Blog Response #8
Provide your opinion as to why the author chose to write this particular book. What did he/she want you to learn about his/her culture? How did he/she do this through his/her writing? Would you recommend this book to others, and if yes, who would you recommend it to? If no, what is your reasoning?
The author wrote this book to inform everyone in the world of what he and other prisoners went through. Elie wanted everyone to know how the Jews and himself were treated and what he went through on a day to day basis. I would absolutely recommend this book and to anyone who is interested in learning more about the Holocaust and survivor's stories.
ReplyDeleteMalala also talked about how in pakastan they had a culture of the woman being a stay home mom and get the kids and the cleaning all done while the men went to school and got a education and had a job.
Deleteit really is a great story because of how well detailed the book is and it makes you feel as if you were there standing in his shoes which is really hard to do because of all the things Hes seen and that had happened to him.
DeleteIn the book "A Thousand Splendid Suns" the author does a similar job. He wrote it to inform everyone of what was happening in Afghanistan at the time and what women went through, being treated different, marrying young, and having to go somewhere else far away from their houses just to see a doctor.
DeleteWithin Kite Runner the author shared his story of how it was when he grew up just like how the author of your book had. To let people know what it was like for him in his childhood.
DeleteI think he did a great job on describing what went on and made sure that we knew what all went on.
DeleteIn my book A Thousand Splendid Suns, the author is very similar to yours. He wrote the book to let people know what their culture does and how they get treated in Afghanistan. Women get treated terribly and have to marry at such a young age to an older man.
DeleteI read the book a long way gone. My author also talked about what he went through during a war in Sierra Leone. When I read about the holocaust in history i was mad that no one helped sooner and in the book a long way gone, i had the same feeling. No one helped these children and families being killed.
DeleteI think that's why Ishmael wanted to wright this book as well. To inform the world about what he had gone through. He wanted to show people that growing up in some places was bad and that it was difficult for some people to survive. But he managed to escape and survived. There's always a way.
DeleteI think the author wrote this book to inform people about when he was a child. Before i dug into the book, i did some research about him and he lived in Afghanistan when kites were banned, just like the novel. Also, to describe the environment of Kabul after the Taliban came through and destroyed everything. Kaled wanted his readers to understand want it was like growing up like him from a young age with many hardships. I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested with the growth of people in other countries. He faces struggles with the Taliban, his father, Hassan and many more. Definitely more of a slow start but picks up rapidly.
ReplyDeletesame with my book it started off really slow and began to pick up speeed as elie and his dad were taken to the camps and their fight for survival was what made the book very interesting to read
Deletei agree they wanted the reader to see what it like to grow up like that.
DeleteKaled probably related very well with this book, so he had a very good understanding on how to go about writing it.
DeleteI think A Long Way Gone is very similar and i think Ishmael wants people to understand his young life as well and all the troubles that still go on in less developed countries.
DeleteIn my book, I Am Malala, I think she also wrote it to inform what she went through as a child, as most people would consider it unjust and unfair that only a little girl had to deal with big problems, such as being disliked by aa large organization such as the Taliban.
DeleteI think Elie wrote the book Night because he wants everyone to know his story. The Holocaust was a terrible thing that the Jews had to face and Elie wants the world to know what he was put through on a daily basis. I think there were some parts that Elie struggled to write, such as when his father died, because it is a sad thing to look back on. I think this would be a great book for people to read because it is very informational about what really happened to them.
ReplyDeleteThere was not much about religion with Malala but the culture of how woman had standards of being submissive and having to take care of the kids and the cleaning chores while the husband would go out and have a job.
Deletethe thing that happened to the Jewish people was a horrible thing. but to hear what their experience they had been an interesting thing to hear about and to learn what they did while they were there?
DeleteI agree, he wants the world to know about what he and others went through. When his father died, he was numb to emotion, and you can definently tell he was struggling to admit it.
DeleteOne of the characters in my book, his fathers was shot and killed by the Taliban which relates to your book in away
DeleteIn my book, I Am Malala, the horrible thing she had to face was being hunted by the Taliban, similar to your character's being a victim of the Holocaust. Both of them were scarring experiences that younger children, or anyone, should never have to deal with.
