Timbuktu Themes

With grades where an A is never found and an IQ comparable to a goldfish, you can guess that Donovan Curtis is far from a genius. But you don’t have to be brilliant to be the hero of the story. In the novel Ungifted by Gordon Korman, several themes are presented. One theme could be there is always a way to solve a problem. Another important theme might be it’s better to work together. Additionally, a theme to consider is friends and family will always be by your side. In Ungifted, the main character Donovan Curtis is a rebel who always finds himself in trouble. When he ends up breaking the school’s statue of Atlas, all he wants is to avoid getting in trouble. But, the superintendent Dr. Schultz is hunting down Donovan to make sure that he’ll

of the people in his city and he becomes loved. He did a great deed for his people, and he felt very gratifying about it. Although this played a role in his personality

When most people think of a terrorist, there is usually an uneasy feeling that follows it. Something that most of the population fears is a terrorist attack on their soil. Zak Ebrahim presents that being the child of a terrorist is a whole different feeling, considering the hatred not only that is trying to be taught to the child, but also the feeling that everyone hates (…). Ebrahim places emotion throughout the book connecting the reader to what he is feeling in different ways; this is seen especially in chapter two as well as chapter ten of The Terrorist's Son: A Story of Choice as Ebrahim describes the hatred that people not only inflicted upon him but also the journey that he takes from hatred to peace. (link thesis to other two paragraphs)

This explains why his tone appears fervent and of extreme consequence. This piece reveals the power of personal stories to motivate change in the light of extreme injustice of his people.

with a segment demonizing the West and Muslims who seek political compromise with the United States, Europe.. and Israel. Closing with an appeal from the late Abdullah Azzam, one of Osama bin Ladin's spiritual mentors, the film calls on Muslims to transcend the illusion of nationalism and join a never-ending holy war. The recruiting video uses the attack as a religious call to transnational terrorism.

In the story “Recitatif” by Tone Morrison, it is about two women who have an issue of remembering what happened to a lady, Maggie, who had an accident when they are children. They go to the same state home, “St. Bonny’s” (201), when they are eight. Their mothers could not take care of them because Twyla’s “mother danced all night and Roberta’s was sick” (201). Twyla, who tells the story, has not seen her friend since childhood, suggesting she does not know Roberta like she think she does. Roberta is a confused woman who has not gotten over what happened to Maggie and her mind is creating false memories of the incident.

All he wanted to do was to go home and be with his family, but he was separated and held by rebels. He was

The young boy feels just as bad as Hassan does when he got raped. For example, after the rape, Amir is in a crammed room with his family and he can’t fall asleep. He whispers to himself hoping other people would hear, “I watched Hassan get raped” (Hosseini 86). This represents, as a result of how Amir finally accepts his guilt for Hassan, and want to fix his sins in the past.

He is the embodiment of fear, hope, and truth that he gives towards not only the oppressed but the government as well. Blowing up buildings to provide a symbol towards the people and how they should unite and fight the unjust system they live in. Creating fear in the government in what they established but also creating fear into the people for not knowing the truth behind all his chaos. Providing truth to those people has created hope in revolting and creating a revolution against the people with power and how wrongly they use it. Giving an idea towards those minds and letting it grow to where they are not afraid anymore.

Ungifted by Gordon Korman was a very interesting and an amusing book. This book was very entertaining for me because Donovan was on the edge of his life everyday because of the trouble he caused, and also because this book has a viewpoint of most of the characters in the book, which gave the book more depth and understanding. I was very curious about what is going to happen next and when I started reading, I couldn’t stop. Donovan Curtis is the main character of this book, and I think he is a good character because he keeps on trying hard, and he greatly cares about other people and things. For example, at the school dance party, Chloe was getting bullied and Donovan protected her and he got Chloe out of trouble. I can relate to Donovan because when he moved to the Academy, he first didn’t understand any of the things the

for the need of power and how a leader such as him can be achieved but is bound to be defeated

The difference between his attitude between the rich and the poor was, with the rich he was adjacent to almost everything they stand for as a government which cause the part of his reason of rebellion. However, things were different with the poor unlike the rich he was supportive and very encouraging to help the gain their rights as human beings.

Imagine growing up in a household that has no sense of control, while having the people you are intended to have high regards for, be the center of the unmanageable living situation. In the memoir “After a While You Just Get Used to It”, written by Gwendolyn Knapp the reader experiences the difficulties and the humorous moments one can endure while living in a household that simply feels out of control. This piece of literature examines the life of Knapp transitioning from young girl to a young woman and managing certain family issues that often arise in her everyday life, all the while trying to maintain loving and nurturing relationships with her family. Not only will the reader be introduced to various types of mental and emotional disorders,

In spite of the portrayal of the terrorists in 1970s movies where they are shown to be some how victims of circumstance, being a war veteran and having suffered years of torture, financial losses, and marital problems, in the 80s movies barely make any effort to explain why an individual has chosen the wrong path. Villains are purely evil in fact the movies portray the terrorists as savages who are secluded from the society and have psychotic tendencies. Even though the picture of an Arab gun man was becoming more and more prevalent in the terrorism-themed movies of the 80s, a biased association of middle eastern ethnicity or the religion of Islam to terrorism was not formed yet. It is apparent that Hollywood was not particularly focused to

He defines his life’s work as uniting the whole world as an empire. His image of himself is a man who hates luxury,as a king to rule people and to find others with talent to rule unde him.