For the second reflection paper I chose to write about the book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. When I started reading this book‚ I had no idea what I was going to read about. I learned many new concepts on the culture of Hmong and their views. A brief section of the book also was about how they came to America and the experiences they had while doing so. I learned that there was a secret war in Laos that caused a tragedy among the Hmong people leaving them to abandon their homes in the
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A king was touring his kingdom on his elephant. Suddenly he stopped in front of a shop in the market and said to his minister‚ "I don’t know why‚ but I want to hang the owner of this shop." The minister was shocked. But before he could ask the king why‚ the king had moved on. The next day‚ the minister went to that shop dressed as one of the locals to see the shopkeeper. He casually asked him how his business was faring. The shopkeeper‚ a sandalwood merchant‚ reported sadly that he had hardly any
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around our bodies embedding their screams in our ears and as the consistent sound rang through us‚ the dread over took my body. The war that we all prepared for was here‚ the one we read in our holy books‚ the one which many people spoke about but didn’t prepare themselves for. It was looked upon as a myth‚ but for us it spiraled around fusing itself with time‚ making the war between worlds reality. Nothing that I was grown to know‚ or to believe‚ was true today. As a nonbeliever‚ I was made to believe
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Everest UniversityPrinciples of Sociology July 25‚ 2009You are what you eatThis paper is about an exploration in different cultures and what they eat. In this paper one ’s opinion about the different types of food eaten in different cultures will be discussed. Also in this paper there will be a discussion on cultural diversity and diet. Included in this paper will be a discussion on the sociological theories of functionalism‚ conflict theory‚ and interactionism. Also included in the discussion will
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skepticism of the “new consumer‚” a smart young character fleeing the mainstream and adamantly resistant to all forms of advertising. The consumers he observed seem very much involved with brands and products. If traditional advertising has become a less effective way of fostering that involvement‚ the commercial persuasion industry has in turn been fiendishly resourceful in coming up with alternative methods‚ infiltrating hitherto unexploited aspects of our lives. 3. What is “murketing?” Murketing
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Sweat out the Sweatshops In the early 1800’s‚ the seamstress‚ was common figure in American cities. The seamstress was a skilled mender of clothing‚ a much needed but under valued member of American society. There was the seamstress and there was the dressmaker. Although the seamstress and the dressmaker had comparable skill in those days‚ they did not have comparable in incomes (Leibhold‚ 1998). Dressmakers were often hired to make entire outfits and wardrobes for the wealthy‚ and thus
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The current generation of young people is less politically active. Do you agree? The current economic crisis in most of the western world‚ coupled with the alarmist views of global warming and its doomed consequences‚ has put forward‚ once more‚ the question as to whether or not the current generation is less politically active than previous generations. The current generation of young people is less politically active if is compared to previous generations; however this is beginning to change
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Do you believe that Capitalism is moral? Justify you answer. Capitalism can be defined ideally as an economic system in which the major portion of production and distribution is in private hands‚ operating under what is termed a profit or market system. No central governing body involves to these private owners what or how much of anything will be produced. There are four key features of capitalism: companies‚ profit motive‚ competition and private property. Capitalism allows the creation of a
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The Collision of Two Cultures - Implications of Cultural Values and Beliefs on Caring Concepts Abstract This paper is a personal response to Anne Fadiman’s book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. The paper includes a summary of the book‚ an overall impression of the reader‚ a discussion of three major themes evident in the book‚ and a description of a situation from the book and how the situation could be handled differently using references and material learned in 3020 Transcultural
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down”‚ a novel‚ written by Anne Fadiman‚ takes an inside look at the Hmong culture‚ their history‚ and trails Lia’s‚ a Hmong child of the Lees‚ medical experience with her American doctors and how a clash of two cultures impacted her outcome. Lia has epilepsy or as the Hmong say‚ “the spirit catches you and you fall down” (Fadiman‚ 2012‚ p. 30). The book focuses on Lia’s care‚ which results in brain death‚ the medical staffs’ actions/behaviors‚ what improvements
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