Many people have undertook missions to help themselves and others including Lina Mayfleet who wanted to find a way out of their underground city and Farah Ahmedi wanted to flee from the war-torn country of Afghanistan. Another person who undertook a mission was George Harrison wanted to study Northern Indian instruments and study transcendental studying. However, all three were determined to achieve their goal and in doing this, help other people too. Lina Mayfleet is a book character from The City of Ember. Lina lived underground in a city called Ember. Everybody had realized that the city was running out of materials and necessities like light bulbs, and they all wanted to find a way out of Ember. As stated by the author, “And then the lights …show more content…
Like Lina, her mission was to get out of the war-struck country of Afghanistan. Her leg was blown up from a land mine so she had a prosthetic leg. She and her mother wanted to live a better life in a place that is safe. They went up to the border gate where the guards would not let anyone through the border to Pakistan. As stated by the author, “I felt desperate to get through, because the sun was setting, and if we got stuck here, what were we going to do? Where would we stay? There was nothing here, no town, no hotel, no buildings, just the desert,” (Ahmedi para. 1). Farah and her mother decided to sleep on the ground by the border gate. They started talking to another family who was also trying to get across the border into Pakistan. That family said that Ghulam Ali, the family’s father, had gone searching for an external path. Ghulam Ali had come back and told his family that there was an external path that smugglers use to get to Pakistan. The family, Farah, and her mother all went on that path and eventually accomplished their mission. The path that they took was long and dangerous they were all determined to accomplish that goal. This shows that even though Farah Ahmedi and her mother had to sleep in the middle of the desert on the ground and go on a long hike through a smuggler path, they were determined to accomplish their
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live as an Afghan girl under the rule of the Taliban? This question is answered in the book My Forbidden Face. Latifa, a young Afghan girl, discusses her struggles throughout the book. Latifa faces several different problems while being under the rule of the Taliban. She handles these problems with the best of her ability.
Lastly Khaled Hosseini looks at a Afghan family and how its each family members commitment and strong bond is what is essential in ones future/identity. In the novel it was evident that Pari’s relationship with her family, mainly her brother, Abdullah was Pari’s source of unconditional love and it was that very thing that kept Pari connected to her roots which is the very thing that shaped her future/identity. Pari’s uncle was the very reason why Pari was sold in the novel and the cause of Abdullah being stripped from his only family. In the novel the separation of Pari and Abdullah caused sever pain as Abdullah was not just a brother rather he played the mother and father figure for Pari. In the novel the author, Khaled Hosseini uses many
... from his family, is not present in his construction. The plot of the narrative is not in chronological order. Therefore, the fate of the person is evident before his true character is revealed. The evidence for this claim is apparent in Farquhar’s last thoughts before being hanged by the Union army. Also, his motivation, to return to his wife and children, further makes this argument clear. Lastly, the thirty miles Farquhar travels after being so close to death proves further that his dedication to family surpasses his instinct. The realistic construct of a reality in which Farquhar escapes and is reunited with his family illustrates abiding desire for the most meaningful part of his life, his family.
Farah Ahmedi’s mission was to get across the border to lead a better life. Ahmedi states, “This expert describes their efforts to make it across the border and into Pakistan” (“Introduction”). Her mission was to make it across the border to
Within society, there are certain standards of behavior and expectations that one must be expected to comply by, and failure to do so can result in critical and discouraging prejudice. This unrelenting and derogatory hatred can often cause dire reactions, such as a loss of morale and self-confidence, demonstrated significantly in The Fall of a City, by Alden Nowlan. In the story, Teddy, an eleven year old boy, is mocked at by his uncle for occupying himself with paper dolls, failing to meet society’s standards of maturity that a boy of his age is expected to abide by. As a result of his uncle’s mockery, Teddy’s passion and fondness of his imaginary world disappears, and in a fit of rage and anger, he demolishes his paper world. Teddy’s destruction
A Tale of Two Cities Essay Throughout history, the powers of love and hate have constantly been engaged in a battle for superiority. Time and time again, love has proven to be stronger than hate, and has been able to overcome all of the obstacles that have stood in the way of it reaching its goal. On certain occasions, though, hate has been a viable foe and defeated love when they clash. In the novel A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens presents several different power struggles between love and hate.
