“I’m doing this to save you, our child, and everyone on board” ( McDonnell 1). Tarek Sheikh says these words as he jumps off the makeshift raft carrying his pregnant wife, Huda Malak, along with 18 others from the shores of Syria to the coast of Greece. Although the trip should only take 45 minutes, it had been significantly lengthened due to the raft sinking slowly with the weight of all the Syerians. With Sheikh gone, the worn down crowd rejoiced as their raft slid onto the coast. All but Huda Malak celebrate as she waits anxiously to see if her husband made it back to her. Tarek’s little brother, Mohammad, goes back out to the sea in search of him. Then, a Greek coastal ship shows up with Mohammad and the savior of the raft, Tarek Sheikh,
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For example, when Huck and Jim meet the thieves, king and duke, on their journey. Huck immediately realises that the king and duke had dishonest intentions about their identity. He believed that “It warn’t no use to tell Jim...,” (Twain 95) about his discovery. Huck concludes that if Jim does not have the intelligence to figure it out himself, then he has no reason to make him worry about it and upset the fragile peace that the four travelers have created. On the contrary of that belief, Jim has a quick and resourceful mind and represents a bright man. When Tom and Huck first meet up on Jackson island, they find a floating house. In this house Jim finds a dead man. He told Huck not to “... look at [the corpse's face]- it’s too gashly” (Twain 38) when they go and search the house for items to take on their adventure. Later in the novel it is brought to light that the body of the dead man on the floating house belonged to Huck's father, Pap. While Jim protected Huck from the horrors of see his father’s corpse, he also protected himself. Jim concluded that if Huck knew about Pap’s death he would most likely return home. This would mean that Jim would be left alone and have no protection or alabi if caught on his journey to freedom. So, even though Jim helped Huck, he also exuded his clever mind by ensuring that he would be safe. Many believe that Jim impersonates a naive slave but in fact he has an acute mind, just as
For example, when Huck and Jim meet the thieves, king and duke, on their journey. Huck immediately realises that the king and duke had dishonest intentions about their identity. He believed that “It warn’t no use to tell Jim...,” (Twain 95) about his discovery. Huck concludes that if Jim does not have the intelligence to figure it out himself, then he has no reason to make him worry about it and upset the fragile peace that the four travelers have created. On the contrary of that belief, Jim has a quick and resourceful mind and represents a bright man. When Tom and Huck first meet up on Jackson island, they find a floating house. In this house Jim finds a dead man. He told Huck not to “... look at [the corpse's face]- it’s too gashly” (Twain 38) when they go and search the house for items to take on their adventure. Later in the novel it is brought to light that the body of the dead man on the floating house belonged to Huck's father, Pap. While Jim protected Huck from the horrors of see his father’s corpse, he also protected himself. Jim concluded that if Huck knew about Pap’s death he would most likely return home. This would mean that Jim would be left alone and have no protection or alabi if caught on his journey to freedom. So, even though Jim helped Huck, he also exuded his clever mind by ensuring that he would be safe. Many believe that Jim impersonates a naive slave but in fact he has an acute mind, just as