DeleteJust like your book, the author in my book wanted everyone to know what it was like in Afghanistan. Khaled, the author, grew up just like Amir, the main character, in Afghanistan when they banned the famous sport kite flying. Also, a terrible thing that happened in the book is when the Taliban destroyed every building and tree in sight in Kabul. Unlike yours, Amir was a great writer. He pursued writing after his father died which led him to go back to the U.S.
DeleteThe auther of my book The kite runner also wanted to show people the death and destruction of the taliban in my book just like how yours showed the nazis
Deletei agree. i wanted to know what happened in the camps and the book night did an amazing job explaining this
DeleteIn the book I am Malala, she wants to emphasize her culture for woman who dont get much of a life and want to have there own job or way they want to live, Malala also talks about how the standards woman had to meet to be a good wife one day and stay at home. She also states on how her father didnt beleive in the culture there and helped her learn because he knew that she was special. And i do recommend this book because it teaches alot of us that we take things for granted just like education.
ReplyDeletesound interesting, I am curious what the culture there is and I would also like to see what happened on the path it was for that person
DeleteI think a long way gone is very similar since Ishmael is just trying to spread awareness about his country and the struggles it had .
DeleteI am reading A Long Way Gone and I think the reason why Ishmael wrote this book was to inform the world about what was going on in other places. Most of the world didn't know and he wanted to show people what he went through. He went through a lot of hard things that he wouldn't recommend to anyone.
Deletein the book night he shows you his culture by showing what happened to jew. he was a Jewish boy put into a concentration camp and he showed the world what the nazis did to Jewish people during this time. he didn't talk much about being Jewish itself just that he didn't understand how his god could put all these people in a place like that. i would recommend this book but it is kind of hard to read at times, I would recommend to people that like to learn about WW2 and the things that happened inside the camps.
ReplyDeletein my book the boy goes though war in his life from rebels
DeleteSounds interesting and i might read it for my last book. I am also interested in how the war times that are written about in Night compare to A Long Way Gone.
DeleteElie wrote the book Night because he wants everyone to know about his story and everything that had happened to him. The Holocaust was a horrific event that the Jews had to face, and Elie wants everyone to see it for themselves by detailing very well to help put yourself in his shoes. I think there were some parts that Elie struggled to write, such as when his father died, because personally i cant imagine doing something like that about a loved one. I think this would be a great book for people to read because it is very informational about what really happened to them during the holocaust and its also just a really good story.
ReplyDeleteI agree he wants everyone to know what happened to him on a daily basis. He had almost every event he wrote about detailed and made it emotional to read.
DeleteYour book sounds like it was written for the same reason my book was written. In my book he wanted people to know what goes on in Africa and how having no government power can really change a war.
DeleteI agree he wanted to share his personal experience to show everyone one how the haulacost really was and people need to learn about it because it was a part of life that happened in this world.
DeleteIn my book, "A Thousand Splendid Suns," there was also a focus on awareness of other cultures and the importance of the horrifying events that occurred; the only difference is that my book referred to war. The parent of my novel's main character died as well--in fact, both of them did... I agree with you in that my book was sad but very worth it for the experience. This book is also just a really good and informational story.
DeleteI would agree with saying that Elie had written Night to show everyone what really happened in Auschwitz.
Deletethe author of the book thousand splendid suns wanted you learn about the culture. in Kabul on how women were treated and the roles they play there. I would suggest the book to people who like a slower read it is choppy on the dates there like to jump around making you ask a lot of questions.
ReplyDeletemy book was in the same place but on what its like to be male. how your treated and the roles.
DeleteI agree the book is focused a lot on the culture in Afghanistan and how differently the women were treated. It was interesting to read a book with such a different setting, but I liked it a lot. It had me hooked straight from the start.
DeleteI also agree with Lauren--the book is heavily focused on the difference in culture (primarily for women) and it was a great read. I was also immediately intrigued by the book, from the cover page to the acknowledgements, I enjoyed reading it and learned quite a lot. Also, the title was very well crafted and it made me happy.
DeleteMy book A Long Way Gone also jumps around alot, it is kind of hard to follow at times but it is over all a good read. It also reflects on Ishmael's culture often.
