Asmir Immigration Quotes

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CHAPTER ONE- SARAJEVO Record definitions for the following terms, refugee, immigration, emigration and illegal immigration. Refugee- A person who is forced to leave your country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster. Immigration- The act of someone who has come to live in a new country permanently. Emigration- The act of someone leaving their own country to go and live in another. Illegal immigration- A foreigner who has entered or resides in a country unlawfully or without the country’s authority. Dot point two facts about each of the following characters, Asmir, Muris, Mirsada, Eldar, Grandmother, and Aunt Melita. Asmir -Comes from Bosnia Herzegovina. -Asmir was born in Sarajevo. -Asmir is Muslim. Muris -Muris was …show more content…

The unfortunate events that continue to happen to Asmir and his family create an unfair mood. Asmir and his family have the right to safety which is not being upheld in their current lifestyle. A quote to show the unsafe, unfair conditions is ‘seeing more and more blood on the road’ and ‘seeing the flash of gunfire’ on his family’s journey to the airport when all Asmir wanted was to wake up in his own bed again with Muris by his side. Another mood created is sadness. Sadness is a strong mood in this text because the book was based on a true story and there are many people who have to live in similar conditions around the world, for example the current war in Syria. The overall mood created is sadness because of the difficult unfair …show more content…

One of the many devices used is a simile. A simile is the comparison of two things often the comparison is unrealistic and used to create an image in the reader’s head. A simile usually compares two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’ for example, ‘it was sweet and warm and thick like the dark chocolate icing on his birthday cake’ (pg. 49). This quote reminds Asmir of positive memories before the war began and they were forced to flee Sarajevo leaving Muris. The use of the simile effects the reader’s interpretation of the text because they have something to compare it to making Asmir’s happy emotion clear. Another device Mattingley used throughout this book is emotive language. Emotive language is used to change the feel of the sentence and impact the emotion interpreted by the reader. Emotive language is used frequently on page 47 to describe how happy Asmir is to have arrived in a safe place. ‘Round and round they ran, dizzy with delight’ (pg.49) is an example of the emotive language used throughout the book. Overall Mattingley uses similes and emotive language throughout his book to engage with the reader but also to strongly show how the character

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