Blog Response #5
In all five novels, the main character or characters face adversity in one way or another. Describe how you view the character's challenges in your book, and talk about how your character handles the hardships and struggles. If you were in your main character/characters situation, how would you handle yourself? What would you do?
Joey Schumacher
ReplyDeleteI am reading Malala, and so far there have only been problems for her father. He had trouble with a Mufti trying to get his school closed, and that he was an infidel. He talked to the Mufti and a group of men who came with him, resulting in a peaceful compromise. Had i been in his position I would have tried to make peace as well, but had that not worked I likely would have told others of the lies the Mufti spreads through the community.
I agree that her father has faced a little more hardship then malala but thats also because he has lived longer than her but since she is a girl she will have more hardships now more than ever.
DeleteI agree, right now Malala's struggles seem very small compared to her father.
DeleteI agree that her Father faces a lot more struggles then she has. I would also try to make peace, but I don't think I would have told lies if it didn't work because I'm not as brave.
DeleteI am reading I am Malala, and she has had very few struggles compared to her father. In Swat, the birth of boys is celebrated and women are kind of hidden away. Girls are supposed to be covered from head to toe in clothing, be at home, and not be educated. Malala just keeps going and talks with her peers about her struggles. Her dad has taught her not step down from what she believes in. Malala will fight for her and other women's rights. I think I would do the same as Malala no matter the consequences. I would probably gather other people to join me.
ReplyDeleteI agree with how she is going through the struggles of being a woman in pakistan and about how its unfair to her.
DeleteIf i were in your main characters position i would also stand up for what i beileve in her situation. I would also try to get my dad more involved in helping with what i would want to get accomplished. When i read that book i think the hardships were in her everyday life.
DeleteIf I was in Malala's shoes I would also fight for woman's rights. It is not fair to her and the other woman that they get treated like that.
DeleteThe women in Thousand splendid suns also have to be covered and stay home, and are uneducated. I would hate living this way.
DeleteI agree as well. In her place, I would likely have my parents and peers help spread my word
DeleteThe book i am reading is I am Malala. The biggest problems she has faced was mostly for her father. He has had trouble reaching his dream for making a school for girls to be able to go to but it has been financially hard. And now its worse because a group called the Taliban came and are saying girls are not allowed to go to school. And now the are blowing up schools and killing innocent people. Her and her father try to stay positive but it is getting hard to do that. Especially when no one is able to stop them because who ever does gets killed. If i was the main character i would not be as calm as Malala and would not rebel against them for fear of being killed.
ReplyDeleteYes, i agree. Malala's dad is facing many problems. His own peers are judging him about keeping the school open for the kids. He is also risking his life against the Taliban.
DeleteI think I would try to be calm and keep going to school, but I know in reality I would agree with you that I would be fearing for my life.
DeleteI agree. If i was in her place i feel i would be terrified but unable to stop what I'm doing.
DeleteI agree. I would also be very terrified and worried about my father.
Deletewell I am reading long way gone and these kids are already getting shot at. They are getting grenade and blew someone are off and there whole body. it was raining blood for a few seconds. if I had seen that I would have froze up and been in shock. i would have no clue what to do. this happened to me just last year where someone wanted to shoot a deer at the bullet almost hit me. i was in shock when it happened so i can relate that way with the book
ReplyDeletehow do you think ishmael will turn out do you think this war will change him for life and traumatize him ?
DeleteI completely agree i wouldnt be able to handle those situations either i would freeze up and not know what i got myself into.
Deletei think it would change him because it would change me and how I view people
DeleteIshmael goes through a lot and it shows. He is constantly facing challenges when it comes to daily life the rebels are always on his trail and he sees a lot of violence. He just keeps on moving and deals with it. He loses some people in his life because of the rebels but he just moves on and finds a way to keep going. I would try to keep moving in the direction and handle things the way he did just keep moving forward.
ReplyDeletei cant believe on how much he has gone through he see someone get blown up and see how much blood that is not his he should not have to see this at a young age like this
DeleteI cant even start to imagine how it would feel for us to have to fight in a civil war when we were that young, all the blood and bodies.
