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    Mountain Beyond Mountains

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    Alyssa Cho Professor T. Bassett LCS 151_B February 27‚ 2012 The Idea of Helping the Poor through Liberation Theology Tracy Kidder’s Mountains beyond Mountains details Paul Farmer’s work in Haiti. Not only does it talk about him‚ but it also talks about his patients and the challenges he faced trying to attend to them and their needs. Liberation theology is giving preferential option to the poor because everyone should be treated equally. The rich already have

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    Kim Silva Professor Rusnock History of Medicine 14 September 2012 Mountains Beyond Mountains "Beyond mountains‚ there are mountains." The Haitians use this term to express when an obstacle has been overcome‚ the next one follows almost immediately afterwards. In life‚ this usually seems to be the case. Many people’s solution to a complication is to surrender to it. Paul Farmer is an exception to this. He is a man that has persevered through life‚ battling his own problems‚ while drastically

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    Saving One Life at a Time In the book‚ Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder‚ Paul Farmer made and continues to make a profound difference in the world. He was extremely successful because of the help he received from people who surrounded him. Partners In Health (PIH)‚ Farmer’s organization‚ gives healthcare to people who cannot afford it and treatment to those with tuberculosis and AIDS. Although he was a founding advocate to the success of Partners In Health‚ Farmer would not have accomplished

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    that is funding for hospitals in rural areas of countries in South America‚ especially Haiti and Peru‚ where deadly diseases like Tuberculosis and HIV/AID was raging. Farmer and his organization are the two main subjects of the biographical “Mountain Beyond Mountain”‚ written by Tracy Kidder. Farmer and Kidder meet when the author was in Haiti‚ interviewing the American activity

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    The Shining Mountain

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    Analysis: The Shining Mountain Summary: Pangma-la’s father has named her after a mountain‚ that’s also called The Shining Mountain. She’s teased about her name in school‚ and her schoolmates are more interested in her father‚ who’s a famous mountaineer. He has big expectation to Pangma-la‚ and she feels like she’s failing. She decides that she will make him proud‚ and begins to practice in climbing mountains. Pangma-la and her father‚ goes to The Shining Mountain with the goal to reach the

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    Shining Mountain

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    The “Shining Mountain” is a story about a girl named Pangma-La. Her father named her this special name because he wanted to name her after a mountain. Her friends and classmates tease her a lot with the special name‚ but the worst for her is that those who attend her school‚ is more interested in her father than they are in her. That’s because her father is a famous mountaineer. The father has very high expectations for his daughter‚ but Pangma-La does not feel that she can live up to these expectations

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    Beaches vs Mountains

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    BEACH VS. MOUNTAINS 1 Beach vs. Mountains CRAIG MAY ENG 121 English Composition I Lindsay Harrel 25 OCT 2012 Beach vs. Mountains 2 We are always looking forward to their vacation period. There are many options where to choose in the State of California. I think that the two most common places people choose for taking a vacation are the beaches and the mountains. Both places offer a variety of activities and a quiet place to relax. The beach has items

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    Mountains vs Beach

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    Culpepper English 101-007 6 January 2012 Vacationing at the Beach or in the Mountains No doubt‚ people always look forward to taking a vacation from their typical everyday routine. There are a great number of possibilities to choose from when deciding on where to vacation. The two most common vacationing spots are the beach and the mountains‚ in which both places offer an unlimited selection of entertaining activities. The mountains have activities that the beach does not offer and vice versa. When trying

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    TASK 3 : Compare and Contrast: Mountain Vs Beach Vacation COMM1085 Section #79 By Bailey Oud ID: 6671796 Instructor: Louise Lloyd Date: October 30‚ 2014 Ever since couples have had the luxury of the honeymoon‚ along with a never ending list of post-matrimony getaway options‚ the choice of where to go for this once in a life time vacation has become increasingly important. As the perfect romantic getaway has become more and more ideal‚ the beach versus the mountain escape has raged. After adequate

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    Tracy Kidder’s inspiring novel “Mountains Beyond Mountains” continuously uses metaphors and imagery to allow the reader to be capable to analyze the novel’s protagonist‚ Paul Farmer. Farmer is characterized as an honoring doctor who provides all his help and time to serve the poor in many countries. His goal is to end infectious disease and to provide all the medicine to those who need it the most and have no access to it. As the author describes his point of view towards Farmer’s actions he realizes

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