"After seeing the dead and dying of the lost Fist, I no longer had any faith in our journey or in our guides. It seemed logical that what had begun would continue: that we would walk and die until all the boys were gone."--Achak Pg. 217
Achak and most of the boys have by now lost all faith in their journey. Achak has given up on everything that he has lived for so far. He has no other chance to survive and he has given up on everything.
I have often felt useless or like I wanted to give up. seeing everyone around you hopeless is difficult to cope with. I remember when my great grandfather died. I had felt so lost and hopeless. But, the pain was more deep because my family was so sad.
have you ever felt lost or hopeless?
"We are not in Ethiopia, I thought. This is not the place."--Achak Pg. 227
Achak has waited so long to find this place that has been embellished so much by the fabrications of William K. and, when he finally has made it, he is sadly dissapointed. He has imagined it so differently. when he does finally make it, he is not expecting it to be similar to all the other refugee camps.
I have been dissapointed many times by different instances that I had gotten my hopes up for. It is one of the worst feelings in the world. and I feel very bad for Achak to have worked so hard for this and to be dissapointed in such a way.
Have you ever been this dissapointed about something?
TKAM-Blog 8-Choice 1
14 years ago
Quote #1 Response: I agree with you're perception of the quote, you have to feel really bad for those boys. After seeing so much death, it must be really hard to continue living.
ReplyDeleteQuestion #1 Response: I have not felt lost/hopeless to the extent of the boys, but I feel lost and hopeless in a lot of things, from Spanish class to handwriting.
Quote Response 2: I was surprised and disappointed when the boys arrived in Ethiopia, I felt really bad for them, and thought that they would finally reach their destination. To travel so far, and suffer through so much, and then realize that his destination is horrible, that must have been too much disappointment to take!
Question Response 2: One time I was disappointed, when I had set up this wonderful birthday party, but it turned out to be terrible.
Quote 1 Response - I also noticed that they seemed to lose faith the closer they got to Ethiopia. For all of those boys to be so young and seeing all of the death and destruction around them; I understand how they can give up. We are older than most of them and we have not even seen anything even close to what they have witnessed.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 1 Response - I have felt hopeless about many things, varying from school projects to the death of a family member, but I know I have not felt as hopeless as any of these boys.
Quote 2 Response - I noticed that too and was also disappointed and sympathetic towards Achak. He had hoped for so much from hearing William K's fabrications but got to Ethiopia only to be surprised and disappointed about how regular it was to other camps.
Question 2 Response - I think that the way Achak felt is similar to when you are turning a year older when you were little. You have so much anticipation to your birthday but when you blow out the candles you don't feel any different.