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Analysis Of The Article 'Swimming For Her Life'
In the article, Swimming for her Life, A young Syrian girl named Yusra is forced to face many challenges. Her life is crumbling around her, because of the Syrian war. This started when the rebels said no to the president, and now the country is left in ruins. Some of the problems Yusra faces are being smuggled in and out of the countries, not being caught, and getting stuck in the ocean. Between turkey and Greece, the ship got stuck and Yusra and her sister had to push it all by themselves. Another problem they faced was being smuggled. She had to have a professional smuggler smuggle them between the borders and in the ocean. When Yusra got to Germany, she was accepted by a coach that saw her skill. Then, the Olympics were opening up ten spots
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