Status Updates From Children of War

Every entry in this book is an example of ethos. These are true encounters from people who have experienced this firsthand. I think the author appeals to pathos by writing this book and using these people's experiences to affect the readers.

Today I learned a point of view from these two brothers. They stayed in Iraq for a while living at home but hosting 18 other family members as well. They talk about how at night they would all pile into one room because they were scared to be alone.

Today I read a couple of people's perspectives about moving to Canada during the war. They talked about how they waited forever to get approved and they did not make it easy for anyone to come into those larger countries. Even then the refugees said that they found it peaceful cause there weren't soldiers or bombings everywhere so they enjoyed it.

Today I read about a refugee who helped with an organization called No More Victims where they bring the Iraqi children that had been hurt by the American soldiers to the US where a group of people will pay for their surgery and recovery.

I read 3 different perspectives from these girls and it was interesting because one wanted to go back to their old life, on wanted to stay and live in Jordan, and one wanted to move to Canada and go to college there. So I just thought it was interesting how they all wanted different things.

I learned that some refugees really liked it when they left their country. They found that they had a better life in a place like Jordan where as other people hate it and have found it hard to have a good life after leaving.

Today I read very similar stories. One talked about going to school and how they were put in a 3rd grade class when they were 14 and none of the teachers knew what to do with her. So I thought that was interesting.

A lot of these stories are very similar in experiences of war, but I noticed today how brutal some of these conditions were and what almost 80% of Iraq's population went through.

I read about a boy named Michael. A lot of the reason he had to leave Iraq was because of his religion. People didn't necessarily like that his family was Christian so his father was fired from a job and no one would give him a new opportunity and things went downhill from there.

Today I read through some of the actual refugee stories and both made it into either America or Canada. They talked about how they were bothered by these kids complaining about all these little things when they had no idea what other people had gone through.

I thought it sounded interesting to see a little bit into the lives of those impacted by war and how long these changes stay with them.