Love
& Cholera
By Jeff Benjamin
Copyrighted
2010
An unimaginable and unbelievable
story of love, death, destruction, pride and prejudice,
of murder mayhem and rebirth of a nation.
LOVE
& CHOLERA is a story based on fact. It puts a human
face to a tragedy that affected millions of people.
The author is Jeff Benjamin who is also running for Mayor in the City Of Miami 2013.
The book is an an unprecedented true-life story of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti with its catastrophic magnitude of 7.0 A devastation
that occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010 and by 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks measuring
4.5 or greater had been recorded. With an estimated three million people
affected by the quake. The Haitian government reported that an estimated
230,000 people had died, 300,000 had been injured and 1,000,000 made homeless.
In the aftermath a young American
doctor falls in love with Marie, a Haitian nurse who lost her home and family
in the earthquake. The book exposes the differing social and multicultural
lives of the Haitian people. Moreover it gives us a quick example of how these
conducts affect our society. Two of the behaviors
observed, are prejudice and stereotyping. These were
identified as the major causes leading up to the events surrounding the
violence associated with the Earthquake and the Cholera epidemic. These
behaviors manifest themselves in every aspect of the story. Including the behavior
towards the Haitian people and a government being pressured for results. The book expose the international community’s rational for the negative attitudes
and perception about Haitians based on assimilation and stereotypes garnered through
prior experience with former and past regimes. The story captures the age-old
issue that has always existed in humanity, which we thought would have
dissipated in the 21st century. Taking into account that in these days we are
better informed and educated and should understand that one group's actions
should not be applied to stereotype an entire nation.
Love
& Cholera exposes how the Haitian community coped with the Earthquake the
Cholera outbreak and their National elections all coming in the same Year. How
the world had a predisposed picture of Haiti and the prejudice’s were simply an attitude that remained internal to its
owner. The book explores every ones behavior; their negative
attitudes on the basis of differences translate into
murder and survival of the fitness. The end result is social inequity, death and disease and an entire nation in
turmoil.
And in this jungle for survival one
woman’s faith and love for her country. A love that transcends all barriers and
an uncanny functional and respectful relationship between her and her people.
Love & Cholera deviates to show prejudice and stereotypes can be a
destructive force both in the world and in individual societies, especially when
in turmoil.
Throughout the story, pride
and prejudice becomes threatening when it reaches
its most extreme form. Class survival and rush to judgment of a nation
floundering to regain its dignity. This movie shows
us the different points of view of a nation dealing with catastrophic events.
It sheds light and gives us insights of the stereotypes we have built within
our society, within the world. It invites us to see
and understand how such a small stereotype and negative attitude can go a long
way and affect a nation. Love & Cholera is a powerful symbolism of Love
& Hope.
The movie will show how important it
is that we learn how to control prejudice and the
stereotypes we hold against other groups, since these are attitudes and
feelings that are learned and are not innate. The key to this book is its powerful
depiction of the children of Haiti who were affected. The movie exposes the
assumptions that we make about others and questions how these assumptions arise
and where they came from. Love & Cholera shows how one woman’s love saved a
nation.
A powerful true life love story ….
LOVE & CHOLERA
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