Sound and Fury

so for my ASL class, we had to go watch a movie tonight. it was called "sound and fury". i didn't even know what it would be about when i stepped into that movie theater, but about 5 minutes in tears were already falling down my face. i honestly don't understand myself sometimes, and tonight was one of them. i was crying through about 80% of the movie. it was about an all Deaf family, and their little 5 year old girl wanted to get a cochlear implant to be able to hear. if you aren't informed about the subject, you need to know there is huge controversy over implanting young children with them. but i had never felt such emotion about it until i watched this movie. the things is, i COMPLETELY understand both sides of the argument, and the fact is that it is a really hard decision. i can not imagine the struggle that Deaf family went through, or the struggle of little Heather, the girl wanting an implant. she barely knows who she is or who she will become at so young of an age, but yet is faced with such a life changing choice. there is something about the Deaf culture that just draws me in. to me it is beautiful and so expressive. there are certain cultural aspects that most hearing people just don't understand. it may sound really weird, but i think i felt so emotional because i pictured me down the line, when i started having children, and having a little deaf baby, and imagining how much i would love them, yet being faced with this struggle. over all, i have to say i really enjoyed that documentary. it was really informative, and a great picture into a world i don't quite understand.