Social Issues In Hana's Suitcase

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It is undeniable fact that social issues such as divorce, racism, abuse, alcoholism, and many other forms of discrimination are part and parcel of our day to day living in the society. Have people ever imagined what a society without the above social issues would look like? People have to think and ponder over that. After a close and careful consideration of the matter, people will realize that the society cannot be worth-living without them. Society as whole have the good and bad people, there are the rich and the poor people. There are sinners and Christians, there are alcoholics and non-alcoholics. They also have the people that live in the society today. Some people marry and divorce, while others marry and live together for as long as their forever lasts.
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Because there is massive loss of lives, numbering millions of people, the author is saddened and she also wants us to feel the same. She wants readers to understand that loss of lives is a something that cannot be undone and it is time that it ends. Reading The Paper Bag Princess and especially after reading Hana’s Suitcase, one might think that it is actually a sequel because after the pain and grief that is associated with Hana’s premature death, Elizabeth gives us hope. She shows the readers that there is the potential to overcome all barriers in life and it is not all time that the mighty and powerful in the society that triumph. Because of the wit that the author of The Paper Bag Princess places in Elizabeth, readers get to learn that there is even hope in the midst of adversity. Readers get to learn that racial discrimination is an enemy in its midst and the power to eliminate it lies with us. The author here therefore uses an optimistic tone that reader all love and