In A Rocket Made Of Ice
Common Essay Outline The novel a Rocket made of ice is about a small community located in Cambodia called Wat Opot, In a Rocket made of ice is written by Gale Gutradt, Gale writes about her time at Wat Opot and tells about the kids and volunteers who live and work at Wat Opot. Wat Opot is home to about 40 kids who have aids or have been orphaned by aids. Gale tells about a few of the children that left an impact on her because the way they handle their situation. Gale also goes into detail about a few of the volunteers and how imparting their beliefs on the kids. The community of Wat Opot faces many hardships, during Gales time a Wat Opot she writes about the hardships she was able to see during her multiply stays at Wat Opot. The community
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Wat Opot is located in Cambodia, a third world nation that is full of hardships. Wat Opot is trying to fight one of these hardships, the aids epidemic, but fighting a wide spread disease is not possible without funding. It’s hard for the Cambodian government to fund Wat Opot because of all the hardships Cambodia has faced in recent history. The founder of Wat Opot is a product of some of those recent an event. Wat Opot founder Wayne Dale Matthysse never let the lack of funding prevent him from helping the kids of Wat Opot. “When I Opened Wat Opot I had exactly fifty dollars…” Pg. 60 (Gutradt). Wayne has faced many problems when trying to open Wat Opot. Wayne at first could not find a place to set up his community until a local Buddhist temple donate him “haunt” land. Then Wayne and a few volunteers set upon themselves to restore the land. The “haunt” land soon become a hospice for aid victims. Later on Wat Opot started to get antiviral medicine, which change Wat Opot from a place of death to a place of healing. Wayne is the driving force behind Wat Opot without him Wat Opot would not exist. Wayne did much of the work himself or with the help of volunteers, because of him doing much of the work Wat Opot has not cost much money to make. Maintaining Wat Opot has been the costly part, getting the antiviral medicine and sending kids to hospitals for more intensive care has added more expenses to
Wat Opot is located in Cambodia, a third world nation that is full of hardships. Wat Opot is trying to fight one of these hardships, the aids epidemic, but fighting a wide spread disease is not possible without funding. It’s hard for the Cambodian government to fund Wat Opot because of all the hardships Cambodia has faced in recent history. The founder of Wat Opot is a product of some of those recent an event. Wat Opot founder Wayne Dale Matthysse never let the lack of funding prevent him from helping the kids of Wat Opot. “When I Opened Wat Opot I had exactly fifty dollars…” Pg. 60 (Gutradt). Wayne has faced many problems when trying to open Wat Opot. Wayne at first could not find a place to set up his community until a local Buddhist temple donate him “haunt” land. Then Wayne and a few volunteers set upon themselves to restore the land. The “haunt” land soon become a hospice for aid victims. Later on Wat Opot started to get antiviral medicine, which change Wat Opot from a place of death to a place of healing. Wayne is the driving force behind Wat Opot without him Wat Opot would not exist. Wayne did much of the work himself or with the help of volunteers, because of him doing much of the work Wat Opot has not cost much money to make. Maintaining Wat Opot has been the costly part, getting the antiviral medicine and sending kids to hospitals for more intensive care has added more expenses to