Analysis Of How Lucky You Are By Debi Alper

Everyone has everyday problems nevertheless, as a citizen in a western country we are often oblivious as to how remarkable a life we have and we ought to be reminded, which is why people exclaim “Think of the starving children in Africa” Having the opportunities to live life the way you prefer is a central theme in the text “How Lucky You Are” by Debi Alper.

The short story is focused around the adolescent Max from England who is living life without caring too much or setting high goals, he then meets Ishraqi from Iran who inspires him after only a day. Her story dealing with how she has not got a clue as to if her parents are deceased or alive causes Max to value his mother a great deal more. Still the fact that Ishraqi is trying not to be deported back to a country that may put her to jail or worse and that she is going to take a GCSE test motivates Max to be a little more ambitious and appreciate the life he has. The text is composed both as a circle composition and a flashback, it is a circle composition by cause of the conclusion of the story which returns to the introduction ergo it all ends …show more content…
Max has a carefree attitude due to his father leaving him however when Ishraqi leaves he develops the emotional side of his personality which is a positive situation, considering he was wasting his potential. Another opposite characteristic is how Max and Ishraqi has grown up, growing up in Iran has made Ishraqi feel as if she has to be careful, it has made her apprehensive that if she does something wrong it will have tremendous consequences. Max on the other hand has grown up in England where you have freedom of speech and that has made him do whatever he wants when he wants: “Dan stood at the door of the bus, glaring at Max. "You can't bunk off, he objected. "we've got a math assessment today" Max shrugged."which, you twat, is the exact reason why i'm bunking off"”(How Lucky I Am,