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/character's situation, how would you handle yourself? What would you do?
In a long way gone the main characters face a lot when it starts by people coming into their town saying the rebels are coming to take it. a couple days later the rebels come and shoot everyone they can and the boys have to run away from the rebels. the hardest struggle is them staying in the woods not trying to get caught by the rebels and try to find food in the process.
ReplyDeleteI feel like it would be hard to stay in the woods and hide from rebels and at the same time try to find food.
Deletei agree completely with both of you this would be hard to hide all the time and then at night go out and find food to eat.
DeleteI agree. With the rebels attacking their village and being forced into the woods, it can definitely be hard to not only stay with each other, but also keep track of where they're going. And since they're in the woods, they can easily get lost.
DeleteYes i definitely agree, but i think food is a big factor to his survival. Also staying away from the hogs.
Deletei also agree that the boys struggle to stay in the woods is hard for them because they just want to know where their family is
DeleteThis sounds like a tough time in your book. I could not imagine having to leave my house and fend for my life in the woods. I hope you enjoy the rest of your book Zach.
DeleteI agree because at the end of the day all of them are just lost, scared, and want to see their families alive and together again.
DeleteIn a Thousand Splendid Suns one of the main characters Mariam struggles with finding her place her mother takes her own life and her father betrays her trust and marries her off to a man 30 years her senior. Mariam adapts best as possible and tries to please her new husband and meet his every need. If I was in her shoes I would be scared to death I would more than likely hide in my room when every Rasheed was home. I would also consider running away and I would for sure cry a lot. I would become isolated from life and I would probably let my health go and stop caring. I really dont think I could handle going through all the hardship this poor 15 year old goes through. While reading this book I keep thinking to myself how all I want to do is hug Mariam and never let her. I feel sad for her.
ReplyDeleteI cant imagine having your dad marrying you of too someone much older than yourself. I probably would react the same way as you would too. It would almost be as if you are a prisoner in your life with no way of escape.
DeleteI would be scared also if i was her. Hopefully something goes her way in part 3.
DeleteI completely agree. The whole time reading I just want to reach into the book and give her all the love and affection she deserves but doesn't receive through the book, and also help her through her hard times because she has so many of them.
DeleteI completely agree with you. The whole time i was reading i wanted to just give her a hug and tell her she deserves to live her life her own way and not be married to someone who is way older than her. I would be scared for my life and lock myself into a room and hope when Rasheed comes home that he wont find me hiding and planning my plot to try and escape.
Deletei see malalas challenge to be a very important one because it is for her rights and her educational rights as well. i think she handles it pretty well for how much is all going on with the war around her and it is starting to move into her town. yes she does struggle because she loves her education but she pushes through to keep being positive about her possibly losing the right to be educated. if i were in her start then i would probably fight like she does because education is a very important. i would voice my opinion like she does and try to make my voice heard.
ReplyDeletethat is the same thing in a long way gone that these "freedom fighters" are going around killing everyone and i think people will fight back for their human right to just live and not be killed
DeleteSounds like a good book to be reading. Didn't think that book would be very good, but actually sounds very interesting.
DeleteIt sounds like a good book. She's fighting for what she want in life and for all the other women.
DeleteI think it is good that she is fighting for herself and showing that she has a lot of Independence for a young gal I think this book would be a good read and I hope she continues to fight for herself
DeleteI would have to agree with you truck, not a very interesting book but the fight that is starting is making it alittle better that what it was thats for sure.
DeleteI am reading Malala she is facing a lot of adversity because not only is she fighting women's right over going to school and all the things they can not do with a men being with them. Not only she has problems with that but she is facing adversity with the Taliban taking over her village Swat. They are killing a lot of people and the fighting is in the night so it is hard for her to sleep.
ReplyDeleteBoy Pebble. Sounds like a good book. I like how there fighting the Taliban, and killing a bunch of people. Maybe they will catch Bin Ladin.
DeleteThis sounds like an interesting book with the main character dealing with women's rights. i hope that malala is able to stand up to the challenge.
DeleteMalala sounds like a strong woman who is ready to risk it all to get the rights she deserves. I could not imagine seeing the people I know getting killed my the Taliban. I hope she gets what she deserves in the end of the book. I also hope you enjoy the rest of the book.
DeleteI am reading The Kite Runner. Amir is the main character and he faces many hardships. One hardship Amir faces is seeing Hassan be raped. Amir just sat there and watched while it happened to his friend. He handles this by keeping it to himself and not telling anyone. If I was Amir, I would have stepped in and helped my friend. After helping Hassan, I would report what happened and have the man who did it get the punishment he deserves.
