During the Armenian genocide, which began in Turkey in 1915, the Ottoman government systematically murdered 1.5 million Armenians. In the historical novel, Forgotten Fire, by Adam Bagdasarian, the story of how young Vahan Kenderian survived the Armenian genocide is told. Twelve-year-old Vahan is forced to grow up at an alarming rate. He experiences tremendous loss and grief in a short span of time. Despite all of his troubles, Vahan is able to resist succumbing to his fears and never loses the hope that one day he will be safe again.
Strength is essential in enduring a crisis. For most, true crisis is rare, but for a boy by the name of Vahan Kenderian, crisis has struck and it not will leave. Forgotten Fire, written by Adam Bagdasarian is a story about an adolescent Armenian boy who has everything taken away from him by the Armenian genocide. His family, wealth, and influence evaporates around him as the genocide progresses. He is alone and must fend for himself among people who hate his kind.
Some of the main characters in the book are Katniss Everdeen, and Peeta Mellark. Katniss Everdeen was the one of the winners and the main character of all the books, she’s known as “the girl on fire”(Collins). And peeta mellark is Katniss's best friend in the games and somewhat boyfriend. Khanya Ramey Sye English 2 9 September 14 SSR Journal #6 MockingJay The author of Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins uses one main conflict in the story. And it’s between Katniss and President snow, and some what the people of District 13.
In the novel Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian, Vahan Kenderian witnessed his world fall apart around him. First, his wise and disciplinary Father is taken away and never heard from again, then his two oldest brothers are shot in front of his eyes. Finally, he is taken away from his home and taken to a dilapidated inn. After he and his brother run away, he is forced to travel across Turkey with nowhere to go. Without his father’s wise words, he is forced to repeat that it all will build character and make him stronger.
Not many people could escape the Armenian Genocide, especially on their own at age 14 after the rest of their family had been kidnapped or killed in front of their eyes. But Vahan Kenderian did in Forgotten Fire, by Adam Bagdasarian, a historical novel, the main character Vahan goes from being a child to a man throughout the story. Nothing in life can be taken for granted because it could be gone in a second. The main character, Vahan, had a very good life before the genocide, a top class house and a family that cared for him and loved him and was rather wealthy, but he learns how quickly that can all disappear.
Having a different sexuality than the one expected of you, doesn’t change who you are as a person. Yes it might change how people see, or treat you, but it should never cause you to hate you uniqueness. You are who you are and nothing should ever come between you happiness even if others can’t accept it for what it is. In “Drowning in Fire” by Craig Womack, the author talks about homosexuality with the help of his central main characters that happens to be Native American.
Fiction: Burning Up, Caroline B. Cooney 1. Make a connection (text-to-self, text-to-world, text-to-text) Explain the content (what is happening in the book) of the text and describe the connection you have made. When appropriate, use additional resources (books, the Internet) to illustrate the connection. Burning Up is a book written by Caroline B. Cooney who writes about 15-year-old Macey Clare.
ESSAY In 1953 Ray bradbury wrote a famous book called fahrenheit 451. The main character is montage he is an antagonist. throughout the book fire is brought up and it stands for many meanings but i'm gonna focus on just three. the book fahrenheit 451, the symbol fire represents, death,purification, and cleansing,
Before even beginning to write this essay, The Hunger Games and the character Katniss were the first things to pop into my mind while discussing The Hero’s
First of all, the biggest theme is resistance, where ever you go in the story you will see someone resisting, it’s that huge because the protagonist is rebelling against the capitol in different ways throughout the entire book, by hunting, or straight out not listening to the Capitols orders. Another theme that you can discover easily is warfare. The people lives are on the line every year because of the mini-war called the Hunger games, a battle to a death with only one survivor. Lastly Loyalty, You can see at the end of the book, Peeta and his group did everything to keep Katniss alive, even if they needed to kill themselves to save
White Americans have enjoyed a comfortable life living in America since the Declaration of Independence was founded. The history we have of this country is that the men who founded it only wanted the best for us and would lead our future towards that. While this had been happening, slavery continued to thrive in America, with more and more slaves coming in to help plantations with their dirty work. James Baldwin’s essay, The Fire Next Time, explains what this country was actually about. Baldwin explains in his essay that from the white people who founded this country to the white people now, there has been a constant stream of lies about the real history of white people in America and are not subject to the oppression blacks have always faced.
With so much suspense, thrill, action, mystery and love, it’s hard not to read this great book. In the novel, The Hunger Games, the author, Suzanne Collins, explores the theme of survival. Children ages twelve to eighteen years old must use this vital skill in order to beat the dreaded Hunger Games! These games come around once a year and can only result in one victor.
There is a rebellion going on that the capitol has no idea about because during the games at the end of the book Katniss shoots an arrow at the force field that surrounds the arena where the tributes are fighting. Another major theme in this book is the theme of survival while keeping your feelings and . Katniss, represents this theme very well because she is going into a dangerous and risky game that the capital uses children to
I. Introduction The hunger games is an adventure and science fiction novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. This is the trilogy movie, so the first one is the hunger games, next the hunger games catching fire and the last is the hunger games mocking jay. This novel was adapted to the movie in 2012 and directed by Gary Ross and co-written by Suzanne Collins herself. Point of view from this movie was from Katniss Everdeen who lives in Panem, North America.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a story about Katniss Everdeen who lives in district 12 with her mom and her sister Prim. Her sister gets picked for the Hunger Games which is where each of the 12 districts have to give a boy and a girl from the ages of 12-18 do fight till the death until there is one person standing. This is because there was an outbreak against the capitals thats why there is the Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers do her sister and now has to try and win the games. One theme in this story that is shown is that family love can go along way, this is shown because she is very overprotective of Prim.
