AP World History July 3‚ 2013 Forgotten Fire Forgotten Fire is a fictional book that is based on a true life story of a boy’s life that was destroyed by the Armenian genocide. Adam Bagdasarian the author of Forgotten Fire‚ uses Vahan Kenderian’s life story to show the disaster that the Armenian Genocide had brought on to this race. Forgotten Fire is about a boy named Vahan Kenderian who grew up in a very affluent family and was very well know. Vahan never expected to have to lose everything he
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Character development through the struggle of survival How would a 12 year old boy who watched his family die around him be able to escape the extermination of his kind? Forgotten Fire‚ a compelling historical novel by Adam Bagdasarian‚ follows the journey of Vahan Kenderian as he tries to survive the Armenian genocide. Vahan watches the world he knew collapse around him as those he cared about leave him due to the horrific circumstances placed on them. During his time the young boy meets many
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“Who you are and what you believe in is your real home‚ the only home no one can take from you‚ the only home that will last.” I believe that this is one of the themes for the book Forgotten Fire. Throughout the whole book‚ Vahan is roaming around‚ looking for a new place to call home. He roamed from city to city hiding out in abandoned houses. At one point he joined up with a “band of Turkish refugees” heading “towards the rumor of remote villages safe from the war.” But even when he was surrounded
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Lit Circle - Culture Commentator In the novel‚ Forgotten Fire‚ written by Adam Bagdasarian‚ the main culture presented to the reader is the oppressive Turkish culture. The idea of this culture being dominant can be identified through the distinctly negative behavior towards Armenians. The culture affects the plot of the story by impeding Vahan’s goal to survive properly. Within the novel‚ the Armenians in the novel struggle to survive in this state of oppression from the Turkish. The Turkish
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Vahan Kenderian was a distinguished individual with moral strengths and high spirits. These qualities helped him endure‚ when he knew that each day could have been his last when living through the Armenian Genocide. In the beginning of the novel “Forgotten Fire”‚ Vahan is described as the youngest child of a wealthy‚ Armenian family. He was very careless and would always need guidance from his family who was afraid of Vahan’s lack of character and discipline. When the Armenian Genocide began‚ Vahan’s
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Wiggins Honors English 10 1st Block O3/09/11 “Literary Elements of Wharton’s ‘Roman Fever’” Peter Scott Scott 1 03/09/11 Ms. Wiggins 1st Block “Literary Elements of Wharton’s ‘Roman Fever’” The short story‚ “Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton‚ reveals numerous popular literary elements. Some of the most prominent examples of literary elements are irony‚ symbolism‚ and foreshadowing. All three elements create the feel and atmosphere of the short story. They add
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Literary Themes and Elements Bobbie Meadows ENG.125 Instructor Chunn January 14‚ 2013 The theme of a short story is the idea behind the plot of the story. In other words‚ it is not the actual events that happened throughout the story‚ but what the story is telling you. There are certain aspects that enhance the theme such as the elements of the story. These elements include but are not limited to the setting‚ the point of view‚ and symbolism. “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker (1970) communicates
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short amount of time. The authors indulge in rich details to create the narrative into a jaw dropping meaning story from the beginning to the ending. The author begins with constructing the story with the building blocks of literary devices. Short story authors apply the literary techniques of symbolism‚ irony and theme to create a meaningful connection with the reader. Authors exploit symbolism into the works of literature to create strong connections between ideas‚ actions or persons that intertwine
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Literary Elements Literary Elements The following paper will discuss how symbolism and characters relate and contribute to the overall theme behind the story‚ “The Necklace.” Those symbols and characters suggest that just because something is perceived to be beautiful and worthy‚ that deception could be the reality. The theme of a story is basically the idea behind the story (Clugston 2010). In Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace‚” the theme could be concluded
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because he wrote "Who does now remember the Armenians" before the question and Hitler’s quote answered it. The quote answers the question because only Hitler remembered the Armenians and did the same to the Jews. My ideas didn’t change after reading Forgotten Fire because I already knew the story about the Armenian Genocide. 2.Vahan couldn’t discuss his fear with his mother because first of all‚ he was too scared to say a word and he wasn’t confident enough to say anything. Also he was imagining things
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