ReplyDeletethis is kinda the same thing as a long way gone but the main characters are seeing their own people get killed and they don't tell anyone when they get to the USA and people ask them about where they are from.
Deletethis is like a long way gone the boy has seen a lot of bad things an he doesn't speak to all or the new villagers he had meet he could have shared all of the killing and wrong doing from the rebels and he didn't so that why i can somewhat relate to your book, and i would have done the same thing as you and i hope that character ends up reporting it.
DeleteI am also reading the book kite runner and i agree that its not right for amir to stad bye and watch his friend Hassan be raped but we dont know what might have happend if he did step in and try to help Hassan.
DeleteElie handles the struggles by he keeps pushing forward and not wanting to get weak, because he knows if you get weak they will get rid of you. He just keeps doing all the the work the SSR officers tell him to do and doesn't complain about it. I would do the same as him, because that's your best chance of surviving. So far i think he has a good chance of staying a live but i feel like he will find his sisters and mother dead.
ReplyDeleteAgreed with 100%
DeleteElie is staying strong because he wants to survive the camp. He follows orders so then the Germans will like him better therefore, he wont be as likely to be exterminated. I also think he has a pretty good chance of staying alive as long as he keeps following orders.
DeleteI agree that Elie is staying strong and he is using his head and staying low and under the radar so he can survive the camp. I also feel that his dad is also a big part and helping him stay strong and Elie wants to stay strong for his dad.
Deletei Like how your book has a lot of details and sees like a really good book. That sucks that you thnk the rest of his family is dead.
Deletei agree with you in everything you said i have no doubt his family is no longer a live t this point of the book
DeleteBoi Deisel, this would have been the ideal book for me but it sounds like a good book and a book that would keep your attention throughout the whole book.
DeleteI also hate the way Amir didn't stand up for his friend after all the times he did for him. He should've done something.
DeleteIn my book Kite Runner, Amir lives with a servant named Hassan that he treats like his own brother. But the other kids look down on that idea and when Hassan went to retrieve Amir's kite, he got beat up bad while Amir watched and ran away. Amir felt bad for Hassan because he he always ran away from his problems. Now Amir and his father ran from Afghanistan to escape from an invasion from russia. Now Amir has to step up in his new life in america, because his father is suffering lung cancer. If i was the main character, I would do whatever it takes to make sure my father doesn't suffer anymore than he has to.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that amir always runs away from his problems or struggles in life and i think we can take away from this that we cant always run away for all of our struggles and problems we face in life.
DeleteIn A Thousand Suns, I think the challenges Mariam faces are very exetreme. Mariam takes her challenges and struggles easier than i expected. When her Nana dies, she cries of course, but she doesn't stay on it and let it halt her life. When she gets married off, she does what she can to hopefully please her new husband. I probably wouldn't be able to handle the challenges Mariam faces as easily as she does.
ReplyDeleteI would also have a hard time facing the struggles that Mariam faces. She goes through a lot within the first few chapters off the book, and then to be forced into marriage is something that I would have issues with. I do not think I could go through everything she has gone through.
DeleteI would also have a hard time facing what Mariam does. She is dealing with so much and she handles them so much easier than i would. I would fight for my life to try and get out of the relationship even running away would be a better option to do.
Deletei feel like as a girl in these times it would be very hard to live a happy life because of how the war affect so much of where mariam lives and it doesn't make it any better that she has a husband like Rasheed that abuses her so much.
DeleteIn the novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns the main character Mariam faces many horrendous hardships. Her father betrays her and her trusts, her mother kills herself, she is married off to a man who is 30 years older than her, she is raped, has many miscarriages, and is emotionally and physically abused. She plays it off as it is Allah is punishing her for being a child born out of wedlock, and she has no common knowledge of the outside world so some of the things that happen to her, she thinks that it's normal. If I was Mariam, I don't think I could handle it and i would want to say I would rebel, run away, or wouldn't even marry him, but I know if I was raised in that culture I would do the exact same thing. I think I would just try to live my life to the best of my abilities.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. I do not think she should have married Rasheed or let him do what he did to her. I hope part 3 when she talks again explains what happened.
DeleteI agree with you. It's a very scary situation and I can't imagine going through that.
DeleteIn your book, Mariam looks like shes been through a lot of hardships. If I was her position, I would do the same as you. Being raised in that culture, many don't know what's wrong from right and it would hard to break that lifestyle.
Deletei totally agree with you. i would also try to live my life away from them.
DeleteI agree that this is a very scary situation, if I were her I would've tried to escape. I would've ran when I had the chance.
