We All Fall Down By Robert Cormier

The characterisation of Harry Flowers illustrates the dark side of humanity through his evil, manipulative and dishonest behaviour. Harry lacks any real sense of morality. shows no remorse for his actions as he is able to escape any real punishment for the damage done to the Jerome house and to Karen Jerome. When harry explains to Buddy how he managed to escape the consequences for his actions he says “thought they could throw the book at me. Breaking and entering. Malicious damage to property. Assaulting the girl. But as it turns out they had to forget most of the charges. No breaking and entering, no assaulting the girl. That only left them with damage to property” (pg.107). Through the use of listing and truncated sentences Cormier depicts harry as a morally bankrupt character, through which the darker side of humanity is explored by characterizing Harry’s behavior to be

Although seemingly innocent, the small town of Corrigan, where the novel, Jasper Jones, is set, is home to a vast number of lies and secrets, and holds an immense amount of deception and manipulation within its walls. Secrets are a pivotal part of life and the human experience, and Jasper Jones reflects this in a relevant and thought-provoking manner, presenting the ways in which secrets and deceits can alter a person’s life for the worse, and cause emotional damage and trauma to those involved with the dishonesty.

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman, is the story of two very different cultures lacking understanding for one another leading to a tragedy due to cultural incompetence. Today in America there are very many different cultures. Health care providers need to be aware of cultural diversity and sensitivity when caring for patients. If a health care provider is not sensitive towards a patient’s culture it can cause a relationship of mistrust to form, lead to barriers in the plan of care, and increase health care cost. The current guidelines to promote cultural competence in the clinical setting include completing a cultural diversity self-assessment, identify the need of the population served, evaluate barriers in the community and practice, educate staff to cultural diversities, schedule longer appointments, clarify limitations, and identify alternatives offered (Cash & Glass, 2014).

The book, The spirit Catches you as you Fall Down by Anne Fadiman follows the life of a Hmong family living in the city of Merced California after fleeing their home in Laos due to persecution. The main focus of the book is a little girl named Lia Lee who suffers tragedy in her life at a very young age. The book illustrates the differences between the healing methods, or medical procedures between the western culture and the Hmong culture, and how if affected Lia and her family as she grew up. The book goes into great detail when it comes to the cultural differences and the hegemony from one culture to the other.

Unfortunately, the world we live is a far cry from perfect. We have all types of barriers and roadblocks that we must face and attempt to overcome on a daily basis. When dealing with healthcare, these barriers and roadblocks can be much scarier – and in some cases even deadly. These barriers are not limited to only language, but also to differences in cultures as well.

While there was no doubt his partner frustrated the hell out of him, he felt no malice toward the young officer, in fact, it was the exact opposite. Despite his disappointment in Tom’s lack of backbone, he felt an overwhelming desire to protect the young officer, leaving him strangely conflicted. But after almost driving himself crazy trying to make sense of it all, he had finally opted for the obvious explanation. Theirs was a fledgling relationship, and therefore, there were bound to be a few shaky steps along the rocky road toward trust and friendship. While a part of him recognized his acceptance for what it was, a cop out, his tired mind needed resolution, and if taking the easy way out saved him from more sleepless nights, then so be

Galdewell believes that the chaotic environment will only stay in that environment or himself, while O’Brien suggest that one will divert emotional feelings from his original source to another person. O'Brien offers a story about Rat Kiley, who wrote a long letter to his dead friend's sister telling her about how great her brother was. However, the sister never returns the letter, let Kiley frustrated, spits and calls the sister a cooze. “Cooze, he says. He does not say bitch, He certainly does not say woman, or girl. He’s nineteen years old’ it’s too much for him-so he looks at you with those big sad, gentle killer eyes and say cooze, because his friend is dead, and because it’s so incredibly sad and true: she never wrote back” (317). O’Brien believe that once people are extremely angry it is hard to control that anger, instead of holding their emotions, people usually will vent their anger toward another person. Even if one can vent and discharge those unpleasant emotions, that does not help the person one vented at. Often venting involves saying and doing things that may be hurtful to

“Some of the most poisonous people come disguised as friends and family.” This quote means that people aren’t always as they seem, and even your loved ones aren’t always looking out for your best interest. In the novel Catch You Later Traitor, by AVI, the story is about a boy named Pete Collison, who starts to rethink his life once people start accusing his dad of being a secret communist. In Brooklyn, where he’s from, it’s like a crime to be a “red” or communist. In this story, the conflict that is identified is man versus man and man versus self. The author expresses these conflicts by using dialogue, characterization, and figurative language.

