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Refugee#3

on May 23, 2019

In school my class and I are reading Refugee by Alan Gratz. In the story there are three main characters. They are Josef, Isabel, Mahmoud. In the story the power shifts between characters a lot.

Josef-In the beginning of Josephs story Adolf Hitler and the Nazis had the power. When Josef was having his bar mitzvah. He felt powerful because he didn’t think there would be enough men. He needed ten men but one hundred men came. Josef also felt power when his mom took the sleeping pills and his dad was in their room he felt like the man of the family. He also felt power when his dad jumped of the boat. The power shifted to the Cuban government when they kept saying tomorrow and they would not let them onto the island. The Cuban government sent them back to Germany. The power shifted back to Josef when they were taking the captain and the rest of the crew hostage. Josef, Ruthy and his mom went back to France. When they got their the Nazis regained the power when they attacked France.

Isabel-In the beginning of Isabel’s story Fidel Castro had all the power. Fidel Castro lost some of his power when people were rioting. He was letting people leave Cuba. When Isabel and the Castillo’s were leaving they felt powerful. During their journey the storm had the power. After the storm the tanker had the power. Because of all that they ended up in the Bahamas. They were sent out of the Bahamas. A little bit of power shifted to Isabel when she asked for aspirin for her mom. After they left the Bahamas the sharks had the power when they killed Ivan Castillo Isabel’s closest friend.

Mahmoud-In the beginning of Mahmouds story the Syrian government had all the power. Later on Mahmoud had some power when he saved walleed from being shot at in the car. The smugglers had the power when they kept making up excuses for not having the boat ready. Mahmoud’s family felt power when they were leaving turkey on the dingy. When they were falling off the boat the ocean had the power.  Mahmoud and his mom felt power when he found they found the life jacket. The power shifted to the taxi driver when he had the gun and was pointing it at mahmouds family. After they got out of the taxi the power shifted to the people in the Hungarian army with the tear gas.


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