AP World History July 3‚ 2013 Forgotten Fire Forgotten Fire is a fictional book that is based on a true life story of a boy’s life that was destroyed by the Armenian genocide. Adam Bagdasarian the author of Forgotten Fire‚ uses Vahan Kenderian’s life story to show the disaster that the Armenian Genocide had brought on to this race. Forgotten Fire is about a boy named Vahan Kenderian who grew up in a very affluent family and was very well know. Vahan never expected to have to lose everything he
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Character development through the struggle of survival How would a 12 year old boy who watched his family die around him be able to escape the extermination of his kind? Forgotten Fire‚ a compelling historical novel by Adam Bagdasarian‚ follows the journey of Vahan Kenderian as he tries to survive the Armenian genocide. Vahan watches the world he knew collapse around him as those he cared about leave him due to the horrific circumstances placed on them. During his time the young boy meets many
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“Who you are and what you believe in is your real home‚ the only home no one can take from you‚ the only home that will last.” I believe that this is one of the themes for the book Forgotten Fire. Throughout the whole book‚ Vahan is roaming around‚ looking for a new place to call home. He roamed from city to city hiding out in abandoned houses. At one point he joined up with a “band of Turkish refugees” heading “towards the rumor of remote villages safe from the war.” But even when he was surrounded
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Lit Circle - Culture Commentator In the novel‚ Forgotten Fire‚ written by Adam Bagdasarian‚ the main culture presented to the reader is the oppressive Turkish culture. The idea of this culture being dominant can be identified through the distinctly negative behavior towards Armenians. The culture affects the plot of the story by impeding Vahan’s goal to survive properly. Within the novel‚ the Armenians in the novel struggle to survive in this state of oppression from the Turkish. The Turkish
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Vahan Kenderian was a distinguished individual with moral strengths and high spirits. These qualities helped him endure‚ when he knew that each day could have been his last when living through the Armenian Genocide. In the beginning of the novel “Forgotten Fire”‚ Vahan is described as the youngest child of a wealthy‚ Armenian family. He was very careless and would always need guidance from his family who was afraid of Vahan’s lack of character and discipline. When the Armenian Genocide began‚ Vahan’s
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because he wrote "Who does now remember the Armenians" before the question and Hitler’s quote answered it. The quote answers the question because only Hitler remembered the Armenians and did the same to the Jews. My ideas didn’t change after reading Forgotten Fire because I already knew the story about the Armenian Genocide. 2.Vahan couldn’t discuss his fear with his mother because first of all‚ he was too scared to say a word and he wasn’t confident enough to say anything. Also he was imagining things
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Symbolism of Fire In the story ‘’The Road’’ by Cormac Mccarthy‚ fire is often used as a symbol‚ and fire is represent survival. From the beginning of human’s civilization‚ fire has been using by human for live and survive‚ and the fire in the story was not an exception. In the path of the father and son‚ there were many obstacles that stand against them‚ yet they did not give up to live and fire is become their assistance. An example for fire became a symbol of survival was when it states‚ ’’The
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Forgotten Fire People take their lives for granted too easily today. We do not know when something could happen to us or a loved one. Unexpected events take place to people all the time. In the book Forgotten Fire Adam Bagdasarian tells the real life story of how his uncle survived the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Vahan Kenderian‚ Adam’s uncle‚ was only twelve when many events started occurring. These events were unexpected and tragic in many ways to not only Vahan and his family‚ but also all of
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The novel Forgotten Fire‚ by Adam Bagdasarian is about a 12-year-old boy named Vahan Kenderian. His father is a successful lawyer who believes that Vahan needs to build a better character. This book takes place during the Armenian genocide. When Vahan is separated from the rest of his family‚ he has to rely on the kindness of others in order to survive. Together Vahan’s family was taken to Goryan’s Inn‚ put in a room with fifty or sixty people‚ and watched Armenouhi‚ Vahan’s sister‚ die. Next they
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In his book Forgotten Fire‚ author Adam Bagdasarian investigates the Armenian Genocide through the eyes of a twelve year old Armenian boy named Vahan Kenderian. Through Vahan‚ the reader experiences the atrocities committed during the 1915 genocide of Armenians in Turkey. The Turks‚ who were Muslim‚ viewed the Christian Armenians as inferiors and treated them as such; under Turkish law‚ Armenians had nearly no rights‚ no fair justice in Turkish courts‚ could not bear arms‚ and were taxed far higher
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