DeleteI cant even fathom what he will go thru in the rest of the book with out losing his mind because he has already seen the bloody side of the war and he is not that old but I think so far he is handling it pretty good.
DeleteShelby Rice- The book i am reading is called Night. I view Elie Wiesels challenges as you will never un live them and you will always remember every little detail that happened in the past. The hardships and struggles are an everyday occurance for my main character. Being is Auschwitz and in the concentration camp is not a pleasant time. He deals with getting beat and he also gets starved because he only gets so much food a day and its only bread and soup. If i were in my main characters shoes i do not know how i would handle myself. All the day to day things that go on that i would probably not be able to handle so i think i would eventually give up if i were to get beat like he does.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that looking at Elie's challenges you could never understand or un live the scenario they are in.
DeleteI agree with what you said but I wouldn't give up. He wondered off on his own and got himself into the trouble, but I do think his commander did not have to beat him so hard.
DeleteHi Shelby, I agree this sounds like something someone could never forget but after reading your blog, I do not think I would just give up.
DeleteHey Shelby. While our characters are not going through the exact same thing, I still see some similarities with how they are treated. Both of our characters face hardships every day. They both are abused and cannot do anything about it because they are the minority.
DeleteThe Challenges that Elie faces really puts him to the test during the Holocaust. As soon as he gets to the camps there is always different hard ships that the Jews are facing. I feel for the struggles Elie has. In my eyes it seems they do not have a say in anything; The Jews have been bullied around and tossed like they mean nothing in this world. If i was put in his shoes i would want to fight back with all my might although this could not happen because i would be dead on the spot. So the best action would be show little interest for the Germans so they would not pick me for work, but also i would try to take care of myself so i can just survive the Holocaust
ReplyDeleteI agree the Jew are being treated like a pushover group and treated inferior to the Germans.
DeleteIn a way my character Mariam does not have a say in anything as well. She had no say in who she had to marry and now she has no say while living with her husband. He controls every aspect of her life.
Deletechase i agree with you 100% the jew do get their rights taken away and are not treated like humans which to me this is a big no no because i take pride in my rights and cant imagine being a number and nothing else
Deleteyour comment really explains well on how they're treated, in the book its very clear to see how much the nazis treat them like animals
DeleteI am reading the book Night and the characters struggles were when they were getting taken out of their home to be put on the street and later got put onto trains and taken to different camps. Some of the families got split up and some of them got to stay together. Elie the main character had lots of struggles like the dentist trying to take the gold crown off his tooth, when he wondered off he was watching a lady having a affair. The man with the woman went back and told Elie's commander and Elie got beat and was told to never tell anyone or he would receive ten times more. If I was in Elie's shoes I think I would be doing the same thing he is because he is with his dad.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that it was a real struggle for Elie when the dentist wanted to take his golden tooth away although he over came this by holding off the due date
DeleteI agree that Elie has massive struggle to even stay alive and I thought it was clever instincts to keep dodging the dentist
DeleteI think a big way to show the hardships are through the families getting separated. In some way thats the worst hardship they'll face. their going through a hard time, and one thing they need is people there to support them, but everyone gone so it makes it worse
Deletei agree with how you said you would do the same as Elie
DeleteI am reading A Thousands Splendid Suns, I view Mariam challenges as something I never want to go through and I am very happy that we do not do arranged marriages around here. These hardships and struggles are and everyday occurrence for Mariam. With her not being able to provide kids to her husbands he seems to get more abusive every time she loses one of the babies. If I was the main character I do not think I would even accepted the marriage if I was her I would have tried to run way and go the Mullah Faizullah house Mariam religions teacher.
ReplyDeleteI agree that i would never want to go through the same things that Mariam does.
DeleteI also said that I would run away if I was in Mariam's shoes. She is very strong for being able to stay with him.
DeleteI could not believe what shes going through in her mind with all the emotions she has been going through since her mom killed herself. Now she has to live with her father that is abusive.
