 2, Chapter I (The Coming of the Food) and Book 2, Chapter II (The Brat Gigantic).
Support your discussion post with at least 2 quotes from this text in proper APA or MLA citation from The Food of the Gods.
At least one reference to either the video “Voices of the Acromegaly Community: Putting the Spotlight on a Rare Disease” or the video “What Andre The Giant’s Private Life Was Really Like”
At least one reference from to “Chapter 1: The History of Treatment Toward People With Disabilities” from Psychosocial Aspects of Disability, 2nd Edition.
Make one connection to the field of developmental biology
Requirements: 500 words
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