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 the book Night Elie is the main character he faces many challenges throughout the book some challenge he faces is that he separates from his mom and sister when they arrive to this camp called Auschwitz. This was a horrible camp they would burn the Jews gave everyone a haircut and do many other disturbing things. I think the only way that makes him want to live is that hes still with his dad throughout the book. If i was the main character in this book i wouldn't know what to do because its such an awful thing there doing to the Jews, and they can't do much about it.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about the book. The way the father urges him to keep going is very cool. Yet terrible thing happen to them, they continue to push through the pain.
DeleteI wouldn't know what to do either if I were the main character because that is horrible what there are doing.
Deletein my book i am Malala they have to have certain haircuts men cant shave and women must cut there hair and they kill anyone who doesn't listen and embarrass them it is similar to yours because they have strict rules and few if any rights
Deletei also don't think i would know what to do because of how awful everything they are doing to the jews
DeleteYes, Auschwitz was one of the worst of the concentration camps. How do you think the Holocaust changed and shaped our society today? It is hard for us to wrap our head around how this was allowed and why the Germans thought this was ok and the right thing to do to so many people.
DeleteWow, this book sounds very graphic but interesting. I wish I could have read this book.
DeleteThe indescribable things that the Nazis did to the Jewish population is horrible, but at least Elie had his father, or his situation could have been so much worse. Hopefully he and his father survive these atrocities together, and maybe they could even reunite with Elie's mother and sister after the war.
Deleteone of Mariam's challenges is her arranged marriage with Rasheed and her seven miscarriages if I was in that situation I wouldn't know how to react to the miscarriages since I'm not a girl or parent and I think children are monsters
ReplyDeleteIs there more to the book than that? I think the books we are reading have a deeper meaning than just marriage.
DeleteI agree with you going into a marriage that you have no choice in whatsoever would really be hard.
DeleteI agree I wouldn't know how to react and face the challenges Mariam goes through
DeleteIm reading the book Night, and in the book elle and her family go through many difficulties, like moving out of their house and moving to a gestapo. Getting separated from his mother and sister, basically becoming a slave at such a young age. I honestly cant comprehend the pain he would have gone through during this point in the book, i think the only thing that is keeping him going is his dad, because that's the last thing he has. If i were to go through all that pain i dont think i would make it, mainly because of the fact that the officers were so strict on everything.
ReplyDeleteI also feel like i wouldn't make it at the camp because it's horrible what they're doing to them
DeleteI also think that his dad is the only thing giving him hope and keeping him going.
DeleteI think that his dad, and some day seeing his mother andsister again are the only real things that are motivating him.
Deletein the book a long way gone Ishmael goes through a lot as a young kid traveling from village to village trying to find his family and faces rebels that will kill anyone in their way to meet their goal. if I were the main character, I would not be able to handle what's happening to Ishmael in the book and would be hard trying to find your own food and water as a young kid traveling with a young group of kids.
ReplyDeleteIn my book Malala it is pointed out that children in there village cant go to school because they have to find things to sell food and are oppressed by Taliban who try and kill and enforce unjust laws and that is similar to your book because there is oppression and danger
DeleteIm reading the book Night and it is kinda of the same the ss officers will kill anyone if they want to
DeleteI agree with you. I don't think I could mentally handle running for my life day after day
DeleteI would also not be able to handle what Ishmeal had to deal with
DeleteI also don't think I would be able to handle being on my own and trying to survive.
DeleteI agree with you, Ishmeal goes through too much. I dont think I could handle what he did.
DeleteI am reading the book I Am Malala, we are reading about how women in Pakistan were not allowed to have an education and were expected to be covered and stay at home and fulfill household responsibilities. They were not allowed to leave home without being accompanied by a man and they were sold to be married to an older gentleman. Malala disagrees with this way of life and believes women are just as capable as men and should be able to receive the same education. She is not afraid to speak her mind and is an advocate for all women. In Pakistan Men were treated differently as soon as birth. They were celebrated when they were born, but the women did not get the same treatment. Malala knows this is not right and she works together with her dad to create equality for everyone. Malala goes as far as asking her father to let the students who cannot afford education to be let into her father's school for free, because that is how much it means to her. If I were Malala I to would not stand for this and would want women to be treated equally and given the same opportunities as the men. Even though people are against Malala and think she is too outspoken I can appreciate her willingness to prove those people wrong and want better for her county.
