https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn Padlet Project. en-us 2019-03-13 16:28:06 UTC 2025-11-02 06:09:22 UTC hello@padlet.com 23cottagej https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/341375112 This is the post office that all of her letters go through. She loves to write to her pen pals. She talks about how she has pen pals in Greece, Spain, The UK, USA, and many other places. She feels like the post box she sends her letters through is her personal space, her own little country. I believe that this shows her personality, which is a creative one.]]> 2019-03-14 15:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/341375112 23cottagej https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/341389756 Both sides were minorities fighting for what they believed was rightfully theirs. It is also religious. The Israeli soldiers (whom the US supports) did bad things to civilians, like murder and bombing. This is why this book is controversial.]]> 2019-03-14 15:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/341389756 23cottagej https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/341397443 The major conflict is the six day war, and whether or not the main character and her family will survive the war. I am on no side for this. I am not taking a stance because both sides did bad things, but I am on the side of the civilians, who are unarmed and cannot defend themselves, so I am on the side of the civilians, both Israeli, and Palestinian.]]> 2019-03-14 15:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/341397443 23cottagej https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/341412924 This book makes me think twice about the relations between the US and Israel, because we are arming them and supporting this behavior towards civilians, who it is a war crime to kill. It does make sense however to have a strong ally in the Middle East that is democratic, because it really is rare for there to be a Middle Eastern democracy, as most are monarchies or dictatorships.]]> 2019-03-14 16:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/341412924 23cottagej https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/341827530 The main character and her family stay in a shelter during the six day war. When the family that owns the house returns, they are happy that people stayed in their house, while they were not there, and they were not invited. The family that owns the house even helps them. If I came home and found a bunch of people I didn't know in my house I would be upset.]]> 2019-03-15 16:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/341827530 23cottagej https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/342937043 The Mother hits the children sometimes, and she will beat them for not eating their lentils. I guess she is under a lot of stress, being a refugee with four children in Jordan living in poverty.]]> 2019-03-19 15:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/342937043 23cottagej https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/342945869 The setting is in the six day war in Palestine/Israel and Jordan. This makes the decisions of each character more important because it could be life or death, like what shelter to hide in. Also the decision of the character in the beginning to go to Birzeit to go to her post box was important because she ended up getting detained for a period of time by Israeli soldiers.]]> 2019-03-19 16:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/23cottagej/5zuq25rw9xmn/wish/342945869