a doctor is summoned to treat an individual of a different culture than their own. Anne Fadiman’s book‚ The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ tells the story of an epileptic Hmong child and her collision of two cultures. Lia Lee began suffering seizures at a young age and was diagnosed with epilepsy by American doctors. Her family however believed her illness was caused by soul loss (Fadiman 21). While at the hospital‚ Lia’s family was unable to communicate with doctors at first due to their
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What You Pawn‚ I Will Redeem” 1. How does the narrator know the regalia is his grandmother’s? 2. Why is the story divided by time? 3. Why does Alexie continually present the issue of alcoholism among American Indians regardless of tribe? Final Submitted answers What You Pawn‚ I Will Redeem -Full Answers 1. Jackson‚ the narrator‚ notices the regalia in the window of a pawnshop and recognizes some similarities between this regalia and the one he remembers of his grandmother’s
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generally does not occur in the skin of the face or scalp. The burrows are created by excavation of the adult mite in the epidermis.[4] In most people‚ the trails of the burrowing mites show as linear or s-shaped tracks in the skin‚ often accompanied by what appear as rows of small pimple-like mosquito or insect bites. These signs are often found in crevices of the body‚ such as on the webs of fingers and toes‚ around the genital area‚ and under the breasts of women.[5] Symptoms typically appear two to
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In the song “You learn” by Alannis Morissette‚ is a very inspirational song. In this song Morissette is talking about mistakes that people go through. From this Morissette uses many different ways to express how people can learn from these mistakes. The line “you live‚ you learn.” (Morissette‚ p.1) is very motivational to me because as time goes by you learn to gain knowledge form what accrued in the past. There was this one time when I was young and my older brother told me that I am dumb and not
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Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down”‚ a novel‚ written by Anne Fadiman‚ takes an inside look at the Hmong culture‚ their history‚ and trails Lia’s‚ a Hmong child of the Lees‚ medical experience with her American doctors and how a clash of two cultures impacted her outcome. Lia has epilepsy or as the Hmong say‚ “the spirit catches you and you fall down” (Fadiman‚ 2012‚ p. 30). The book focuses on Lia’s care‚ which results in brain death‚ the medical staffs’ actions/behaviors‚ what improvements could
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the Native Americans‚ the Europeans‚ and the Africans after 1492 C.E. within the New World. When the Europeans and Africans began exploring this new world‚ there were a multitude of new plants‚ animals‚ and germs which were exchanged. This exchange caused massive devastation for the Native Americans as these natives had no antibodies to the diseases brought over by the Europeans and Africans. Along with this exchange came new cultural influences and disastrous outcomes. Also as the Europeans and Africans
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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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If you could change any event in history‚ what would you change and why? Last summer vacation‚ I watched two movies directed by ClintEastwood (Clinton Eastwood Jr.).Their titles ware “Flags of Our Fathers”‚ and “Letters from IWO Jima”. These two movies ware said to have been taken faithful to reality. These movies were released in 2006‚ and these ware famous at that time because they were simultaneously produced at USA and Japan. If I could change any event in history‚ I want to change “The
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Q.1) what do you understand by social groups? (Define‚ describe and discuss) Ans.- “A group is a set of people engaged in frequent interaction; they identify with one another; they are defined by others as a group’ they share values‚ beliefs and norms about areas of common interest; they define themselves as a group; they come together to work on common tasks and for agreed purposes” Any physical collection of people regardless of the size who share a common interest and works
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Q. Do you believe that freedom of expression is fundamental for the successful working of a democracy? . I believe that the freedom of expression is one of the cornerstones of a liberal democracy. A democracy‚ in the well-known words of Abraham Lincoln is a way of government “of the people‚ for the people and by the people.” For this political system to be realized in daily life‚ the unhindered articulation of the will of the people is vital. The freedom of expression allows for this articulation
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