DeleteIn my book the kite runner it also touched on how women were treated badly by the taliban. They would he hit or even shot for just raising their voice in public. it was very discusting to hear the author describe this.
Deletethey wrote kite runner so you could better understand the culture of Afghanistan and understand amir and hassan relationship and childhood. the kite flying was banned was true. they wanted you to understand what its like to grow up like that.
ReplyDeletemy book is like becsue it explains what he grew up to experience
DeleteThe author wrote the book "A Thousand Splendid Suns" to show the difference in culture amongst other countries. What is seen as right in one country is seen as wrong in another and I think that the author wanted us to understand that even though we think that children marrying older men is wrong in their culture it is right. The author showed that throughout his writing by incorporating it multiple times throughout the book, the main characters both ended up marrying the same man who was at least 20 to 30 years older than them. I would recommend this book to other young adults because it important to learn about the differences of anothers culture and I think this book does just that.
ReplyDeleteThe Author chose to write this book mainly because it helps you understand how your culture can affect what others think about you and can either be your best asset or your demise. People for some reason judge others based on their family name or their culture. They never give the individual a fighting chance if their past relatives had done something bad. For example, Assef was probably taught that Pashtuns are superior and that Hazara are bad, that they are a waste therefor Hassan was treated badly by Assef and his two friends. This affects the people around you too because Amir was friends with Hassan, so Amir was treated badly by Assef.
ReplyDeleteYes, I would recommend The Kite Runner to others that are interested in how the society works in Afghanistan when the Taliban had arrived compared to how Baba and Amir had lived in Kabul before and after, and the time they spent in America. Also, someone that is not squeamish on rape and suicide.
i think the author of the book a long way gone to show the mistreating of the different cultures of whites and africans like when the boy ishmael watched his village get destoryed by white rebels they want to understand the way some people are around different colored skined people
ReplyDeleteI think the author of this book wanted the reader to know how different the Afghan culture is and wanted us to how lucky we are that we don't have to deal with stuff like the Taliban raiding our homes or killing our friends and family. How the author did this was by going into great detail about how the town looked and what certain things went on such the Hazaras which were normally servants or the poorer people in the town and the author talked about how ruthless they were treated. I would recommend this book to someone because it tells a great story and teaches a little bit about a different culture.
ReplyDeleteI would agree, the same thing about night i feel like he wrote it to make the world after him about all the awful things that they did to them.
DeleteI also agree A Long Way Gone was written to show others how lucky they have it in life. Ishmael went through a lot to survive being so young that very little people would be able to experience or even do.
DeleteI think the author chose to write the book A Long Way Gone for a sense of comfort. I am sure he didnt like always being asked about his past life in Sierra Leone after being moved to New York City so instead of telling everyone he met he wrote a story of it. I think it brings him some type of comfort and helps him cope because if not thinking about is hurt him it might have been better for him to write about it so he didnt have to fight those memories more or less and thought about it willingly. I also think it makes him a better person because after his rehabilitation being back to his old self was the last thing he wants to do so writing about it could help him avoid it.
ReplyDeleteI find you perspective on why your author wrote his book the same for mine. I had not thought that Elie Wiesel wrote Night for comfort, but it makes sense. Along with how you said so that he would not have to tell everyone he met, he just wrote his story and his experience down in the form of a novel. I feel as if Elie had to also cope with the loss of his mother and sister and to help that, he wrote about them in his novel.
DeleteI think the author wrote this book because he wanted people to hear his story. Ishmael went through a lot as a young kid and when he got to New York telling his story I have a feeling a lot of people started asking him questions. When he wrote this book, I think it relieved all the stress and build up in his body about the war. Ishmael wanted people to see and hear what smaller countries in Africa are going through, even as a young boy you still have to fight and survive on your own if you want to live. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes hearing stories and war books. The book did get slow at times, but you learn a lot about Africa and the stuff the people go through in war where there really is no government power.
ReplyDeleteSohrab is a character in my book and he also went through a lot as a child from his family being killed to being a abused in an orphanage.
DeleteI agree i think he wanted to share what happened to him in his younger years and what he had to go through to survive,.
