Anne Fadiman’s “Under Water” 1. Anne Fadiman narrates the events of “Under Water” in first person. She prepares us by describing the setting and the conditions and intentions of the event. I think Anne wants us to realize that everyone on the trip‚ including the instructors‚ are human. Even though they knew there was no chance of saving Gary‚ or even possibly reaching his unresponsive body‚ they tried their hardest. 3. I think she uses statements such as “Class II was not an unreasonable challenge
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or injury. In the Hmong society‚ people go to a txiv neeb‚ a shaman‚ who is believed to be a “person with a healing spirit” (Fadiman‚ 1997‚ p. 21) to cure their illnesses. A txiv neeb knows that to cure an illness you must treat the soul‚ in addition to the body. This is important to the Hmong because in their society the soul has a great deal of importance. In Anne Fadiman`s The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ the Lees‚ a family of Hmong refugees from Laos‚ are placed in a difficult situation
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1. In her critique of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ Janelle Taylor argues that Anne Fadiman’s portrayal of Hmong culture is problematic. Please explain how Fadiman’s story is problematic. In your discussion‚ be sure to consider: • How is the story set up as a tragedy? That is‚ if both the parents and the doctors are uncompromising in their quest for Lia’s well-being‚ how do they wind up colliding so tragically? • How are Hmong culture and Western medicine used as explanations for
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it becomes apparent that the child will not be healed; but this is not without the doctors realizing the importance of compromise. In this book‚ Anne Fadiman claims‚ “I have come to believe that her [Lia’s] life was ruined not by septic shock or noncompliant parents but by cross-cultural misunderstanding” (Fadiman 262). Before making this claim‚ Fadiman had come to fully understand the Hmong culture. This statement was thus an affirmation that her parents’ primitive treatment to epilepsy was not
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Fall Down‚ by Anne Fadiman‚ Lia Lee is a very sickly child‚ and is now unfortunately a “vegetable.” Much to the hospitals chagrin‚ they in fact are the reason why Lia is in a comatose state. The Lee’s argued with the doctors throughout Lia’s entire 4 years of medical strife with epilepsy about the medication and the way they were treating Lia. Fadiman juxtaposes the differences of the Hmong way of healing people: spiritually‚ and the American way: medicinally. In chapter 18‚ Fadiman titles the
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Cindy Copeland The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Chapter 1 “Foua never thought to ask‚ since she speaks no English‚ and when she delivered Lia‚ no one present spoke Hmong.” (pg 6) I cannot imagine being somewhere where no one spoke the same language – let along receiving medical care and/or delivering a baby without anyone speaking the same language. That must have been not only a scary experience‚ but a lonely one too. To have no one there and no one there that spoke my language
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Lia Lee was the first of her siblings to be born in not only the United States‚ but also was the first to be born in a hospital. Her parents‚ Nao Kao and Foua‚ were Hmong immigrants who fled to the United States. This story is a journey of the family’s struggle‚ with their special daughter Lia‚ and also the doctors who played an important role in their lives. The biggest struggle‚ however‚ was the conflicting views and beliefs of these two parties. To understand this conflict the reader must first
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The Diary of Anne Frank The story Diary of Anne Frank was a very interesting book which showed the ways a group of Jewish people during the 1940’s went about trying to conceal their identity and themselves. This story was a true story taken from a diary of a young girl during the incident. This was made into a play during 1955. This was praised as Frances Goodrich’s and her husband Albert Hackett’s most famous work as it was performed. The play was started in November of 1945. As Mr. Frank
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The entries dated from June 14th to July 5th are written in Anne’s home in Amsterdam‚ Holland‚ where she spends her last few weeks of freedom under almost normal circumstances. Anne‚ a fun-loving girl who enjoys life‚ has just turned thirteen. She writes about the various presents she was given for her birthday. From her father‚ she received a diary (which was really an autograph book) with a red-checkered cover; this special gift is her favorite present. She has decided to tell about her life in
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young member of the Frank family named Anne Frank. Anne Frank kept a diary of the family’s experiences while living in the secret annex. Anne Franks diary and the detailed trials her and her family experienced are known and read by people all over the world. Anne Franks and her diary have
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