Spirit of the Pheonix pages 162-248

Summary-
               Not much has happened in the last couple of pages. We have the continuation of the wars in lebanon. A time line shows that there has been war in four different years, 1978,1982,1996 and 2006. The author states that people living there have gotten so imminued to it, that they aren't as scared as they were before. After many years people began to stop believing. They were so sick and tired of the beating and the children getting hurt. Here is a story for you, a young boy around the age of eleven years old, was terribly hurt after a boy went off when he was playing with his friends and family. The little boy is now recovering but looking upon this incident he begins to cry. This really was a major hit for lebanon, children know what kind of bombs are out there, and they don't dare touch them. It has killed and injured so many people that it was just horrifing. They close off with talking bout how the Syrians took over lebanon for over a decade, between 1976 and 2006. This really closes on Lebanon as not being very depended. They have been struggling without Syria but they need to prove themselves. They fall for dictatorship, they are weak, as if they are little child trying to learn what is right and wrong, but instead they need to know who will help and who will distroy. Lebanon will not stop suffering until they are strong and powerful in their actions.

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           "The lebenese are constantly under attack." (llewellyn 165).

Summary-
            This book really opened me onto why my family and other families have really come to America. It shows me that they want a better life for their children. They don't want us to live with terror and fear, every step we take. My parents have gone through the civil war in the 70s but doesn't want their children to experience it. Lebanon is such a beautiful place, but very politicaly unstable, and until they get their act together and stop being very gentle with the situation, they will not live in peace until they fight for their rights. There are so many good qualities to the lebanese people; they are nice, friendly people that just want to hold a conversation with random strangers. They like to make friends and hold parties and hang with their family. Everyone and I mean everyone knows each other in every single town you go to. This book really opened my eyes to how the situation in Lebanon with the Israeli's and the Syrians in the country have damaged the peoples spirit to move on.