Summary Of In The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down By Anne Fadiman
Introduction Anne Fadiman is an American journalist and widely recognized for writing about critical and sensitive issues of the society. In the famous work 'In the Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down', the author has focused on critically examining the intense collision between two different cultures, American and Hmong, by referring the case of Lia Lee (Fadiman, 1997), where Lee has been portrayed to be quite young and not physically well to speak for herself. Her health is inextricably bound up in the chase of 'best interest standards' by all those close to her.
In this story, the author reports on the complex interactions between them and reveals the inherent struggles of power relations. The story written by Anne Fadiman intends to
raise awareness among audience concerning some sensitive pedigree. The main focus of the following paper is to identify theoretical perspective outlined in the text in order to conduct comprehensive analysis at the personal as well as environment levels.