ReplyDeletewhy do you think that woman are treated so differently in Pakistan? is it just deeply rooted into their society through their religion or history, or is it something else entirely
DeleteIn I am Malala she faces adversity through the fact that in Taliban ruled Pakistan doesn't give women very many freedoms they made it so women cant go to school anymore they have to stay home and do housework they don't get to do things women in America get to do if I was facing this kind of scrutiny I would get together with a bunch of people and try to over through this unacceptable behavior I don't think I would be able to handle myself.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you are saying, and I would not be able to sit at home all day and do nothing.
DeleteHow do you think Malala reacted to this injustice and do you think Pakistan will ever overcome this problem? What do you think about Malala's fathers' school and how it allows girls to attend and offers the appropriate resources?
Deletedo you think that Malala believed she could have been attacked by the taliban when she started speaking out for education in Pakistan? i think she probably did but didn't care as long as she could fight for her cause
DeleteI would not be able to sit around and do nothing like the women in Pakistan it sounds boring
Deletei am reading the book night the main character in the book elie faces many difficult things like being separated from his mom and sister and also was put into cattle cars were they had little to no space or air to breathe and where they were eventually taken to auschwitz were they were shaved bald and starved had no water and were also burned but the only thing keeping him going is his dad. If i was in this position i don't think i could handle it as well because of all the things that are happening to the jews.
ReplyDeleteI would not like to be in the same situation as your main character right now because it sounds verry harsh.
Deletehow is his dad keeping him going?
DeleteI'm reading kite runner and my character also lost his parents because one died and the other one blames him for it, which is definitely a challenge.
DeleteHow is the only thing that is keeping him going is his dad?
DeleteI am reading the book kite runner and Amir is one of the main characters. He is facing challenges by growing up in a rich family and also being a different religion them most of his Neiborhood. He handles most of this on his own by trying to be nice to everyone and make friends. If I were the main character, I would probably act the same as him because there is nothing, he can do about it.
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ReplyDeleteI am reading Night, and some of the main charracter's challanges is based on the religon he believes in. Which is why they were taken to the work camps.
DeleteAmir cant do anything about the way things happen to him, all he can do is put his head down and keep going.
Deletein a long way gone, one major challenge that the main character faces at the moment is when he was a child he was running from village to village in fear of the rebels. They keep coming into the villages he is in and killing anyone they can so they have to keep running in fear of their lives. If i was the main character I would probably do the same thing. I mean if people were trying to kill me even though they don't know who I am, I would run as far away from them as I could possibly get.
ReplyDeleteI agree that i would run from village to village to try to not get killed because there in nothing else you could do.
Deletedo you think the rebels where tying to target him?
DeleteI agree. The only thing you can do in this situation is to keep running and find a village you can be safe in.
DeleteI agree with you about running away as far as I could
DeleteI would run from the rebels as well
DeleteI think that I would also just keep going until there was no chance of being caught by the rebels.
DeleteI agree, I would try to flee to new villages trying not to be killed
DeleteLike I'm sure everyone does, I also agree. But do you think at some point he and the others that are running will stand their ground, so they no longer have to run in fear?
DeleteI agree because the only thing you could do is run away as far as you can.
DeleteIn a long way gone Ishmael is trying to survive being attacked by rebels. He goes from one village to another trying to stay away from the rebels but they keep attacking the villages. If i were the main character I probably wouldn't be able to handle what he faces. This is because he has to survive on his own in the wild and try to survive on his own.
ReplyDeleteI also think that I would not be able to handle these situations as well as Ishmael is. He just keeps going and never stops.
DeleteI agree that it would be very difficult to deal with all of the horrible things that he sees and experiences on a daily basis. I think it would be nearly impossible to do what he does.