DeleteI Am reading Long way gone and so far it has mostly talked about the war and how the refuges are a running from the war but there is a big chance that they wont survive because they are running from a war that is expanding. so far in the book it has just been going back to the war and not giving much in detail.
ReplyDeletethe rebels have guns and killing people for no reason like i know they want the village or money
DeleteI don't understand why the rebels arn't taking all the people prisoners but instead just killing everyone they see.
DeleteIshmael also went through starvation and is trying to survive that, there are more struggles than just the rebels.
DeleteI think the book would be easier to read if we understood what the Rebels wanted. Then, it would make the war motive more clear.
DeleteI feel like if the rebels actually said something we would know why all these lives are being taken but it still wouldnt make it right
DeleteI am reading A Long Way Gone, and Ishmael has been facing the conflict of a war tearing apart his country. As a rebel faction rallies against his country, many lives are lost in the destruction of their actions, many of them civilian. Ishmael's main goal was survival of every situation, which causes him to wander from village to village. Many times throughout his journey he faces death, starvation, or mass killing of his people, even his own family and friends.
ReplyDeleteIf i was in this situation, i would not be able to handle it in any way possible. The act of mass killing is enough to make your stomach churn, but the addition of corpse riddled streets and grief from the death of one's family would be too much to bear.
I agree there really is no other place for Ishmael to go since wherever he goes he runs into rebels. How do you think Ishmael would adapt to this.
DeleteI believe Ishmael has a decent time adapting to his surroundings because of the teachings he received from his elders as a young child.
DeleteCharacters in "The Kite Runner" are no stranger to war tearing apart their country. We don't see firsthand of the battles and the death of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, rather we view the hardships of being a refugee and living in a society completely different to one you're accustomed to.
DeleteI am reading A Thousand Splendid Suns, and Mariam is the main character. She was put in an arranged marriage with a man named Rasheed. She was only 14 and he was in his 40's at the time. The things Mariam has gone through i would never be able to put up with. I like having control over my choices and being able to have an education, and getting to work instead of staying home, cleaning, and cooking for a man i didn't even want to marry. The things that Mariam are expected to do and have no opinion about are weird to think about. The way the world is now in America is very different than how it is in the book.
ReplyDeleteI agree I would never be able to put up with everything she has gone through. I also would not like to do all that stuff she does for him when I did not even want marry someone.
DeleteI totally agree with you when you said you like having control over your choices. Maybe I am just a control freak, but I could never deal with that. Also the things Mariam is expected to do are just wrong!
DeleteThe impact that all of her experiences have had on her are unbelievable and how she is going through it all.
DeleteI am reading The Kite Runner and Baba is trying to escape Pakistan with his friend. he faces military and police that he has to get pass and then pass the boarder then find a place to go. I would be carful and take it slow make sure I wouldn't get captured. Baba has the money to survive from the kite battle.
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I kind of agree with what you would do but if I were in their shoes I would scope everything out just to make sure its safe since their in a legit warzone
DeleteI am reading a thousand splendid suns and Mariam is the main character. I have no clue what I would do after my dad kicked me onto the streets and than my mom committing suicide the next morning like that would be unreal on a young teen to try and deal with much less anyone to deal with.
ReplyDeleteI agree I think she has a hard life that most teens could not handle.
DeleteI agree Carson, Mariam has a very tough life. How do you think she deals with these situations?
DeleteI am reading The Kite Runner. Amir is the main character in the book and he faces guilt with Hassan. To deal with this guilt he tries to get rid of his best friend. I feel like he is being a coward and self centered about what happened to Hassan. If I was in Amir's shoes I would've said something to Hassan and not keep the feeling of constant guilt.
ReplyDeletei would also try and say something to Hassan just to try and keep the friendship.
DeleteI agree, I think that Amir should have tried to fix that situation with his friend instead of avoid everything to do with him because things could have turned out differently.
DeleteI would also probably try to talk to Hassan and fix our friendship if I were Amir.
