ipl-logo

Away From Home Chapter Summaries

421 Words2 Pages

Ahh… Chapter 26 the end is near. It begins two months after John gets the medevac flight of John to Boston, and Kidder has returned with Farmer to the other side of the epic divide. Farmer laughs at the sight of a bumper sticker and reflects on how busy he is, stating he knows “something’s gotta give, but . . . he’s not burning out.” Arriving Cange Farmer talks to his chief of staff about how they would fix National Highway 3, how everyone now has to knock on doors. (very big deal since this means they have doors.) Then we finally get to learn the outcomes of some of the patients we learned about, like Ti Ofa, the guy with AIDS and the beginning. And the little boy named Alcante came into the clinic with scrofula and was given first-line drugs …show more content…

They also stop along the way to speak with other patients Farmer has been concerned about. Kidder has been trying for awhile to ask Farmer about John, has been unable to couch it in just the right way, but finally asks on this day. After a typical long winder Farmer explanation he says he feels pressured to give all the time, and sums it up as a “long defeat.”. They all come to Alcante’s home, Farmer see the boy’s impoverished hut with its old banana bark and rag roof. Framer just knows, with his all know Paul Farmer ways that money will help this family and stop the cycle of TB that is probably killing in the 10 people who live there. Then begin to walk toward the route where the truck will come. Along the way, Ti Jean tells Farmer not to speak to anyone on the road, because they may be demons. That makes Paul comment that a people who believe that you should take medicines and then see a Voodoo priest, use their religion as a means of driving away illness. The Chapter end with Kidder thinking that the sound of the drums is like “the beating of so many hearts under a single

Show More
Related

  • Carrie Mccandless: Chapter Analysis

    195 Words  | 1 Pages

    The next chapter was Carrie McCandless viewpoint on traveling to see where her older brother Christopher McCandless died. When Carrie was in the helicopter flying to the ominous bus, she could not believe that Chris had backpacked through such terrain and lived off the land for one hundred days. However, she always knew that if Chris put his mind to something, he would always achieve it. Finally, she saw the rundown school bus where her brother had died. She tried to be strong but failed, and wept.

    Read More

  • Flannery O Connor: Chapter Summaries

    1630 Words  | 7 Pages

    2). Part 1: The story starts of with main character Connor's side. He found out that his parents had him put on Unwound list. He went to talk to his girlfriend, Ariana. She suggested that he run away, so Conner asked her if she wants to come with him, and she said yes.

    Read More

  • A New Hope By Claude Steele Chapter Summaries

    1350 Words  | 6 Pages

    Stereotypes, could potentially affect oneself performance still in today's society. Claude Steele, the author of Whistling Vivaldi, a research book base on research of stereotypes, stereotype threat, social identity, and social contingencies, reports that there are remedies to stereotype threat, including self affirmation, creating identity safety and changing your narrative. Expanding on steels remedies, my contribution on dealing with stereotype threat, are based on what he shared in Whistling Vivaldi. In chapter 9 of Whistling Vivaldi, titled "A New Hope", was filed with ways of reducing stereotype threat. One of the main concepts Steele's introduced, self affirmation, which is very similar to the concept of having a backbone.

    Read More

  • Chapter Summary Of Chapters By Dee Brown

    1698 Words  | 7 Pages

    Author Dee Brown presents a factual as well as an emotional version of the relationship among the Indians, the American settlers, and the U.S. government. The massacre at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota on December 29, 1890, provides the backdrop for the narrative. In his introduction, Brown states the reason for his work. Thousands of accounts about life in the American West of the late nineteenth century were written. Stories are told of the traders, ranchers, wagon trains, gunfighters, and gold-seekers.

    Read More

  • Growing Up Chapter Summaries

    591 Words  | 3 Pages

    There is a 16 year old boy named Adam. Him and his friend todd are in the library and the power goes out. They think it is a normal power outage but they realize that their phones arent working. Because of the power outage they get to go home from school. They go outside and see that the cars arent working.

    Read More

  • Chris Hayes States Chapter Summaries

    1127 Words  | 5 Pages

    In the beginning of the book, Hayes states, “There are fundamentally two ways you can experience the police in America: as the people you call when there’s a problem, the nice man in uniform who pats a toddler’s head and has an easy smile for the old lady as she buys her coffee. For others, the police are the people who are called on them. They are the ominous knock on the door, the sudden flashlight in the face, the barked orders. Depending on who you are, the sight of an officer can produce either a warm sense of safety and contentment or a plummeting feeling of terror.” (Hayes, 2017, p. 1-2)

    Read More

  • The Jungle By Upton Sinclair

    1992 Words  | 8 Pages

    Jurgis and his family went to purchase a house but found out they will be paying monthly, which resembles more of a rent based system than a purchase. On top of moving into a new house they have learned that the payments also have an interest fee on top of their monthly amount. One of their neighbors decides to share a story with them about other families that have not been able to pay off the house and have been evicted which highlights the corrupt nature of the landlords. It also points out that the families before them have had to rely on a key wage earner for the monthly payments and when they are overcome by disease or injury from the stockyards they lose the house. Unfortunately, Jurgis’s family is effected by the diseases from the stockyards as well but they do not have time to take off work in order

