Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Nadia the Willful (Due Friday Sept.7, 2007)
We discussed several reasons in class about why would Nadia be so adamant to talk about her lost brother. Keeping the class discussion in mind, explain why she was angry before and after the loss of her brother. Remember to make personal connections as well.
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I think the reason that nadia is willful is because first she just lost her favorite brother and he was the one who would tell her stories,make her laugh,and calm her down when she gets angery.Plus
he was the onley one that had the same lleval in mind she could talk to ,because she cant just go to one of her smaller siblings and say what is 3*9 .I bet you she got lonley when he died. Until she started talking about himto people she stoped being lonley.i would fell the same way.
Seacond she is the onley girl wich would make her feel even more lonley.
Because she has no girl her age to talk to.She can't talk to a boy about if she should wear a red scarf or a blue scarf .I think you guys get the point.So she has no one to talk to about that kind of stuff.
Third she is the middle child .
But now since her older brother is gone she is the oldest wich puts all the preshure on her and all the responsibelatys on her .Some of those are maybe she has to feed the goats ,clean the tent with her mom,cook,held responsibal for watching her brothers and letting them stay out of trouble .being the oldest is hard you have to do all those things plus spend time with your siblings.I know how that feels.
I can relate with some of these things such as having to spend time with each siblings like i have three and i have to spend time with each one.Also i am the oldest .Some differencees is that i don't have any brothers and that i have never beeen the middle child.Also i don't move as much as her and dont live in a tent.
I got a lot out of this book i learned that talking about your probloms helps you.Also i learned that if you keep them in side you get a bad temper.And i learned that people can die very easey in the dessert .And finnaley the last thing i learned is that people in the dessert move a lot!!!!`
We were asking why Nadia was so willful. I think some of the reasons she was willful were that her brother died, and he was the only one who understood her.Or she was the only girl out of all 5 brothers,no one understood what she wanted because they were ALL boys. Or it was because she was the middle child, she had someone older than her and younger than her, she had someone to help and someone she had to listen to, who was going to help her and listen to her? Lets face it little kids get cocky when they are old enough to understand stuff, you would be like "Do this." and they would be like "No!" and you would be like "I'm older than you." and they would be like "So, this person is older than you" and you couldn't say anything because he/she is older than you.
This kind of stuff does get to whoever the kid is, even if you don't know that they are feeling that way. Like my cousin, he is the only boy his age in the WHOLE family, nobody ever noticed until he got smart and started using it against us like this:
us "Go do that for me"
him "No"
us "I'm older then you."
him "So, I'm the only boy in the family", and we would feel bad for him, so we wouldn't argue. We didn't notice until he started saying that. It probably made it worse not talking about him, because she would remember how great of a brother he was, witch is exactly what she told her father. not talking about him was the bad thing about it, if she didn't say anything about him she would forget everything about him, just like how the father almost did.
It kind of showed me how some kids' sadness develops into madness, and they would let it out until something made them feel better. For Nadia it was her brother, but her brother died so she felt even more sad, witch made her more mad...yeah i know it's kind of confusing. If you think about it, it really makes sense. And there are other people out there like Nadia, maybe not the same story but still like Nadia.
Mashallah, wonderful discussion, Deanna! I am glad you were able to find so many text-to-self connections. Keep up the good work!
I think the reason Nadia was so willful because she had lost her brother.Her brother also used to calm her and make her laugh,with the stories he used to tell her. He also use dto makw up games for her. She loved him very much more than her other brothers. I think I would feel weird and sometimes ignored by everyone around her. She was also the middle child and the middle child does not really get much attention.
I can also have a personal reason because i am the middle child and I do not get almost any attention. It is hard sometimes to do things by myself but I kinda like being alone and doing my own stuff. Sometimes I feel that I need attention and alot more care,but it isn't like I dont get any care just noy as much.Sometmes if you are older you get more resposibility and your siblings follow you everywhere. Most of my time I want to be alona and kinda forgotten.
What I get out of this story is that you should care for one another even if you don like that person. Alot of people go through what Nadia went through. Always ask a friend if they have any problems that they want to talk about. If they are down then try to cheer them up or make them laugh like Hamed did to Nadia. Be thoughtful.