DeleteIn A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam faces her mother's mental abuse towards her. She also goes through changes, like seeing her father, marrying a 45-year-old man when she doesn't have a say in it, and her husband's physical abuse. Mariam and her husband try to have a baby, but Mariam keeps having miscarriages and her husband is blaming her for it and abusing her because she can't hold a baby in her 15-year-old body.
ReplyDeleteHow do you think Mariam is going to face these challenges? I think she will eventually fight back and either run away or hurt him.
DeleteI think that Mariam will try to run away and if she doesn't succeed, I think she will kill him.
Deletein my book kite runner the main character is told by his father that his mom died after bith and was blaming the kid. he kind of strugled because he was being blammed of something that wasnt his fault. he kind of just let it pass through his mind to get over it.
ReplyDeleteIn my book the main characters mother commits suicide when her daughter runs away to see her father. She also struggles with blamming herself for her mothers death.
DeleteIt really bothers me how he blames his son for her death because he had no control over it, it's just a risk for having kids.
DeleteIn a Splendid Thousand Suns, Mariam faces many challenges including many forms of abuse at the hands of her mother and her forced husband. She also faces the trauma of having 7 miscarriage's all while her husband is blaming her for them.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention her miscarriages, but I agree that this plays a large role in her trauma.
DeleteWhat do you think Mariam will do to help her out in the future. Will she leave Rasheed? Or will she stay with him to try and better their relationship?
DeleteIn the book, A Long Way Gone, the main character, Ishmael Beah is surrounded by war. It seems that every village he goes to, it gets attacked a few days later. Ishmael has handled these situations very well so far, he is able to escape from the village and find a new village to stay in. Another thing that Ishmael has to deal with is being separated from his family. He has also handled this situation very well. If I was the main character I think that I would struggle moving from village to village and escaping the rebel attacks each time. I also think that it would be difficult to live on your own and be away from your family. Like Ishmael, I would just keep finding a way to keep pushing through the tough times.
ReplyDeleteCan't forget the mental aspect that he has to deal with all the time. He has a really good memory and can remember all of the bodys and gory things he sees.
DeleteI agree that Ishmael has handled these situations very well, how much longer do you think he will have to be running for.
Deletein I Am Malala she faces adversity due to her countries religious beliefs as well as the Taliban not letting women be anything beyond housewives and won't let them go to school for an education. Malala chooses to speak out and fight for Pakistani women to be allowed to go to school. if i was in Malala's situation I too would have fought against those circumstances and mistreatment from the rulers of Pakistan.
ReplyDeleteIn A Long Way Gone the main character Ishmael is dealing with a ton of trauma and mental instability. He lost his entire family and cannot find them and lost his brother that he was with for the longest time. All of Ishmael's challenges are something that no kid should ever experience ever. I think he is handling it as best as he possible can. He definitely is struggling but is doing a good job with controlling his emotions. If I was in Ishmaels position, I would probably not be alive. I don't think I have the survivability that he does.
ReplyDeleteIn A Long Way Gone, Ishmael escapes death multiple times because of the war going on. Ishmael is trying to stay alive, but he has to walk from village to village that can take days at a time. Ishmael also has to find food and water which has made him weak. Another thing Ishmael has to face is not knowing if his family is alive or not. Ishmael tries to survive and that is the main thing he worries about so he will put himself in danger just to survive. If I was in Ishmaels position, I don't think I could handle it because it seems gruesome. I don't think I could walk for days without family just to find food and a place to sleep. I would probably try and find my family and stay wherever they are. If I couldn't be with them, I would find a village I felt safe in and stay put.
ReplyDeleteI am reading Kite Runner and I think Amir faces many challenges emotionally. Hassan was put in a bad place during the kite running and Amir witnessed it. Amir had to face the challenge of watching this happen to someone he cares about a lot and I feel like he feels obligated to protect his best friend. For Amir to have to act normal and feel guilty for this happening to Hassan, that is very hard on him. If i were put in this situation I wouldn't have any clue what to other than try to stop it from happening
ReplyDeleteThere are many problems that Malala faces, such as poverty in her country and natural disaster, but something that is consistent through the story is the treatment of women and young girls in Pakistan and the lack of education that they have. Someone tried to shut down Malala's school after they saw boys and girls entering the gates. Honestly, if I was in Malala's shoes, I wouldn't know what to do. It takes a lot for a person to make a change and I do not think I would be able to change the world the way Malala does. Malala likes to speak up about the education problem but i would not be able to because I'm not the best with speaking.
