Hello. Our teacher is reading Refugee by Alan gratz and our class created some questions that today I will answer
Question 1:
- In Refugee by Alan Gratz, Why did the dad go to a stranger’s funeral, but not to his own son’s Bar Mitzvah?
Josephs dad went to the funeral because at his so-called “concentration camp” aka jail they wouldn’t have funerals and he felt that it would be the right thing to finally attend a funeral to pay his respects. He has a good reason to go to the funeral but I thought that was just wrong because a stranger or your son. I would choose my son.
Question 2:
- In Refugee by Alan Gratz, What did the smuggler mean by “they take Syrians” – do some hotels not?
Well some hotels will take Syrians but some hotels could not be kind and only accept people who are not refugees because they probably don’t want to get arrested for hiding someone who is breaking laws by sneaking out. They could also be afraid they could be on the side of the bombers and they must be scared. Honestly people who won’t let them in are less then smart because it could be good for business. I read my friend Trinity’s blog post about this, and I agree with everything she said.
Question 3:
- In Refugee by Alan Gratz, Why is Waleed not scared? Why does he not get super frustrated? Does it seem like he doesn’t care?
This is because Waled is obviously emotionally scared and is shocked that he was centimetres away from dying by falling and it is hard to live In those terrible conditions at only age 10. He is petrified, and not used to this like almost all other kids. If I was in that scenario I would bawl my eyes out.
These are my responses to my classmates’ questions. If you oppose any of my answers please tell me in the comments. Thank you.