I think that Nadia is willful and angry because she is the only girl in her family (besides her mother). She is also the middle child. When she was stubborn, her brother, Hamed, would cheer her up. He would cheer her up by playing games with her and they would do a lot of fun things together. But when he died, there was no one to cheer her up. All that was left were memories. She was as stubborn as she was before and now she is the oldest.
I am the middle child and sometimes I can get stubborn, myself. Sometimes, I get sad and I need someone to cheer me up. It’s not very easy being the middle child, but not as easy as being the oldest, either.
My grandfather lost his older brother. My grandfather is the middle child. He was very sad, but he still had memories with him.
What I learned from this book is that when you are very sad about something or depressed, it’s better to let out your feelings. When you do that, you will feel calm. Don’t be afraid to talk to someone. You will feel calm like Nadia did when she talked about her brother.
I think that Nadia is so willfull because her brother went away for a while and he never returned so Tarik knew that Hamed died. Nadia was so depressed because her favorite brother just had died from a journey. Hamed was Nadia's favorite brother because he was the oldest and he was the only one that could calm down Nadia.He would also tell her stories, and teach her games. Nadia would go to Hamed for advice or for help.
My personal connection with the story is, i am the middle child and it's really annoying!!! The youngest one usually gets the attention and the oldest usually gets the better stuff. I get almost no ATTENTION, I don't always get the better stuff.If someone ever did die i would be sad that i get all the chores, if i had one sibling. I'd also be HORIFFIED.
What i got out of this is wishing that somebody died may seem good but if it actually happens it wouldn't feel so great.You should help the person when there not feeling so well. You should also tell them a extraordinary great funny story.If the person doesn't want to make the person happy don't get involved with that one person. Be kind and generous.
There are many things that Nadia could be willful about. I think that Nadia is probably willful because she is the only girl. Maybe she is willful because she is the middle child. But I think she is most willful about losing her oldest brother. Hamed, (her oldest brother) was the only one who can calm Nadia down when she got very angry. Hamed was also Sheik Tariq’s favorite son.
Since Nadia is the only girl, I think she might feel lonely or angry at times. I am the only girl and I am happy with the way everything is. But I still wish that I had a sister sometimes. My brothers keep me in company but I still want a sister. Maybe Nadia is angry that she is the only girl and wants some company. While I was reading Nadia the willful I noticed that Nadia never played with her younger brothers. The only brother she would play with was Hamad. But when Hamed died she was very lonely and she was overwhelmed with sadness. If somebody I liked die I would be very sad. I wouldn’t want to remember that person that much. Nadia’s father (Sheik Tariq) had forbidden anyone to say Hamad’s name. But Nadia did not listen to her father’s order. She felt better when she talked about Hamad. She could remember him much better. She wasn’t so angry anymore but she was filled with peace. I wouldn’t speak of a person that died that much because I wouldn’t want to remember that person that much. So by the end of the book, everybody remembered Hamad and it was as if he was alive again.
What I learn from this story is that you should always try to be positive. Try to think of everything in a positive way and try to avoid being negative. Also Allah gives you what is best for you. If I don’t have a sister then I have to thank Allah for having three brothers and Allah probably doesn’t want to give me a sister for a very good reason. I also learned that there are different ways to solve problems.
I think that Nadia is so willful because number one she lost her brother, Hamed and I would be really mad and sad if my brother passed away. It would make me feel like I lost something really, really important. He was the only one in the family who could stop her when she got so mad and that’s not good because then she’s always going to be mad when something happens and then who will stop her from going overboard?? Also, her brother was an important person to her because she could ask him what to do in situations or questions in math, science, social studies, (etc.) like what Deanna said.
Another reason I think Nadia is so willful is because she’s the only girl in the family and that would be annoying with just her little brothers. I think it would be so boring because she wouldn’t be able to ask her smaller brothers “Oh does this dress look nice, or should I wear these black shoes?” Also, she couldn’t tell anyone secrets. She would be kind or bored most of the time. I can relate to Nadia because I don’t have a sister but I do have my mom she’s not that boring though :) It is boring sometimes for me because when my mom’s out at a meeting , I’m home with my dad and he’s doing work on the computer, and I’m just in my room thinking of stuff to do.
