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The book Refugee By Alan Grazt uses invisibility as a device to highlight discrimination towards refugees. The book Refugee talks about 3 kids who have lost their homes trying to travel to another country for their own safety and these characters had to face major problems while on that journey. Josef faces discrimination as a jewish person running from the Natizs and trying to immigrate to a safer place.Page (18) Jesef and his family where boarding a train and as there where boring that train to porters asked if they needed help with there bags and to station agents asked if they needed help to find there train to one payed any attention to josef and his family. “ No porters rushed to help them with their bags” “ No station agents stopped …show more content…

Isabel is another character that faces discrimination throughout the story when running from her home country trying to get to Miami. Page (144) Isabel and the others had made it to the Bahamas but they couldn't come on land they weren't allowed the Bahamas didn't want them a quote from the text that explains this is “ But your not allowed to land. Bahamas law forbids the entrance of illegal aliens to the Bahamas. If you set foot on Bahamas soil, you will be taken into custody and returned to your country of origin”. This explains that the Bahamas didn't want them, they couldn't land or they would be taken back to one place they don't want to go back to. Mahmoud faces discriminating moments on his journey to a different country. Page (118-119) Mahmoud, his family, other Refugees izmir Turkey waiting to get on a boat but the Turks in tracksuits looked at them like they were disgusting trash that washed up on the beach. the text says, “Turks in tracksuits like the ones who turned them away from the mall, and they stood apart, staring at the refugees like they were something disgusting that had just washed up on the

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