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While his career as a doctor is filled with uncertainty he can always find solace is his art whether it was during his time in medical school or currently during war. It allows him to feel confident and peaceful in a time when those feelings are scarce.

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Marra penetrates deep into the circumstances behind character's actions that makes it more understandable to the reader such as when the neighbors son who revealed Havaa's fathers location did so only because he was tortured by Russian soldiers. Knowing the nuance behind people's decisions and the unfortunate reasons they have to do certain things makes them look more humane.  

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Marra penetrates deep into the circumstances behind character's actions that makes it more understandable to the reader such as when the neighbors son who revealed Havaa's fathers location did so only because he was tortured by Russian soldiers. Knowing the nuance behind people's decisions and the unfortunate reasons they have to do certain things makes them look more humane.  

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- Natasha goes from being apathetic about academia and being more people centric to reading every book EXCEPT romance on Sonja's shelf... this is a way for her to escape the horrors of war that surround her.
- Natasha goes from being a secretary to escaping to Italy to be a prostitute (unknowingly; a more harmful lifestyle than she first thought).
- A rebel that lost his arm becomes a security guard at the hospital and builds a relationship with the staff.
- Akhmed sleeps with Dokka's wife when Dokka is away helping Ramzan (and being tortured in the meantime).
- Khassan gives up his hope to publish an authentic, unedited version of his book

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- Akhmed's portraits; he draws missing persons related to refugees that pass by Dokka and his house; he draws every single person lost the day their city was attacked.
- Khassan's book and his perseverance to have his life's work published correctly (not just his life's work, but the history of his people!)
- Portrait of Akim that Havaa speaks to; hung up in the forest; his memory lives on this way.
- Natasha's portrait of the building she worked in across from the Hospital; how the other nurses helped her redraw it until it was perfect; hung up in the city museum years later.

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Redefining family and the concept of love 

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Redefining family and the concept of love 

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- Akhmed's relationship with his wife is confusing.
- Akhmed takes on the role of a father to Havaa once Dokka goes missing.

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- Even though Dokka is missing, Akhmed becomes like a father figure for Havaa and guides her so she doesn't feel like an orphan.
- Natasha's therapeutic  talks with the neighbor
- Akhmed's portraits and his appreciation for art
- Sonja trying to find new clothes to wear; her attempt at making jeans.
- Khassan's need to take care of his dogs even during times where that shouldn't be the priority.
- Havaa trying to teach the hospital's security guard to juggle.
- Havaa's childlike wonder (sea anemones!)

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Yellow- figurative spaces/core ideas
Blue- tangible places within text
Arrows- show relationships/links between concepts
Red- explicit connections to APCG content or other English content

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- Natasha illegally traveled to Italy under the false notions of finding a job as an au pair.
- Instead she was confined, abused, and forced to become a prostitute.
- She developed a heroin addiction here.

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- A nation within Russia.
- Contains Grozny (capital city) and Volchansk.

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- This is where the novel takes place.
- A town in Chechnya.
- Poverty and destruction.

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-One doctor (Sonja) running the whole building, staff is only women -Akhmed agrees to work there in exchange for dropping of Havaa in Sonja's care
-Akhmed is only man working there
-security guard with one hand who Havaa wants to teach him how to juggle
-Deshi, a nurse who hates all men

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- Where we first meet 2/3 of our protagonists, Havaa & Akhmed.
- Akhmed's ambiguously sick and bedridden wife, Ula.
- No electricity.

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- University College Hospital
- that boyfriend who sang in the bathroom (and Sonja lowkey misses him)
- A repeated mention of a plane ticket to London

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- Akhmed finds Havaa in the woods where Dokka ordered her to hide in a blue suitcase and mentions that he will bring them to Volchansk where the hospital is located.
- Walk entire day through the forest avoiding land mines and military checkpoints
-Akhmed remembers how the forest was filled with wildlife but now is destitute
- Being in the forest is Havaa's safe space. She finds herself drawn to the forest when she experiences sad and uncomfortable thoughts.
-Akhmed's portraits of his dead patients are placed in the forest.