The longer Mariatu stay s in Canada, the more she dreams of her own colorful world of home and less of the chance that she could use a form of hands again. She hated London. She hated the cold, rain, but most of all she hated the prosthetic hands. She couldn't even control them and she didn't even want to try to make them work the way that she wanted to. People looked at her weirdly when she would walk in the rainy streets with Yaboom. She felt uncomfortable and that she didn't belong. Besides why would she want fake hands when she didn't even need real ones anymore. She could easily face the day without them.
A person could easily connect this text to world because, there are hundreds of people around the world who have gone through the rebel attacks and they too have learnt how to use their bodies as if nothing was missing. Many people would also prefer to use the method that they have now grown accustomed to. These people would probably carry the same slogan inn life- It is not what's missing it's what's there.
The small comments and rhetorical questions throughout the blog make it feel less formal and easier to for the reader to relate to. I thought differently of Mariatu’s experience with the hand device in London. I thought she the main reason for her dislike for the device was that she wanted to keep her independence and she had already taught herself how to do some basic tasks without hands, rather than feeling uncomfortable and like she didn’t belong. I agree that a person could easily relate the text to work, but it could also be related to self. When a person gets sick or has a small injury they realize that they had taken for granted the times when they were healthy and well. Mariatu may not have taken her hands for granted, but she sure didn’t think she would have to learn to live without them someday. People may not have taken their bodies for granted before either, but as with Mariatu they wouldn’t have woken up that morning thinking, “What will I do if I cut my finger while I’m cutting carrots today in home ec. Class?” A bigger picture idea that this is an example of is “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone.” This idea isn’t to be taken too literal because Mariatu obviously knew she had hands, but she didn’t sit around and think about how much easier they made her life.
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