II.Title:Staircase of a Thousand Steps, Author Masha Hamilton,2001,Published by BlueHen Books.
III. This novel show how a young girl can go through so much bu still have the courage to keep walking forward and persevering. After all this is a bildungsroman and this is a coming of age story. Jammana is the girl that goes through this important journey. At first Jammana was a young tom boy that hanged out and was mostly around with her father. She really didn't spend time with her mother and didn't have a lot of time of her own. Her mother also didn't really teach her the things she did and Jammana didn't learn the thing she was to suppose and expected to know how to do, like to cook. She lived in a small village in Jordan in the Middle East and this village was like any other they worked together to survive. the village went through a lot of struggles and hardships in the story but it help her understand the place she lived in and the world around her. Later in the novel many strong things happened that will change Jammana life for ever. her and her family moved to America and hard time living because of were they came from. Her father couldn't become a doctor even thought her was certified they just didn't like the way he spoke. but most importantly was the death of her mother. Now that her mother we all know now what Jammana as the only women in the house has to do. She has to stay strong and take the spot of her mother. She had to fit in her mother shoes and keep the "women" alive in her family.SHE HAD TO BE STRONG AND BECOME A WOMEN A WOMEN IN WAYS OF HER MOTHER WANTS HER TO BE.
IV."She doesn't reply. she doesn't even pause. she doesn't even dare pause. (Hamilton 111).
V.When i read this a cold chill ran down my spine as if i was watching something amazing happen in a movie. The way Faridah handle the situation she was in was very wise and very brave. The things what Harif were saying that she has lost her warrior knowledge on how to be one was very cruel. But they may have their own definitions of a warrior and Harif doesn't see that in Faridah.
IV."She doesn't reply. she doesn't even pause. she doesn't even dare pause. (Hamilton 111).
V.When i read this a cold chill ran down my spine as if i was watching something amazing happen in a movie. The way Faridah handle the situation she was in was very wise and very brave. The things what Harif were saying that she has lost her warrior knowledge on how to be one was very cruel. But they may have their own definitions of a warrior and Harif doesn't see that in Faridah.
