purposal

Disability study often falls into a number of different categories; how these people are treated and how the environment is not suited to them is just two examples of several. When the Whos think of the Grinch they think of an ugly, hairy monster. When really he is only another Who from Whoville trying to blend in and to live a normal life but is not able to do so due to his mistreatment. He is disabled because he is treated differently by all the other Whos. The others think of him, as not a true Who, but rather as an unfortunate mistake. Even his own parents believed that he was not meant to be delivered to their house. In the scene where Cindy Lou tries to analyze the Grinch’s past, she confronts the Grinch’s parents together and asks them several questions. They said, "That night, a strange wind blew," which also means the Grinch was not meant for the town of Whoville but for another, and accidentally ended up in the wrong place at a strange time. Admittedly, one of his mothers said, "But you know what? We knew right away he was special." That shows even from birth, the Grinch was thought of as an outcast by his own family. They raised him as best as they could but noticed many oddities. At their first Christmas they noticed more unusual behavior as they tried to give baby Grinch a cookie, but instead he eats the plate. As the scene pans back to the parents horror and shame is written on their faces. Even the parents thought the Grinch was a little off but they decided to stick it out and raise them on their own, loving him as much as possible. However, love can only extend so far and when the whole town treats you badly it can cause a person to resort to attack other and lash out on other people around them. As the Grinch begins to grow up, you see him start to adapt to his environment. It seems to be the older he gets in life, the more shame and emotional turmoil he is forced to withstand, with no one to support him. Every time he tries to pick himself up he is stricken by misfortune, making his heart smaller and colder with every beat of anger and hatred towards the Whos.

As the Grinch gazes at Martha May in the classroom, future Mayor Augustus makes the comment, "You don’t have a shot with her. You are eight years old and have a beard." Although the Grinch may hate 99% of all the Whos there is but one who has captured his heart since he was younger. Martha may, a beautiful elegant girl who thought the Grinch to be quite hansom, could not let the rest of the class know or she’d get teased as well. Deciding to keep it to herself, she continued to let the Grinch take all of the pain and laughter and stand-alone. Left in the cold, the Grinch was rejected by his peers and was forced into a secluded life. It is comments such as these that contribute to the Grinch being ostracized within the social group, turning his heart cold and leaving him with no one to turn to. None of the residents of Whoville, his neighbors, his mentors, nor his family realized that their words could have such a profound impact on his self esteem, eventually leading to his emotions getting the best of him, plunging him into attack self. As the scene continues on, if you look closely you can see that the Grinch’s desk is distorted and his nametag is almost scribbled; out of some sort of rebellion, perhaps? Martha May, the Mayor and the other classmate’s names are written in a fancy script or a cursive lettering. This gives viewers the feeling that the whole world is against the Grinch and that he is all on his own, trying to make it in the world, very early into the film.

Grinch was always an angry child, unafraid to show his emotions. He just wanted to blend in and look like everyone else so eventually he would be accepted into the social group. Before going home on Christmas Eve, the Grinch’s teacher instructs the students to "look your best, tomorrow" and so the Grinch returns home. When he arrives home in a confident mood he constructs an angel, made of metal and gems to wrap and give to Martha May on Christmas Day. He attempts to fit in by shaving to "look his best" as the teacher had mentioned before. The following day he goes to class embarrassed by the quality of his shave, so he wears a brown paper bag over his face. When he is asked to remove the bag, put down the book, and move his foot out of the way to reveal his face, he is made fun of for his "hack job." As the other kids begin to taunt him continuously, you can see the hatred in his eyes growing. As he starts to trash the classroom, yelling, "I hate Christmas," the class is startled and runs away in distress. This is the first considerable moment in his childhood in which he begins to be visualized as a dangerous monster by the public. At such a young age, even the Grinch could see that Whoville was not meant for him. Ashamed of himself, he sprints to "Mount Crumpit" in hopes to start a new life and forget about his past.