Blog Response #6
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?
In A Thousand Splendid Suns Mariam goes through a lot of hard things like being unwanted and forced to marry Rasheed. She feels lonely after losing her babies. Mariam deals with her problems by staying quiet and doing what she is told. If I was her, I would just leave and never talk to them again.
ReplyDeleteYour book is like mine there's a lot of hardships going on and my character has to go through it all and cope with it.
DeleteMy character also is forced to do things like leaving his home and having to give everything to the Germans. My character is afraid to speak out or voice his opinion if fear of being beaten or killed by the Germans
DeleteI agree and i am also reading the book a thousand splendid suns , if i was Mariam i would try and leave or escape, staying quiet isn't always the best option.
DeleteI agree with this because Mariam stays to herself and keeps her emotions private. She does as she's told and hides her true feelings.
DeleteI really love this comment hunter and hearing about the hardship that Mariam goes through really inspires me and shows me how strong Mariam is to keep her emotions hidden like that takes a strong person
Deletei agree with you that mariam is trying to stay quiet to avoid conflict but i dont think its the best option and she should try to get away
DeleteIn the book Night Elie feels lonely after loosing his sister and mother.
DeleteI agree she doesn't want things to go badly but she needs to get out.
Deletei agree with you hunter the hardship you described is really inspirational and i can relate your book to mine (kite runner) hassan the main charectors servant goes through many hardships because of his ethnicity and is tormented by assef the main bully of the book but still even after countless situations he never gives up
DeleteI have been reading a long way gone and the main character ishmael beah who is a 13 years old and the situation he has been through with the death and situation where he has been left to his own thought as he had spent a month in a forest alone and lost. I definitely could not handle the situations he has been put through even at an older age I could not comprehend or be able to stay as calm as he has in that situation
ReplyDeleteI agree ishmael has been through a lot during his journey, he's seen a lot of villages burned and people killed. I can't imagine living like that.
Deletei think the stuff hes seen can be very bad for a persons mental health especially at a young age like that
DeleteI agree he has been put through a lot, and I agree that I could not handle the situations that he is encountering in the book and it would be a struggle for me
DeleteI agree with what you were saying how you wouldn't be able to handle what he has gone through. It seems like there could be a lot of trauma that comes from these situations and i definitely wouldn't be able to do it either.
DeleteYeah I agree, I'm not sure how he does it. I certainly would be able to handle what he endured.
Deletei would have to agree it would be very hard to manage in the woods on your own at 13
DeleteI totally agree with you Daly, the fact that at 13 he has to deal with possibly starve to death while aimlessly roaming the forest I could just not do at all.
DeleteIn the book Night, Elie faces adversity from the German soldiers. The soldiers completely take away all of Elie's moral by taking his home him, stripping away all his belongings from him, and making him work like a dog. Throughout the story Elie handles his hardships by staying close to his father and by following the Jewish religion the best he can even though the German officers make it almost impossible to do. If I was Elie I would continue to stick with my father the best i could and try to remain sane.
ReplyDeleteI have seen what has happened with the events in the book of a long way gone and I have read my fair share of books involving the holocaust and WW2 and the atrocities between the 2 novels are something we can not comprehend
DeleteI agree with that. Family is really all they have so I would stick with my Father as close as I can for protection food and just overall advice. Sanity is for sure a hard thing to maintain in the ghettos with the things they see and the food they have to eat.
DeleteI agree, I would stay as close to my father as possible because his dad would be able to help him get through it and be strong about it.
DeleteI would do the same thing is stay with my father as best I could because then you would fell safer and you would not have to worrier about where your father is at in the camp and if he's still alive.
DeleteThe Character in my book Night does the same the same thing by keeping busy so he doesn't have to think about all the people the Germans have killed and burned. Elie fears that if he doesn't keep his mind active he will go insane from seeing all his fellow Jewish friends die.
ReplyDeletethis practically sums up this book perfectly and how his trauma has been severe and how none of could occur this tragedy
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ReplyDeletei am reading the book a long way gone and a challenge the main character ishmael faces is the war. ishmael has lots of trauma and ptsd from the things hes seen and done during the war and you can tell it has really messed with his head. he has seen his own friend die in front of him and other people die as well so seeing this at a very young age has messed him up
ReplyDeletei probably would've given up a long time before he did because the things he went through seemed terrible
Deletei agree that he has ptsd from the war, most twelve-year-olds are fighting in a war and for him to be doing that and watching his friends and the people around had to of been really hard for him.
