In class, we are reading a book called “Refugee by Alan Grats” In the book, it rotates stories from different times about refugees. All of the characters are powerful and powerless at some point.
Josef…
Josef is a refugee from Germany during the Holocaust, he is Jewish. At the beginning of the book, Hitler and the Nazi party have the power. They have control over almost everything Josef and his family are doing. But later on in the book once Josef ha escaped Germany and is on a boat to Cuba, they get refused to enter Cuba. They can’t stay in Cuba, but they can’t go back to Germany so they capture the captain and force him to not bring them back to Germany. During this part, I feel that Josef has the power.
Isabel…
Isabel is a refugee from Cuba and she is leaving Cuba because of dictatorship. At the beginning of the book, Fadel Castro has the power, and then people started to protest and he was forced to let them out of Cuba. Then later in the book Isabel gained the power when she left Cuba, this was because leaving Cuba seemed like mission impossible and then she accomplished it so she felt very powerful and like she could do anything.
Mahmoud…
Mahmoud is a refugee from Syria and he is forced to leave because of war. In Mahmoud’s story, he stays at a refugee camp until he can go on a boat and the boat takes weeks to come. I think the boat has the power because the boat is controlling everything Mahmoud is doing and how Mahmoud is feeling. Later on in the book when Mahmoud lands in grease I think he feels very powerful because he has accomplished his mission.
Refugee is an amazing book if you have not read it. It deals with real-life problems from other peoples views.
Sincerely, Sabrina