(One senses an incredible effort to be politic, almost a plea for patience.) “Now you must walk through. For the possibility that is in us,” Alexander says in his author’s note. “It was a hard story to write, but it was one that needed to be told. On the other side lies “slow passage/over troubled waters.” Kwasi, Kofi’s older brother, accidentally kills an opponent in the annual wrestling match against their rival village, which retaliates by killing him and taking Kofi to be traded by the British at a castle on the coast, where he encounters the door of no return. He’s also in love with his schoolmate Ama but is too shy to tell her. He’s forced to speak only English at the school he attends, and he has challenged a boy who bullies him to a swim race in their local river. Kofi lives with his family in an Asante village that already reflects the influence of British colonialism. Alexander understands how to select a suitable context for what could be viewed as a study in writing, publishing and marketing a popular work on slavery in our time for young readers. ![]() In truth, these issues are never explored. flag when the novel is set in September 1860, months before the outbreak of the American Civil War and decades after the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade in the United States, speaks to the clandestine nature of the enterprise and its persistence despite the laws against it. The fact that the slave ship transporting Kofi flies the U.S. The story tells us that we must obey our parents because they know what’s best for us and what’s good for us and we need to know our limitations in life because it is for our own good.THE DOOR OF NO RETURN, by Kwame Alexanderīehind the seemingly straightforward details of history in Kwame Alexander’s new novel-in-verse, “The Door of No Return” - the first book in a trilogy following a Ghanaian boy caught in the praxis of the Atlantic slave trade - there lurks complexity. ![]() That is eventually happened in the story his curiosity took over him and it led him to trouble. With curiosity we need to have an answer to our question but sometimes taking risk to challenge our curiosity is very freighting and dangerous. ![]() Milton was a kid that was told about many explainable things that triggered his curiosity. The story of the Green Girl by Cyan Abad-Jugo has given me a lesson that as child’s curiosity will lead you to discovering new things that can affect you either in a good or bad way. The writer did not sugarcoat his words, and jut told the story. Therefore, I think that this story is meant for teenagers. The story could be interpreted in a different way when written in a third person’s point of view, or even the Green Girl’s point of view. ![]() Although it may seem as if the mysterious creature was the villain, while Milton was the good person, it is only like that because the story was told in Milton’s point of view. Children stories usually have a clear concept of who is good, and who is bad. This is because their emotional vulnerability, and thirst for justice are taken into account. Modern children stories usually have a happy ending. Milton refused, and the shadow finally faded away. The shadow told her past to Milton and asked him to be her friend. The boy discovered the shadow of the mysterious creature. He was punished by his mom, so he woke up hungry. Milton’s mother found him and brought him to sleep.
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