DeleteI would also try to keep that relationship afloat - throwing away a deep bond to someone you've known your entire life just to hide guilt and shame is self-centered. From Amir's point of view, he's more of the victim than Hassan is, though at the same time I could see why Amir would want to sever that tie: for him to look at Hassan and think of how little he did to help would be undeniably hard to live with.
DeleteIn the book, A Thousand Splendid, the first main character that we meet is Mariam and she is forced to marry a 45-year old man at the age of 15. Once married, she faces abusive behaviors from her husband and later finds out he is cheating on her. Her husband forces her to cover every inch of her body, but looks at inappropriate pictures of women when Mariam does not give him what he wants. Unfortunately in this culture divorce is not a thing. Your parents decide who you marry and there is nothing you can do about it. I can't even imagine the impact that this has had on Mariam. If this were me, I think I would honestly run away and never return to this country. Women are limited to so much and it is not a happy life for Mariam.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I would want to run away because there is no way i would be live in that lifestyle
DeleteI don't think I would be able to live the life that Mariam is living. I hate when people tell me what to do. On the first day of being with Rasheed, I would just run away to a far away place where no one knew who I was and where I came from.
DeleteI agree Claire! I would also run away and leave the country. I could not live in that lifestyle.
DeleteIn the Kite Runner, Baba has to face challenges of running from the army and escape Pakistan. If i were in this situation, I would be very careful with everything cause i would be scared to get captured. I honestly don’t know how i would react to being in this scenario.
ReplyDeleteI agree, being captured and to never know where you end up after would be extremely scary
DeleteI agree, I would also be very careful in that kind of environment, since you do not know what could happen.
DeleteI agree, I don't know what I would do if I was in that situation. I would probably be to scared to do anything.
DeleteI agree, I probably wouldn’t know what to do in that situation either. The dangers of leaving Pakistan would be pretty scary.
DeleteI am reading Night and the main character is the author himself Elie. Elie's challenges were part of the most horrid events in history every moment it was a constant physical and mental challenge to stay alive. Elie follows orders when given and keeps his head down and gets caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. I would not handle getting subjugated well I would lash out and fight until would be beaten and shot.
ReplyDeletei agree ellie has faced one of the most horried things to happen i history and i think thats what made him the person he is today
Deletei also think that Elie is put through terrible things, and this is one of the worst things to happen to someone
DeleteI am reading A Thousand Splendid Suns and a young girl named Mariam is the main character. At the age of 15 she lost her mom and I am not sure there is any right way to deal with that. Weeks later, she was put into an arranged marriage by her father, as a way to get rid of her. I liked how she told her dad that she never wanted to see him again, but he deserves far worse than that for making her get married. If I was put into an arranged marriage at that age, I feel like I would try to escape it. Perhaps I would run away or something along those lines. Mariam is just dealing with it and she is very strong for that.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I would try to run away because Mariam is a lot stronger then i could be
DeleteI am reading A Long Way Gone and the main character Ishmael goes through many issues such as rebel attacks, hostile wildlife, and starvation. The war that is going on in Ishmael's country is affecting everyone they are constantly searching for food, water, and shelter. Ishmael usually handles these situations by running away into the jungle in search of food and water and with the hope of finding a place to be safe. If I were in Ishmaels's position I would probably do the same except I would try and stay with a group of villagers if I run into them instead of running.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed those challenges in Ishmaels life, I found that he is also struggling with dealing with the loss of all his immediate family.
DeleteI agree as well after dealing with the rebel attacks and and the near death experiences and the loss of his family and friends has left Ishmael traumatized.
DeleteI am reading a long way gone, and the main character, Ishmael, does through a lot of struggles and adversity. He has to survive through a brutal civil war while also dealing with the loss of his family. He turned to the ideas of violence to survive and try and live out of this war. He is also facing starvation while he is traveling throughout the forest of sierra leonne. I could not even image going through what Ishmael is going through.
ReplyDeleteIn the book, The Kite Runner, the main character Amir faces many struggles and challenges early in the story. One of the first struggles he faces is with trying to get his father's acceptance. Amir longs for the acceptance of him and does anything he can for that. He just wants his father to be a father to him. Amir also struggles with the guilt of not helping his friend Hassan. He tried to get rid of him because he can not handle feeling that. If I was Amir I would confront that situation with him and try to sort things out.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I would try to fix the friendship and figure things out, not just throw it away.