    Read More

  • The Immigrant Family In Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

    1442 Words  | 6 Pages

    They soon meet a friend of Jonas, who assists them and helps them find a place to stay. They tour Packingtown, a place where sanitation is horrible and the government blatantly ignores its conditions and practices. On his journey from work one day, Jurgis notices an ad for a house and takes it home. Marija and Teta Elzbieta soon visit the real estate agent to buy the home. They agree to pay $300 down and an additional $12

    Read More

  • The Disappearing Spoon Chapter Summaries

    992 Words  | 4 Pages

    Throughout the novel, The Disappearing Spoon by author Sam Kean, numerous aspects of the chemical world were explored. While the majority of the first nine chapters focused on the formation of the Periodic Table and the natures of its elements, chapters 10 and 11 highlighted the use of elements in the biological realm. Chapters 10 and 11 provided a nice break from the prior chapters in which the author discussed depressing topics of poison and war. While Kean used chapter 10 to discuss the medical uses of elements in the body, he used chapter 11 to discuss how elements can trick the body into performing (or not performing) specific tasks. Kean began this new section of the book by diving into describing the antiseptic properties of oligodynamic (self-sterilizing) elements in chapter 10.

    Read More

  • At The Dark End Of The Street Chapter Summaries

    1404 Words  | 6 Pages

    Danielle L. McGuire’s At the Dark End of the Street, “an important, original contribution to civil rights historiography”, discusses the topic of rape and sexual assault towards African American women, and how this played a major role in causing the civil rights movement (Dailey 491). Chapter by chapter, another person's story is told, from the rape of Recy Taylor to the court case of Joan Little, while including the significance of Rosa Parks and various organizations in fighting for the victims of unjust brutality. The sole purpose of creating this novel was to discuss a topic no other historian has discussed before, because according to McGuire they have all been skipping over a topic that would change the view of the civil rights movement.

    Read More

  • War Brothers Chapter Summary

    864 Words  | 4 Pages

    “There is a convoy of government soldiers coming our way.” Lizard snapped his cellphone shut and rammed it in his pocket. The phone was a badge of authority, proof that he was in command. “Who will volunteer to fight?” Once again, hands shot up.

    Read More

  • Stormy Chapter Summaries

    533 Words  | 3 Pages

    The documentary, “The Century: America’s Time – 1929-1936: Stormy” depicts the stock market crash which occurred in 1929. This stock market crash is known as The Great Depression. This time period resulted in most detrimental crash in economic stability in the history of America. For a decade, The Great Depression caused strife throughout the country; resulting in, poverty, hunger, and much more. The documentary covers the impacts of the Great Depression and events; for instance, the Dust Bowl, Bonus Army March, and President Roosevelt’s New Deal.

    Read More

  • Autobiography Of Peekay Chapter Summaries

    562 Words  | 3 Pages

    In the novel, Bryce Courtenay uses unique diction to immerse you to Peekay’s broken childhood early on in the book. The author gives Peekay’s South African peers an African diction, which is used to develop Peekay. As a boy, Peekay grows up in South Africa as a English boy, and is mistreated many times by his South African peers. His South African peers make up these nicknames for Peekay. Nicknames like, “Pisskop” which translates to piss-head, and “Rooinek” which translates to redneck.

    Read More

  • Authority In Antaeus, By Borden Deal

    1584 Words  | 7 Pages

    The boys finally decided to start a mini project, which included farming on top of what seemed to be an abandoned teeter. T.J. had a detailed vision on how to tackle this obstacle. It involved manual work from the gang, but the gang seemed to enjoy his determination, claiming that “T.J. kept the vision bright within us, his word skewed; and calculated towards the fulfillment of his dream; and we work harder than any of us” (103). The clique is started to enjoy the project, and gains devotion from T.J. With T.J. vivid image of his dream he declaration made the group devoted to the farm, like T.J. The narrator calls the vision “bright”, and saws that it was so ideal and perfect to the city kids.

    Read More

  • The Devil Guy De Maupassant Analysis

    1306 Words  | 6 Pages

    Greed also is shown in La Rapet’s payment; she exploits the farmer and demands a high price for her service although she knows the man is going through hard time. The short story lightens the relationship between mother and son as she encourages him to harvest the corn over spending time together before she dies and how he prefers money to his own mother which also highlights the theme of ungratefulness. Sympathy and passion is embodied in the doctor’s care and his insistence on using the help of someone to accompany the woman in her last moments though she is not related to him. Theme of alienation is evident in the farmer's need to any one to take care of his mother, a matter which indicates that they do not have any relatives or

    Read More

More about Away From Home Chapter Summaries

Open Document