Broken_Cord

Broken Cord As time passes there are endless diseases and illnesses that our discovered, incurable, and that trouble our society. In the book The Broken Cord there are many contemporary issues that are raised through the lives of the characters. We learn of the disease Fetal Alcohol Syndrome through one of the main characters (Adam). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is passed to a child during pregnancy, by his/her mother’s consumption of alcohol. This stigma is something that will haunt an individual for a lifetime. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome disturbs more Native Americans than any other ethnic group. The severity of the disease is very important. Depending on which trimester the mother consumed alcohol; the child has increased risks of having the disease as well as having a severe case. As we encounter the main focus of The Broken Cord, Michael Dorris’ way of dealing with Adam his inffected son, we learn a lot about the disease, and the characters. Adam’s case is rather severe, and we learn that his story is sad, yet inspirational. Adam is an adopted Native American, and his father is half Native American, which enables them to easily understand all cord, broken, adam, michael, alcohol, learn, problems, native, adam’s, syndrome, culture, american, people, life, fetal, family, education, book, through, son, father, disease, alcoholism, severe, love, learning, children, system, pregnancy, main, issues, important, during, child, being