DeleteI think the author want people to learning about his history when he was young kid. Ishmael Beah went through a lot of gunfire, death, and risk to make it to where he is today. When he went to New York to do his speech about his story, even if he didn't tell it, but i think he was asked a lot of questions. He wanted people to understand what is happening in his country. And how hard it has it was to survive. I would recommend this book like hearing stories and war book. I would give this book 4.6/5.
ReplyDeleteMy author is the same way, he went through a lot as a teenager (15-16). Elie experienced a lot of death, abuse, and threats on his life everyday. Elie also wanted the readers to know how hard it was to survive in Auschwitz during the Holocaust and them to know his story.
DeleteA part of me believes that Malala also wanted people to know how hard it was to live in her country even though she mainly talks about her fight for education. She also talks about how most people lived in fear in her country because of the Taliban. Your book involved more of a war than mine, but there was an army involved in I Am Malala because they had to fight off the Taliban for the longest time.
DeleteThe book, The Kite Runner, is really similar to yours. The main character went through lots of violence, death, and risks. He explains what he experienced through his famous writings to tell the public. He also had to deal with the tragic death of Hassan. He says he takes the blame for what happened which really sets him back and tears him down. I would also rate my book a 4.6/5.
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ReplyDeleteIn my book, I Am Malala, she aims to highlight her background for women who don't get much of a life and wish to have their own jobs or ways of living. Malala also discusses the requirements women had to accomplish in order to be excellent wives every day and stay at home. She also mentions how her father supported her education since he saw her uniqueness despite his disbelief in the local culture. And yes, I do suggest reading this book because it makes a lot of us realize how much we take for granted, even things like education.
My main character is a boy named Ishmael Beah from Sierra Leone, where a war is going on between rebels and the government.
Deleteit sounds like an interesting read and if you like that id recommend a long way gone, its about a young boy and his troubled childhood trying to survive a war alone
Deletein the early parts of the book it talks highly about the main characters future and the way he will live out his life all coming crashing down when the Germans took over
DeleteI read the book "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini and I believe he published this book to raise awareness. Awareness for what? Well, I think he wanted his readers to feel what his characters were going through with the war in Afghanistan, yes. But more than that, he wanted them to witness and understand what family really means. Family is everything in Afghanistan, and this story portrays that beautifully. You feel the pain of a mother who loses children, a father's regret, a woman's grief for someone she loves. The list goes on... Basically, this book packs a punch that is beyond worth it for the knowledge and connections the book offers.
ReplyDeleteHosseini is not shy to describe character emotion in detail--from the happiest to the most heart-wrenching. These descriptions are how he really sends his messages.
I would 100% recommend this book to others. I loved this book and I think anyone with a thirst for knowledge would feel the same. Any feminist would love to read this book.
I think that Elie wrote about his experience in Auschwitz for the same reason that Khaled wrote about his experience in Afghanistan. What these two characters went through is awful and by raising awareness about it they are able to give us knowledge of what their life is like.
DeleteIn A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah spoke about his life and death experience during the revolution.
DeleteI would agree, raising awareness so that we know how their culture is and what they go through. I also enjoyed how much knowledge you learn from reading this book and it keeps you on your toes.
DeleteI have to agree with the book being a way to raise awareness about the culture and the importance of family to the people of Afghanistan.
DeleteI this Elie choose to write this book to share the real-life stories of inside the camps. The images he was able to put into your brain was amazing and it just seemed to raw and real. This tell the story of what really went on, we got to read firsthand about what happened. The tension between the Jew and Germans was one like no other there was no stopping the Germans. They just took control over the Jewish communities. I believe Elie published this to make it aware of the harsh grueling things the Germans did to the Jew in this time period. I would Definity recommend this book to others, he put everything in deep details for us to really try and imagine what it was like in the camps.
ReplyDeleteYes I agree this is kind of what I wrote in my comment to that Elie wanted to show the cruelty of what the Jews got hit with and the Germans just did it.
DeleteI agree with you about how well he was able to paint the picture of what was happening. There were some parts that he went into more detail about and I was easily able to put myself into his shoes to know what was happening.
Deletewhen my character Ishmael was describing his struggles through the war, he made if very clear to what exactly was happening at the time. our books are similar because either of them don't hold back on how descriptive they are.
