Helping those in need usually does not take a second glance from most people. In 1848, the state of North Carolina seemed to turn a blind eye on those who were mentally incapable of taking care of themselves. Dorothea Dix, an advocate for a rights movement stepped forward. Dorothea Lynde Dix uses her voice as an advocate to appeal to the State to speak out against treatment and negligence of the mentally ill and insane. She uses representation, shows examples of democracy in her explanations, as well as fairness to prove her point even farther.
Dorothea Dix used the action of speaking on behalf of others, or, representation. She represents the people who are treated unfairly and cruelly. “I appear as the advocate of those who cannot plead …show more content…
By this definition, Dorothea Dix uses democracy to pursue her audience to listen to her more carefully. She uses one example of a poor house that uses religion as a positive factor to help heal the mentally unstable. “The jail of Sampson is said to be decently kept. The county poor are said to be well clothed and supplied with wholesome food. Several cases of insanity have been related in this county”. Not only is appearance and cleanliness extremely important factors for the mentally ill, or for regular criminals for that matter, it is also very vital that the patients are given air or something to keep their hands busy. Dix later explains that if given the ability to keep their hands busy, and giving them jobs as normal civilians would have, it keeps a balance about them, and a peace that calms them and helps the curing process. “Of one hundred and fifty-eight cases remaining in the Hospital at Staunton in 1845, and in all probability doomed for life to endure the weary burthen of remediless disease, how many might have been restored to reason, happiness and usefulness, had they been subject to early and appropriate moral and physical treatment. In many cases the morbid sentiment of friends led them to reject Hospital aid, and now the care and skill are all too
Dorothea Dix used the action of speaking on behalf of others, or, representation. She represents the people who are treated unfairly and cruelly. “I appear as the advocate of those who cannot plead …show more content…
By this definition, Dorothea Dix uses democracy to pursue her audience to listen to her more carefully. She uses one example of a poor house that uses religion as a positive factor to help heal the mentally unstable. “The jail of Sampson is said to be decently kept. The county poor are said to be well clothed and supplied with wholesome food. Several cases of insanity have been related in this county”. Not only is appearance and cleanliness extremely important factors for the mentally ill, or for regular criminals for that matter, it is also very vital that the patients are given air or something to keep their hands busy. Dix later explains that if given the ability to keep their hands busy, and giving them jobs as normal civilians would have, it keeps a balance about them, and a peace that calms them and helps the curing process. “Of one hundred and fifty-eight cases remaining in the Hospital at Staunton in 1845, and in all probability doomed for life to endure the weary burthen of remediless disease, how many might have been restored to reason, happiness and usefulness, had they been subject to early and appropriate moral and physical treatment. In many cases the morbid sentiment of friends led them to reject Hospital aid, and now the care and skill are all too