In Robert Cormier’s novel, We All Fall Down, is a young-adult thriller that explores the evil side of humanity through a number of corrupt characters. Cormier, to a large extent, accurately depicts manipulative and dishonest behaviour whilst also showing the evil lurking within the prominent characters of Harry Flowers, Buddy Walker and Mickey Stallings who showcase the dark side of humanity. Cormier explores this through Harry Flower’s manipulative actions that result in the suffering of others. Additionally, the constant dishonest behaviour is shown predominantly through the main protagonist of Buddy Walker, who deceives the one he loves. Cormier continues to depict the evil lurking in society through the theme of appearance versus reality through the seemingly harmless character of Mickey Stallings. Cormier successfully depicts manipulative and dishonest behaviour as well as showing the evil lurking in the dark side of humanity.

In Anne Fadiman’s book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Lia Lee, a Hmong child refugee with severe epilepsy, and her life are caught in the middle of a substantial cultural misunderstanding. Although Lie and her family live in the United States and go to an American hospital, her family believes in Shamanism, thus her family believes that Lee’s epilepsy is sacred. The miscommunications which ensue, both culturally and linguistically, between Neil Ernst and Peggy Philp, Lia’s doctors, and the Lee family cause Lia Lee, before she even turns five years old, to end up in comatose for the rest of her life. However, Lia Lee’s life could have been saved if the Lee’s had a better understanding of the American doctors’ intentions, and the

The history of the Hmong people is long and complicated, but that history is what makes the Hmong, Hmong. Throughout the existence of the Hmong, tradition has always been important and hundreds have died to protect the Hmong way. Traditions are taught to each new generation, and with these traditions came the believe that Hmong are free and you must never betray your own people because Hmong protect Hmong. This ideology has helped the Hmong survive persecution from surrounding peoples. The preservation of Hmong tradition and customs is what has caused the Hmong to fight enemies or migrate to other surrounding areas. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman helps highlight the Hmong history and their struggle with preserving traditions and the Hmong culture as a whole. The Hmong have always united and stayed connected because in times of struggle or hardship, they cling to their traditions and ways. When the Hmong came to America, Americans wanted the Hmong to assimilate to their culture, and that not only contradicts what the Hmong fought for but also insulted them.

Imagine living in a world of perfect paradise, where no one disturbs you or takes away your freedom of thought. You’re living in pure harmony and feel as if your life is going to be peaceful forever. But what if one day someone comes along and changes your world, taking away your custom beliefs and changing your culture. What would you do? In the novel Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, the character Okonkwo, an indigenous member of the Ibo tribe, comes in conflict with the European settlers as they try to convert his tribe to Christianity. Even though many people choose to convert to this new system, Okonkwo, along with a few friends, respond adversely to this foreign settlement as they attempt to restore order in their native village. As the Europeans bring their religion, messengers, and government into the tribe, the outcome of Okonkwo 's response, causes him to bring his identity into query when he realizes that things that were formerly common, will always collapse in the end.

Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, once said: “A man who makes trouble for others is also making troubles for himself”. This concept can be seen in the development of Okonkwo as a character throughout the book. Creating plenty of trouble for others, but ultimately creating the most trouble for himself is possibly the plot for the entire book. Generally, the creation of trouble is not a value that is appreciated in any culture, especially in Umuofia. Okonkwo breaks many of the boundaries and social norms within his culture; his tendency to be immature and unaccountable combined with being very self-concerned and the defiance of elders creates an interesting mix adjacent to the cultural standards.

In the short novel Gentlehands, by M.E.Kerr, a teenage boy who lives in a small yellow house in Montauk meets a wealthy teenage girl who lives in a vacation home, named Beauregard. When Buddy and Skye meet they could not be more dissimilar and the large difference in social class leads to a growth in Buddy’s insecurity. He begins to take on a persona that blocks out his innocent younger brother, Streaker, along with his parents. Although his wealthy grandfather is a hugely disliked character from his mother, as of extreme betrayal when she was a child, Buddy uses him to earn respect from Skye. For most of the novel, Buddy struggles with an extreme obsession with Skye Pennington. However, once Buddy accepts that his grandfather is a Nazi

It is often said that “pride comes before the fall”— yet, at the same time, with such a fall also comes an opportunity for one to rebound and “rise back up” again. In Esther Forbes’ novel Johnny Tremain, the titular young silversmith and main protagonist of the book clearly experiences this first-hand as he goes through major character development and improvement after starting off with several glaring flaws as the plot unfolds throughout the story. Forbes, the author, teaches this valuable lesson throughout the novel that relates to many of the book’s key themes. Overall, it is evident that throughout the course of the novel, Johnny develops into a truly better individual as he overcomes his pride, begins to consider others rather than