The last thing I think Nadia is willful about is that she’s the middle child. I think that would bother me. I don’t like to be in the middle most of the time like in the car it’s annoying if there’s two people on each side I get squished:). Also, now that Nadia’s brother passed away she’s the oldest and that I think would bother her a lot because her younger siblings would cry to her and beg her to play a game that she doesn’t have time for. Another reason her younger brother’s would be annoying would be because she could never have her own personal time.
These are all the things I think Nadia would be willful about. I think that younger siblings’ get annoying sometimes but you’ve got to love them. Also, I think that when you lose something or someone really important to you then you can get really mad and sad but you should remember to control yourself. Try to keep yourself in control and work well with your brothers and sisters. :)
-Zaha
Nadia was angry of loosing her brother because that was her older brother that died. Also because Hamed (her brother) used to teach her a lot about stuff she didn't know. Also that now that her brother died her six brothers are younger than her and she wants her brother back.
She was mad of being the only girl because she has noone to play with. Also propably that her brothers always drive her crazy. And also she was angry because she didnt like her six brothers.
I think she was angry of being the middile child because she wanted to be older than all her brothers. And also probably she wanted to be the oldest because she didnt want her older brother to tell her what to do. And last she didnt want to be bossed aroung
Nadia the Willful the name says it all; she’s willful because her brothers dead she has no one to talk to or even play with. I think anyone would be this way if a close member of the family died its only natural.
The oldest has the burden of the youngest, the middle has the burden of the youngest and the youngest cause the trouble in family, Nadia although never had the youngest with her they would only play by them self’s.
Her brother the oldest would play with Nadia that was until he died. When the youngest play with them self’s the oldest is gone they literally leave the middle to rot.
Talking about her brother made her feel allot better well that’s normal to, but her father didn't like this because he was probably in so much shock that he was scared even to think about him. This of course is only natural to so would we all but her father made one mistake which made Nada even more Willful then before which was saying not to talk about him.
I could relate to Nadia by my 2d sister who has no one to, my oldest sister lives in Pakistan doing her collage there, my brother is always off at collage to, and I’m the only one left with her and I just don’t like playing with her so I leave her too. I don't really think its fair but like I said it’s natural for these things to happen in a family but sometimes it takes time for people to get use to them.
I think the reason Nadia is so willfull is because her oldest brother died. I also think she's always angry because she has nobody to talk to. Even with the words she knows and he is the one who can make her laugh and the one who can calm her down. He can calm her down when she is angry. I think that she is bored and alone.
I think she is always lonely because she has no girly things to do. She can't talk about her secrets things because her brothers might spread it. She can get embarrassed and she will get very mad. When she gets very mad, no one can calm her down. She can't do anything that she wants to do that involves other people because her brothers wouldn't want to do it.
I learned that not everybody can get whatever they want. Sometimes if you are the oldest you can't do things that younger kids want to do. The reason is because you have to be more responsible and you have to do more mature things. Sometimes kids have to do chores that usually adults do. Kids should have more time to play when they are young because they will miss that time when they grow up. However, not all kids have the chance to do so. I have to be thankful that I don't have to deal with what she is dealing with.
Hana said...
I think that the main reason Nadia is so willful is because, she just lost her favorite older brother Hamed. When Nadia lost her brother she started feeling lowly because Hamed was the only one who could control Nadia’s anger and he always use to tell Nadia stories and play games with her just to make her happy. When Hamed died Nadia had no one to talk to because all her other brothers were too little to understand anything and were the least interested in what she had to say. I also think that Nadia is so willful because, earlier she was the middle child and since her older brother Hamed is dead she is the oldest now and has the biggest responsibility of taking care of her little brothers. Also whenever Nadia passed something that reminded her of Hamed for example the little black sheep that Hamed loved, made it harder and harder for Nadia to forget Hamed each and every day so much that whenever she saw someone she use to start crying so much that people at the oasis fled at her approach.
