AIDS- Sleep With the Angels
For my choice book, I chose to read "Sleep With the Angels". This was a book that dealt with a mother who was HIV positive. Her name was Mary Fischer. I found this to be very inspirational, in many senses. I did however find the book to be somewhat monotonous, as the entire book was centered on Mary and all of her public speeches that she gave, and where she gave them. I personally, would much rather had the book been about her life, her children, how she contracted the disease and dealt with the daily tasks that come along with being a positive HIV mother. Nonetheless, I found this once again to be a very emotional book. The story of Mary Fischer in many ways is very tragic, and in many ways very inspirational. Although this book was not as interesting as the previous books, it was definitely worth reading, as it can teach you a lot about just how strong willed some individuals are and just how special people can be. Mary Fischer devoted this book to her two children, Max and Zach. I found that to be very special as she lived her life for only two things, her children, and to spread knowledge about the disease she had contracted. Mary Fischer was an ex- TV producer and White House staffer, who became a model for the e
In her speeches, she spoke about how people should not be considered less human because of their infection. She made it quite clear, that people do not choose to have AIDS, but rather AIDS chooses its victims. Mary's greatest fear was that in the society her children would grow up in, people will tell them, their mother, because of AIDS, is unworthy. Mary gave shattering numbers and figures that represented the harsh, cruel reality that the AIDS disease presents. She reports that the number of teens and young adults that have been diagnosed with AIDS has increased by 77 percent in the last two years. She reports that she doubted that anyone, who was infected with the virus right now, would ever be cured. She says that many of the American people have not accepted the fact that this virus will kill millions of people. She said that by the year 2020, we will be counting deaths due to AIDS in the billions. She warned that the fasted growing HIV-positive populations in the U.S. and women, children and young adults. Mary was very fearful of the spreading of the virus because of the people's ignorance to the virus. She told her listeners that in order to get the accurate figures that go with the AIDS virus, you need to multiply the number of HIV cases by up to ten. This has resulted in a false sense of safety. Also there is no sign that anyone who has HIV will not contract AIDS. Mary Fischer was and still is a very special individual. She realized that AIDS is not just an epidemic, but that it is an epidemic of great proportion. Mary Fischer was a very faithful person to her husband. She was not a drug-user, or gay. She was a victim of her husband's promiscuous ways. Because of her husband being unfaithful, Mary Fischer had to contract the deadliest virus we know of. She was left to raise two children not only by herself, but also while fighting the AIDS virus. She was a very loving mother who lived for her two young boys, and prayed that they would not be wrongly educated when it came to the AIDS virus. Although Mary was such an advocate of educating people on AIDS, this was not to say that she was not scared or angered by this virus. She talked about crying violently at the thought of not being able to see her child
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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