From Terror To Hope Analysis

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In the Article From Terror to Hope it talks about a little girl involved with the event of 9/11 and her recovery from it. A little girl named Helaina has been involved in the tragedy of 9/11. After seeing the terrible things that happened, the twin towers being destroyed, she has developed post-traumatic stress disorder. She had nightmares about that terrible day. After hard work and treatment, she is doing well. Now she is 27 and a successful journalist. Even though what she went through was really tragic, there was still hope for her.
In the Essay Growing Up Muslim in Post 9/11 America a Muslim named RJ Khalaf shares his feeling of how to felt growing up after 9/11. Everyone think that Muslims caused 9/11. Well that isn’t the truth. Muslims are people who are …show more content…

In the article From Terror to Hope the girl Helaina sees the terrible things that occurred in 9/11 and develops Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but at 27 years old with hard work and treatment she gains hope that she will get better. This shows how she recovered from this terrible event. Another person that was affected by the terrible event was RJ Khalaf. He wrote the essay Growing Up Muslim in Post 9/11 America told his story of growing up as a Muslim after 9/11. Everyone thought that Muslims caused 9/11 and RJ Khalaf was a Muslim. So people thought he was a terrorist. RJ is trying to tell people that just because he’s a Muslim that doesn’t mean he is a terrorist. Just because some women are wearing hijab that doesn’t mean she is a terrorist, it just means she is following her religion. Some people 15 years later understand that the people who caused 9/11 aren’t Muslims they are terrorist which shows there is hope for the innocent Muslims to stop being called terrorist just because the are Muslims. This is how the titles of the story are

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