Internment by Samira Ahmed by Caroline Gutshall https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f Empathy Map en-us 2020-01-26 17:36:24 UTC 2025-12-04 15:40:37 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Who are we empathizing with? carolinesgutshall https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149077 Who is the person we want to understand? What is the situation they are in?
What is their role in the situation?

The person we are trying to understand in this novel is Layla Amin, a seventeen year old, Muslim American girl. She is living in the "near-future United States", where anti-Muslim laws are being passed to place Muslims in camps similar to the internment camps used during WWII with Japanese- Americans. The role that Layla plays in this story is as human rights activist. Layla and her friends are working to expose the inhuman treatment of those who are placed in these camps. ]]> 2020-01-26 17:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149077 5. What do they need to DO? carolinesgutshall https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149124 What do they DO?
What do they do today?
What behavior have we observed? What can we imagine them doing?

To achieve their goal of escaping the internment camps and finding safety and equality for Muslims, this group of Americans must work together to rebel. They must break down this system of oppression by making their voices heard by those on the outside of the fences. Throughout this story, we have observed protests, risk taking, team work and so much more. We see Layla fight with everything she has and pour her whole heart into making this change. 
]]> 2020-01-26 17:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149124 3. What do the SEE? carolinesgutshall https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149169 What do they see in the marketplace?
What do they see in their immediate environment? What do they see others saying and doing?
What are they watching and reading?

Readers see Layla, her family and friends in a country where Islamophobia is a present, and terrifying, issue. They see this in their own community through the burning of books written by Muslims, curfew for Muslims and even the loss of jobs for Muslim Americans based on their religious beliefs. All of these things eventually lead up to all Muslim Americans being placed in internment camps. While being forced to stay in these camps, Layla witnesses many of the adults trying to normalize their lives again. There is a big difference between how the younger generation and how the older generation react to this type of oppression. In addition, they also see how those who speak out against this mistreatment get sent away to more dangerous camps. The camps are designed to break down Muslims and steer them away from their own religious beliefs by separating groups by race, nationality and ethnicity, as well as belittling them to the numbers that are forcefully tattooed onto them in the camps.]]> 2020-01-26 17:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149169 4. What do the SAY? carolinesgutshall https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149190 What have we heard them say? What can we imagine them saying?

Internment is filled with smart mouth comments from Layla. At many different points in the story we see her talk back  to guards. Also, readers can see Layla's persistence through her thoughts and actions. "In this place where I thought I was lost, the world has found me. Hope courses through my veins." (Pg. 205) Layla is also incredibly aware of the injustice that is currently being enforced in America, and how we have seen this many times before. "What's that thing people always say about history? Unless we know our history, we're doomed to repeat it? Never forget? Isn't that the lesson? But we always forget. Forgetting is the America grain." (pg.51)]]> 2020-01-26 17:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149190 2. What do they DO? carolinesgutshall https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149216 What do they need to do differently?
What job(s) do they want or need to get done? What decision(s) do they need to make?
How will we know they were successful?

Layla works with a group of friends to protect her family, speak up for the rights of Muslims and to publish the mistreatment in the prison. She does this through rebelling against the authorities, breaking the rules of the camp and doing what she believes is right. She knows that doing these things can end in punishment or even death, but she does it anyway and encourages other members of the camp to do it as well. In the end, we know that the work of Layla and the other rebels was successful because the last chapter describes their newfound freedom. "Free? What does that even mean? For now, it will simply have to mean being free to walk out of this camp. That will do."(pg. 256)

]]> 2020-01-26 17:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149216 6. What do they HEAR? carolinesgutshall https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149246 What are they hearing others say? What are they hearing from friends? What are they hearing from colleagues? What are they hearing second-hand?

Throughout the story, Layla hears negative messages from the government and orders/commands from the people running the camp. She hears messages of hate and ignorance. She hears plees from her parents to give in and to not stir the pot, in fear that she will be taken away. She hears warnings from those around her saying if she does not conform to her current situation she will be killed. ]]> 2020-01-26 17:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149246 7. What do they THINK and FEEL? carolinesgutshall https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149268 What other thoughts and feelings might motivate their behavior?

Layla and her friends are primarily motivated by anger and fear. These are such intense emotions that they drive Layla to rush into certain situations and make decisions that may get her into trouble. She is still a young girl and sometimes thinks more with her heart than with her brain, which can back fire, but ultimately leads to the freeing of her family and ending the use of internment camps. Layla is also motivated by love. She is willing to break the rules for those that she loves and cares for.

GAINS:
What are their wants, needs, hopes and dreams?

Layla's wants, needs, hopes and dreams are for safety, equality, love and freedom. These are the things that motivate her to keep fighting against the suppressive system they have been forced into.

PAINS:
What are their fears, frustrations, and anxieties?

Throughout this book, we see that one of the biggest fears Layla has is that her family will be taken away due to her choices and actions. In addition, she is scared for the safety of all Muslims across America.]]> 2020-01-26 17:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/carolinesgutshall/k3p1iw9gjq0f/wish/436149268