The Letter "A"
The Letter "A"
Essay By: Christy Brown
The essay is autobiographical. Christy Brown writes about his own miserable childhood. His birth was deadly as the mother had nearly lost her life. As Christy Brown grew up. He showed fearful physical symptoms. For example he could not sit up and needed heavy support at the back. He could not catch up the nib of the feeding bottle. His hands always went back and the finger were stuck up.
The mother took the child to the doctor and the doctor pointed out the
Christy Brown was the hopeless case. There was no any possibility of
improvement. That is to say Christy Brown was both mentally and
physically lost. The mother could not believe that is why she did not
like to put her child in the mental hospital. She needed evidence to
justify her faith. She used to show the books of animal, plants and
flowers. But it was of no use. Christy Brown could not speak even a
single word.
Christy Brown was born in a family where there were more then twenty
children. All of them where active and healthy except Christy Brown. But
the mother did not make any discrimination. She gave same love and care
to Christy Brown. Chrity Brown could not move his body but he had the
curious habit of moving his left leg. One day Christy Brown was in the
room with other children who were doing homework. There was slate and
chalk. Christy Brown caught
the chalk in the toe of his left foot. The mother saw it and wrote the
letter "A" on the slate. She encouraged him to write the letter "A".
After a lot of attempt, attention and concentration, Brown was able to
write on the slate. It proved that Brown was not mentally lost. Finally
the mother was able to get evidence to justify her faith. The letter "A"
opened a new way in the life of Christy Brown. Although he could not
express himself though spoken words, he could express though the written
words. It was the first step in his life to become a great writer.