DeleteI would try to regain friendship if I could to.
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ReplyDeleteSo far in the book a long way gone Ishmeal the mc has faced a lot of strugles though out the few years the civil war has been going out with seeing friends die and having to take drugs to be able to sleep. If I was him I dont know what I would do its all so crazy.
I am reading A Long Way Gone and the main characters are facing starvation and near death experiences with the rebels. they go from town to town to avoid them and find food.
ReplyDeleteIf I was the main characters I would probably do the same thing and just try to survive.
I agree with you on how you would try to survive or what you would do in Ishmael's position. What do you think Ishmaels will do to adapt to his surroundings, situations, and problems.
DeleteI agree I would do the same thing and just try to survive while searching for family and friends.
DeleteI am reading the book A thousands splendid suns, the main character is named Mariam. Through the story Mariam goes through many challenges but the main one I would say is when she is forced to get married to a 45 year old at the young age of 14. Throughout the marriage Mariam goes threw multiple miscarriages' witch only makes her husband more abusive towards her. Mariam is forced to stay at home and cover up at all times when she leaves. Her husband controls every part of her life. If it was me I would run away to a safe place because there is no way I could handle that the way Mariam is.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said. If I was in Mariam's situation, I would wait until Rasheed went to work. Then I would pack some things, not too much though, and run away to a far away place where no one would find me.
DeleteI agree with you, and I to will try to run away. but I think there scared because of the war and everything that has been going on. that there is not really anywhere to go.
DeleteI agree but adding on to that I would run away to a country where I was able to live equally and try to start a life/romance with whoever I choose to do so with instead of being forced into a terrible marriage where my only purpose was to birth children.
DeleteI am reading A Thousand Splendid Suns and the main characters name is Mariam. Mariam has had many struggles in her life. She was born in a wedlock and her and her mom were cast out to live by themselves on the outskirts of the town so no one would see them because the father was ashamed and didn't want anyone to know what he did with a poor girl like herself. Then her Nana did suicide and she was sent to live with her dad Jalil but that didn't last long. He eventually arranged for her to get married to a man she has never met before who was way older than she was. While living with her husband, she got pregnant but many times she lost the child and with that Rasheed, the husband, would get more angry and short tempered with her and eventually became more abusive and mean. I don't know how she doesn't break down and just give up on life because this girl has gone through so many heartbreaks and let downs. If I was in her situation, I probably wouldn't be able to take all of that. She is a very good role model for strong and independent women.
ReplyDeleteI agree on what you are saying. I would not be able to take all of that at once and not to have anyone to talk to. I would try running away but they might not make it far for what has been going on.
DeleteIn the Kite Runner, Amir and Hassan are the main characters, they are 2 friends. Something happened to Hassan and Amir was there and he just stood there and let it happen. He feels guilty about it so he tries to get rid of the friendship. I would have said something to keep the friendship and not just throw it away.
ReplyDeletethe book I'm reading is called night in night Eliezer struggles when the Germans come and take away their homes and put them in a ghetto then a little later in the book they are put into train cars and there had to be 80 peoples in the train if anyone went missing they all would be shot. then later in the book Elie had to get his gold crown pulled but he overcame this by making excuses like he wasn't feeling well a few times then the dentists office was shut down because the man was using the crowns for his own profit and was thrown in jail and was sentenced to be hung on the gallows but he eventually had it pulled. if I was Elie I would do the same because when and if i would escape i could make money from it.
ReplyDeletei agree that i would do the same to save my skin and not be put to death
DeleteI think I would've keep pushing it off until they forgot, I found a way out of it, or a way to escape.
