Sound and Fury

I am not deaf. I never have been and do not know anyone who is deaf. This being said, I am not part of that discourse, nor do I claim to understand it. However, I still believe whole-heartedly that Heather's parents made a mistake by not implanting Heather with a cochlear implant. Heather's parents wanted to keep Heather a part of the "deaf community" and part of their deaf family. When other deaf relatives were told about the cochlear implant option, they felt it would destroy the bond felt between deaf people while not increasing Heather's chances of being successful later in life. That is where they are wrong. The deaf community is small and, with new technology, getting smaller. The ability to interact with hearing people is essential in one's life if they ever want to be truly free. As a deaf, your education, spouse, job, salary, and location are extremely limited to other deaf communities and people. Also, Heather would not "loose deaf culture" so to speak but would be adding "hearing culture." Heather was only five when Sound and Fury shot, and so she had little say in the matter of the cochlear implant that could have radically change her life. Eleven years later, I would be interested to see how her life and Peter's (Heather's cousin who was implanted) developed differently.