The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

by

Anne Fadiman

First published: 1997

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Table of Contents

Literary Elements

• Setting
• Character List
• Conflict
• Short Summary (Synopsis)
• Themes
• Mood
• Anne Fadiman - Biography

Chapter Summaries with Notes / Analysis
• Preface
• Chapter 1 - Birth
• Chapter 2 - Fish Soup
• Chapter 3 - The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
• Chapter 4 - Do Doctors Eat Brains?
• Chapter 5 - Take As Directed
• Chapter 6 - High-Velocity Transcortical Lead Therapy
• Chapter 7 - Government Property
• Chapter 8 - Foua and Nao Kao
• Chapter 9 - A Little Medicine and a Little Neeb
• Chapter 10 - War
• Chapter 11 - The Big One
• Chapter 12 - Flight
• Chapter 13 - Code X
• Chapter 14 - The Melting Pot
• Chapter 15 - Gold and Dross
• Chapter 16 - Why Did They Pick Merced?
• Chapter 17 - The Eight Questions
• Chapter 18 - The Life or the Soul
• Chapter 19 - The Sacrifice

Overall Analysis
• Character Analysis
• Plot Structure Analysis
• Author's Style
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Point of View
• Themes - Theme Analysis
• Foreshadowing
• Irony
• Quotations - Important Quotes and Analysis
• Symbolism / Motifs / Metaphors / Imagery / Symbols
• Key Facts

Questions
• Study Questions / Multiple Choice Quiz
• Answer Key
• Essay Topics / Book Report Ideas

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