I can relate with some of these things such as I am the middle child and when you are the middle child you always have someone older than you to talk to and take care of most things. Also I sometimes even feel like I am the oldest child because when my big sister, my mom and dad are busy I have to take care of my little brother, which is sometimes very hard and a big responsibility. Also when I was 5 years old my little baby parakeet died and that day when my mom told me what had happened, I couldn’t stop crying and I can somewhat relate to the sadness I felt when it died to Nadia’s sadness at her brother’s death. When I was 9 years old my little brother was born and that was a big change in my life because all my life I was use to being the smallest child in my family and the middle of attention and treated like a baby but now everything has changed (in a sort of good way). I have my own responsibilities now just like Nadia’s.
At the end of the story Nadia ended up facing her dad (the one who said that whoever speaks of Hamed will be banished from the oasis) and telling him what she thinks is right. When she did this, I thought of what my teacher told me a few days ago which was that even a little kid can sometimes teach something new to a big adult. So at the end Nadia ended up not forgetting her brother but being happy. So as it says in the Qur’an, “The one who goes through hard times will be rewarded at the end”.
I think the reason Nadia is willful is because she lost the thing dearrest to her, her brother. the one who made her calm when she was angry. Her favorite brother. He was the only one she could talk to with trust.
Another reason Nadia might have been willful was maybe because Hamed was the only one that understood her. And she is obviously willful that she lost her brother and she can't say his name or her father will punish her. She would have been loney because by reading the story it seems like nobody but Hamed liked her. I think she was brave toward the end of the story because she spoke out towards her brothers she said "no thats not how you play the game. Hamed taught me the right way.".
I think that Nadia would have been a bit less willful for two reasons, 1 is that if her father was smarter and let Nadia talk about her brother. 2 is that if Nadia realized sooner that to talk about her brother it would make her less wilful. I think this book is the truth, if you talk about your problems then you don't have to bottle it up and then explode. I learned alot from this book I learned that prople in the desert die very fast if they do not have proper nessioties. And that you SHOULD NOT bottle up your anger.
Hello,
I'm writing this from turkey, so, thats sort of the reason I'm doing this assignment late, but i still, think i should write this whether it's late or not.So, anyway, I think Nadia is willfull because her father was known for being patient and kind. I know, this sounds weird,but I still think it's right.You see,if your father, was a well known Sheik, then the people of the city would think that his children would also behave like him. But I think Nadia wanted to be noticed, not as a Sheik's daughter, but who she really was, a stubborn girl. I guess she wanted to prove the the city people wrong.So, anyway, I think Nadia was willfull for that reason, but after her brothers death, it became even worse.Mabye she wanted to show all the townsfolk that her brother was so good, and he was the only one who could control her,who knows? But, after Nadia, started telling stories to the townsfolk I, guess she thought, that she had told enough about her brother, she didn't need to SHOW them how kind and patient he was.
I think Nadia was so mad because she is the middle child so she isn't treated the same. For example if my older brother or youngest sister gets hurt then my mom checks on them and makes sure their doing fine but if I get hurt or my brother gets hurt then she just continues to do what she’s doing and just asks if we are ok.
I also think that because she is moving all the time she gets mad. I also believe that her father is being too hard on her. Since her father is the sheikh or the chief he makes Nadia follow them and his rules are very strict. He said that whoever talked about his son would get thrown into the desert.
Losing her favorite brother is also an aspect because he is the only one who can calm her when she gets mad because he understands her and is her favorite and knows how she feels when she is mad. For example when I am mad the only thing that can calm me when I am mad is reading and he also teaches her games and makes her laugh. I also think that she is so mad because the only one who can understand her is her older brother because he isn't much older than her. Another reason why she is so mad is because now she can't talk to her brother and her father isn't letting her remember him. If she starts talking about her brother then she can remember his face but if she doesn’t think about him she forgets his face. After she starts talking about him she can see his face more clearly and she isn't that mad anymore but then her father hears her talking about him. Nadia reminds her father about Hamed and then he can see Hamed's face too and then he names Nadia the wise. Nadia doesn't get mad anymore and thinks of her lost brother. Just like when I was mad when we had to move.
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