Question: What is a theme of the book?
Answer: Jasmine- There is always hope
Ishmael is an excellent example of how there is always hope to overcome hard paths in life. Throughout his life he had hard challenges that drastically changed his life and in the end he got through it.
Vanessa- Life goes on
Even though he went through loosing friends and family he becomes stronger and got his life back and he got through it all.
Question: What does the theme of the book say about main character?
Answer: Jasmine- The theme shows that Ishmael, the main character is a very strong person to be able to overcome the many challenges in his life.
Vanessa- The theme says that the main character is strong and also hard on himself.
Question: What book shares the same theme and why ?
Answer: Jasmine- The Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker shares the same theme because throughout this book slaves are trying to make it to Canada using the underground railroad. They face many challenges through the book that they must overcome. They are hopeful that they can make it and hope and determination gets them to where they want to be. There is always hope is in both books for hope gets them through each of their hardships.
Vanessa- The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. Katniss and Peeta go through a lot. They fight their own kind of war and in the end become stronger. In all the books they face many challenges and some how get through it all.
Question: How does the theme make you feel and affect you?
Answer: Jasmine- It makes you feel grateful for what you have, where you live, and what you don't have to go through. You really think about life and how lucky you are. If there is a hardship in your life that there's always hope and you can get through it, life does get better but before it can get better it has to get worse, in the end you enjoy life and appreciate being alive.
Vanessa- It makes you feel grateful that you don't have to go through that, but if you do have to life goes on and you can get through it.
Question: Where in the book do you notice the theme the most?
Answer: Jasmine- The part where you see the theme the most is when Ishmael finds out he has a living relative. Life seems terrible for him and his life seems over but when he is told he might still have family he can live with it gives him hope of a new better life than what he is living in the rehabilitation centre. After everything he has been through, there is still hope for him at and after rehab. He can start a new life and become a better man.
Vanessa- Rehabilitation centre, When Esther gets Ishmael to talk and trust her, Ishmael realises that he can get through everything. His guilt, migraines, nightmares, he got through them all.
For question number two, the reason I think the theme says the character is very strong is because he was able to get on with his life despite having had so many difficult experiences. I also think it says that he is hard on himself because at first he was not able to forgive himself for what he had done in the war, even though it was not his fault but eventually he was able to. I guess that is an example of how he is strong because he eventually learned to forgive himself and stop being so hard on himself.
ReplyDeleteFor question number three, at the end of The Hunger Games series, Katniss and Peeta are able to continue on with their lives, despite the hardhsips they had suffered in the past, just like how Ishmael was able to continue on with his life.
ReplyDeleteFor question number two I was talking about the theme life goes on.
ReplyDeleteFor question number four, you are able to realize that even if things seem bad at the time, they can't stay bad forever. It makes you realize that life does go on, even when it seems impossible.
ReplyDeleteFor question number five, after Esther helps him, Ishmael was able to continue on with his life and take a step forward to a positive life by going to live with his uncle. He was able to forgive himself and move on with his life.
ReplyDeleteFor question number one, he was able to make it through all of the terrible experiences he had and was able to stop punishing himself for things that were not his fault. In the end, he was able to get on with his life.
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