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Forgotten Fire Book Report

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A Life Lived by Example Vahan and his family are caught in the middle of the Armenian Genocide. In the book, Forgotten Fire, by Adam Bagdasarian, Sarkis Kendrian is a well respected Armenian mandarin of the city of Bitlis with several children and very little to worry about. That, of course, was until the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. Just after the beginning of it, multiple military personnel showed up at the front door of the home of Sarkis. They said he was wanted by the government and even though he knew that was not true he went with it. He, along with many other men from his town, were taken into the streets where they were killed. Shortly after, two of Vahan’s older brothers were taken behind the house and killed as well. This left the mother, Vahan, and his sisters and brother on their own as they were taken by the military along with many other members …show more content…

One of these things is the hope that Vahan maintains even in difficult times where it may seem impossible. When Vahan moves in with Mr. and Mrs. Tashian he meets a girl named Seta. She lives at the consulate next door and does not have a family still alive either. They become friends and meet at in the fields every day for weeks until she started to no longer show up. Vahan believed that his friend would come back someday and continued to hope and go to the field every day even though he still had not seen her. He continued this for weeks with no results until one day she showed up again. She needed help and because Vahan was still there for her she was able to get the help she needed. Had Vahan not gone to the fields, not only would have never seen his friend again, but would not have been able to help her. This hope that Vahan had was taught to him by watching his father with his family. Sarkis always believed that everything would be fine in the end and showed lots of hope throughout the hard

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