DeleteYa I would have left as soon as I could knowing that something was wrong
DeleteI am reading A thousand Splendid Suns and the Main Character I would say Mariam and Laila. Mariam has a lot of struggles and Laila not so much as her. Mariam and her mom were not really noticed. Her mom would blame Mariam for stuff her mom did not like. She went through her moms death and had an arranged marriage. Rasheed stopped talking to her and treated her bad because she could not have any kids. Laila is a pretty girl and goes to school. But one day her house blew up and her parents died. She had to marry Rasheed and tell him that the baby is his, and she is only 14 at the time. If I was in there situation I do not know what I would do. Because you wont have a chose to do or not to do it. I would not to have kids and get married at a young age. I would say no to getting married if I could. they are both very strong women trying to survive on what they go through.
ReplyDeleteim read the book night and our main character ellie is going the concentation camps and trying to avoid being killed and he struggleing to survive.
ReplyDeleteI read the book A thousand Splendid Suns and the main characters are Mariam and Laila. Both of their lives are very different as Mariam has a lot more struggles then Laila has. Mariam handles her situations differently every time. As her mother died she mourned and ends up leaving the city. But when her husband is treating her badly she sits in her room for two days straight. If I was in her situation I would leave the person treating me poorly and find a new home. Both woman are very strong and both have a difficult life.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you I think it would be smart to leave the person thats treating you poorly.
DeleteI am reading a long way gone and so far in the book the main challenge for Ishmael is running away from the rebels and staying alive at the same time. Ishmael and his friends walk village after village seeking for help and food their mane goal is to walk to a far away village were it is protected by soldiers and where all the refugees are as well.
ReplyDeletethis is very hard for Ishmael since he already lost everything.
Deleteyeah in the middle of the book it seems he just wants to find his family and some place safe
DeleteAmir's life in "The Kite Runner" is a good example of falling from grace. During his childhood in Afghanistan until the age of thirteen, he lives in wealth: an elegant and large house, an access to education (which is less common than you'd think), and two servants to serve him and his father hand and foot.
ReplyDeleteOnly a few years after we see noticeable deterioration with quality of life with Amir and his father fleeing their riches and their country for California after the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan: their familiarity of a large manor is replaced with a small and cramped apartment, alongside baba being forced to find work at a gas station. Even then, the largest piece of information was Baba being diagnosed with cancer and, after refusing to receive chemotherapy, goes from his normal self to seizures and being a shell of what he once was in only a few short years.
Should I walk in Amir's shoes, I don't think I would be able to handle it any better than he did. Baba refusing chemotherapy would be a choice I too would contest for the same reason of "What will I do when you're gone?" It's always tough to think about the passing of someone close to you, so it would make sense for one to try to make that time together as long as they possibly can.
I am reading “the kite runner”. The main character Amir has to face the guilt of not helping his best friend Hassan. Amir is a coward and decides to avoid Hassan as much as possible and tries to get rid of him instead of dealing with the real problem. If I were in that situation I’d talk to Hassan about what happened and try to fix our friendship.
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ReplyDeleteI'm reading the book Night. Elie Wiesel's challenges are hardships no one will ever forget, he was put through the worst kind of trauma someone can deal with. The hardships and struggles are an everyday occurance for Elie. Being is Auschwitz and in the concentration camp is not a pleasant time. He deals with getting beat and he also gets starved because he only gets so much food a day and its only bread and soup. If i were in my main characters shoes i dont know what i'd do. I would try to make the most of it and deal with what i have. i would try to have good behavior so i dont get beat. but at the end of the day it's bound to happen.
ReplyDeleteThe trauma they faced is unimaginable
DeleteI am reading I Am Malala, and most of the struggles she faces right now are because she is worried about what her dad is going through. He has had to face his school being possibly shut down, and had to make a compromise to keep it open. The compromise was that girls have to go in through the side or the back of the school instead of the front. The Taliban has now reached her village and are now saying that girls must be covered head to toe in clothing and that it is illegal for girls to go to school. Malala is standing up for what she believes just like her dad taught her and continues to go to school with other girls to keep getting an education. If I was in her position I think I would keep going to school until it started to become a problem for my family and safety.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the major conflict in the story involves her dad. I am not a very opinionated person so I think I would be very afraid in this case to share how I feel.
