In Chapter 1 of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ Fadiman demonstrates cultural relativism towards the Hmong culture by including very detailed history‚ facts and procedures found in Hmong culture. When explaining the long process of pregnancy and birth in Hmong culture‚ she does not make and claims for or against these rituals. She does not compare the cultures rituals to another culture. Fadiman simply states facts and explains the steps it takes for a woman to give birth to a child. She
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Catches You and You Fall Down tells the story of Lia Lee‚ a Hmong child with epilepsy‚ whose tragic downfall reveals the dangers of a lack of cross-cultural communication in the medical profession. At the age of three months‚ Lia had her first seizure caused by the sound of a door being slammed shut‚ by her older sister Yer. Their parents‚ Foua and Nao Kao believed that the sound of the door had caused Lia’s soul to flee‚ they called her illness “qaug dab peg”‚ which means “the spirit catches you and
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down In the book‚ The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ Anne Fadiman tells us the story of a little girl named Lia Lee‚ caught between the differences of two cultures. The differences in Lia’s parents’ knowledge‚ abilities‚ and understanding of the culture they were surrounded by and the rationalized facts that Western medicine and its culture provide bring us to the borderland of the two. When these two cultures meet Lia’s life is put in danger‚ not
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THANK YOU‚ TEACHER Lisa reads the letter again .The contents of the half torn letter was difficult for her to understand .She still does not want to give up as she wants to know the reason behind it .She reads the letter again. ‘Dear Lisa‚ I was so impressed when you won the state level public speaking competition .I adore you so much and treat you like my own daughter as you look exactly like my late sister .I loved your spirit especially on how you kept on although you were suffering from
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background information. They could do anything and everything they pleased without taking orders from anyone‚ not even their Mom. This is perhaps one of the most appealing aspects as to why I would decide to be a villain as opposed to a hero. I am sure that you could psychologically trace this decision back to the authoritative style parenting that I have been raised on. Being on the ‘dark side’ of the spectrum would allow me to exert the rebellious desires that I have been hoarding while living under my parents’
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Are you a self motivator?" * Absolutely. I can always find something productive that needs doing. * I’m very motivated to do a good job at what I take on‚ and I like to stay busy. * I am a self motivator‚ and I take great pride in my job as a nurse. "Do you plan to make nursing your career?" * I do! I absolutely love being a nurse‚ and the satisfaction that comes with helping patients is incredibly rewarding to me. * I love being a nurse‚ and there are so many opportunities
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If you Google “gadget addiction” you will find scores of articles about the modern addiction to gadgets. This addiction extends to social media‚ the news and online gaming. In one article a woman dumped her boyfriend because he refused to have a Facebook account. Something has gone terribly wrong since technology rather than be liberating has enslaved human beings. Smart phones are supposed to be tools to help process and communicate information‚ but they have now become objects that entrap‚
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Can You Picture That? Photography‚ with the rise of social media outlets such as Instagram‚ has become a wildly popular medium for modern day art. Although these modern photographs of food‚ or places one has traveled are often straightforward and representational of the elements in the photo. In the 1970’s however‚ photography was still a new medium of work‚ one that proved with the right amount of staging can have a deeper meaning that leaves the audience with questions‚ and such is the nature
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STUDY GUIDE WILLIAM LUTZ With These Words I Can Sell You Anything William Lutz explains that "New and Improved‚" are the most frequently used words in advertising‚ according to author the product is commonly not new or improved‚ but changed insignificantly to legally use the term. Consumers must be aware of marketing strategies used to lure unsuspecting consumers into purchasing a product. Author William Lutz states how we‚ the consumer‚ are misled by sneaky advertising tactics. He introduces
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were both stubborn making it essentially harder for these two groups to compromise. However‚ I believe that there were chances to make the feuds between the groups more peaceful but not everyone was willing to accept. Throughout “What Can You Get By Warre?”‚ “Your People Only Live Upon Cod”‚ and “Onondaga Chief Canassatego” we are able to examine why things may not work out so peacefully in the end. In the first reading‚ “What Can You Get By
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