"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman Analytical Essay by Primo
"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman
A review of the novel highlighting the difficulties faced by Asian immigrants to America.
# 9757
| 1,570 words
| 1 source
| MLA
| 2002
| 
Published
on Jan 31, 2003
in
Asian Studies
(Asian American)
, Ethnic Studies
(Asia)
, Literature
(American)
, English
(Analysis)
, Hot Topics
(Immigration)
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Description:
The paper asserts that the main theme of the novel is cross-cultural barriers and problems faced by immigrants in America. The paper discusses the psychological causes underlying the difficulties that immigrants, especially from Eastern countries, experience in integrating into a new society. The paper explains that while Western immigrants accept their new culture and assimilate relatively easily, Eastern immigrants resist assimilation. The paper summarizes the book and analyzes the cross-cultural miscommunication demonstrated by the family disagreeing with the established medical community as to the true nature of their child's illness and its causes.
From the Paper:
""The Spirit Catches you and you fall down" is an extraordinary piece of writing in which various issues have been woven together in the style of investigative journalism by the editor of the "American Scholar", Anne Fadiman. The story revolves around issues of cross-cultural medical practices and miscommunication that often leads to tragic circumstances."Cite this Analytical Essay:
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""The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman" 31 January 2003.
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