ReplyDeleteIn A Long Way Gone, schools are closed down because of a war which is a reasonable thing but just because boys and girls are going isn't reasonable.
DeleteA Thousand Splendid Suns also deals with similar gender role issues, being highly patriarchal.
DeleteYes i do agree she does deal with the awful treatment of woman and young girls all throughout the book is a constant topic. It was Fazlullah who tried to shut down her school but luckily Malala's dad does really fight back. All of the other buildings like the haircut places that he tried to shut down they gave up and just shut down. I would be the same way in Malalas shoes i wouldn't know what to do either she is strong and defiantly raised right by her dad. Because her and her dad like to speak up. I not so much ethier. I wouldn't be able to.
Deleteqin long way gone it does touch on the horrors of what happens to women but probably no where near as in this book.
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ReplyDeleteI feel Amir faces quite a bit of challenges in the story, because he is facing the blame of his mother's death and is missing the opportunity to have a relationship with his father, also with being different and trying to make friends. Amir witnessed Hassan be put in a bad situation in the story, he had to face the challenge of watching something happen to someone he cared about. His challenges affect him emotionally, and if I was Amir, I would be just like him
ReplyDeleteI'm reading this too and agree if i was in Amirs shoes i would act the same because there nothing he can really do about it anyways.
DeleteIn the book A Long Way Gone Ishmeal faces a lot of challenges as a young boy. He travels from town to town each day and runs from the rebels who try to kill everyone. I don't think I could do what Ishmeal did, I am not strong enough to face what he did.
ReplyDeleteI am reading I am Malala. The main character is Malala. I view the characters challenge's in the book as she fights her struggles with her dad. Mainly the struggles she faces in people that mess with her village and people who try to stop her dad from building his new school to let girls go to school because he thinks its very unfair that people in their area says that girls shouldn't go to school. With the whole thing about Fazlullah who is a guy that just came in the reading he is coming up with all these "Rules" that he came up with that everyone must follow like a couple is that all guys must grow a beard and you cant have TVs. So he goes around and destroys tvs. He also burns schools that he knows is a girl school. She handles these hardships by working with her dad and helping her dad continue to have a voice and fight back. Because he is the only one that has a voice right now. I would be so overwhelmed and be scared of this guy but know what he is doing is not right. I would try to fight back as well.
ReplyDeleteIs Fazlullah an important guy in the village that he has some type of power or is he just a simple person in the village. Also, do you think more people in the village would be willing to fight back as well or is everyone to scared and nervous to do anything.
DeleteI would probably be too scared to do anything against Fazlullah too, I feel like the small things that Malala's family do is a safe way to go against his rules, things like keeping the tv, Ziauddin not growing a beard, and secretly having cassette tapes are things that could get them in trouble but they do it any way.
DeleteIn A Long Day Gone, Ishmeal faces near death experiences and has to move village to village running away from the rebels. Another thing he faces is not knowing where his family is, and if they are alive or not. I do not think I could go through what Ishmeal did because of the trauma he faces.
ReplyDeleteI agree I would not have the strength of will to live through that.
DeleteThat book is somewhat the same elie in night is has a choose to work or die. and he don't know if mom or sister are a live
DeleteHe faces near death expreinces and he trys so hard to get a better life i dont know if i could do that like him
DeleteTrauma is a very rough thing to go through and yet it sounds like he keeps going
DeleteIn the book A Thousand Splendid Suns Mariam has to face many problems. Mariam is faced with the mental abuse from her mother who then she hung herself one day when Mariam left to see her father. Once she did find where her father was, he didn't want anything to do with her that he left her outside all night and then the following day he sent her back home. Her father then forced her into a marriage that she didn't want to be in since she is just 15 and to a person, she has no idea who they are only to find out that he is 45 years old. Now she deals with not only the mental abuse but also the physical abuse that her husband (Rasheed) is putting on her. Rasheed has raped her many times to have a kid and his reason is because "That's what couple do" even though she has said no. each time she gets pregnant though she ends up with a miscarriage leading her to have 7 miscarriages. Rasheed is very angry to the point where he had Mariam eating rocks and breaking her teeth because supposably that is how her rice tasted.
