The Other Side Of The Sky

The short story “The Leap” by Louise Erdrich implies that sometimes leaps and risks need to be taken. The narrator starts off the story focusing on her blind mother, who was a circus performer, and then begins to realize how her mother had always taken risks in her life. The narrator recalls stories of her mother taking leaps and risks. For example, one day when her mother was working as part of a trapeze act in a circus show, a freak lightning bolt struck the tent pole during a performance. Unfortunately, her mother’s hands did not meet her husband’s, so she took off her blindfold and, instead of latching on to her husband and leading herself to her death, she changed direction, “twisted towards a heavy wire and . . . managed to hang on”

In the text it states “ People were pushing and shoving and jostling up against that gate”. They had met a nice family that was going to help cross the border. Accoing in the text it says “You can go with us” the women said.” What Farah Ahmedi had learned is that not all strangers are rude that some are nice what she said was that she was not tired at all walking with a prosthetic leg this is what Farah Ahmedi had learned when she crossed the Pakistan border

Farah Ahmedi was a girl who was trying to escape her war-torn country of Afghanistan by crossing the border into Pakistan. Annie Johnson was a woman who wanted to support her family by starting a business that cooks meals for factory workers. Theodore Boone was a 13 year old boy who wanted to stop a bypass from being built through homes and farms, including his friend's farm. However, all three wanted to help, whether it was them self or others.

Growing up in a war torn country, Farah Ahmedi was used to seeing houses being bombed and her city being invaded. As she grew older, she had a freak accident in which she had lost her leg. Along with this, she had to escape her home in order to save her mom and have a better life. Unfortunately, as Ahmedi and her mother approach the gate to Pakistan, they realize that the door has already been closed. Just as it seems all their luck has run out, Ahmedi and her mother meet a kind man named Ghulam Ali who knows how to get them over the border. He tells them of a goat path that smugglers bribed the guards to keep unguarded and decides to take them along with his family on the steep mountains that make up the trail. According to Ahmedi, she “hardly felt the exertion” even with her prosthetic leg and that her “desperation” gave her “energy” which

The consequences associated with bolder actions are not worth the risks. The risks are not worth it because you got get yourself seriously injured or even killed. In the story “Flight of Icarus,” it said The wax started to melt as he flew higher, the slowly he fell” (Benson 33). In this, Icarus is entrusted with a bold action to fly through to a long distance, as you saw this action led him to fall from a height because his wings melted. In Fact, he later dies because of the bold action, which is my first reason why taking bold actions is indeed

Farah Ahmedi’s goal was to cross the Afghanistan border to get to a better life in Pakistan. In the first read, The Other Side of the Sky, it says, “‘Night was falling, we were stranded out there in the open’”(Ahmedi 4). This states it was nighttime and she and her mother had no place to stay. Along the way, her and her mother faced many hardships, “The worst thing would have been if we had gotten separated. We were only risking injury”(Ahmedi 3). In addition, “Terribly warm and we had no water, but we walked. My mother began to wheeze. Her asthma was bad. Her anxiety made it worse. We could have gotten over in little more than an hour if not for my mother. Our journey took many hours”(Ahmedi 11). Overall, they succeeded their mission and made it over the border. For example, “This excerpt from “Escape from Afghanistan” describes their efforts to make

A necessity of Farah Ahmedi was to climb a mountain to flee into another country where she and her mother could be safe and lead a better life. This is displayed when, “Ahmedi and her mother decide to flee their home in Kabul in search of a better life (Introduction). This shows that they were trying to escape their home country as a result of the war there so they could get somewhere where they could be safe. Moreover, they actually made it over a mountain to enter into to Pakistan. Ahmedi questions, “How did I scale that mountain so easily? How did I climb down the other side (Ahmedi 12)? This is when she made it over the mountain. Most importantly, Farah Ahmedi learned an important lesson, “You never know when and where you may encounter a spot of human decency”(Introduction). When Ghulam Ali was so generous and kind to her and

With Fara’s loss of a leg, it seemed almost impossible to get out of Afghanistan and into Pakistan. But so desperate to cross the border, they risked their health, especially Fara’s mother’s. “Her asthma was pretty bad at this point, poor thing,” (Ahmedi 11). This text shows that Fara’s mother’s health was not the best at the time and she could have gotten sick. “Because of her, we had to pause every few minutes, so our journey took many hours,” (Ahmedi 11). This shows that her mother was slowing them down because of her poor health.

