Eli Clare distinctively paints us a picture in how society today deals with modern outcasts. We see these outcasts as everyday people and not science fiction characters. In "The Mountain" and "Freaks and Queers" we see a similar comparison and how people with disabilities or abnormalities had to deal with society and the way they were portrayed from their communities.
In "the mountain" the struggle of climbing the mountain because of her physical impairment was related to her struggle in life and how she had to deal with the ups and downs of society. In "Freaks and Queers" we also saw the impairment of people with disabilities but were introduced to the new factor of dealing with society and the issues of people who stray from the act of being heterosexual. Eli Clare does a good job illustrating how people look upon these outcasts of society and treat them. She knows that they are not treated as equals, but hopes that someday they may be able to be. Although I was not there for the showing of the Glee episode I do know of the guy in the wheel chair and how he must face his issues in high school which is the worst time in someones life to have a disability. Teenagers are brutally honest and that can be detrimental for someone with a disability to have to experience. Eli Clare helps us understand what its like for them to have to be exposed to these situations. Hopefully by a portion of society understanding this maybe it can help relate to these people even if it is a small percentage at a time. Scott Swan Post #9
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