Survival is about mental fortitude
In Space on one can hear you scream. This is true for the novel 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstand tells a tale of science fiction horror about three teens that have won a contest to spend 172 hours on the moon, however this journey becomes a fight for survival. Each of the Teens have their own reason for going and each have their own feelings. The are tested in the expanse of space with all of the mental and physical trials that they face. The fight for survival is also a common theme in Stephan Harding’s The Castaways War, where the protagonist Hugh Miller has to survive on a Japanese occupied island after his ship was sunk. He is living under a constant fear of being found by the Japanese and must …show more content…
The three main characters Amadou, Seydou, and Kadijia all work as slaves on a cocoa plantation. In the plantation the conditions were hard and work break anyone with a low will to keep going. The children at the farm are taken at a young ange and forced to work all day, the conditions that they work under are extremely dangerous and risky. They openly weld machetes as their main tool which can lead to serious injury. In the story Seydou suffers such an injury, this along with the poor conditions of the camp result in the loss of Seydou’s arm to infection. These conditions receive no help due from government or from the population because there is nothing know about the plantations. As writers from the Food Empowerment Project say “the industry has become increasingly secretive, making it difficult for reporters to not only access farms where human rights violations still occur, but to then disseminate this information to the public. In 2004, the Ivorian First Lady’s entourage allegedly kidnapped and killed a journalist reporting on government corruption in its profitable cocoa industry.”(Child Labor and Slavery in the Chocolate Industry) This shows that the government and the cooperations do not want the stories of their child labor getting out. This can be extremely depressing for the children on the farm to know that no one knows of the terrible conditions they are under and no one is going to help them. Amadou is mental strong because of the presence of his brother, he knows that if he gives up Seydou would not make it on the farm alone. Seydou is the only reason Amadou continues the will to live, He says “”(Sullivan ). This shows that he loves and want the best for his brother and that he gives him strength. As the three protagonists continue in their journey to save themselves they realize that they all need each other to keep them mentally
In Space on one can hear you scream. This is true for the novel 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstand tells a tale of science fiction horror about three teens that have won a contest to spend 172 hours on the moon, however this journey becomes a fight for survival. Each of the Teens have their own reason for going and each have their own feelings. The are tested in the expanse of space with all of the mental and physical trials that they face. The fight for survival is also a common theme in Stephan Harding’s The Castaways War, where the protagonist Hugh Miller has to survive on a Japanese occupied island after his ship was sunk. He is living under a constant fear of being found by the Japanese and must …show more content…
The three main characters Amadou, Seydou, and Kadijia all work as slaves on a cocoa plantation. In the plantation the conditions were hard and work break anyone with a low will to keep going. The children at the farm are taken at a young ange and forced to work all day, the conditions that they work under are extremely dangerous and risky. They openly weld machetes as their main tool which can lead to serious injury. In the story Seydou suffers such an injury, this along with the poor conditions of the camp result in the loss of Seydou’s arm to infection. These conditions receive no help due from government or from the population because there is nothing know about the plantations. As writers from the Food Empowerment Project say “the industry has become increasingly secretive, making it difficult for reporters to not only access farms where human rights violations still occur, but to then disseminate this information to the public. In 2004, the Ivorian First Lady’s entourage allegedly kidnapped and killed a journalist reporting on government corruption in its profitable cocoa industry.”(Child Labor and Slavery in the Chocolate Industry) This shows that the government and the cooperations do not want the stories of their child labor getting out. This can be extremely depressing for the children on the farm to know that no one knows of the terrible conditions they are under and no one is going to help them. Amadou is mental strong because of the presence of his brother, he knows that if he gives up Seydou would not make it on the farm alone. Seydou is the only reason Amadou continues the will to live, He says “”(Sullivan ). This shows that he loves and want the best for his brother and that he gives him strength. As the three protagonists continue in their journey to save themselves they realize that they all need each other to keep them mentally