Farah Ahmedi is a hardworking woman who lived in Afghanistan with her mom. Based on the book, The Other Side of the Sky, by Farah Ahmedi, Ahmadi mission was to get across the border of Afghanistan to Pakistan with her mom. According to the text, “Yet we had no real chance of getting through,” (Ahmedi para.2). This proves that she wants to get across the border but she did not know how, which leads me

In the autobiography, “ The Other Side of the Sky” written by Farah Ahmedi, Farah Ahmedi's recounts her life story as a young Afghanistan refugee girl who faces dire obstacles while trying escape her war torn country. The excerpt given describes Ahmedi’s experience trying desperately to cross the border in order to flee Afghanistan. Ahmedi’s experiences many hardships during this challenging journey, but she was determined to cross the Pakistan border. She believed her mother and her own survival depended on them crossing over. According to the text, “Steep as it was, we could have gotten over in little then an hour if not for my mother. Because of her, we had to pause

"The Other Side of the Sky" by Farah Ahmedi and Tanim Ansary, is a memoir about a girl named Farah, and her mother escaping Afghanistan, to receive freedom in Pakistan. In this memoir, Ahmedi and her mom become friends with another family and helps them escape Afghanistan for freedom. Ghulam Ali, the father of the family, allows Ahmedi and her mom to escape Afghanistan with their family but, the only way to Pakistan is by climbing a steep mountain that smugglers use to travel to Pakistan. Ahmedi and her mom agree to climb the steep mountain despite the fact that Ahmedi has a prosthetic leg and her mom has anxiety. After Ahmedi climbed the mountain, she states," I myself felt the exertion. I was walking quite well that day, quite athletically." (Ahmedi 13) She "hardly felt the exertion" because of her "desperation". Her desperation motivated her and made her

Why would someone take a risk? Is it not easier just to accept what one already has; but, suppose that what one has is not satisfying. Maybe, just maybe, that is why people strive to do more, to get more, to be more. Stanley Pierce, in the story "Call of the Klondike: A True Gold Rush Adventure," did just that. He faced the rigors of bone-chilling weather that could take his life at any moment in search of gold just so he could be rich. Farah Ahmedi, in her memoir "The Other Side of the Sky," climbed a mountain on a prosthetic leg to reach freedom from her war-torn home in Afghanistan. Finally, Annie Johnson, in her biographical essay "New Directions," started a business on a shoe-string budget so she could support her family due to the

Beowulf set his ego aside and hurdled into the face of danger in order to defeat a greater evil and liberate the people of Heorot from the demonic grasp of Grendel. The crew aboard the Challenger brought America together and helped us insure the safety of future astronauts. Tom pushed his body to the edge to live the life he dreamed of. Risks are imperative in life. Even beginning life, they are our instinct. We learn to crawl despite the bruises on our knees. We learn to walk no matter how many falls we endure. As we become further aware of the world around us, somewhere along the way, we experience failure; at that point, many people attempt to eradicate most risks from their life. But where would we be without our sense of exploration, our willingness to try new things? In order to push one’s boundaries, move forward as a society, and give purpose to life people must be willing to take risks.

The Other Side Of The Sky Timeline Thesis: In Farah's journey from Afghanistan to America she goes through many tough experiences that make her grow emotionally which creates quick thinking, maturity, intelligence and isolation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Farah decides to take a shortcut to school in Afghanistan, and steps on a landmine, she gets flown to a German hospital for treatment.

Many people undertake a mission for many reasons. It could be because they just people they feel like they have to do it or do it to protect someone or something. For example Ahmedi and Annie both undertake a dangerous mission to protect their families. They did this because they care about their family and if they didn’t their family would have gotten hurt, and Annie and Ahmedi would have just saved themselves or done nothing. That is why many people undertake a mission even if they are putting their lives at risk.