It was strange, I had always wanted to experience what a mission trip was like. Although, when I thought about actually pursuing to go on one I would once again shove the thought in the back of my brain, in hopes of forgetting about it entirely. Until one day, I was reintroduced to the idea once again. My friend Nick and I were in Math class one day when Nick said, “
Explorers are always pushed to their limits. Their motivation varies but also shows their human ability. Great journeys are from the motivation from within and are either made or broken. Many have tried and many have failed but it is what you bring from it that really matters. In Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer states that exploring nature brings personal awareness.
Mrs. Kandahari grew up in the dusty, rocky outskirts of Afghanistan. From being smuggled to Pakistan to catch a flight to America, to surviving through the war in her hometown, Mary and her family have been through it all. "My family never had a choice, the war was so brutal
In Jane Jacobs’s acclaimed The Life and Death of Great American Cities, she intricately articulates urban blight and the ills of metropolitan society by addressing several binaries throughout the course of the text. One of the more culturally significant binaries that Jacobs relies on in her narrative is the effectively paradoxical relationship between diversity and homogeneity in urban environments at the time. In particular, beginning in Chapter 12 throughout Chapter 13, Jacobs is concerned greatly with debunking widely held misconceptions about urban diversity.
I have always wanted to go on a mission trip through my church to a country in need. I had planned on going last year, but I was physically unable to go. Now that I better physically, I am looking forward to going to Honduras and working with children. I have taken 3 years of Spanish in high school and I can put that to use in communicating with the children there. I want to teach them the importance of always doing your best and trying hard. I
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, is a story set in the year 1775 and through the turbulent time of the French Revolution. It is of people living in love and betrayal, murder and joy, peril and safety, hate and fondness, misery and happiness, gentle actions and ferocious crowds. The novel surrounds a drunken man, Sydney Carton, who performs a heroic deed for his beloved, Lucie Manette, while Monsieur and Madame Defarge, ruthless revolutionaries, seek revenge against the nobles of France. Research suggests that through Dickens’ portrayal of the revolutionaries and nobles of the war, he gives accurate insight to the era of the Revolution.
At one point in the novel, Najmah, brings her goats up a hill for them to feed on the grass. As she comes down a few days later, she hears loud crashes and booms. She spots her mother and attempts to run towards her but "by then the explosions are closer and louder” (Staples 65) and she is not able to make it. Najmah hides behind a rock until the bombings have stopped. When she she sees her mother lying “on the ground nearby with her legs splayed out" (Staples 67), she realizes that she is the only member of her family left in the village. This is something that could very much happen to someone living in the Middle East, and the author portrays it without any exaggeration. Later on in the novel, after a long and treacherous journey, Najmah finds her brother Nur. He tells her the story of how "'they took Baba-Jan and the other village men in their trucks’” (Staples 254) and they “‘heard gunshots very close together" (Staples 254). Once again, a member of Najmah’s family has been killed. Many people that are taken under the Taliban’s control are ruthlessly murdered and this is no exception. Though a fictional portrayal, these events are what some people actually experience when they live under the rule of the Taliban. Najmah and Nur decide they must take the journey back to their home of Golestan. Nusrat, the one caring for them warns them of how dangerous it can be for two children traveling alone. Nur responds by saying "'yes, we know about the danger. But we feel we have no choice'" (Staples 264). The children fear that if they do not return to their home the Taliban will take their land. Before leaving, Nur decides to tell Nusrat of the news he knows. Nusrat has been listening for news about her husband who works at a clinic to tend for wounded soldiers for a long time. What Nur tells her breaks her heart. He sits down
Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series, said “By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be.” Hansen, also known as America’s Ambassador of Possibility, has achieved his lifelong goals, such as creating a foundation in his name dedicated to helping young people to turn their entrepreneurial dreams into realities. From a young age, Hansen realized his goals and that allowed him to be able to achieve them. By creating a bucket list, I have created a path for my life that I will begin to take the steps to achieve. The few things on my bucket list that I most want to achieve are to travel the world, sky dive, and do something nice for a stranger.
My goal was and is to be a competent doctor and provide compassionate care to all patients. With much dedication, I became a doctor. I wanted to help the underprivileged, especially those in rural areas. I began work in North Sri Lanka where the civil war had most severely afflicted and I witnessed an average of 100 casualties daily. As there was a shortage of medical professionals, I gained the opportunity of becoming a well-rounded physician.