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ReplyDeleteThe main character Mariam struggles with abuse in here relationship because she is not able to have children which make her husband mad. If I was Mariam I would leave the relationship and try to find a safe place to live. I think the reason she is not leaving is because leaving an arranged marriage in her culture is frowned and people get killed because of it.
ReplyDeleteI am reading A thousand Splendid Suns and the main characters of the book are Mariam and Laila. Mariam and Laila both have struggles, I would say Mariam has it a little harder. Mariam and her mother were known as nobody's because was the product of cheating. Her mother would blame all of her problems on Mariam. Mariam had to witness her mothers suicide. Her husband stopped talking to her and treated her bad because she could not have any kids. Laila is pretty well off and goes to school unlike Mariam. Kabul is war torn and her house was soon affected by this and was blown up, and she had to marry Rasheed. Laila is only 14 at the time and this is a lot of traumatic events for a 14 year old. These are very interesting situations for both characters and in there situation I'm not sure what I would've done. Living in America we have a lot more freedoms, especially women who aren't forced to do many of the things they are in the books society. I believe I would be so conflicted with my decisions and all that had happened I would break down. If I managed to compose myself I would try to run away to a country where I would be looked upon more equally to men and try to create my own life.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book Malala. One of the big problems in the book mostly focuses on her father. He wanted to open a school where girls could go but he ran into many bumps along the way, Such as when the Taliban came in said that girl aren't allowed to go to school. This affected Malala. Malala and her father are trying to not let it affect them but when they are blowing schools up and killing innocent people that is hard. If I was in Malala shoes I would be scared I am someone who hates conflict and this is more than conflict when people are getting killed. I don't really know what I would do I think I would stay close to my father and not say to much becuase I would be afraid that I would say something wrong.
ReplyDeleteYeah. I wish they focused on Malala's story instead of backstories and culture information.
DeleteIn the book “Night” Elie is faced with the challenge of being put in a concentration camp. this is one of the hardest things a human can be put through. Elie does a good job staying focused on keeping his father alive and surviving. If i was in this situation i would do the same thing that Elie is doing. Keeping whatever family i still have, with me.
ReplyDeleteIn I am Malala, the book I'm reading, the main character, Malala's home is being taken over by the Taliban. That means that women's rights for education are restricted. Malala did not like this and tries to speak out but sadly, she was shot. If I were her, I would form a big group of people to protest against the Taliban instead of speaking individually.
ReplyDeleteIn my book A long way gone, it is very similar to the situation of their homes being taken Ishmael the main character has to continue running while loosing everything.
DeleteI am reading night and it’s about a 16yr old boy and his father in the concentration camp. Obviously the struggle is having to endure the tortures of the holocaust. They struggle with abuse and starvation. I simple wouldn’t be mentally capable of seeing the things that they witnessed. Like seeing alive children and babies being tossed in a fire
ReplyDeleteIn the book A long way gone Ishmael the main characters has a lot of problems including the rebels attacking and losing family and friends to the civil war. He faces the adversity by running and hiding and continuing searching for his family. I would basically do what he did i would continue searching for my family and friends while avoiding death.
ReplyDeleteI agree that I would keep looking for my family.
Deletei would also keep looking for my family but not try and focus on the war
DeleteIn A Long Way Gone there is lots of hardships for Ishmael like losing his family and running from the rebels just trying to survive. He faces the challenge of surviving which seems very difficult. I would the exact same thing and continue looking for my family.
ReplyDeletein along way gone ishmael in the begining it just seems like he just keeps pushing through not trying to focus on the rebels intel he has killed a man after that it seems like hes trying to get revenge for his friends idk what i would do in this situation i would probaly not try to focus on the war and keep pushing through
ReplyDeleteI am reading "The Kite Runner". The main character Amir faces the guilt of not helping his best friend Hassan. Amir is a coward and decides to avoid Hassan as much as possible and tries to get rid of him instead of dealing with the real problem. If I were in that situation I’d talk to Hassan about what happened and try to fix our friendship.
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