The dream he reveals to Santiago is the parallel dream to Santiago’s own (Santiago dreamed of the pyramids while asleep in the abandoned church). Unlike Santiago, however, the refugee is dismissive of dreams, and doesn’t even consider pursuing his own treasure. He does not believe in ...
Each child is living in their own ‘dream’ Australia and the beach provides a sort of ‘refuge’ from reality for them. Eventually, Faris has to make the decision to either continue living in this dream land or face his reality. This book is interesting as unlike other refugee texts, ...
and compassion is not a pizza with eight slices. When you practice empathy and compassion with someone, there is not less of these qualities to go around. There’s more. Love is the last thing we need to ration in this world. The refugee in Syria doesn’t benefit...
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The author shows Underground Railroad as a symbol for those homes and refugee institutes situated in North America, which gave shelter to the slaves who got away from their slavery in the South. These railroads were not real rather they just represented the stopovers during the journey of those...
The Breadwinner, also known as Parvana, is a children's novel by Deborah Ellis published in 2000. In 1996, Ellis spent several months visiting women and girls living in Pakistan's refugee camps. She interviewed one woman in particular who had a daughter that disguised herself as a boy in ...
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In Azerbaijan, refugee children wait for the blue truck to deliver books. This library allows children to borrow books for a couple of hours each week. The trucks travel through two regions of this country; unfortunately, there aren’t enough trucks or books to reach all of the children of...
Mrs. Weera and Homa plan to travel to Pakistan to work in a refugee camp for Afghans and help other women like themselves. Shauzia also leaves as she embarks on her dream of getting to France by befriending some nomads who allow her to come with them out of Kabul. Before their depar...
Beyond the Book The Freedom Swimmers May Chen, the main character in Joanna Ho's The Silence That Binds Us, explores her identity through her family heritage, including the experiences of her paternal grandmother, who arrived in Hong Kong as a young refugee from mainland China. Faced with ...