Most recent public comments by Jacqueline Nee https://nowcomment.com/users/68147 https://nowcomment.com/documents/172179?scroll_to=1632786 https://nowcomment.com/documents/172179?scroll_to=1632786 Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:56:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/172179?scroll_to=1630975 https://nowcomment.com/documents/172179?scroll_to=1630975 Over the course of chapters 4-6 Diane has to go through some major events. The first major event is when Diane's mom had just gotten deported. When that occured it not only affected Diane, it had affected her family as well. Diane was devastated by this event, she quickly became very sad and stressed. At first she really didn't know how things would turn out with her mother gone. Also Diane's father had been fighting with her mother and brother because of the situation that occured. Even with all the stress being thrown Dianes way she was able to adapt and become more independent. Soon her mother was able to return and they were ecstatic yet Diane's father wasn't that thrilled, but all good things couldn't last. A week after Diane's mother returned she was quickly arrested while walking the neighbor's kids, then sent to be deported .Trying not to be under ICE'S radar Diane's father had moved them into a small basement, due to the size they could not keep all of their belongings. Also by that point Eric had decided to move to New Jersey. Living in the basement, and with the stress of everything going on her father had hit his lowest and was really hard to help support Diane's mother in Colombia. Diane now had hit depression,her grades slipped and she had just hit puberty.Things for awhile were stable until they found out that the lawyer who they gave thousands to just basically stole their money and skipped out of the state, this hit them hard. Diane felt bad not only for herself but for her father. Yet I guess god had given her a gift because a week after that occured she gotton a chance for the audition at Boston Arts Academy. She was definetally excited/nervous but the events that were occuring stayed in the back of her head. She had completed the competition even with all that was happening at the time she got accepted into Boston Arts Academy, she couldn't have been more ecstatic of how far she has come. This gave Diane a place like home, a perfect world for a bit, in which gave her some of the things she has today. Like Diane's story I have read a similar book like hers, yet it was based off of true scenarios, that were turned into a fictional story. The book was Amal Unbound. In this story Amal is a 12 year old girl Pakistanian girl with a dream of becoming a teacher yet that dream would soon come to an end. Due to Amal "disrespecting" the town's "Landlord" she was forced to work for the "landlord" to pay off her "debt" with many other servants similar to her. Amal was taken away from her education, family, and past life. During the time Amal lived as a servant she served the "landlord's" Mother. Running her bath fetching her meals, going with her to shop,and waiting for her while the mother chatted with friends. This may not seem all bad but she could not express her opinion, talk back, she had to eat and sleep in servants quarters. Also once she was tricked into walking into a "market", that market did not exist so when she returned she was punished by a hard slap. Even through the hardships Amal began to open her eyes to the two different worlds there are through the people she works for and the friends/coworkers she has met along the way. That even the life for rich folk was hard, plus the people who were abandoned/given away. Soon after the "landlord" was apprehended Amal was then determined to get back to her family with her newly found strength and knowledge she headed on her way home. Wed, 04 Mar 2020 20:00:00 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/171422?scroll_to=1627413 https://nowcomment.com/documents/171422?scroll_to=1627413 If I was in this situation I would be really freaked out, but would try and stay calm. I would most likely live where they were deported to, and if I can't I would most likely like with a family member or friend.Then I would most likely get a job to try and visit them/send them money. Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:35:50 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/171422?scroll_to=1627412 https://nowcomment.com/documents/171422?scroll_to=1627412 In this type of situation it would be best to stay calm, but do to many emotions happening at once its easy to become overwhelmed. Yet soon some of those feeling can cool down enough so that you could somewhat think. Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:34:42 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/171422?scroll_to=1626752 https://nowcomment.com/documents/171422?scroll_to=1626752 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 17:24:28 -0500