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Includes Ophelia, but, so far, not much about his actual wife

Shares about his childhood

Explains his relationship to religion

Includes his own thoughts/perception of Paul

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We learned about Paul Farmer almost in the same order that Tracy did. It took us on the journey as if we were actually getting to know him.

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Show his backstory

Tell us his values

Share the most important points of his life and career.

Introduce his family and friends, as well as everybody who has influenced him greatly

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Tracy Kidder told us about Paul Farmer from the point of view of other people as well as himself instead of just him or just Farmer describing himself.

He explained how Farmer acts in front of different people which showed the types of people he liked, didn’t, and the shades in between

He described how he talked and walked, and the physical mannerisms that included his behavior

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What does Tracy Kidder include in the biography? What does he not include?

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What does Tracy Kidder include in the biography? What does he not include?

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It is hard to know what aspects of Paul Farmer’s life Kidder did not include as he is my only source of knowledge about Paul. However, it is clear that he selected stories from Paul’s childhood to craft a certain narrative. This narrative is that of an exceptionally brilliant boy in a very strange family.
- Strange aspects of childhood (living situations)
- Triumphs in the medical field
- Lack of a plan for lowering MDR costs

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Wrote the biography with insights from himself (talked about his own experience with Farmer, opinions about Farmer, etc.)

Added comments from those who knew Farmer rather than just information from Farmer

Focuses primarily on Farmer’s career time (what is most important to Farmer)

Thoroughly understood Farmer by going through his day-to-day life with him, interviewing him in an in-depth fashion

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Shows us the relationship that Paul has with others

Gives us great detail about specific events that were meaningful

Doesn’t go off topic or into events that are irrelevant

Occasionally shows us Paul’s thoughts and how he interprets events

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Talks in depth about specific and important events that happened in Paul's life and doesn't talk about his entire life.

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He went over more important moments in more detail. He kind of presented Paul Farmer’s life like a timeline, by having more important things take up more time.

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Most likely spent a lot of time interviewing Farmer and friends.

He includes almost everything about Farmer’s life in varying detail. His medical career and caring for other people is probably the main focus of the book, but he dives into Farmer’s personal life as well.

backstory

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Tracy does a good job of including important details that may seem monotonous at moments, but, in hindsight, shed important light on Paul Farmer’s character.

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Talked about his goal in life

Illustrated events in farmer's life that showed a constant pattern of many personality traits

Introduced important people in his life and how they affected Farmer

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Travel to Haiti and meet him

Short biographies about each character

Talk about is interactions with Dr. Farmer

Interview other people in his life

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-Write about their perspective and their thoughts
- showing background info
- write about other characters who help them on the way (important people)

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Background information

Farmer’s childhood

Farmer’s relationships with many different people

Important moments in his life

Farmer’s struggles

What Tracey observes about Farmer

Tracey’s opinions about Farmer

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He wrote dialogue, sometimes what he thought Paul Farmer thought, and most important moments

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Backstory to what he has accomplished, everything is connected

Quotes from him or someone else important to the story

He never more than a page on a single day