DeleteThis book sounds very interesting and horrible to the way the women are treated. Hopefully she is able to do something to get out of that situation.
Deletei am reading the book kite runner and the main character Amirs challenges in his life is he is trying to impress his father baba but his father at times doesn't seem impressed with amirs actions. Amir is also battling with the fact that he had to grow up in a falling Afghanistan with even his servant friend falling victim to being raped he is forced to grow up fast.
ReplyDeleteyour book could relate to what im reading because the main character in my book is having a hard time growing up with war around her and she has to fight to get what she wants
DeleteIn my book The Kite Runner, there's this kid named Hassan. Their neighborhood has a tournament for kite fighting. When a string is cut, the losing kite flies loose, and the boys called kite runners chase the kite across the city until it falls. The last fallen kite of the tournament is a trophy of honor. Hassan is the best kite runner in Kabul, and seems to know exactly where a kite will land before it comes down.
ReplyDeleteNice Quan, you stated that perfectly. I bet you really enjoy this book because you frequently fly kites.
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DeleteIn A Long Way Gone, the main characters face conflict almost immediately and are forced to flee their home. As the rebels move from place to place, they take out village after village until there's nothing left. As they try their hardest to survive in the harsh place, the situation starts to become more and more bleak for our protagonists. If I were in their place I would most likely crumble under the intensity of the situation.
ReplyDeleteI agree. If I was their age and this happened to me, I would most certainly break down in tears and probably give up right then and there. But if this happened to me now, I would try my hardest to survive until the end.
Deletei agree that the boys moving from place to place is hard for them and seeing noting left in these places that they used to see it full of stuff. they also struggle with hiding from the rebels and not getting caught
DeleteI agree with you too. The boys are much smarter and very resourceful all through out the story so far. I know for a fact that I would never be able to come up with such smart creative ways to solve problems in their situation.
DeleteIn the book Night Elie the main character is dealt the hardship of being evicted from his home moved to the ghettos then put on cattle car then shipped to a concentration camp with no food or water. Then he forced to move 2 more times till he's moved to Buna that is nicer place to live but it is more strict they get tattooed and roll call and forced to work. Elie deals with his hardship so far in the book by staying strong and keep putting one foot in front of the other and stays strong and keeps eating and does not look weak so he does not get pulled aside and killed. If I was in elies shoes I honestly don't think I could handle myself as good as Elie does I would be freaking out and in a panic attack I honestly would have already been dead by now.
ReplyDeleteSo would I
DeleteI don't know how Elie is holding it together myself. I would be freaking out the whole time and I would also be one of the first people to die. I know Elie will grow stronger throughout this process and can't wait to see how he survives!
DeleteGetting a tattoo for identification sounds terrible and i don't know if i could survive such a camp. Hopefully Elie can stick it out until help arrives.
DeleteI dont think i could hold myself together as long as elie has.
Deletein the book of a long way gone the struggles in this book so far would be the young boy and his brother junior and they were separated from there parents and to make it worse the kid is only 13 and that a really young age to be running away from rebels with guns and i found it hard for him to keep going and not give in to the rebels because you can only run so long and its a hard to make life decisions as a 13 year old. and what i would do in this situation is fight back until you die because thats how i would wanna die is fighting for my people.
ReplyDeletei disagree i would want to go find the soldiers and go fight against the rebels and i would wan tot die that way.
DeleteIn a Long Way Gone, the characters are living on the edge with the war going on and the boys keep getting in situations where people think they're with the rebels, but they're not. The boys struggle with dealing with death of people they know or see get killed. If I was in Ishmael's situation, I would do my very best to survive and do whatever it takes to get me and my friends to a safe haven.
ReplyDeleteIsmael faces a lot oh hardship in a long way gone. He has to run for his life from the rebels. He has to scavenge for food. I don't think i could do what he did. I couldn't ration food even if my life did depend on it. I'm a binge eater. Honestly id say i would probably be dead by now.
ReplyDeletei agree, going from the safety of the U.S. to a foreign country, it would be a slap in the face and most of us would be dead by now
DeleteThis book sounds very interesting, and i wish that i had this book instead of mine.
Deletein a long way gone, the main character, Ishmael faces adversity because his country is in the middle of a civil war. The rebels are going village to village killing everyone and leaving the village in ruins and in flames. Him and a couple other boys have to stick together and find their way back to their families and friends. While they are on their journey, they get captured because people think they are rebels. Ishmael has to keep fighting and pushing forward so he can see his family again. If i was in his situation, i have no clue what i would do. Everyone says that they would do this or that, but once you get put in that situation, you would freeze up and not know what to do
ReplyDeleteYes i agree i would probably freeze up. You make some very good points in this. Good job!!
