Analysis Of Patrick Atkinson's The Dream Maker

Patrick Atkinson of The Dream Maker by Monica Hannan, was a strong man of God. Atkinson may not consider himself religious, however, he is highly spiritual. Through his spirituality Atkinson was able to do great work within vulnerable communities and population. Atkinson was a man who used his spirituality to guide him to his next destination, Atkinson believe that it was God’s calling for him to help people, regardless of how difficult or life threating it may become. With spirituality and trusting in God’s plan for him Atkinson was given the opportunity to help numerous children during his journeys of life. Atkinson main method to his “madness” or approach was trusting with his initial gut feeling. Regardless of the predicament Atkinson would often times act first and ask questions later. A prime example of Atkinson doing so was during the war in Guatemala. At the
According to Wormer and Besthorn ecology is when the organism and the environment it’s in are dependent upon each other (2011). A person must be able to cope with the stress of the environment they’re in (Wormer & Besthorn, 2011), which Atkinson did very well, no matter where he traveled to Atkinson could handle the pressure of the environment around him. At one point Atkinson even began to become numb to environment around him whether it was New York or Guatemala. Wormer and Besthorn also state that the framework of ecological systems perspective is the ability to “function in a hostile neighborhood or community setting (2011). The environments he was in were far from positive from young teenagers strung out on drugs, prostituting their bodies on the corner, or witness mass murder, witness dead bodies and children. The things Atkinson had to handle in his environments would have driven another man crazy. Atkinson had little trouble adapting and surviving in any environment God placed him