DeleteI agree he is going through stuff you'd hope no one would ever have to experience at any age let alone at 12 years old. Definitely not easy mentally or physically for him.
DeleteMy book is night adversity as his peaceful life in sighet is destroyed and he is forced into ghettos, disgusting trains and eventually the concentration camps. His challenges include fear, separation from his mother and sisters, and witnessing cruelty and death for the first time. Elie handles these hardships by staying close to his father and trying to obey orders so he can survive. If I were in Elie’s situation, I would focus on protecting my family and staying mentally strong to make it through each day.
ReplyDeleteMy book A Long Way Gone has a character that faces the same things he is a very scared boy who was separated from his family and is witnessing cruelty and death for the same time as well.
DeleteIf you were in his situation there would probably be nothing you could do to protect your family.
DeleteI agree that staying with my family would be the main focus, Because in a event like this your left only with your self and the people you know and love. Everything else is stripped from your identity, So keeping your family close would be the only thing to focus on in this situation.
Deletethe camps were extremely hard on him hard Manuel labor with small rations of food I'm surprised he still holds his sanity and physical strength
Deleteyea i would agree for how little food there getting I'm surprised he's still holding up good and fighting his way threw
DeleteIm reading the book night and Elie faces the same challenges and your Ishmael faces. Elie tries to stay positive but since he keeps seeing these things he starts questioning his religion and other things about him. Their both facing intense amounts of trauma.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book A thousand splendid suns, and the main character Mariam is forced into marage to a man named Rasheed. Rasheed is 40 to 50 years old and he is abusive towards Mariam calling her names and yelling at her. Mariam handles this with the support of Laila with their bond and friendship that they have. If I was the main character I would fight back or escape from the abuse. I would try to get away in anyway possible because of the abuse.
ReplyDeleteI agree if I was Mariam i would try to fight back or escape from the abuse because its always better than staying around.
DeleteI agree that Mariam and Laila kind of saved each other. There company with each other helped both of them and made a very strong friendship. They went through some similar hardships and I think that's what brought them so close together.
Deletethat book seems like a very good read i would love to read it sometime and Rasheed has gone through so much hardship and seems like such a strong person that won't let anything get in there way and will keep moving forward and become stronger
DeleteIn the book A Thousand Splendid Suns the two main characters Mariam and Laila face a lot of hardships. Mariam's mother died and she had to live with her father for a bit, who did not want her, he's ashamed of her. She then was shipped off to live with her husband she just met. I feel like Mariam handled things very well considering the circumstances. She was sad and hurt but she still left and went on to be a wife. She tried to put her troubles behind her so she could be a good wife to Rasheed. If that were me in that situation, I would not be able to forget about everything and start a new life just like that. Laila also just lost her parents and her best friend due to the war and bombings. Mariam took Laila in and looked after her while she was injured due to the bombings. Laila does a good job at hiding her feelings or maybe she's just numb. I wouldn't say either of them handles their hardships, they have to deal with it and keep pushing through because they have no other option. They both are trying to pursue and forget about things. If I were in their shoes I'm not sure if I'd be able to handle things as well as they are.
ReplyDeleteWhen you say the women in your book don't really handle their hardships, they just push through, I could say the same for the main character in my book, as well. He never had a choice and if he retaliated even once, he'd most likely be killed.
Deletei agree with you that mariam and laila are both trying to push through hard things while looking after one another and i agree that they cover up there feelings
DeleteI think Marium handled her situation very well too. Her mother died and she was forced to live with someone random, but still somehow was able to just deal with it. It wouldn't be possible for me to do that either.
DeleteThe main character in my book also loses his family and he also never really had a way to cope with the things he went through.
DeleteThe events Elie describes experiencing in Night are so complex and unimaginable, it doesn't ever really click that these things actually happened to someone. Elie handled the camps and whatnot much better than most adults would have, which is really admirable. If I was in his situation, I would probably do what he did, for the most part, and just do what is asked of me and hope I make it out alive.
ReplyDeleteI would agree with what you on do the same thing he did but I would try to get more food so that way you could hopefully keep yourself alive and keep your father alive too. also make it out of the camps alive.
