Old Games New Territory By Khat Patrong Rashid

In life, people deal with tragedies. These tragedies may be hard and really upset students, but there are people who have gone through the same with tragedies and can help. From our earliest times in school we learned that there is lots of support if you're struggling and if you need it there are people you can talk to and ways to cope with your problems. In life, people deal with loss of family, friends, or anyone else. It's very hard on someone. In “Old Games, New Territory,” Khat Patrong Rashid was dealing with the loss of his Dad. He was going through a hard time and didn’t feel he had anyone to talk to. He ended up meeting a very nice girl by the name Gisele and she also lost her parents like Rashid. They chat about how they lost their parents and how they feel about it, bonded over it and became good friends. In “Old Games, New

Gisele replied with “Yeah, do you know what the worst thing is? I don’t remember much about them.” (9) Rashid lost his dad then was forced to live with his aunt in Florida and was really struggling with the loss of his dad but his aunt told him to play basketball and ended up going back to his Aunts friends daughters house and learned how she lost her parents and Rashid felt that she/Gisele could help him with what he was going through with the loss of his dad. In “Old Games, New Territory,” Rashid is a very curious boy who is going through a lot with the loss of his dad. He feels he has no one to talk to until he meets Gisele, who also went through what Rashid is going through because she lost her parents in a car crash. They chat about this and Rashid feels better and feels like he has someone to talk