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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

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

In the novel by Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, is written about two cultures and their differences: Hmong and American. The clash between these two cultures interferes with the treatment of a three-month child, Lia Lee, which has been diagnosed with epilepsy. Her parents’ think is actually caused by the spirits. When it comes to the treatment for Lia her parents prefer to treat her with their own particular ways and medications, like in the Hmong culture, instead of going for

What would it be like to come to a country and not understand anything about its health care system? In The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down, Anne Fadiman brings to light the conflicts between a Hmong family’s cultural beliefs, and that of the traditional western medical beliefs of the American doctors they come into contact with. Fadiman shows the consistent tug of war between the Hmong culture and the Western American medical practice. The Lee family comes from a culture that believes in holistic

Down by Anne Fadiman. Her book tells the tragic, true story of Lia Lee, a young Hmong girl with epilepsy and her American doctors. The Hmong came to America in the seventies and eighties to escape Laos after the secret war. The Hmong were safe from the war dangers in Laos, but once they arrived in America they would face other kinds of problems. One problem would be the health care system. Anne Fadiman views assimilation for the Hmong as necessary, but difficult to accomplish.

essay I will use Anne Fadiman’s book, “The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down”, in order to analyze its rhetorical situation & effectiveness. This book is filled with lots of emotion, anger, betrayal, misunderstandings and compassion. Before Anne Fadiman became a writer she was a student at Harvard University. After graduating, she became a worker as a wilderness instructor in Wyoming before returning to New York to pursue he career as a writer. She has been a staff writer at Life and editor of The

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.

you and simply give up resistance to maintaining your countenance. Now just for a moment ponder the fact that many people do not have that strong, positive, or sensationally warm feeling of belonging to a location. The Hmong in the book by Anne Fadiman called, The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down clearly expresses the lack of home and belonging for the Lee family. In fact, this book gives the reader a full look at the post modernistic view of nomadism that the Hmong have endured for centuries

Interpreting and Experiencing Anti-Queer Violence : Race, Class, and Gender Differences among LGBT Hate Crime Victims. We also encountered and excerpt from Social Work Practice With a Difference; The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman. The first four reading from our text explore the association of the manner in which state power organizes race, class, and gender. We also get a view of how the intersectional approach of race, class, and gender may help us to understand some forms

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place” (George Bernard Shaw). As humans, it is imperative that we communicate effectively with each other, and this is no more evident than in Ann Fadiman’s novel “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.” This book captures the story of Lia Lee, a child born into a Hmong refugee family from Laos with severe epilepsy. For Lia’s parents, Foua and Nao Kao, the faith of their daughter stemmed from a vindictive spirit that