Year Of No Rain Book Report

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It was 1960 in Sudan, Africa and Alice Mead is an author that decided to write a book about a civil war in Sudan called Year of No Rain. She wrote this book to teach this lesson: The world is not always what it seems. She wanted everyone to hear the magnificent story of three brave boys that suffered during the cold war. Death,starvation,and suffering where all of the experiences happening during the war. Frist of all, Stephen one of the main characters has changed a lot during the book. In chapter 1 pg. 9 it says “ They were getting ready for the dance,” “Nevermind that” stephen shouted “Come on you're late some cows escaped last night you’ll have to find them.” From the quote you know that stephen can be very irresponsible about what he was assigned to do. Now in chapter 15 pg. 100 says, stephen said “ You know I think we should go back home for a while until we're sure what to do. I can’t go to one of those camps without knowing about Naomi.” This quote explains how he still cares of being responsible for his sister and becomes more decisive about his chooses. You can see how the war changed many kids lives made them stronger, made them figure out their own decisions. …show more content…

On chapter 10 the book states, Stephen said “There’s a school in kenya, I’m sure of it then we will be educated when the war ends.” “when it ends” said Wol in disgust, “we’ll be a hundred.” From this quote, the reader is told that Wol isn’t being positive at the decision Stephen is willing to take therefore Wol doesn't think it will be possible to live in the condition they are in. Adding to that, “ We’re going to Kenya” said stephen “We are?” Wol asked “ when did we decide?” (on page 60). This quote shows Wol isn’t willing enough to walk all the way to Kenya as Stephen is so they can all have a better

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