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Jean Vanier is a man of many accomplishments; he is a philosopher, author, and previously a teacher. Jean Vanier is also the founder of L’Arche, which is a community of people who suffer from intellectual disabilities. He is also the cofounder of Faith and Light, which is somewhat related to L’Arche. In his novel he states that “ The process of becoming human occurred most profoundly for me when I started living with men and women with intellectual disabilities” (Vanier, 1). In his novel Becoming Human, Vanier, also speaks about five main areas in which are important in becoming human, however I will focus only on the outlined principals, belonging, the path of healing, and Forgiveness. He uses these aspects to define what he believes is truly important in being human. As mentioned L’Arche is an organization founded by Jean Vanier in 1946. This organization deals with having people with intellectual disabilities come together as one community. L’Arche is now a system of more than one hundred society’s in thirty different countries. Jean Vanier is also the cofounder of “Faith and Light”, which is similar to L’Arche, however brings people with disabilities together with their friends and family on “mee