DeleteIts also very hard to believe what happens to the main character in my book and how he made it out alive.
Deletei probably would have given up if i was the main character in my book as well because he sees a lot of people close to him die which is very hard
ReplyDeleteIn Kite Runner Khaled faces many challenges in his life from his best friend leaving to his mom dying at birth and never getting to meet her at all, to his dad being disappointed in him and potentially blaming his son for the death of his wife, to having to move to America to start over a whole new life and having to start from nothing at all and work his way up but the best part his he doesn't let his struggles define him and he keeps moving forward and pushing past those struggles and becoming the person he wants to be and i can't really exactly relate to much of anything he went through but i feel in way the same of working to accomplish my dream and not letting anything stop me.
ReplyDeleteyour book is simular to mine witht he main character facing lots of challenges throughout her life and having to figure out what to do by yourself
Deletei agree with you he is always dissapointing his dad no matter how hard he tries. he won the kite competition but the book hasnt mentioned another time where he impresses him.
DeleteYour book is similar to my main character with the challenges that they both face through the book. My main character also has to start kind of a new life with a man that she never met before and has no idea what he looks like.
DeleteI agree that he doesn't let the struggles define him but he doesn't push past but instead avoids them. I also agree that his dad always seems disappointed in him.
Deletei am reading the book a thousand splendid suns the main character in my book is a girl named Mariam and throughout the story she shows how unwanted and unaccepted she feels. Mariam is forced into marring a much older man that she gets pregnant with but he is very aggressive and abusive towards her. Mariam and laila get close and want to come up with a plan to escape rasheed. if i was in there shoes i would also try to escape to get away from rasheed
ReplyDeleteYour book reminds me of the book I am reading because they woman in my book are not wanted in schools, which could make them feel unwanted or unaccepted as well.
DeleteI totally agree I would want to come up with a plan to get out of there as soon as possible.
Deletei would want to make sure the plan was vary thought out incase he catches on and freaks out or kills her due to her trying to excape
DeleteI also would come up with a plan to escape out of that situation if I were Marium. You can tell that she doesn't exactly enjoy living with Rasheed.
DeleteIn The Kite Runner so far, Amir faces challenges mostly with guilt, fear, and wanting his father’s approval. He struggles with how he treated Hassan and has a hard time standing up for himself or others. Instead of facing his problems, Amir often avoids them which makes things worse. If I were in Amir’s situation, I think I would also feel scared, but I would try to be honest and stand up for my friend so I wouldn’t carry that guilt with me.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that Amir is avoiding his problems and that i would also stick up for my friend if they were being bullied.
DeleteI agree that once he made it to the camps, the only way he could go was down. It seemed like the next camp always had something worse than the last to offer him.
ReplyDeleteIn the book I Am Malala, there is a lot of fear that comes from the Taliban that makes their community unsafe, also girls not getting the right to have the education they should be able to have. Malala faces these challenges by standing on speaking out for not only herself but for the other females, she also is still going to school. Malala doing this makes the target on her back a lot larger. Her family and the fact that she wants an education is what is pushing her more and more to do the things she's doing. If I was in the situation I'd just stay home, with how brutal the Taliban got and will get would scare me to much to risk my life over school.
ReplyDeleteIf I was Malala I would also just stay home because so far it sounds like the Taliban is incredible strong and could most likely cause more harm than I could.
DeleteI would also stay home; with the Taliban there is a chance that you could get killed and I do not want that. women in the book have a lot of hardships they face and Malala sticks up for them
DeleteI am reading the book A Long Way Gone and Malala being afraid of the Taliban sounds a lot like Ishmael being afraid of the rebels because if he gets caught, he will have to fight against all the people he is close with and will probably die.
Deletein the book Long Way Gone Ishmael faces huge challenges like war, hunger, and being separated from his family. He’s forced to grow up fast and focus on surviving in a dangerous world. At first, he holds onto hope and memories, but as things get worse, he becomes tougher just to stay alive. If I were in his situation, I’d probably be scared and overwhelmed, but I’d try to do what Ishmael does, stay with people I trust and take things one day at a time.
ReplyDeleteI agree especially with staying with people you trust but still keeping your guard up because even they might not be people you can fully trust with your life on the line. He has definitely been a brave strong kid and learning fast as the story goes on.
