Mountains Beyond Mountains

John Tracy Kidder is an American non-fiction writer who was born in 1945 in New York City, New York, he is popularly known for books such as: The Soul of a New Machine (1982), which won a Pulitzer prize and a National Book award; House (1985); Among Schoolchildren (1989), which was described by the New York Book Times Review as “full of the author’s genuine love, delight and celebration of the human condition.”; and Mountains Beyond Mountains (2003), which will be the main focus of this essay. Kidder graduated from Phillips Academy Preparatory School in 1963, Harvard University in 1967 with a BA in English, after an encounter in a creative writing course taught by Robert Fitzgerald persuaded him to leave his pursuit of majoring in political…

How can multi-dimensional problems be solved by sustainability? In the book Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, a doctor named Paul Farmer tries to answer this question by starting a health center in Haiti. Farmer soon realizes that some of the physical obstacles that the Haitian people live with on a daily basis, are nearly impossible to change. By analyzing what caused the problems Haiti faces, he sees the history of the Péligre Dam as a tool of prevention for future dilemmas. Farmer…

Mountains beyond mountains by Tracy Kidder follows a doctor who grew up in a poor household and then followed his dream of being a doctor. He earned his degrees at Harvard and Duke and began his journey helping people. This book follows Farmer’s life in great detail, including his work and accomplishments. The book is split into 5 parts, each containing one part of his his journey. One of the biggest ideas that resonated with me was that Dr. Paul Farmer would spend huge amounts of money of…

Doctors are our societies way of treating disease that plague us. And yet, it seems they can only accomplish this task in one direction; biomedical. They are tuned into the gadgets and the gizmos that often times they neglect the illness portion of being sick; how the patient feels, if they’ve experienced any backlash from being sick and so on. Until reading about Dr. Farmer’s work in Mountains Beyond Mountains, it had appeared no doctor would be able to combine the dichotomies, competence over…

Analytical comparison of Health as a Human Right in Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains and Ansell’s County Analytical comparison of Health as a Human Right in Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains and Ansell’s County Health is an issue that brings together various sectors and stakeholders because of its importance in the society. Giving the population quality healthcare requires vast attention and resources. Investments in the health sectors have kept growing to ensure that the society is…

Haitian proverb “Mountains Beyond Mountains” is the title of the book written by Tracy Kidder about Paul Framer and his adventures through Haiti, Peru and Russia. Dr. Framer is a Harvard graduate physician and anthropologist. “Mountains Beyond Mountains” is an excellent title for the book because it not only shows Dr. Framer’s understanding of difficult, relentless work needed cure tuberculosis, but also that once one obstacle is accomplished another one is sight already, hence hard work must…

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder is a biography written in 2003 which presents the beliefs, goals, and life events related to a benevolent Haitian doctor named Paul Farmer. In this book, Kidder travels with Farmer to Haiti to observe Farmer’s work towards curing the people of Haiti. Whereas Farmer and the other Haitians are idealistic people, Kidder initially struggled with seeing the reason behind Farmer’s endeavors to solve the Haitian medical crisis. However, he eventually…

A story has to be told by somebody. In Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by author Tracy Kidder, the “storyteller” is the author, and this influences the reader through many points of the author’s passive tone ; even though it is told from his point of view, his conversation is sort of second-hand, submissive, and Dr. Farmer is the subject and the object of the story. Body Paragraph 1: passive tone Tracy Kidder speaks with a passive…

John Roach Global Health Connections Profesor Siqueira 2/27/2017 Book Report The first section of the book Mountains Beyond Mountains was titled Dokte Paul and this section was chapters one through four. Dokte Paul stands for a healer or physician so essentially it means Docter Paul. Paul Farmer is who this book is all about. The book is about Paul Farmer and the part of his life when he tried to start a movement to give proper care to everyone in Haiti. Paul Farmer is a thirty five year…

sa Moffat Professor Siqueira Global Health Connections October 10, 2017 Mountains Beyond Mountains Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Farmer, A Man Who Could Cure the World , written by Tracy Kidder, illustrates lessons needed in today’s society across the bibliography contexts of Dr. Paul Edward Farmer. In Part One, “Dokte Paul” it’s established that Dr. Farmer is not only devoted to helping the Haitian people but, also well respected and intimate when it comes to his work…