The Man In The Iron Lung (Reflection Section)

 Date: 06/08/21

Text Title: The man in the iron lung

Text type: Article

Text Creator: Guardian.com

Text source: Theguardian.com

Text purpose: To tell the story of the man who survived polio and still fights to this day

Critical literacy Question- How does the man in the iron lung go to the bathroom?

One day in a quiet Dallas Subberb the young six-year-old Paul Alexander was enjoying the summer rain until he didn't feel well. His neck hurt, his head pounded, the fever of polio was getting clear to notice by the doctors as the fever was continuous. He contracted Polio at an early age, around three days later he woke up to himself being in a big man-made tube with a paralyzed body, The place he got bought to had tons of children in an iron lung. Several years passed and now he is a seventy-year-old man, with a smaller body size than normal men, this is due to the lack of exercise that he could do because his whole life basically he had to spend in a tube not being able to move at all. Although this was a tragic experience for him it didn't stop him from living the best life he possibly could, believe it or not, but he became a Lawyer, he studied at college but how? you may ask, well he had to learn to breathe on his own, He has attempted breathing on his own multiple times but every time he just passed out and turned blue, but one day he managed to do it and master the skill, he could breathe on his own for approx 2-4 hours, the reason he had to learn to breathe on his own is cause if he didn't the university wouldn't have accepted him. He's changed many lives with his inspirational speeches by telling people to not give up and keep pushing through no matter how hard life may be, there is still hope. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buhewZznrzA

Critical Literacy Answer: 
How the patients would use the bathroom? The front part of the iron lung where the patient's head comes out attaches to a tin can and can be unbuckled and pulled out, exposing the patient's body on the bed. He is lifted up by a nurse and a bedpan is slid under him.