DeleteI read the book Night and my opinion on why the author chose to write about the Germans and Jews culture is to explain to people how they were treated when being a Jew and I think that's the culture he wanted us to learn while reading the book night. The way he did it through the writing was he gave harsh examples of what it was alike being a Jew. Yes I would recommend this book to someone who likes to stay on there toes in a book and keep questioning themselves like what's going to happen next or where are they going next in this book you kind of ask yourself that
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, Elie Wiesel wrote the novel Night because the book shows his story on what he went through in the concentration camps with his father. He wanted the readers to learn the truth about what had happened inside of the camps on a close to daily basis. Elie taught the reaaders about his life in the camps by explaining the torture all the Jews went through. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about World War II and the Holocaust. But I would say that the reader should be advised that this novel is very graphic and hard to understand what happpened to all these Jews.
ReplyDeleteA Long Way Gone is similar to your book, Ishmael wrote the book to let out his emotions and to tell everyone about what he had gone through and what he had to do to survive.
DeleteIn A Long Way Gone it shows similarity to Night on how the truth of what happens in other countries is show to be so different then what we have in the US
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DeleteI feel like I Am Malala is similar to this book because Malala also wanted others to learn the truth of the situation she had been in. It's not as painful to read as your book probably was, but it's still angering to read about people that would shoot a teenage girl and blow up schools just so people would follow their rules blindly.
DeleteI Am Malala is similar because she wanted to let everyone know what she has experienced as a girl speaking out for women's education in Pakistan. She also wrote the book to let people know the truth about the Taliban and what they are doing instead of people knowing from media that may dull it down.
Deleteyes i agree. Elie went through a lot in this time and it was probably hard for him to write this book
DeleteI agree I feel like the author wrote night to show people the graphic things that really happened during the holocaust to get people talking and to make sure historoy never repeats itself
DeleteI read the book A Thousand Splendid Suns, and I believe he wrote this book because he wanted others to know what the culture is like. How women were treated, what they could and couldn't do, and how they married at such a young age. Reading the book and seeing that the women get married at the age of 14 to a man that is 20-30 older than her seems wrong. However, in their culture it is normal for them to get married at that age. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes to feel for the characters.
ReplyDeletein my book A Long Way Gone their culture is also very different from ours being that to join sierra Leone military, the typical age is 12-14. young minds so they can alter the way kids think and make it so they actually believe in what they are fighting for.
DeleteI also read that book and I would have to agree with your guess about a possible reason for why he wrote this book.
DeleteI think Ishmael wrote A Long Way Gone to inform people about what is happening to his country and to his people also to tell his story. He does this through brutal images and doesn't hold anything back when writing the novel. He talked about the common things he saw in his country that many others would never see. I would recommend this book to people who want to know about stuff going on in the world that they have never heard about.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Elie had written Night to tell everyone what had really happened to Jews in the holocaust. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes history, but Elie goes into depth with everything he says so it is a challenging book.
DeleteI think that he chose to describe everything in such detail because he wants people to realize the horrible things that do happen in some parts of the world.
DeleteI think he wants people to know what he went through and to hear his full story
DeleteI've read A Long Way Gone and I'm guessing he chose to write this story is because this is how he grew up. he wanted us to understand that certain country's government is weak and his specifically had gotten taken advantage of by these people called the rebels. he would show this by telling us descriptive story's throughout the book of his journey to safety. I would recommend this book to everyone as long as they're able to read through rough parts in this book. i am pretty sure Ishmael just needed to get all this things off his chest and putting it into a book was his way of therapy
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think that Ishmael wrote A Long Way Gone as a form of self expression to try and escape from everything he was going through. I feel as if he wanted to inform us about everything he had gone through growing up.
DeleteI would recommend this bookas well this books shows the diffenreces and how his life was growing up im happy to say i read this book a very eye opening book.
DeleteI agree that Ishmael definitely wrote this book because this is how he grew up. He was striped of a normal childhood and he was growing up as a boy soldier.
DeleteMuch like night being that both there young lives were taken from them years they will never get back never being the same kid they were before
DeleteI agree, him being so young when the war started he couldnt control anything, everything was taken from him when he was so young and hes been through alot and wants to people to hear him tell his story and what his childhood memories were like.