DeleteVery in depth, elite take!
DeleteI agree. I would not know what to do in his situation and i wouldnt be able to handle that environment at all.
Deletethat sounds awful, in my book night all the Germans kill a lot of Jews while they are in the camps. so our book both have a lot of death.
DeleteIn the book Night, the main character Elie recently got put into the concentration camp with his dad. So far, Elie is taking this major change as best as he possibly can. He knows in order to survive, he must be strong and not show fear or weakness. If he does, he knows he will not last long in the camp. If I was Elie, I would definitely be scared out of my mind. I would do what I was told and do whatever I could to survive the nightmare.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be hard to not show much fear or weakness. Most inmates that showed it more probably would have made themselves targeted by the SS officers.
DeleteIn my book all of the characters face hardships through not sleeping for two days straight to not eating food for six days. Ishmael has had many hardships since he lost his brother and friends to running from wild hogs up a tree. To finding new friends from his old village that is no more. if i was in his position i would go fight for the good side and fight against the rebels to keep up my sanity.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a very good book and i thin that i would really enjoy it.
Deletethis book sounds like it would be easy to read i wish i could read it it was my first choice but im fine with my book.
DeleteIn my book night, sometimes the characters don't sleep at night while in the camp so our books can relate in that way.
DeleteIn the book Night Elie is brave, courageous, loving, caring, strong, and in shape. If I was in his shoes I would have been dead at the beginning, because I don't think I could ever be as courageous as he is. Watching them throw the children and babies into the fire. I think I would have just jumped right in with them.
ReplyDeleteI have not read the book but it is the book i wanted. It seems like a very detailed book and very cruel. Sorry that you would want to jump in the fire with the children and babies.
DeleteI am reading the book Night and the main character is Elie. he is a jew that went to auschwitz. He and his dad had to lie about their ages to stay together. Elie is doing his best to make it through the camp, but it is very hard. If i was Elie i woul be doing the same things that he is doing. i would try to do my best and show that i have no fear of this.
ReplyDeleteIt was clever that they lied to the Germans just so they could stay together. I like how Elie is keeping his anger from getting to him so he doesn't raise any attention to him.
DeleteI would agree that Elie is doing everything he can do to do to stay alive for as long as he can and I also thing him and dad are both very smart and do thing things threw such as staying under the radar from the SSR officers and they are also trying to stay strong and healthy in the poor condtions.
DeleteElie seems to be a smart kid. He try to do the best he can so his dad and him stay together.
DeleteI agree that Elie is struggling trying to stay alive and staying one step a head by lying about his age to stay with his father.
DeleteIn the novel Night, all characters go through their own struggles. Many of them are face to face with death. Once they arrive at Auschwitz everything gets worse. Elie was steps away from getting put into the gas chamber. They each have a number on their arm to keep track of them. Day to day Elie and his father move from camp to camp and are put to work. One of his friends had to put his own dad into the chamber. If I were in Elie's shoes I wouldn't even know what to do.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't move from camp to camp nearly everyday and do a job like they were forced to do. Though I feel that the consequence would be motivating to make someone just do what they're being told
Deleteyeah this book can get hard to read at some points but i find it very well written
DeleteIn Night, Elie was removed from his home and soon forced to either work in a concentration camp or be killed. He's spending his time trying his hardest to stay strong and do what he's told in order to avoid being killed. I surely wouldn't be able to handle the pressure of the situation. Simply knowing how close I am to the line that separates life and death would have me scared out of my mind day in and day out.
ReplyDeleteI would feel the same way, that's a really awful and terrifying experience. I wouldn't know how to cope.
DeleteWow your book sounds pretty intense I hope you are liking it so far. I don't know what i would do if was in Elie's position of knowing that you are so close to death. I pry wouldn't be able to comprehend how close to death I was.
DeleteI agree with you. I would not know what to do so i would just follow everyone else and hopefully survive.
DeleteI'm also reading Night and what he experience is awful
Deletepersonally, if i was put to slave work, i'd rather be killed.
DeleteTHe people in concentration camps were treated worst then animals and i could not imagine any of it
DeleteIn A Thousand Splendid Sun one of the main characters Mariam goes through a lot from the begining to the end of part one of the book. She sees her mom lose her life because her mom thought that Mariam was not going to return home after seeing Jalil. Mariam has to move in with Jalil and gets to see how different their life is because they have lots more money than Mariam grew up with. Mariam is used to having to fend for herself and she would help her family with that as well. While at Jalil's house they found a guy for her to marry his name was Rasheed. He was very wealthy and lived in Kabul. He owned a shop and was a shoemaker. That is all Mariam knew about him. she was forced to marry him because the person Mariam wanted to marry was very old. She moves in with Rasheed and later on Mariam got pregnant and lost the child. She lost 6 more after that and then Rasheed started to get abusive. If i was Mariam I would not have just married Rasheed just because he was wealthy.