ReplyDeleteMariam dealt with her mother's death by lying in bed and in a deep depression, which is understandable because that is the only person that has ever fully been in her life the entire time. Then she dealt with her father by basically saying I don't ever want to see you again and I don't want you in my life. and now she is dealing with her husband Rasheed. She is doing whatever Rasheed wants because she is trying to please him and only him. She is not focusing or worrying about herself and her health, only him. If I was Mariam, I would someday when Rasheed is gone, I would grab my things and leave and never look back. I would maybe leave with Laila (another character in the book) since them 2 know each other and have both been through a lot. They both could kind of relate to each other and they both wouldn't be alone when they would leave.
I'm reading the kite runner and Amir faces a lot of challenges through out the story so far. With his father blaming his mothers death on him and when Hassan and Amir were at the kite tournament and Hassan was getting bullied and Amir just sat there and watched. He handles these situations by thinking and kind of blocking people out. If I was in Amir's situation I would just think about stuff that is happening when I am in the situation so I would have someone there to talk to me about it.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Amir faces a lot of challenges as well as Hassan. However, even though Hassan is the one who is being discriminated against, it feels Amir is the one who wants change more than Hassan who is the victim. Do you agree?
Deletein my book "a long way gone" the main character Ishmael has gone through a roller-coaster of pain and deceit. he started out as a happy normal kid, hoping to be a rapper and living his best life. then the refuges came through warning of the horrors yet to come, but he never believed that it could come to his home, but he was wrong. after his home burned, after him and his few of his friends were chased across the entire country with them starving, collapsing of lack of sleep and being hunted like animals. then he starts to have his friends get killed around him only to end up at a place where they could be safe, only to get drafted. he had to murder and run just to live his life and after getting used to his life he was ripped out and is being treated like he could just stop being a soldier or get over his trauma. if I was him I probably would have died or gotten myself killed.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it would be very hard to live like Ishmeal and i too would probably have been killed
DeleteThe fact that he hasn't been killed yet is a miracle the amount of times has gone to villages and almost gotten murdered and being in the frontlines of battle is nothing short of a miracle
DeleteI am reading A Long Way gone and Ishmeal faces many challenges that seem imposible to get out of, but he never gives up and always finds a way to get out of the struggles he is in. Like when he was lost in the jungle instead of giving up he made a bed and survived until he made his way out. If i was Ishmeal i do not know if i would be able to handle all the things he has gone through in his life. I would try to fight and survive but i am not sure how long i would be able to live in a country full of war.
ReplyDeleteI am not readding that book but it i am just wondering how you get lost in the Junge don't you follow trails. But if i was lost in the juggle i would just walk in one straight line and hope it comes to an end.
DeleteHow long was Ishmeal stranded in the Jungle? I'd like to think I could make it a week on my own in the wild but I don't know if I would be able to hunt successfully. I know your character is young so do you find this story hard to believe or not?
DeleteIn my book Night, Elie faces tons of diversity, and it is all nasty and cruel. The Nazis invaded Elie's village and turned it into two ghettos, where the Jewish people had restrictions placed on them, such as a curfew of 6pm. If they were out past curfew they were shot. Another big challenge he had was being separated from his mother and sister upon their arrival at Birkenau/Auschwitz. Although Elie has to face these and many other hardships, I think he handles it pretty well because he was with his father the whole time. If I were in Elie's shoes, I think I would use the same strategy as him, trying to stay with my father or people I knew. I do not believe I would handle the challenges and adversity as well as Elie does, because he lived in a tougher time altogether, whereas I'm not used to harsh conditions.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Night, Elie faces a lot of challenges including Elie and his father get separated from his mother and sisters as they get to the camp, his dad getting slapped by the guy who is giving instructions because his father asked where the bathrooms were. Elie doesn't know what to do because he's never seen anything like that before and doesn't know what to expect. If I was in Elie's situation if would be really hard for me to deal with the things he is because i wouldn't know what to expect
ReplyDeletei am also reading Night and i feel like most of the things that happend to Elie are completely unfathomable today. i dont understand how elie dealt with any of it let alone all of it, i know i couldn't.
