The Other Side Of The Sky By Farah Ahmedi And Tanim Ansary

Why do people undertake missions? Cap from The Cremation of Sam McGee undertook his mission of cremating a fallen friend whose last wish was to be warm. Aengus from The Song of Wandering Aengus undertook his mission of finding his long lost love, a glimmering girl. Gerta from A Night Divided undertook the rigorous mission to dig her way to freedom. However, all three felt determined to complete their respective missions to either resolve or change something about their current situation and refused to succumb to hopelessness.

Can you imagine being sold to someone that consistently beats you every day and also makes you sell your body for money that you don’t even get too keep. In “Half the Sky”, the author Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn gives the readers a glimpse of the oppression of women worldwide. “Half the Sky” is one of the most important books I have ever read. I would highly recommend this book to everyone. The first three pages I read already had me in tears. What makes this book so outstanding to me was reading and learning about all these different women and girls that has suffered in a way I didn’t think people were doing. Some of the stories were dealt with sex trafficking, maternal death, attacks on women, and not sending girls to school because of income. But the moving portrayals of the survivors improve the issues. Many of these survivors are healthy and doing very well. I never thought most of these stories that was in the book was going on in the world.

What makes a person undertake a mission to reach their goal? People like Farah Ahmedi, Ernesto, and Bilbo Baggins who had their reasons to take risks. All three of them had gotten help from people they haven't even met before. These strangers helped each of them to step out and accomplish their goals. Bilbo, Farah, and Ernesto had something in common which was that something was holding them back. They had to take risks so they all stopped worrying and went on adventures to reach their goals.

Paul Farmer came from a family who had little to offer him beside their outpouring love and sense of adventure. He had many places to call home, and would never really get comfortable in one spot because often his family would pick up and move. Farmer was inspired by great leadership, his father, growing up and would in turn become a great leader on his quest to rid the world of poverty and illness. Mountains Beyond Mountains written by Tracy Kidder, depicts Farmer’s mission to provide health care internationally and talks about all the difficulties that Farmer and his team had to overcome.

Throughout world history women have been treated abysmally. Societies with male-dominance have abused and used women and continue to do so today. Women have been made vulnerable to a man due to the spread of cultural values and beliefs in society that condemn them from power. In Khaled Hosseini's novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, the two main characters Mariam and Laila develop an unconditional bond in which they become each others protectors. The immense inner strength of women from adversity has been exemplified through the growth of Mariam and Laila's contrasting relationship, the pain they endure from Rasheed which strengthens their bond and the courage within them that ultimately resolves their conflict.

There can be many different things that cause people to undertake a mission. Such as, Walt Masters mission was to save Loren Hall's claim. A young girl, Farah Ahmedi, her mission was to get to Pakistan to escape her war-ridden country. Ernesto, a young Mexican boy, his mission was to learn English. However, all of these goals share the perseverance and determination to succeed.

No Land’s Man is an autobiography written by Aasif Mandvi. Mandvi is a well-known actor, comedian, writer, and producer; he is also known for his role on the popular news show, The Daily Show. Mandvi shares with his readers a collection of stories about his experiences while going on his journey through life. Throughout the book, Mandvi talks about finding his identity and where he actually fits in, not only in America, but in life itself. Mandvi talks about a few serious moments throughout the novel, however, he uses his humor to always keep the book light while also serious.

sin and forget about it. Amir then faced the long bumpy road to redemption. Khaled Hosseini’s

As a child, we are often told that we can be whatever we want when we grow up. Each child has the potential to be a police officer, a firefighter, or an astronaut. Although every destination in life is reachable, depending on the environment of the child, one might have to work harder than the other in order to reach it. Each environment creates a pathway of right or wrong in what the child should believe in, become, and achieve. In the Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini tells the story of a young Afghan boy, Amir, whose childhood interactions with his father and his Pashtun culture shapes his moral compass. He is especially influenced by the pride he desires to achieve by fulfilling his father 's expectations as well as Pashtunwali, the set of

Hesitancy is a very persuasive concept that can change a person’s way of looking at the world and permanently change someone’s view on their future. Occasions that occur in a person’s childhood years can change their way of living for the rest of their lives, which can lead to false thinking and a nonplussed life. No matter how hard an individual try’s to fit in or how many times they try to change themselves and fix the mistakes they have made it often never works out. The critical lenses of Existentialism and Cultural criticism are evident throughout the short story “The Spaces between the Stars” by Geeta Kothari. The protagonist of the story is in a constant state of tug of war between her Indian culture and her American culture that

The Kite Runner was published May 29, 2003 by Khaled Hosseini, an author from Afghanistan that now lives in California. It won the Award for Best Original Score in 2007. Hosseini tells the story of Amir, a Pashtun kid who tries to maintain relationships between his best friend, who is a Hazara, and his father that shamefully accused him of killing his mother even though she was killed through childbirth. According to Hosseini, an important understanding to take away from this novel is that religion in Afghanistan played a large role in social groups and it damaged many families emotionally and physically.

In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini brings his story to life through Mariam, Laila, Rasheed, and Tariq. These four characters help Hosseini illustrate life in Afghanistan during the 1960s to the early 2000s.

Malala Yousafzai’s phrasing consists of a list of horrific headlines you’d see on a daily basis in Pakistan. Why she wrote them in this order was to convey how constant and unforgettable these stories were. She wanted the reader to notice how the news covered the same types of events but a multitude of them. Because they happened endlessly, she will always remember the headlines. Sure they would vary based on locations and casualties, but they all seem to be the same when you constantly see the same news over and over. The saying “Ignorance is bliss” is true, but with all of the gruesome Taliban’s acts, the Pakistan citizens can’t avoid them.

‘I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975, I remember the precise moment, crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek. That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I‘ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last-twenty-six years.

She makes an important point when trying to go beyond the female (otherness), by paying careful attention to differences among women themselves, and by putting emphasize on the multiple realties that women faces, and by that trying to uncover universalist interpretations (Parpart and Marchand 1995:6). She reveals the inadequacy of binary categories by showing us how power is defined in binary terms, between the people who have (men) and the people who do not (women). This is a consequence of seeing women as a homogenous group, and contributes to the reinforcement of the binary division between men and women (Mohanty 1991:64). By assuming that women are a already constituted group with the same experiences and interests, gender is looked upon as something that can be applied cross cultures (Mohanty 1991:54), and it also produces an assumption about the “average third world woman” as poor and uneducated, in contrast to the educated, modern Western women (Mohanty 1991:56). Implicit in the binary analytic lies the assumption that the third world woman only can be liberated through western rationality. Mohanty is making an important point when emphasising the need to challenge these objectifications (Udayagiri 1995:163).