Mountains Beyond Mountains
By Brian Corcoran
Tuberculosis
From the U.S.A. to Haiti
The meaning of "Mountains Beyond Mountains"
Dr. Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer is a very smart and hardworking man. He got his M.D. and his PH.D. from Harvard University. He is a very determined man and his life goal is to change the world. He travels from Massachusetts to Haiti a lot to help the poor and ill whenever he can. On page 24 of the book, he said, "I can't sleep. There's always somebody not getting treatment. I can't stand that." This shows that he is a very caring man and wants to do everything in his power to help cure the ill. Even when he can't, it bothers him that there is someone out there who cant afford to pay for treatment and he isn't doing anything about it at the moment. Another example is on page 205 of the text. Farmer said, "I've worked eighteen years in Haiti, and everything has gotten worse." This explains that no matter how much time and effort he puts into helping the unfortunate, unless everyone is cured, he isn't satisfied. Farmer puts in a lot of time into helping the people in Haiti, but because he lives in the U.S., he has to travel back sometimes and that causes him to not be able to work on curing his patents of TB around the clock. Helping people is his main priority in life and he wont stop until the whole world is cured.