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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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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In “Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism”(Weber‚ 1958)‚ Weber shows a long selection from the works of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin composes that time is cash‚ that credit is cash‚ and that cash can generate cash. (pg72) Franklin urges individuals to pay the greater part of their obligations on time‚ since it energizes the certainty of others (pg.74). He also urges individuals to introduce themselves as innovative and dependable consistently (pg.74). Weber contends that all for private enterprise
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Henry Ford‚ the automobile magnate‚ once stated that the "world was built to develop character‚ and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward" (Daily Quotations Network). Man has always struggled with uncontrollable aspects of his environment‚ but his ability to overcome these seemingly indomitable obstacles has earned recognition from numerous classical writers and poets‚ including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "One of the real American Poets of yesterday"
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The book Ishmael: An Adventure of Mind and Spirit written by David Quinn is a philosophical novel about a man who is seeking a teacher to help understand the meaning of life. When reading the newspaper‚ he comes across an ad for a teacher looking for a student to help save the world‚ the man has been looking for an opportunity like this for his whole life and is eager to apply. When he walks into the room he sees a gorilla who is able to talk to the man telepathically. The narrator is at first confused
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The scriptures clearly state that the Holy Spirit intercedes for us (the saints) according to His will and makes a groaning response to God which cannot be uttered in human words on the behalf of saints. Why must or should the Holy Spirit intercede for the saint? Why can’t the saint’s own spirit do as the Holy Spirit? First of all‚ it is God’s will that the Holy Spirit intercede for saints because the saint’s infirmities in praying are inadequate for God’s consent. For example‚ (1) The saint
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Chapter 22 Beauty Science and Spirit of Italian Art Study online at quizlet.com/_bjsjx 1. 2. (Figure 22-36) His remarkable sense of color and his ability to convey light through color emerge in the altarpiece‚ Assumption of the Virgin. Who was this artist? How did Michelangelo’s David become a political statement? Titian Titian 12. 3. The placement of figure near the west door of the Palazzo della Signoria It portrays informal intimacy. With stern watchfulness before the battle By
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The spirit catches you and you fall down Introduction: “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down’’ by Anne Fadiman represents true story of the epileptic Hmong girl and her family displaced from China to the USA. She suffers severe grand mal seizures and eventually becomes vegetative for the rest of her life. Lia Lee’s story was a poignant example that emphasizes the cultural barriers between modern and traditional cultures through their approaches to the life‚ which results in complete destruction
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Sir Philip Sidney can be considered as a “Romantic Classicist” according to his An Apology for Poetry. But before analyzing this term we would have a glance of “Classicism” and “Romanticism”. Classicism refers to the appreciation and imitation of Greek and Roman literature‚ art‚ and architecture. Although the term is normally used to describe art derived from ancient influences‚ it can also mean excellence‚ high artistic quality‚ and conservatism. Classical art encompasses antiquity and later works
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The authors of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and "The House of The Spirits" use "magical realism" to combine the fantastical world with the real world‚ using their Latin American cultural influence as a common basis. So what exactly is “magical realism”? Magical realism is the co-existence of the real world and the fantastical world; a state in which both worlds interconnect to affect each other. For example‚ the characters may find it perfectly normal for a fantastical occurrence to happen
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