ReplyDeleteI think she has gone through a lot and I applaud her for making it through each day. I really hope that Mariam gets a break, can finally stop struggling. It seems like a lot all at once.
Deletei cant believe that shes still were she is i guess it makes snes but i would just at least try to run away.
DeleteI agree with you I would have done everything possible to avoid marrying him. I would be so lost and scared.
DeleteIn the book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, the main character, Mariam, faces many challenges and hardships. Her mother kills herself because Mariam left her home alone, her father and his 3 wives kick her out of the house and make her marry a man who is 40-45 years older than her (at most) when she is only 15 years old, still a child. Once she moves in with her new husband, her life doesn't get any better, it gets worse. He feels very strongly about how women should act and the restraints women have in their culture, he hates it when Mariam cries, which she did quite often with everything happening to her. Mariam tried her hardest to please her husband but nothing was good enough for him. He raped her, abused her physically and emotionally, he treated her like shit. She had multiple miscarriages and always blames herself for them and so does her husband. She handles these situations pretty well for the trauma she endures at a young age. She started to stay in her room, away from her husband, and cries when he isn't around. If I was in her shoes, I don't know if I could handle that abuse and stress every day. I would definitely cry all the time and I would try anything to get out of the situation. I would run away or run to Fariba's house and ask for help. If I was in her situation I wouldn't even want to keep living because at that point, it's not living, it's barely surviving.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Mariam does try to please everyone she comes in contact with especially her husband. I feel so bad for Mariam any ounce of happiness she gets is stripped from her time and time again, and she doesn't have a life worth living.
DeleteIn A Thousand Splendid Suns, the main character, Mariam, faces a lot of issues. Including the death of her mother, realizing her father is truly not the man she imagined, and being a young wife to a man who does not treat her with much respect. I view her struggles as something a strong person could go through. She tries her best to make her husband happy, she tries to fight through the guilt of her mothers death. She realizes that she deserves so much more then her father and his stories. If I were Mariam I would have a hard time going through these hardships, I would need someone to support me but she has no one, and still pushes through each day.
ReplyDeleteThat is so true Mariam is a really strong person because she hasn't given up and she is still fighting and trying to make the best of her situation. I would need someone to support me to I could never do what she is doing and deal with what she is going through alone.
DeleteI agree, Mariam is extraordinarily strong to be able to handle all of this and not give; to keep on fighting and try her best in the situation that she is forced to face. I would most definitely not be able to face something like this all by myself like how Mariam is.
Deleteim reading a thousand splended suns and the main caricter faces a whole bunch of thing. it starts with her mother being a real rude lady then her mother dying then her dad that she looked up to leaving her and forcing this 15 year old girl to marry a 40 year old man. do shes not going to be able to live like this for long.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, she definitely falls on some hard times, but she does recover to a certain extent. But she begins to regress when she has 7 miscarriages. Don't forget, her mother was being rude to protect her, because Mariam was her only child, and I could see why she was a little bit rude. If anything, the father is kind of the main rude dude after sending Mariam away to one of her business partners.
DeleteIn Kite Runner the main character Amir struggles to gain his fathers approval. Baba is a tough guy and a athlete. Baba tried to raise Amir to be the same as him but Amir like doesn't sports, and he doesn't defend himself at all. Amir wants to gain his fathers approval desperately and he stresses about it throughout the book.
ReplyDeleteI hope that Amir is able to over come this struggle of making his father happy and starts to realize that the only person he needs to make happy is himself.
DeleteI also hope Amir over comes his struggle
DeleteIn the Kite Runner the main characters name is Amir and he is the son of a rich man. It might not seem that because his father has all this money that he would problems he would have to face in life, but he really truly does. Amir is the type of kid that like to read and has tarted to write his own stories, which is something that his dad does not like what so ever. On day Amir was listening in on his fathers conversation in the other room and hears his dad say that Amir is not his kid because he doesn't like soccer and he is not like sports. Amir got so angry that he decides that he needs to impress his father by doing something so his father no longer thinks this. Lets just say that is a vary hard process and once he satisfy's his father, his father gets mad at him again for something different. If I were in Amir's situation I don't think I would be able to stay as calm as Amir did, I pry would either run away or I would just straight up ignore him. I dont think i would be able to play that "game" that Amir is playing with his father.