DeleteI am reading Night and Elie faces many challenges during the book. The challenges they face in the book are not imaginable, and absolutely crazy. I can't believe that these things actually happened to people, that people would have the heart to do that to other human beings. If I was in his situation, I would just try and power through it like he did because if you don't, your life will be way worse.
ReplyDeleteI am reading Night by Elie Wiesel and the challenges he had to face in this book were extremely unfair and cruel. There is not much that Elie can do about everything that's happening to him right now, so he is forced to live with it because its better than being shot. If I was in Elie's situation I would probably be dead by now because number one I'm a girl, and number two I don't think I could stand out in the cold with no clothes on.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way with my book, shocked at how they survived and very little faith that I could survive something that horrible. I also couldn't stand outside with no close on while it's that cold out too.
DeleteYou did a good job pointing out how powerless Elie was and how cruel his situation really was. Saying that he had no choice but to endure it shows you understand how survival worked in the camps. Your honesty about how hard it would be to survive those conditions makes your response feel real and thoughtful.
DeleteI feel your comment is very honest and true to this book, and i feel if i were in Elie's shoes, i wouldnt make it far either because i would have lost hope as soon as i got separated from my family and everything ive ever known.
DeleteI am reading a long way gone and a challenge the main character Ishmael faces is trauma from the war. Ishmael is a young boy who has seen terrible things that no 12-year-old should have to see he has seen his friends die and he saw his family die. I can't imagine the toll this would have on him especially knowing that he is only twelve and struggling every day to survive. he deals with this problem by waking up every day and fighting to survive to make his family and friends proud.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot to go through at 12 years old. i wonder how it will affect him in the long run
DeleteI feel like part of me would want to give up but I wouldn't want to go through the terrible, long, and painful death.
ReplyDeleteI am reading A Long Way Gone and the adversity that Ishmael is facing is the civil war that's going on in his country. He is just a boy on his own trying to survive. Although he is still apart of groups at times I would say he is still fending for himself. He can't trust no one not even the people he knows because as we read further and find out what he turned into we know what the bad things the Rebels can do to people. I don't know if I'd ever be able to survive as long as him so far if at all in these terrible times and conditions.
ReplyDeletei agree Ishmael has been through a lot at such a young age and I don't know how he handles it all with the war and the trauma from it.
ReplyDeleteI read the book Night Elie is the man character in the story he went through lots of challenges like getting taken from his house and getting taken to the camps were they got all there stuff taken away and the family's got separated. He did not let his dad get taken away from him. when his dad was getting weak he started using his food to feed his dad to keep him alive. they were put on train cars and most of them died on the train rides 100 people in a car and by the next stop there was only 12 people that walked off the train. they had no shoes on and it was cold and snowing so cold kill most of the people. If I was in Elie's place I would of do the same thing but I would try to get more food so that way you could keep yourself health and not hungry still be able to help your dad so he does not died in the camps.
ReplyDeleteThis kind of sounds like my book A Long Way Gone how Ishmael has to deal with traveling and bouncing to different camps because every time he gets to one the rebels blow it up like the next week and then he has to find another one which sounds like Elie and all the camps he is getting taken from.
DeleteYou explained Elie’s struggles really well especially how he was taken from his home and separated from his family. The way you described him taking care of his dad shows how important their bond was even in such terrible conditions. You also did a good job explaining how deadly the train rides and cold weather were. Your answer shows that you understand how hard survival was and that you would try to help your family while staying strong yourself.
DeleteIn I Am Malala, her father, who I would consider a main character, faced a lot of hardships in his childhood and adult life. He was disliked by his father because he had a stutter, but he was also never shown much love from his father as a child either with impacts a person's life as they grow up. He also had a very hard time trying to go to college and start his school. He had a hard time starting his school because he did not have much money to start one and, in his culture, it is rude to turn away guests and say no to them so they must give them whatever they want which is costly. Also, when he and his wife had their first child, it died because the environment they were living in was unsanitary. The character handled these hardships well and just kept trying to find new ways to get what he wanted, he never stopped trying. If this was me, I would not want to deal with these things, I would most likely give up and do something else that is easier
ReplyDeleteI am also reading I Am Malala and I didn't even think of picking her dad but that was a great Idea because he did face many struggles and he had to over come them.
