Man from the South
In the story, Man from the South, a man makes a bet with a soldier that the soldier's lighter could not light up 10 times in a row. If the lighter didn't light 10 times consecutively, then the man would chop off the soldiers pinky finger. If it does, the man will give him his car. The soldier agrees because he says he does not remember the last time he actually used his litter finger. However, even though you may think you don't use it often, you do. As a soldier one of the main things you do is shooting a gun. Without your little finger it would be difficult to hold the gun steady and also fire the gun.
After the lighter has lit up 8 times in a row and the soldiers hand is tied on the table and the man is holding the knife right above the soldiers little finger, the man's wife walks in. She explains that he has nothing to bet because the car is hers. She reaches her hand out to get the key to the car back and she only has 2 fingers. She tells everyone that she had to win everything back from her husband. With only 2 fingers, the wife would have a lot of difficulty with self-care activities, driving, cooking and preparing food, and washing dishes. To make driving easier for her, she could use knobs on the steering wheel for her to hold instead of the actual steering wheel. As for washing dishes, we could help her by making a sponge that attaches to the hand that is missing fingers so she will be able to handle dishes with the hand with all fingers, and scrub with the hand missing fingers.
After the lighter has lit up 8 times in a row and the soldiers hand is tied on the table and the man is holding the knife right above the soldiers little finger, the man's wife walks in. She explains that he has nothing to bet because the car is hers. She reaches her hand out to get the key to the car back and she only has 2 fingers. She tells everyone that she had to win everything back from her husband. With only 2 fingers, the wife would have a lot of difficulty with self-care activities, driving, cooking and preparing food, and washing dishes. To make driving easier for her, she could use knobs on the steering wheel for her to hold instead of the actual steering wheel. As for washing dishes, we could help her by making a sponge that attaches to the hand that is missing fingers so she will be able to handle dishes with the hand with all fingers, and scrub with the hand missing fingers.
I agree with you about how the soldier's ability to grasp his gun would be impacted. I also like your suggestions of the assistive equipment that the wife could use to help her everyday life.
ReplyDeleteI also talked about how detrimental it would be for the soldier if he could not hold his firearm steady! I love your idea for the sponge that can attach to the hand that is missing all fingers. I feel like it is easy to overlook how we can still utilize that hand. Great idea!!
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