ReplyDeleteIn Kite runner there is a boy with a cliff lip named Hassan he is a servent to his friend Amir. In town there is a thing called Kite fighting where all the people have kites and they cut the line and the last to land wins. Hassan is very good at knowing where the kite is going to land before it actually does so he has a big advantage. I would do the same thing Hassan would do because i also like winning.
ReplyDeletethat sounds like a strange book, do you have a lot of experience flying kites?
Deleteim glad you can make a connection with you book.
DeleteIn a long way gone the character is running from a war that is catching up to him. He handles this by keeping on the move and making friends so that he isn't alone. If i was in his shoes i would have probably been dead right away but if i was alive i would try and go to a different country to escape the war.
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book Thousand Splendid Suns, In this book there are different characters that faces different challenges in their life. The character that faces the most challenges is Mariam. Mariam had struggles in life since Nana, her mom committed suicide. Mariam had miscarriage at least seven babies. His husband does not respect her any more since her first baby died. If i were to be in Mariam shoes i would probably would not be able to handle the husband after everything he does to her. I would probably would of run away after knowing i was going to marry with someone way older than me.
ReplyDeleteI've seen people and I've known people that had miscarried and it was a really tough thing to go through, and to have miscarried seven times is so sad. It must have been awful to have her husband look down on her, and in that situation, I don't think I could have handled him either. It's an awful to feel like a let down, and after her husband lost respect in her because of the babies death, I feel that I would've felt that way. That's a hard feeling to push past, and I'm sure if she felt that way as well, she must have had a difficult time pushing past it too.
DeleteIn the book Night, the main character Elie faces many problems. He's in Auschwitz and it's life or death for him. He has no choice if he lives or dies. A inmate came up to him and told him to say he was 18 when he was really 15 and told his father to say he's 40 not 50. I didn't understand what that meant until I read a few pages. An SS officer came out and asked everyone how old they are and he said he was 18 and that's what saved his life
ReplyDeleteI am reading Night, and my character is named Elie and he is in a Jewish concentration camp during WWII. He is with his father and his mother and sisters were taken away from them. he goes through a ton of hardships like not getting fed enough and getting beat if he steps out of line. he handles this by hiding and just doing what he is told and trying not to get on the bad side of the guards. if i was the character i would do the same thing and try to blend in. i wouldn't want to get beat so i would not do anything for me to be well known with the guards to try and be safe.
ReplyDeletein the book night elie has to go through tons of adversity. when he arrived at auschwitz they split up men and women so right when they get to the camp he loses his mom and sister. he never saw them again. elie is also seeing a lot of people die. he has to know that he has to work hard and make no mistakes while working. the only person he has to help him now is his father. elie is also sticking with his religion even though that is the reason he got put in the camp.
ReplyDeleteI agree i would not be able to see a bunch of people die. I also don't know what i would do if i knew my mother was being killed after being separated from her at a moments notice
Deleteyour book sounds very interesting and it seems like the main character in your book is a very strong willed person and will find a way to make the best of what he can get
DeleteIn the book Night Elie had to go through a lot of things with his father because he was separated from his mom and sister very early in the book, and was sent right to a concentration camp, and saw children burning to death right in front of him. im not totally sure how i would react in that situation but i know i wouldve done everything possible to stay with my family since we are very tight knit.
ReplyDeletei would agree with you. if part of my family was taken away, and i didnt know if the last bit of my family would be taken away, i would be super scared.
DeleteYa, the Holocaust was terrible and i could not imagine what those innocent people went through. it truly was terrible. i would also be scared.
DeleteI agree with you also, if part of my family was taken away from me and killed i would be very shook up and scared to do anything
DeleteI would be the exactly the same. If my family was taken apart from each other, I would devastated. I wouldn't be able to move because I can't be out of state with out my family because i am worried that something bad is going to happen, when i am out of state for a couple of days.
DeleteIn my book A Long way Gone the boys struggle with thinking about never seeing their family again, but also struggle with hiding and keeping away from the rebels. while they are keeping away all these thoughts go through there head on where they are going to go next and if there going to see anyone that they know every again. if i was in my characters footsteps i would not be able to handle myself, with all the stuff they see or handle in the woods and constantly running and hiding from the rebels. i would be super sad and scared and not know how to act. i feel i wouldnt be able to keep going and would try and find a someone i know and travel and hide with them so i wouldnt be alone.
ReplyDeletei am reading Night, and Elie was taken to a concentration camp and saw some messed up things. personally, i dont know what i would do if i saw some of the things that he saw. he had to lie about his age so he wouldn't be killed. he also saw little children and babies getting thrown into a fire. i really dont know what i would have done if i knew i would never see my mom and sister again too. if i was in his shoes, i would want to be dead rather then be there.