DeleteI think Ishmael chose to write this book about his experience to let the world know what was going on in Sierra Leone and what he had gone through from losing his entire family to leaving his new one. I think he wanted to everyone know about the economy he was living in and how the government was overrun by rebels who hated the idea of what the government was doing at the time. I think he also wrote this book as a way to express himself because of all of the trauma he had experienced in a time span of four years.
ReplyDeleteMalala also wrote I Am Malala to let her readers know about the Taliban and women's education in Pakistan. She also wrote this book to tell her story as a girl going to school and speaking out against the Taliban and everything that she has gone through with doing these things to change her country.
DeleteI read A Long Way Gone and author write about this book in my opinion as an eye opener to other countries to see how easy some of us have it. The struggles he went threw and how he explained all of those struggles throughout the book says a lot about his character and how different it is in Sierra Leone. The author describes specific senerios of the culture and the festivals and rivalry in his country. I would recommend this read to others that want to experience what a different culture and government is like.
ReplyDeleteI agree that anybody who wants to learn about a separate culture, one where there are civil wars. Should read this book.
Deletei would also recommend this for those who want to know what different cultures are like, so we can appreciate what we have
DeleteI read A Long Way Gone and i believe Ishmael decided to write this book because as our culture here in America is completely different than theirs. He wanted us to learn that in his country there is always a sense of fear. In his culture some boys are striped of their childhoods and are forced to fight for their country. He did this through his writing by describing and walking us through some of the horrific things he had to witness as a boy soldier. I would recommend this book to anybody who wants to learn about African cultures and wants to learn about the civil wars that happen in other countries.
ReplyDeleteI really would like to try a long way gone it seems very interesting and i like their culture.
DeleteIn I Am Malala, Malala chohse to write this book to show her point of view and to show all the hardships she went through just to receive an education as a female in Pakistan. She wanted people to learn how difficult life was in her culture due to gender, natural disasters, and their political system. She shows just how lucky us Americans are to have the government and the education systems that we have. She expressed this through her writing by providing examples of how other women and some men were treated in their culture and how they reacted to such unfairness. Yes, I would suggest it to one of my coworkers and my mom. My coworker because she asks me lots of questions about politics and the world in general, she asks me about the witch trials and other historical stories, and she likes to learn new things. And I would recommend this book to my mom because she was an english teacher, she likes to read, and she told me that she's always thought about reading this book.
ReplyDeletein my book night elie really tries to bring to life his experiances and hardships during ww2 and the holocaust he goes deep into personal things that he struggled with and even loss of family during the time that was really difficult to push through
Deletei read A Long Way Gone and the author chose to write this book so people would know how difficult life is during war time in countries like Sierra Loene. People can see it mentioned on the news, but they cant grasp the severity of the conditions these people are living in. Ishmael was frusturated that no one outside the country understood his pain and suffering. I think by writing this book, it would make those who read ore compassionate and understanding for those who came from different situations.
ReplyDeleteIn I Am Malala, Malala wrote this book to inform people about her culture and how women are treated in Pakistan. Malala talked about many things, but she mainly focused on women's education and how women needed education in Pakistan. She wanted her readers to know that women in Pakistan that women have no freedom and are expected to cook and clean and they are supposed to abide by certain rules, like having a male companion and covering up when out in public. Malala let the readers know this by telling stories and retelling events that had a personal touch to it and how she did this came together perfectly and got what she wanted to say across to her readers. I would recommend this book to people who like learning about other cultures and world events/ real-life stories.
ReplyDeleteThat goes along with my book but in a different country. My book was A thousand Splendid Suns and was in the country Afghanistan were women also were treated very poorly.
Deletei think that Ishmeal wrote the book a long way gone to show the trebles war brings to community's and that it solves nothing all you get out of it is short term gain and he also showed the importance of enjoying yourself no matter what is happening around you he did this by watching movies playing soccer listening to cassettes etc. i would recommend this book to anyone that is ready but not the faint of heart its a really heavy gruesome read so be ready for that
ReplyDeleteI believe you are correct when you say war doesn't solve anything. Especially in a time like this, all the fighting was for nothing.
