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Richard Lewis Character Analysis

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Two teens find themselves in the destruction of a tsunami, both looking for family members or medical care. Ruslan, a native in Aceh, searches for his father, who went missing after the tsunami; and Sarah, is an American girl, who lost her mother and now has to find medical treatment for her little brother; must help each other to find what they are looking for. The author, Richard Lewis, gives these characters different types of conflict to help them grow and learn throughout the story, and he does it in a way the readers can clearly see the growth and development the main characters go through. Lewis uses four main types of conflicts against the characters, he uses Person Vs. Nature, Person Vs. self, Person Vs. morals, and Person Vs. Authority. We see the main characters develop as the story goes on; taking on how they feel physically, mentally, and what they will do next. …show more content…

Nature, the destruction that the tsunami made caused the characters to be separated from their families with many obstacles to overcome. Lewis incorporated much about what he learned when he volunteered to help out after the tsunami, Lewis spoke with survivors and refugees which helped him with the crafting of the story. The story had a great amount of illness, as peter, the main characters little brother, gets sick and has to be taken to a clinic as fast as possible. Lewis made this such a big part of the story because he saw firsthand what people actually went through at the cost of surviving. Another example is the materials they lacked when in a rough situation. Siblings Sarah and Peter find a can of sardines and dome coconuts, but nothing to open them

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