Shooting Kabul started off awfully sad... And I hate to say it.... It's not getting any happier. A little boy like Fadi shouldn't have to live with this kind of stress. He struggles everyday with the guilt of losing his sister as the rest of his family deals with the same emotional toll. Honestly it's a little heartbreaking. How he tries to get into the airport to fly back to Afghanistan. Of course he doesn't get away with it. He spends the next few days trying desperately trying to get into photography club so he could win tickets to India, a neighboring country to Afghanistan. Now, all he needs is the perfect photo to win the trip.
This book is so relevant to today's political issues. I can't imagine what those families are doing now, under the threat of deportation. Whole communities in the book are immigrants from the middle east and are dealing with racism and 911. While that may have died down little since 2001, there is definitely still a huge stigma around immigrant and the middle eastern citizens of America.
While the book is heartbreaking, the novel sends an important message to the readers. Determination and hard work can get you anywhere. Or at least, If Fadi gets to Afghanistan again, that'll be the message. Here's hoping.
Our book didn't really get any happier either. Despite the fact that the war had been over for years, the family was still being forced from home to home.
ReplyDeleteThings are really sad in this book. It seems like one bad thing after another is happening to Fadi and his family. I couldnt imagine losing a family member and then having zero idea what happened to them. That is bad enough, but the fact that more horrible things are happening to this family is really sad.
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