DeleteIn A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam faces many challenges, especially being forced into an abusive marriage with Rasheed. He controls her, treats her badly, and blames her when she cannot have children. Mariam handles these struggles by being patient and strong, even when life is unfair to her. Later, her friendship with Laila helps her find courage and purpose.
ReplyDeleteIf I were in Mariam’s situation, I would try to get help or escape instead of suffering alone. I would want to protect myself and the people I care about. Mariam’s story shows that strength can come from hard life and standing up for others.
i agree they she should try to get help but idk if theres anything laila can do for her being a female also and not having any power over raseed
DeleteIn I Am Malala, Malala who is the main character faces a lot of adversity because she believes girls deserve a education. Despite what the Taliban say Malala continues to go to school. Instead of listening Malala starts speaking out and fighting for not only herself but other girls as well. I find the Taliban's rules to be mind blowing, because in the U.S. all kids are forced to have an education and complain about going to school. If I was in Malala's situation I don't know that I would be able to speak out against the Taliban just because of how strong they are. If I were Malala I would ask my dad to educate me because he is literally a teacher.
ReplyDeleteI find the Taliban's rules stupid as well, I don't understand why girls can't go to school. I don't think that I would be able to speak up about girls not being able to go to school either because of the risks.
Deletein they book night my character handles his hardships by trying to stay positive and keep his dad alive he also handles it by thinking about how life was before the camps and what it will look like after the camps if he makes it out. if i was the character in the book i would keep my head down and look for any way out of the camps if we are changing camps try to sneak off and find help to try and get the others freed faster
ReplyDeleteI also agree that having a positive attitude is key to survival here, because with the magnitude of problems he's facing with the camps and inner conflict with other prisoners he'll need to keep his head up and toughen through the hard times even if its without his father.
DeleteIn I Am Malala, Malala faces many challenges, especially the Taliban taking control of her home and trying to stop girls from going to school. She deals with fear and the loss of her normal life including having her education threatened. Even though these hardships are dangerous and stressful Malala handles them with courage. She continues to speak out for education and refuses to give up on what she believes is right, even when it puts her at risk. If I were in Malala’s situation, I honestly think it would be very hard to be as strong as she was. I would be scared and worried about my family’s safety. I would try to stay strong by supporting education in quieter ways at first, like helping others learn and not giving up on school if possible but besides that I don't know what I would do.
ReplyDeleteIf I was Malala I would also try and support but in quieter ways because the Taliban is way stronger than her but I also wouldn't give up because everyone deserves access to an education no matter what people believe they're on this earth to do.
DeleteI'm reading Night, Elie and his family are stripped away from there home and forced into concentration camps while just because there jews while Nazi guards force them to do manual labor with meager rations of bread. Elie handles these struggles the best that he can, just keeping his head low and doing what he needs to do to make it by. If i was put into Elie's shoes i would do about the same thing that he did. Just try to survive the horrible atrocity that was forced onto them by the Nazi regime.
ReplyDeleteI agree, if I was Elie, I would just do whatever I needed to do to stay alive. I couldnt imagine seeing what the officers would do to the people.
DeleteI am reading the book A Long Way Gone and the main character Ishmael is going through lots of hardships by seeing villages and houses being destroyed, people that he knows getting killed, and loosing all his friends because they had to split up to survive in this war he is going through. All these things are making his thoughts go crazy and not being able to sleep at night the way he tries to get things off his mind is by doing something else or productive. If I was him, I would do the same thing as him that is how I get things off my mind too is walking or doing something productive to get my mind on something else
ReplyDeletei feel there are some strong similarities between the book night and the book a long way gone for example villages are being burned and people being killed
ReplyDeleteThe book I'm reading is A long way gone and Ishmael goes through a lot by watching his village burn down, people get killed, people get skinned. He lost all of his friends and family, has gone days without food, endured brutal consequences from villagers he runs into. He also gets addicted to drugs, and goes through the military and rehabilitation. If I was Ishmael I would just do everything that he's doing, trying to get through it and be the best person he can be.
ReplyDeletei am reading Night and my character can relate to losing family and friends as he doesn't know where anyone but is father and the food is very scarce as well.
Deletei agree, he has a lot of trouble at night with his thoughts.
