Analysis of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

Tradition is defined as a custom or belief inherited from generation to generation in a dictionary. I think there are two major problems: the dangers that the tradition and communication of the people of the Fumo people can not be taken. The misunderstanding of these two results, I think it caused most conflicts. Tradition can hinder open attitude. Lia's parents speculate that her seizure is "not a medical problem but a blessing" and they think they can help them cope.

The spirit captures you and your fall. The clan of the Mong tribe, her American doctor, and two cultures was a book published by Anne Fadiman in 1997, Houainouy, Sainyabuli Province, from Laos, the strife against Limon of Merced of California Merced to the Monh refugee family Interaction with the health system In 2005, Dr. Robert Enttenman of St. Olav's University wrote that this book is "the most widely read book about Miao's experience undoubtedly in the United States". Lia's condition is that Medical Dose and parents provide specific medicines because they can not be more considerate about distrust, misunderstandings, side effects, and traditional seedling life, or can not try to learn more about seedling culture, It is to exacerbate refusing. . The dichotomy between the spiritual factors of seedling recognition and scientific factors of American perception constitutes the overall theme of the book.

Li Li was born in San Joaquin Valley, California, born as a mon-refugee. At the age of 3 months, she first showed signs of Qaug dab peg called epilepsy on the west side (the mind captured you and you fell down). Her superior doctor sees the best treatment among the dazzling pills, but her parents took a combination of Western medicine and folk remedy to guide her wandering soul back to her body prefer. . In the next four years, cultural differences and linguistic misinformation between Lia's affectionate parents and her compassionate doctors worsen further, eventually losing all of Lia's advanced brain function I will. Fadiman has compiled this personal tragedy, explorative medical research, and an attractive view on the history and culture of the Hmong, into a splendid and productive contemporary news article.

The spirit catches you, and you fall: a child of the Mong, her American doctor, and a collision of the two cultures