ReplyDeleteI agree, i would not be able to live with myself if i saw the things he saw, Elie is a very strong mental person.
DeleteI totally agree with you. I would rather be dead than have to endure all that Elie did in this novel. I don't know if I would have the will to live without my mom and sisters and yet feel the responsibility of staying alive to look after my father. Also, I am certain I couldn't deal with seeing others treated so horribly either.
DeleteI am reading the book Night and the main character Elie goes through a lot of hardships and struggles. He is at the concentration camp right now and that itself is a hardship. The things that Elie has been through like the 10 day train ride or basically having to sleep while standing are also struggles he had to go through. If i was the main character i dont think i would have gotten to where Elie is now. I think i would have "broke" during the train ride because i cannot stand close to people for hours on end. I would have tried to run away if i was there but i think i would get shot on the spot which is also not very good.
ReplyDeletei agree i dont think i could have handled what elie did and i think i would have been killed.
DeleteI am currently reading the book night the main character Elie Wiesel tells you what he saw and experienced when he was sent to Auschwitz during world war 2. He tells you about the last time he saw his mother and little sister for the last time, and shortly after they are split up he tells you about a truck full of bodies. I truly don't know how I would handle the constant fear that your family is dead and knowing that you could die too at any time.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it would be so awful to have to bear the fact that my family is dead, and yet worry about those that are still living like Elie's father. In the book, it mentioned how one Jew had to put his own father into the furnace. I sincerely don't think I could do that.
DeleteI am reading Night and Elie Wiesel, the author, is the main character. Elie faces many hardships, especially while in concentration camps. His hardships are hunger, fear of being separated from his father, worry of provoking SS officers, and fear of being selected as unable to work, as this would surely mean death for a Jew. Elie handles the hardships as good as he can. He eats as often as he is able, looks after his father and encourages him to stay strong, avoids confrontation with SS officers if at all possible, and musters his strength when having to run and show his ability to work for the SS officers. If I were Elie, I would definitely comply as much as possible with the SS officers to avoid trouble. For instance, Elie hesitated to give up his gold crown. I would have complied, as it was inevitable that he would have to do it sooner or later.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like your main character has faced many hardships. I am not sure how I would deal with being in the Holocaust.
Deletei feel like the only thing holding elie together at this point is his father, it is going to be interesting to see how elie handles himself when his father dies.
DeleteIn I am Malala, Malala has many challenges that she has to face. The Taliban took over Swat and changed many of the rules. They took away TV, board games, whenever women want to go outside they have to have a man go with them, finally they said that girls could not go to school. Malala's family decided not to follow the rules and still has a TV hidden away in a cupboard. I am not sure how I would deal with her life because I could not do anything all day.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, I don't think I could handle having everything taken away from me. Many over look the simple rights we have in this culture and take them for granted.
DeleteIn I Am Malala, Malala faces many challenges in her village of Swat. In her country, they do not allow girls to go to school and get an education. Luckily, her father has his own school and allows Malala to go to school. Until recently, The Taliban took over Swat and bombed and closed all the girl schools. To face this hardship, Malala gives interviews and speaks out against the idea that girls cannot go to school. If I was in her position, I would be scared to speak out against The Taliban because I do not want to get killed by them. She is very brave to voice her opinion and speak out when something isn't right.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Malala has to face many challenges. I am not sure how I would deal with these challenges but I know that I would be scared to live her life. I am not as brave as she is.
Deletein a long way gone, the main character, Ishmael faces adversity because his country is in the middle of a civil war. The rebels are going village to village killing everyone and leaving the village in ruins and in flames. Him and a couple other boys have to stick together and find their way back to their families and friends. While they are on their journey, they get captured because people think they are rebels. Ishmael has to keep fighting and pushing forward so he can see his family again. If i was in his situation, i have no clue what i would do. Everyone says that they would do this or that, but once you get put in that situation, you would freeze up and not know what to do
ReplyDeletein my book Night elie faces being a jew in a place that hates jewish people. he handles being treated like trash and seeing all these terrible things happening by having his father with him who has great optimism and by saying everything will be ok. but still he has trouble dealing with all the things that is happening to him and he starts to question god for all the things he has seen. the way he deals with the horrible monstrosities that is happening is miraculous. and i doubt that i could do what he did. i would handle myself poorly and just fall apart. i would probably loose all hope.
ReplyDeleteElie is trying to be positive in his situation due to his father being their. if his father wasn't their I don't think he would be as mentally strong and optimistic.
