Compelling Characters In Interment By Samira Ahmed

The last internment camp closed in march 1946, but how would an internment camp run with current laws and issues. The novel Interment by Samira Ahmed is written through the point of view of 17 year old high school student, Layla. It goes through her relationships, how they change, and how Layla helps lead the rebellion against incitement camps. I believe the novel Interment is a good recommendation due to its compelling characters, theme, and plot.

Compelling characters is something that popular and great books have in common, good characters draws the reader in. Readers often view the events of a story through the perspective of a character. Without a good understanding of a character's motivations, values, and fears, the reader will struggle

Theme is important in a good book because a story's theme is part of the reason why the author wrote the story. The author has a message she wants to share with readers, and she uses her story as a way to get that message across. Like this novel, stories can have more than one theme. The author Samira Ahmid does a great job in making her point clear and thought provoking. The theme in the novel Interment is the dangers of denial. The idea that “it can't happen here” becomes essential, emphasizing the dangers of denial and of overlooking evidence. Samira Ahmed put the characters with this idea showing their train of thoughts and fears. Another theme shown in this story is racism and religious intolerance. The novel is set in the United States, Islamophobia is the central theme. A broader explanation is religious intolerance, black muslims and others of different ethnicities and nationalities are further discriminated against. The author, Samira calls attention to the fact that this discrimination is unconstitutional and infringes on First Amendment rights. Layla’s family chose to select their ethnicity as muslims on the state vote even when there were issues starting at that time. In addition to religion, denial of freedom of speech is also present through the banning of Layla’s father’s work. The last but still important theme is resisting in the face of oppression, erasure, and violence. Layla is caught by the director and is taken into further jailing in a cell on the other side of camp. She is brought in many times facing the director but still stands her ground after facing violence and being given bribes. She stands for what she knows is right and fights for her and others. These themes are slowly become clear after this story's strong