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The challenges facing refugees In The Kite Runner - Coggle Diagram
The challenges facing refugees In
The Kite Runner
Leaving Afghanistan
Effects
Hassan and Ali
Rahim Khan
Amir and Baba flee—become refugees
Causes
Personal risk
increasing threat
War
political situation
20 line extract p. 110–11
'The stench of something dank' p. 110
olfactory imagery
unpleasant/unhygienic/repulsive
'something' unknown/fear
'dank' connotes both dark and damp
'Rats.' p. 111
disease
plural = many
use of a one word sentence—conveys shock
hideous living conditions
'I saw shapes huddled around the room' p. 110
'shapes' = Anonymous/amorphous/dehumanising
visual imagery
fear and cold— verb 'huddled'
Indicates a number of fellow refuges
Refugees in Flight
Terrible conditions: inhuman
Dangerous—threat to life
‘It could have been me’: refugees describe their journeys to the UK
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/24/it-could-have-been-me-refugees-describe-their-journeys-to-the-uk
Huge personal risk
transported like animals
tenacity— tried every day for 5 months to get to UK
Not protected legally
Wider Text Examples
'I climbed out of the fuel tank' p. 114
Inhumane transportation
dangerous—fumes
desperation