ReplyDeletein a thousand splendid suns Miriam the daughter or nana and jalil. her mom treats her as a burden till nana ends up killing herself and is sent to her dads which marim thought would be a better home life but they end up forcing her to marry rasad who is 45 and he acts all nice till she cried and miscarried his baby and started yelling at her treating her like shes worth nothing. she doesnt do much because shes been taught to do what shes told
ReplyDeleteI feel if Rasheed wasn't the way he was she wouldn't have all the problems she is having now at all. I feel if he left her alone and just used her for company Miriam wouldn't have to worry about the things she says or does around him.
DeleteIn the book Night Elie faces extreme adversity during the Holocaust when he is taken to Nazi concentration camps. His challenges include hunger fear violence and the emotional pain of losing his family and his faith. Elie handles these hardships by focusing on survival and staying strong for his father who becomes his main reason to keep going. Over time the suffering changes him and takes away his innocence. If I were in Elies situation I would try to survive one day at a time just like he does. I would hold on to any hope I could and lean on loved ones for strength even though it would be incredibly difficult.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this, Elie held on with what he had left inside him, handling things day by day, not wondering what tomorrow would bring until it was "tomorrow". If i was asked out of all of the books i have ever read, what character sticks out to you the most, it would definitely be Elie, and the way he lives life with determination and hope.
DeleteI agree with you. Elie’s focus on surviving one day at a time and staying strong for his father really shows how much endurance he had, and I think leaning on loved ones and holding onto hope would be the only way to get through something like that.
DeleteIn the book Night, Elie faces many different adversities, the first one being when he is removed from everything hes ever known, taken to a concentration camp by the Nazis, and separated from hsi mother and sister. He faces many hardships, the two main ones being hunger and simply trying to stay alive day after day. However, Elie never lets himself down. He fought until he had nothing left, even making sure his father makes it to see another day. If I were in Elies shoes, i would have given up the first time i felt pain, thinking there was no point, i would end up like the others at some point. Although, Elie thought otherwise. He cherished the time he has on earth, and made the best out of what he could.
ReplyDeletei think you listed out all the hardships very well and i agree that it would be hard to be in her shoes
DeleteI agree with boston, i also read the book Night and i couldnt imagine being in Elie's shoes trying to survive and seeing that everyday.
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ReplyDeletein the book night the main character faces many problem and hardships. one of the main one is having to leave his home and get loaded onto a train. he handles this very well by stay strong and helping others he wants to be strong for her siblings and wants her parents to know hes ok in the hard time that there going through. if i were the main character i would also try to be strong for people around me but i would also try to find a way out of the situation try to run from my house simply because i dont want other people to have that kind of control over me.
ReplyDeletei would definitely have giving up i could never handle the things they are going threw
ReplyDeleteIn the book Kite Runner Amir faces many challenges like not being able to do anything as his best friend is being bullied or trying to get his dads approval. Amir doesn't try to face his problems but instead avoids them. If I was in Amirs shoes, I would try to help Hasaan and not worry so much about Baba's approval.
ReplyDeleteIn the book night the main character faces lots of problems starting with their family being taken from their home and put on a train and getting sent out to a camp and then when arriving at the camp they get separated and the men are sent away to work and threw all of this they have to watch other close people that they know get killed.
ReplyDeleteIn A Thousand Splendid Suns, a woman named Marium, goes through a lot as a child. Her mother treats her as if she's unwanted and her dad doesn't even want to be seen with her. Eventually, her mom ends up taking her own life and Marium must deal with the guilt of losing her mom. She was then forced to marry a random man, that is way older than her after just losing her mom. I feel like she handles these hardships pretty well. She never really complained about what would happen to her and just dealt with it. If I was in her situation, I don't think I would've handled it as well as her.
ReplyDeleteI agree that i don't think i would be able to handle all the things she has to handle. I feel like i would try multiple ways to escape and try and get freed from my forced husband. I feel as though if she wasn't forced into the marriage she wouldn't have all these problems she has now.
Deletei am reading i am Malala, Malala faced many many challenges such as being attacked for wanting girls to go to school and have a education and living under Taliban rule. she stayed strong by believing in education and speaking up for her rights. if i were in her shoes i would try to stay brave and keep fighting for what i believe in just like she did.
