I disliked the ending of the book. It was definitely NOT a happy ending. I understand the ending and the significance of it not being a happy one, but that does not make me feel satisfied with it. The promise of the rest of the book is an ending of redemption and hope. People in the class argued opposite me saying that the ending was hopeful and that children are not resilient. I will defend, in brief, my perspective as to why I believe children are resilient and why I didn¡¦t feel the book¡¦s conclusion was what it was promised.
Children are resilient and I say it speaking from experience. ¡§Resilient¡¨ is not a term that denotes without being traumatized. As a child I experienced many traumatic and damaging things, things that child should never have to endure and at an early age found myself feeling just like Sohrab, tired of ¡§going through¡¨ and without affect due to the incessant numbing pain that I felt over and over. I will NEVER forget and it will forever be......
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