DeleteI would agree with being scared but there being nothing you could do about it so you kind of just have to deal with everything going on
ReplyDeleteI am reading Night in this book the main character is Elie. He faces many challenges thought out the book. when arrive in Auschwitz a camp where German troops took Jews to live. At first, he is separated by his mom and sister. Then a little later everyone would have to cut off all of their hair and then you could not tell who anyone it was. Elie was keeping hold because he was by his dad's side. Before coming to Auschwitz, they were all crammed into train carts with a lot of people in one space no breathing air, no food or water. If i where in the same position as him i probably would be able to somewhat handle it i mean right with wrestling i barley eat and drink anything to stay on wright. but been separated would hurt me. Being around everyone been bald so that would creep me out
ReplyDeleteI am reading the book Kite Runner. In my book Hassan is part of a minority. He looks different than those around him and practices a separate religion. Throughout the story Hassan is abused and dehumanized because of his ethnicity. However, Hassan always remains positive and strong. For this reason I respect Hassan Because I know I could not keep the same attitude as him.
ReplyDeletei also would not be able to keep the same attitude as Hassan and i dont understand how he does.
DeleteI am reading A long way gone a boy soldier and i cant imagine going though what he is going though and what he has seen. The kids seen his home being burnt to the ground, watched his friends and family die. I'm surprised he still has the ability too keep moving to village to village even though all he faces is brutalities, I think his saving grace is those who do help him and want the best for him and his friends, that they know they might not survive but saving and helping those kids help. And when has in a place were he feels finally safe something comes up and disturbs him even more, the constant stream off gore, drugs and weapons' doesn't help him or anyone in that situation .If i were in his shoes i don't think i would have done the things he did nor live as long as him.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds harder to read than your last book, but I understand that you like to read disturbing books because it keeps your attention on the book. In my book there is a lot of conflict going on between the taliban and goverment but I wouldn't say it is a violent as what you are describing. Is he fighting against other children in the villages or is it against adults?
DeleteIn the book a long way gone the main character is ishmael beah. He grew up in a dangours community and it was full of war and killing. He has to leave that place and move to a new village with less fighting and war. He has to leave his family behind i think he did a very good job living on his own and fighting for himself i dont think i could do that.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think would happen if he didn't leave his community?
DeleteI would agree with you on how he is doing a great job living on his own. For being as young as he is he sure knows how to survive to the greatest way possible in the terrible conditions.
DeleteIn the book a Thousand splendid suns Mariams main challenge is being forced to marry a much older man. Mariam just takes and the abuse and harassment and is pretty much his slave. If I were in here situation, I would save up enough money to run away and leave Kabul. I wouldn't be able to handle how she is leaving because it's not right and no one should have to live like that. I would end up fighting back or leaving.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said about running away or fighting back.
DeleteIn the book A Thousand Splendid Suns Mariam faces many challenges, but the most challenging one is her forced marriage. Her husband expects her to do everything and have dinner ready when he gets home. One time she undercooked the rice and she was forced to eat pebbles. She also has several miscarriages that the husband blames her for. If I was in her situation I wouldn't no what to do. I would probably just try to run away from the problems.
ReplyDeletein the book kite runner the kite festival is a big challenge for Hassan and Amir as they play other kids on the street and are bullied by other kids for Amirs religion and Hassan starts to get power hungry and spoiled towards Amir and they don't have best terms after the festival and after Hassans 16th birthday Amir and his dad move away from Baba and Hassan because of their fight
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ReplyDeleteIn the book I am Malala she goes through a lot of hardships and deals with them extremely well. No matter what she was put through she fought and stood up for what she believed in no matter what the cost. I wish i could be as brave as her, she truly is a hero.
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