1. The Working Girls of Lowell, Massachusetts
Though the Marez background influences Tony, the Luna background made a much more profound impression on him, leading Tony into Ultima's world of spiritual exploration and healing. ... Facing many spiritual questions, and confused by the Catholic religion, Tony turned to Ultima for guidance. ... To properly heal, he must be vulnerable to the sickness, both to the spiritual and physical needs of the ailing person. ... He is simply becoming more observant and appreciative of nature and the gift of spiritual healing in which Ultima is teaching. ...
My grandfather's sickness came as a shock to everybody in my family. ... Dying was the only solution to the sickness and pain that my grandfather was experiencing. ... Within moments of this spiritual dialogue I witnessed my grandfather take his last breath. ... Moments before his death, my grandfather was held hostage by his own sickness. ... Death is what brought my grandfather out of the pain of his sickness; death was his cure. ...
"Navajos express a strong spiritual connection to Mother Earth. ... "Since the 1980's, Navajo Nation judges have injected a healthy dose of Navajo culture, language, and spiritual traditions into the entire Navajo Nation Court System, including its decision making aspects" "(Austin, 2009). ... Sickness and Healing Ritualistic healing takes the form in three contexts: traditional ceremonies, Native American Church (NAC) peyote prayer meetings, or Pentecostal Christian revivalism. "Navajos express a strong spiritual connection to Mother Earth. ...
The characters are ordinary people like us, taken from the lower and middle classes of society, who struggle with everyday problem, such as poverty, sickness, crime, family strife and other problems within marital and paternal relationships. ... "11 In this respect, dramatists such as Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, and Tennessee Williams exposed the raw tensions of the American family, and confronted problems of the lost individual in an industrial and mechanized society through statements of psychological and spiritual displacements, loss of connections, loneliness and self-deceptio...