DeleteIn the book Long Way Gone, Ishmael witnesses lots of terrible events of war. There is mutilation and lots of death. He walks for days and is trusted by no one because rebels and the government used boy soldiers his age. He gets through by not thinking about it. I would try to leave the country if something like this happned
ReplyDeleteIn my book Night the main character is Elie. He faces many hardships by being taken from his home and thrown into a concentration camp then getting separated from his mother and sister. He is then moved from camp to camp with very little food and water. He handles these conditions very well knowing that if he becomes weak he will more than likely be killed. If I was in Elie's shoes I would try to handle it like him because right now he is doing a really good job. I would make sure to listen to all of my orders.
ReplyDeleteBe honest here, we are being treated worst than animals out in the world because we are getting less food and water as animals do. Elie can't really get food because there is really no dumpster to pick food out of and no lake for water because they are basically in the dessert. That is why Jews are being treated worst then animals.
DeleteIn A Long Way Gone the main character is struggling trying to handle his grief for the loss of his family and all of the constant death he continues to see all around him. Also he is constantly having guns and knives stabbed at them because of a misunderstanding. Mixing him up with the rebels, who are the bad guys and doing all the killing. When he clearly means no harm and is just passing through hoping to find his family, some decent food, and some water to drink. I know I would never be able to survive a situation like this for very long.
ReplyDeleteThat definitely sounds like a very hard situation to live through. It would suck to know that you are a good person, but you get mixed up with the wrong people because you wouldn't be able to do much about it. They wouldn't listen, and it seems like if you tried to fight back it would just get you into more trouble.
DeleteIn Night, Elie goes through a lot. His religion is looked down upon, he gets separated from his family, and he faces tough challenges everyday in the camp. It's horrible to read and imagine the things he saw, especially when it came to the point where they were hanging people. Elie doesn't really have a choice but to just live and push through it. If I was him in this situation, I think I would go crazy. It'd be so difficult to live through that everyday and I don't think I could handle that. I would do my best to stay in line and be sure not to get into trouble. I would also do my best to stay healthy and fit in order to stay alive.
ReplyDeleteIn Night, Elie, the main character, goes through some rough life patches. Elie is a jew and was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. I believe that Elie has no idea what is happening right now because no one will tell the truth, so Elie is figuring out what is happening. Eli is smelling burnt flesh and dark clouds of smoke up in the air. Elie is handling this by doing what he is told to do, for example when the guard yells at them saying "Get off the bus." he gets off the bus. Eli is confused about why there were people in stripped clothing and there are dark smoke cloud up above and also why he smells the burnt flesh. If I am Elie right now, I would do what I am told for a couple of days to see all the possibilities to escape. When I find the perfect escape route, I would sneak out at night when nobody is watching and run to a different place where Adolf Hitler could not find me at all.
ReplyDeleteIn A Thousand Splendid Suns Mariam has to deal with alot and grow up quicker than most people and kids in todays society. She loses her mom to sucide and her dad betrsys her trust and marries her off to a dude thats 30 years older than her. When she moves in with Rasheed he tells her how women should act and treat their husbands. He hates when she cries but she is only 15 years old she is just a child and she has to deal with him raping her, physically and emotionally abusing her. She does well for trying to handle what Is going on in her relationship. If i was in her shoes I would cry, i would also try to do everything i could to get out of that relationship because i wouldn't want to deal with everything she has to deal with.
ReplyDeleteIn A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam has to deal with many hard ships through her life and had to grow up very quickly due to these issues in her life. She had to deal with her mothers suicide; which resulted in her being completely uprooted and moved away from where she had always lived in with her father, whom betrays her. She is then married off to a man more than twice her age while she was only 15, then was raped by said man who becomes both physically and emotionally abusive after she miscarries. She handles this all very well, much better then how I would. If I was in her shoes, I'm honestly not sure I would be able to survive or even be alive.
ReplyDeleteThe main character Amir faces a lot of hardships through the book. These include being unloved by his father and watching his friend be raped. He deals with this stuff as any kid would. He tries to make his father proud by winning the kite race. He turns his back on Hassan and doesn't defend him when he is being bullied. As the book continues, he faces even more hardships culturally with the Taliban and him moving to America. He gets married and struggles to have children. Eventually more hardships arise when he finds out a lot of secrets about his family later in the book.
ReplyDeleteIn the book night i view Elie's challenges as something that no young boy should have to go through. At one second his home is gone, and the next he is in Auschwitz witnessing thousands of dead people. Overall Elie handles what he sees very well, he doesn't freak out that much, he just focuses on himself and his father. Honestly i have no idea what i would do if i was in his position at his age.
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