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=Comparison-Contrast Essay Using Chapters 2-4 (40 points possible)=

=== Chapter 2 explores Paul Farmer's work as a doctor of infectious diseases at the Brigham and Women's Hospital at the Harvard Medical Center in Boston. Chapter 3 and 4 take us to the mountains of Haiti, where Farmer works most of the year at a much smaller facility, Zanmi Lasante (Partners in Health). Author Tracy Kidder does a masterful job of juxtaposing these two vastly different work places while still highlighting interesting ways they are similar. We also see Dr. Farmer at work -- with colleagues and patients -- and notice ways in which he thinks and behaves at each work place. ===

=ESSAY ASSIGNMENT: Compare and contrast the two settings -- the Brigham and Zanmi Lasante -- and Dr. Farmer's work there. Be sure to address the following questions: What do we conclude about the main differences between the two facilities? What interesting similarities can we find? How are Dr. Farmer's attitude and demeanor slightly different in each place, and what do we conclude about this?=

=== Use 3-4 paragraphs and aim for 1-1/2 pages. Determine a logical way to organize your ideas into paragraphs before you begin writing. Discuss each facility fully, using at least __two quotes__ from the text. (These can be full sentences or partial quotes. Note page numbers.) Focus on key details that show the most important points you wish to make about each facility. You can't discuss everything! Consider the following: the setting of the hospital, the buildings and procedures offered, the staff, the patients, the payment procedures. Then discuss how Dr. Farmer conducts himself in each place -- with the staff and the patients. What are some ways he seems to think or behave similarly in each, and what differences do you notice? Finally, come to some conclusions about the health care in the U. S. and Haiti and about Farmer as a doctor in Boston and in Haiti. ===

Possible introduction paragraph:
===**In the book __Mountains Beyond Mountains__, author Tracy Kidder introduces us to Dr. Paul Farmer, an ambitious man who is trying to cure infectious diseases around the world. In chapters 2-4, we see Dr. Farmer working in two very different settings.**===