Writing Assignment

Issue: How culpable is the United States for the Hmong refugee status?

This prompt can only be written after completing chapter 11 of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.

Note the following statement:

Here was American medicine at its worst and its best: the patient was reduced to an analyzable collection of symptoms, and the physician, thereby able to husband his energies, succeeded in keeping her alive.

State whether you agree, disagree or qualify, using evidence from the text to support your response. Make sure you make use of your instruction in logic in your response.