The Other Side Of The Sky Analysis

Making mistakes is part of human nature. Sometimes we forget to feed our pets, or maybe we didn’t finish our chores. But in the end, most of the mistakes we make won’t alter our lives too drastically (although it may seem like it at the time). In “The Other Side of The Sky”, an autobiography by Farah Ahmedi, shows the life of a young girl growing up in a war torn country and how one “false step” changed her life forever. Violence and hardship are found in both Afghanistan and in the United States (US). In the US most violent acts are done by small, relatively powerless groups, but in Afghanistan this is not the case. More often than not, violence is acted out by powerful groups of ordinary people who are enraged with the way their political system works. One of the more powerful groups is the Taliban. Afghanistan and America are very different worlds, with different laws and cultures. While reading “The Other Side of The Sky”, differences and similarities between the US and Afghanistan such as women’s rights (or lack there of), children’s rolls in the family/society, and insufficient amounts money among vast groups of people became quite evident. To begin, if you have a loved family member or friend who is a women, you will hopefully agree that she should have rights equal to men. Sadly, this is not the case for most women …show more content…
In the US going to school is usually mandatory, whereas in Afghanistan simply getting to school is an accomplishment. In afghanistan our classrooms were naked chambers with nothing on the walls except for a chalkboard (Ahmedi 36). To a multitude of people in the US, having a school like this would most likely be frowned upon and shut down. Yet in afghanistan this is perfectly normal, schools who have this much are considered very fortunate. More so than in the US, afghani children have lots of