ReplyDeletei am reading the book along way gone and Ishmael faced many challenges like being separated from his family during the war and trying to survive by himself and not get killed by the rebels and trying not to get killed when he is a solider in the war fighting at such a young age he kept going trough the war by doing a lot of drugs and watching war movies when they weren't fighting and if i were him i would try and run away or just refuse to fight and just work in the camp
ReplyDeleteI'm reading the book a long way gone and i think that the way Ishmael faced hardships was being introduced to war at such a young age. the reason i think that is because i feel like to be able to handle war you have to want to serve or be mature enough or physically fit but i feel as if Ishmael had none of these and with that it just makes it quite amazing that he was able to come out of it and power through all of the grueling things he witnessed such as seeing people being blown up or be killed right in front of him or being on the brink oof death simply because he had to live off of mostly fruit in the forest. And I feel like if I was in his situation things would've gone alot different because i probably would have joined the rebels because i wouldn't want to deal with the concequenses of being against them and getting caught.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you devin because i feel like he handled it very well given with how much he had to go through at such a young age in such little time and i feel as if i wouldnt be able to handle the trama myself.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading the book Night by Elie, Elie faced a lot of hardships like getting forced to move out of his house and be a prisoner for Nazis because he is a Jew, Elie is forced to slave away in a work camp with his father at a very young age, he is forced to see his dad work beyond he can. if i was in Elie's shoes I would do exactly that he did. He focused on himself and his father. he prevented his father from dying and Elie managed to survive by the choices he made, he dad however did not make it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said. Elie went through a lot at such a young age, and I think focusing on himself and his father was the only way he could survive. Staying with his dad and making those choices really shows how strong he was, even though his father didn’t make it in the end.
DeleteI am reading the book A Thousand Splendid Suns and Miriam faces a lot of adversity with being forced into marriage with a man a lot older than her. She has to do everything the way Rasheed wants her to do, and she also is forced to act a certain way to make him satisfied with the marriage. Once she finds out she is pregnant he starts to ac a little different towards her, that is until she ends up miscarrying their child. He then treats her with anger and is never happy with what she does and says she messes everything little thing up.
ReplyDeleteReading about Mariam’s experience in A Thousand Splendid Suns made me feel really angry and sad for her. Being forced into a marriage with someone much older and then having to change everything about herself just to keep him satisfied feels extremely unfair. What stood out to me the most was how Rasheed treated her differently when she became pregnant, only to turn cruel again after she miscarried, as if the loss was somehow her fault. It made me realize how powerless Mariam is in her situation and how damaging that kind of treatment can be. If I were in her place, I don’t know how I would handle it, but it made me appreciate how strong she is for surviving everything she goes through.
DeleteIn A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam and Laila face many challenges that are completely out of their control, including war, loss, and abusive relationships. Mariam grows up feeling unwanted and later suffers through a harsh marriage, while Laila loses her family and is forced to make painful decisions just to stay alive. They handle these struggles by adapting and finding strength where they can, especially through their friendship with each other. Their bond helps them survive situations that would otherwise feel unbearable. If I were in their position, I don’t think I would know exactly what to do, but I would try to rely on people I trust the same way they do, because having support seems necessary when everything else is taken away.
ReplyDeleteIn A Long Way Gone, Ishmael struggles a lot during this time in his life. He has to deal with losing his family, getting addicted to drugs, fighting in wars, and all the mental and physical pain some people cant even imagine. He has trouble dealing with his nightmares and migraines due to all the trauma from the way and the drug withdrawals. If I was in his position I don't know how I could get through all of the struggles he went through especially at such a young age.
ReplyDeleteIn Night, Eliezer faces many hardships such as being separated from his family, dealing with hunger, and being treated unfairly in the concentration camps. These challenges are both physical and emotional because he is trying to survive while also struggling with his faith and hope. Elie handles these struggles by staying close to his father, following orders, and focusing on getting through each day. Even when things are very hard, he keeps going because his father depends on him. If I were in his situation, I think I would try to do the same by staying close to people I trust and doing whatever I could to survive.
ReplyDeletei am reading The Kite Runner, Amir’s biggest challenge is his feelings. He wants his father’s approval and feels jealous of Hassan. Amir struggles because he is scared to stand up for himself and for Hassan. When things get hard, he stays quiet instead of doing the right thing. This makes him feel guilty later. If I were Amir, I would try to be braver and stand up for my friend, even though it would be hard.
ReplyDeleteThose are some hard challenges to face. I couldn't imagine going through that
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