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01/04/2026 11:56 am
The book “The Burning Tigris” is about the Armenian Genocide and America (and the world's) response. Many Americans in the Ottoman Empire witnesses the horrific atrocities committed against the Armenians. The Genocide became well known among the American populace, and much aid was raised to help the Armenians which remained alive. “From that beginning until its termination in July 1929, the American Committee on Armenian Atrocities, which later became the Near East Relief and was incorporated by Congress in 1919, raised money and kind more than $116,000,000–a sum that would be more than a billion dollars in contemporary terms.” (Balakian 280). In the speech “Don’t feel sorry for refugees—believe in them” by Luma Mufleh, she says, “In the last two years, we have seen an escalating anti-refugee sentiment. It's global. The numbers continue to grow because we do nothing to prevent it and nothing to stop it. The issue shouldn't be stopping refugees from coming into our countries. The issue should be not forcing them to leave their own.” (Mufleh). Mufleh says that the world must support the issues that cause immigrants to leave, and much of “The Burning Tigris” is about how the world tried and failed to support the Armenians during and after their Genocide.
What events caused your character to become an immigrant? Were they forced to leave, and were there any attempts to help their position before they left their country?
09/04/2026 1:38 pm
Sol is exhausted and burnt out, she is split between 2 lives being a student and an employee.her grades and future are slipping, she's close to a breaking point. In the last part of Brighter Than the Sun, Sol feels really sad and stressed and can’t hide it anymore. She tells the truth about how she feels. People help her, and she learns she doesn’t have to be like her sister. She starts to make her own choices and feel a little better.There weren't attempts to help her position directly but she switches between the U.S and Mexico, she has school and work in the U.S and her home and family in Mexico.“If i could choose a life where i didn't have to look after everyone else i would take it without a doubt”(Aleman 280) this shows she doesn't want her responsibility causing her to go back and forth across the border.
13/04/2026 1:46 pm
Oscar is a nerdy, overweight kid from the Dominican living in New Jersey and struggles with loneliness. Oscar meets Yunior the narrator. Yunior becomes his roommate in college. Yunior tries to “fix” Oscar by trying to get him into shape but he doesn’t really change. After Oscar got rejected he got super depressed. He tried attempts suicide by jumping off a bridge but he survives and is super injured. Yunior and Lola's relationship develops but fails.
His family moved because like many Dominicans they wanted to leave and have a better life and not be poor anymore.
15/04/2026 9:19 am
“Dominican community, one of the longest, most damaging U.S. backed dictatorships in the Western Hemisphere”.(Diaz3)
