Sound and Fury Reactions

It's hard for someone that isn't deaf or isn't around people that are deaf to understand some of the issues in this movie. It is a very controversial topic especially in a family that deals a lot with deaf people. You have two brothers and one of them is deaf that come from two non-deaf parents. The deaf brother marries a deaf women and they have 3 deaf children. The non-deaf brother marries a non-deaf women and they have twin boys. One boy is deaf and the other is not. The mom of these twins has deaf parents. So you can see where all the connections that this family has to the deaf community. As a person looking in at their lives I would think that they want their kids to get a cochlear implant.
It's hard for me to take a stand on this issue because I don't want to hurt the feelings of the deaf community or anyone that has relations to a deaf person. However I do think that getting a cochlear implant opens up a lot of doors for children that would have grown up deaf if it weren't for the implant. I can't imagine not being able to hear! One side of it I think it would be peaceful not to have so many noises around you. But on the other side you won't be able to experience all of the wonderful things you can hear. An example that was given in the movie was rain and a baby crying. I also think they won't ever be able to hear fireworks, music, or even how your name sounds out loud! Sure you will know your name, how to spell it, and how to sign it. But you will never really know how it sounds out loud.
I have never been exposed to the deaf culture or community. So this movie showed me a lot of firsts regarding the deaf culture and community. Along with all of the things deaf people can't hear I also wondered what they did in case of emergencies. What if there was a fire alarm and they weren't with anybody or around anyone? What if your child wakes up in the middle of the night? I understand that you can see them but there are other safety hazards as well.
If  I were Heather I would be very upset with not getting one. Why would my parents not want me to? I wonder if maybe the parents were jealous that Heather got the opportunity to potentially have one and they didn't let her because they wanted her to be like them. On the other side of the family the non-deaf brother and his non-deaf wife have to decide whether or not to give their son an implant. There decision was they wanted him to have the implant. The deaf parents of the wife disagreed just like Heather's parents. This situation is difficult from every angle, but I think that having an implant would be for the better. After this movie I realized how much pride deaf people take and they don't let it affect them, which I think is pretty cool.