Blog Number 1#
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Connections with Aow
The first connection that I found Between the book "Of Beetles And Angels" written by Selamawi Asgedom and in the article "U.S Will Accept More Refugees as Crisis Grows" By Michael R. Gordan was that when Mawis family came to "Amerkia" they got help from a church and were able to stay in a motel room for a little bit till they could find someplace permanent to live and work "World relief had met us at the airport and paid for our motel room." And in the article it states that "They were taken to hotels and motels to stay for the night or longer." That was one of the similarities between the book "Of Beetles And Angels" written by Selamawi Asgedom and in the article "U.S Will Accept More Refugees as Crisis Grows" By Michael R. Gordan.
The second similarity that I found between both the book and the article that we read this week was that both Mawi's family and the people in the article that came was that they both were welcomed and not like treated differently than anybody else in the book "of beetles and angels" it states "It was tow of our people: habesha women. And they came bearing gifts; injera bread and sebhi stew." This show that they were welcomed and that people wanted to help them. In the article it states "I believe, it is in keeping with the best tradition of America as a land of second chances and a beacon of hope." This shows that in the article that the americans welcomed the refugees by saying that they are getting a second chance.
The way that war affects individuals and societies in the book of beetles and angels and also that article is that it can make them scared and want a safer place for their family's to escape from the wars and all of the violence from their home country. In the book it states " We were driven away by the advancing Ethiopian army." This shows that they were afraid of the violence from the army and that they were trying to get away. In the article it states "Resettlement from people who continue to flee turmoil in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries." This also shows why they are leaving their home country's because of all of the war and violence.
