5/8/2017 3 Comments So What? The book Nine, Ten is told from the perspective of four children. They live in four different states, they are in different ethnic groups, and they all have a different life story. My book tells the life of these four children in the days leading up to 9/11. At the end of my book, all four of these children end up at the same 9/11 memorial, a year after that tragic day. Naheed, one of my characters, is Muslim and a big, white guy comes up to Naheed's family and says, "What are you people doing here?" He gets really close to the Muslim family and acts like he's ready to fight.
Now that you're all caught up, I'm ready to answer the question, So What? Well, at the very end of the book, all of the people at the memorial unite to protect this Muslim family. They formed a barricade to a point where the big, white man couldn't see the family anymore. The idea of this book is how Americans united after 9/11. No matter where people were from, what ethnic group they were in, or what their life story was like, everyone was equal. Sometimes it takes a tragic event to unite a divided country. "And suddenly there were two boys, a white boy and a black boy, standing in front of the family; and then a whole bunch of firemen in their blue FDNY T-shirts seemed to come out of no where to stand next to the boys; and then a young mother, with her baby strapped to the front of her body, joined them; and then an old man and old woman in matching plaid shirts pinned with ribbons and buttons that said never forget stood next to them; until there were so many people standing in front of the family the Aimee couldn't see them anymore," (Baskin, 187)
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jasmine
5/8/2017 12:54:22 pm
I read this book too! I feel like the end of this book is significant because it helps the reader understand how Muslims have being mistreated, since Naheed is one of the main characters.
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5/11/2017 01:52:32 pm
I think that the fact that the man in your book judged people just because of their race is sad, but it's important that we all know this because we can all help stop the racial discrimination.
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Ginny
5/11/2017 05:59:09 pm
I love the ending! It's so important for all Americans to feel safe, no matter what their religion is!
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