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“ Only a month into the After, I’d started searching houses, looking for signs of life.” Amy has dealt with many conflicts that has changed her life. Amy has a lot of internal and external conflicts that have changed her and has changed the way she has to live. It’s clear that Amy’s life has modified in a way because of the conflicts she has had to go through.
“ In the After.” Amy and the rest of the world are being attacked by “Them” ( The Floraes). Amy has to try and overcome this attack by using her survival skills. Amy has to hide from the Floraes ( THEM ) for a very long period of time. After the attack Amy goes to look for food and finds baby in rundown store. Baby doesn’t know anything else in life besides hiding
from “THEM”. Amy has struggled because Amy thinks her parents are dead. Amy and baby also find Amber, who was left stranded by her brother. Amy found out that Amber is very loud and obnoxious and clearly not used to The “AFTER”. When Amber left it made baby very sad and it hurt her feelings. Baby was also mad at Amy when she made Amber leave. Amy didn’t want to trust Amber because Amy thought she was one of “THEM”. AT “NEW HOPE” Amy wanted to become a guardian of this place. The people who worked at “NEW HOPE” would let Amy become a guardian unless Amy passed a test. While Amy was at “ NEW HOPE “ Amy thought it was very unfamiliar, because all Amy knew was Amy’s house. AT the Ward Dr.Reynolds treated Amy unfair. KAy and RICe sneak Amy out and Kay and Rice take Amy to fort BLACK a new safe place. In conclusion, Amy had to deal with a lot of conflicts to survive “IN THE AFTER”. Amy also has to deal with the fact that Amy thought her parents were dead, but turns out Amy’s mom is still alive. Amy has to survive all by herself until she finds baby which helps her search houses to look for supplies. Amy has to deal with Dr.Reynolds at the “WARD”because Dr.Reynolds was treating Amy Unfair.“ Only a month into the After, I’d started searching houses, looking for signs of life.”
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