DeleteI agree on this that this is one of the reasons why he wrote it gives you a good understanding what it is like to be in a war.
DeleteThe author of my book is also the main character and i think his main purpose of writing a long way gone was to spread awareness. In country's like Sierra Leone, it is hard to spread information to the rest of the world. The technology in these country's is not up to par. Ishmael realized this and decided to educate the world through creating a book made up of his experiences in this time. Ishmael just wanted to spread awareness and show people that someone is going through a worse time.
ReplyDeleteI also read long way gone and noticed that him trying to spread awareness was a big part of this book as he decided to write it in his perspective.
Deletei agree with my book night they really try to spread awerness and tell his story of what he went through personally during ww2
DeleteI read the book A Thousand Splendid Suns and to me it felt like a reason would be to show what women went and possibly still go through in Afghanistan with the Taliban. A way the author showed this was by having the book set in the point of view of two women. I would recommend this book as it is good to read and not to confusing to understand. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy learning about the effect of war of about other cultures.
ReplyDeleteI agree I think it was written for people to gain a different point of view of what happened to women and also how poor their country became.
DeleteI read long way gone and I feal as if this book was written to show people how bad it was during the wars and especially where they were living and were able to get away from this war making it hard to survive unless you ran away into a different country. which in this book Ishmeal ran off to the United States after his uncle had passed.
ReplyDeleteIn my book the kite runner it goes over the affects of the taliban and the racism that went on during the time. It also elaborated on how it was migrating into the US during it and all the horrible things the people had to go through to get there. I didnt like the book i ended up with and wouldnt wish anyone would be forced to read this book. The author had no way of tying up any loose ends other than just killing the character off and didnt even bother to write and ending just formed a disfunctional family and called it a day. That is why i hated the book i was given
ReplyDeleteI read the same book and I agree with you the author never tried to develop the characters but instead would just kill them off when something bad happened.
DeleteIshamel wrote this book in an effort to spread awareness about children in the war. He wanted the readers to understand how draining and hard it was for kids who had to live through a war and to show what they saw. Ishmael wanted to show the reader what happened to him and his family and how he and his friends lived without a home. He made comments about the roles of men and women in his society, and it was really interesting to learn about. I would recommend this book to others because it is a great book and kept me very intrigued, however, I would warn the person that it is very graphic at some points and is sad.
ReplyDeleteIn my book the author also wrote to spread awareness about the tragic culture that is taking place in Afghan.
DeleteI read the book Kite Runner and for me it felt like the author was really trying to show and explain to the readers the tragic culture of Afghanistan. The author showed this by really focusing on the racism of the Afghan people between the Pashtuns and the Hazaras. The author also showed us about how Afghan went from a peaceful country, to a waste land where you can't go out at night without being shot. I would recommend this book to people that would want to learn about the Afghan culture but if you don't really care this book probably isn't for you.
ReplyDeleteBoth of our main characters have expierenced terrible things and found a way to overcome their problems
DeleteI think Ishmael wrote A Long Way Gone in order to raise awareness to the fact that some warring factions will do anything to win including killing anyone and everyone, using drugs to keep their soldiers ready to fight, and recruiting children into their army. I think he also wrote this book to explain what it was like in Sierra Leon at the time instead of explaining it to every person that asked in person.
ReplyDeleteMy book was A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini I think he choose to write this book to show how life was in Afghanistan and how bad it was. Especially for the women when the Taliban arrived. I don't know if people actually knew the extent to the strict rules the Taliban implemented and enforced. I think if I were to recommend this book to someone it would be someone who is active in working on women's rights to help them gain perspective.
ReplyDeleteI really like the book Night because of how it explains in depth of what all happened. I love this because i always wanted to understand what happened in the camps and wanted to know what it was like in the camps. I think he wrote the book to inform people of what it was like in the camps and to tell people the terror of what happenened
ReplyDeletei also read this book and i believe that he wanted peole to know what really happened so no one forgets about it
DeleteThe book does indeed a good dose of World War II along with a clear understanding of how it happened and some of the horrors of it. This had to be a very influential book of its day.
