In the story A Giant Step by Henry Louis Gates Jr., he describes the loss and regaining of the regular use of his legs. What started our as a hairline fracture, caused numerous operations and much pain. He also had to have his shoes specially made to accommodate his one leg being shorter than the other. While in Body Imperfect Debi Davis describes a person who loses b

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oth of her legs at the age of 29. Davis talks about the optimistic outlook the person had. She felt that her life would go through little change besides her being in a wheel chair. This is shown when she says "I rolled through the mall in my wheelchair with the inimate confidence of a proud survivor..." She realizes that her life is forever changed. Although she is the same person inside outside she is significantly different. People will never see her the same way again.

We go through life without even thinking about the gift of our legs. We look over walking, running and even something as simple as tying our shoes, some thing the person in Davis's story will never again be able to do. These two stories describe different perspecti

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