Farah Ahmedi Short Story

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Through this inconvenient situation, they find themselves stranded in the desert. According to Farah Ahmedi’s memoir on pg. 11 (The Other Side of the Sky), “The gate to Pakistan was closed… Where would we stay? There was nothing here, no town, no hotel, no buildings, just the desert.” Soon enough, Farah Ahmedi spots the solution to the situation which is to bribe the guards with money. Unfortunately, Farah and her mother didn’t have the money, but luckily they find another helping and compassionate family that offers help to them. This generous family tells them a secret about a goat path that leads to Pakistan which smugglers use too. Based on Farah Ahmedi’s memoir on pg. 12 (The Other Side of the Sky), “The woman told us that her husband, Ghulam Ali, had gone to look for another way across the border. He was checking out a goat path that supposedly went over the mountains several miles northeast of the border station.” The next day, they set out for the goat path. The climb was long and exhausting including with Farah Ahmedi’s mother, which had an asthma attack which took longer and her prosthetic leg, but they preserved. Farah Ahmedi’s determination and the will to survive brought/lead to her success. Farah Ahmedi finds out that even in a grave situation, there are still kind people like Ghulam Ali. Ghulam Ali gave Farah Ahmedi a chance of survival and gave

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Farah Ahmedi’s goal was to cross the Afghanistan border to get to a better life in Pakistan. In the first read, The Other Side of the Sky, it says, “‘Night was falling, we were stranded out there in the open’”(Ahmedi 4). This states it was nighttime and she and her mother had no place to stay. Along the way, her and her mother faced many hardships, “The worst thing would have been if we had gotten separated. We were only risking injury”(Ahmedi 3). In addition, “Terribly warm and we had no water, but we walked. My mother began to wheeze. Her asthma was bad. Her anxiety made it worse. We could have gotten over in little more than an hour if not for my mother. Our journey took many hours”(Ahmedi 11). Overall, they succeeded their mission and made it over the border. For example, “This excerpt from “Escape from Afghanistan” describes their efforts to make

Eventually, Amir received a call from his old mentor, who told him to come back to Afghanistan because "there is a way to be good again." What Amir learned while he visited his mentor would lead him to what he considered redemption. Hassan had been killed, which Amir partially considered his fault, but Hassan's son, Sohrab, was still alive. With the idea of giving him to a good placement organization, Amir set out to save Sohrab. Amir found Sohrab in the possession of a Taliban member, the same man who had raped Hassan when they were children. In order to save Sohrab, Amir had to fight the man, and he was injured very badly in doing so. Despite his injuries, he felt better about himself. He felt free, at peace. He finally had the courage to tell his wife about what he had done, and that took a weight off of his shoulders, as well. Even though Hassan had forgiven him long ago, Amir refused anything less than Hassan's fate.

A necessity of Farah Ahmedi was to climb a mountain to flee into another country where she and her mother could be safe and lead a better life. This is displayed when, “Ahmedi and her mother decide to flee their home in Kabul in search of a better life (Introduction). This shows that they were trying to escape their home country as a result of the war there so they could get somewhere where they could be safe. Moreover, they actually made it over a mountain to enter into to Pakistan. Ahmedi questions, “How did I scale that mountain so easily? How did I climb down the other side (Ahmedi 12)? This is when she made it over the mountain. Most importantly, Farah Ahmedi learned an important lesson, “You never know when and where you may encounter a spot of human decency”(Introduction). When Ghulam Ali was so generous and kind to her and

Growing up in a war torn country, Farah Ahmedi was used to seeing houses being bombed and her city being invaded. As she grew older, she had a freak accident in which she had lost her leg. Along with this, she had to escape her home in order to save her mom and have a better life. Unfortunately, as Ahmedi and her mother approach the gate to Pakistan, they realize that the door has already been closed. Just as it seems all their luck has run out, Ahmedi and her mother meet a kind man named Ghulam Ali who knows how to get them over the border. He tells them of a goat path that smugglers bribed the guards to keep unguarded and decides to take them along with his family on the steep mountains that make up the trail. According to Ahmedi, she “hardly felt the exertion” even with her prosthetic leg and that her “desperation” gave her “energy” which

With Fara’s loss of a leg, it seemed almost impossible to get out of Afghanistan and into Pakistan. But so desperate to cross the border, they risked their health, especially Fara’s mother’s. “Her asthma was pretty bad at this point, poor thing,” (Ahmedi 11). This text shows that Fara’s mother’s health was not the best at the time and she could have gotten sick. “Because of her, we had to pause every few minutes, so our journey took many hours,” (Ahmedi 11). This shows that her mother was slowing them down because of her poor health.

In the autobiography, “ The Other Side of the Sky” written by Farah Ahmedi, Farah Ahmedi's recounts her life story as a young Afghanistan refugee girl who faces dire obstacles while trying escape her war torn country. The excerpt given describes Ahmedi’s experience trying desperately to cross the border in order to flee Afghanistan. Ahmedi’s experiences many hardships during this challenging journey, but she was determined to cross the Pakistan border. She believed her mother and her own survival depended on them crossing over. According to the text, “Steep as it was, we could have gotten over in little then an hour if not for my mother. Because of her, we had to pause

Ultimately, Mariam and Laila attempt to escape, but fail, which in turn infuriates Rasheed even more. These two women then work together and protect each other, and in due course, kill Rasheed during one of his “ritual” beatings. In the end, Mariam is killed for murdering her husband, and Laila, with her children, Aziza and Zalmai, finds Tariq and marries him; then, together they start their own family. Throughout the course of the story, not only was a passionate, well-written story presented, but also a clear picture of what Afghan culture and its aspects are really like.

Amir had settled in America and had cut off all connections of himself with Afghanistan. The physical journey helps Amir to establish his identity. Amir’s confrontation

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Ahmed came to USA to make more money and he doesn’t know where to stay at. He doesn’t know how to speak English but he didn’t give up on his dream to become successful person. He experienced a lot of obstacles while finding his first job in USA. Ahmed showed imagery when he described the rice and curry which he ate at that restaurant. His use of imagery here was very effective, because it showed that there aren’t many people from Pakistan live in America. One of the theme that I found is that he was determined to become successful while he was facing a lot of problems. Ahmed did used word “Uh” more than one time while he was telling that story. The most important idea that shared in the story is when Ahmed experienced a lot of obstacles to

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