DeleteI think the author wrote this book to get tell his story about the war that happened in his country. He was able to tell it through his own journey of running from rebels and fighting against them. He was one of the lucky few that was able to get away and bring awareness to childeren being forced into war. I would recomend this to people who like to learn different cultures and people who find war interesting
ReplyDeleteI read the book night and i believe that the author wrote the novel night to show awareness and let people know what happened to the jews. Elie wanted people to know what him and his peers went through. He wanted people to know what life in the concentration camps was like.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this Elie did want the public to know his experience and i liked that you said awarness.
DeleteI agree that everyone should know about the crazy events that occoured through those concentration camp.
DeleteI read the book night and I believe Elie wanted to teach and tell people just about his experience i truly believe he never wants this to happen again, and he knew the Germans were trying to hide this from the public. Elie gave very descriptive words and settings I absolutely loved Elie's imagery. I would recommend this book to anyone that loves thrilling books and very challenging books in a stomach way if that makes sense.
ReplyDeleteI agree Elie wants others to sympathize toward his life experience and it is a challenging book to read if you cannot handle tough scenarios.
DeleteIshmael wrote this book to inform the world of what he and other people were going through at this time. This was a civil war, so it wasn't really known to the rest of the world that this was going on. Some of the things that the Rebels were doing to these innocent people was horrendous. They were shot in the head, tortured, and kidnapped. There were many other things that also happened. The main boy in this story was just 13 years old when he had to join to war in order to survive. It was very different place in Sierra Leone where they lived so war was a lot different from what we would have done. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone. I didn't think I would like it because of the war but it wasn't just about that. So many other things happened.
ReplyDeleteI believe the author in Kite-Runner decided to write this book because they had a strong connection with Kite running in Afghanistan. When the Taliban banned Kite running in the book the author seems to connected with it. With the author even bringing it back in the ending of the book as Amir and Sohrab go kite running. The Kite running summarizes the characters connections and problems that occurred throughout the book
ReplyDeleteIn my book Elie had a strong connection with his father because they had helped one another when times in Auschwitz were getting tough.
Deletei believe that the author of night wrote the book night not to claim fame but to put the spot light on what his people went though most likely being the hardest book he would have ever written being several times he had to spot from the bad memories and all the trauma he went though
ReplyDeleteAt the time the book was published in 1958 it would have been a great source of information of what happened in the holocaust.
DeleteI think Elie Wiesel choose to write this book so he can tell others the life that occurred during the concentration camps and the cruelty the Jewish had to go through day by day. He had showed us the way the Germans had treated them by the tasks they had to do, not providing them with enough food to have strength, and even killing them off once they seemed weak and were over the age of 50. Yes I would recommend this book to people who want to experience a different life perspective and want to know the life Jewish when through and how they were treated compared to the Germans.
ReplyDeleteI think Ishamael wrote this book to let people know his life story and what he has been through. He wants people to know the journey he took and also how others got through the civil war as well. While Civil War that was going on in Sierra Leone wasnt really known. He wanted you to know that the culture that he was living in was not right, what the rebels were doing and killing inoccent people. I think Ishamael did a good job telling his story, because I learned alot about Sierra Leone and the war that I never knew. I would recemmond this book to people who are interested in war.
ReplyDeleteElie Wiesel, the author of night obviously wrote the book Night to share his experience of the Jewish perspective in the midst of World War II. By sharing this, Elie could influence people and give knowledge to those researching about war, or those who want a damn good story could get it. I could also recommend this book to those who aren't very much into reading and just want to try out a book, or have to read one in high school because it really keeps a reader on their toes.
ReplyDeletethe book i read night the author being elie wiesel wrote this book to not only share about the holocaust and the horrors ww2 elie wrote about his family and the hardships that he and his father faced during the holocaust and to bring awareness to the horrors they went through and the terrible conditions they had to face. i would reccomend this book to anyone that likes anything to do with history or ww2 as it dives deep and gets personal about what happened during that time
ReplyDeleteI think that Elie Had written Night to tell everyone his story and how everything happened. Elie goes into depth about the events that occurred and what he experienced as a child. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes this topic. I also think that Elie does a good job of expressing events in this book that we haven't read about.
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