D Adamo's Mrs. Dunphrey: A Comparison
Innocence is something that we all deserve. Don’t you dare read this Mrs. Dunphrey, by Margaret Peterson Haddix and Iqbal, by Francesco D'Adamo illustrate two characters that don’t get this. Iqbal from Iqbal is an Indian slave and Tish from Don’t you dare read this Mrs. Dunphrey is just a highschool girl trying to be a highschool girl. Both these children live diversely different lives that at the same time are incredibly similar. Iqbal and Tish are innocent children that do their best to stay innocent.
Iqbal shows us that our first world problems only go so far. As children we deserve to be innocent from adult obligations, but these children do not get that! Children deserve to have this sense of freedom, not this feeling that your whole …show more content…
Tish and Iqbal are separate in every way but one. They are brought together by their problems. They did not even cause these problems, yet they are the one’s being punished. Iqbal is a slave. Tish is a girl that’s doing her best.”How can my mother be such a wimp?” (Haddix 73) Both of these texts are separate from each other. They portray different stories and different texts. Yet at the end of each books they become similar. Iqbal helped me realize that I'm so fortunate. That i’m blessed and protected. Iqbal stands for what he believes is right, he stands for himself and all the other kids that our slaves. “I’m not afraid,” (D’adamo 92) He stands for everybody. Tish is not the same. She is quiet and afraid. Help is right in front of her yet she ignores it. She pours her feelings into her notebook. This notebook is her way to escape. Every Time she closes her notebook she meets reality. "As long as you're not reading this, I can just put down whatever I'm thinking" (Haddix 15). A reality that she can not escape. Both Iqbal and Tish are stuck in these worlds that they can’t get out of. Then they both stand up for what they know is right. Iqbal was tired of being in carpet factories working as a slave. Tish was tired of being alone without support. Both of them made a stand. While Tish was “rewarded” with love and a new life, Iqbal was faced with reality. These texts are messages to everyone that reads. A message of how we need to reach and
Iqbal shows us that our first world problems only go so far. As children we deserve to be innocent from adult obligations, but these children do not get that! Children deserve to have this sense of freedom, not this feeling that your whole …show more content…
Tish and Iqbal are separate in every way but one. They are brought together by their problems. They did not even cause these problems, yet they are the one’s being punished. Iqbal is a slave. Tish is a girl that’s doing her best.”How can my mother be such a wimp?” (Haddix 73) Both of these texts are separate from each other. They portray different stories and different texts. Yet at the end of each books they become similar. Iqbal helped me realize that I'm so fortunate. That i’m blessed and protected. Iqbal stands for what he believes is right, he stands for himself and all the other kids that our slaves. “I’m not afraid,” (D’adamo 92) He stands for everybody. Tish is not the same. She is quiet and afraid. Help is right in front of her yet she ignores it. She pours her feelings into her notebook. This notebook is her way to escape. Every Time she closes her notebook she meets reality. "As long as you're not reading this, I can just put down whatever I'm thinking" (Haddix 15). A reality that she can not escape. Both Iqbal and Tish are stuck in these worlds that they can’t get out of. Then they both stand up for what they know is right. Iqbal was tired of being in carpet factories working as a slave. Tish was tired of being alone without support. Both of them made a stand. While Tish was “rewarded” with love and a new life, Iqbal was faced with reality. These texts are messages to everyone that reads. A message of how we need to reach and