...How lucky you are – Debi Alper ’’How lucky you are’’ is a short story written by Debi Alper. The story is about a boy named Max and the girl Ishraqi who is a refugee from Iran. The story is starting in a mid point and has 3 parts. The first one is the start of the story where we hear Max looking at a picture of him and Ishragi. The second part is a flashback where we hear about Max and his life situation. The third part is also a flashback where Ishraqi is getting sent back to Iran and Max came home to his mother. The story has an open end. Max is a 16-years old boy who lives in Groydon, London with his mother nearby the UK Border Agency Centre. A place which becomes the central setting in the story. Max father left the family a year ago and went to Thailand. Max has a bad relationship with his mother and he hates his father for has left them. He goes to Brit school, which is a school for performing arts and technology. His mother says that his mind is twisted, with basically means that he cannot goes to a normal school. He doesn’t appreciate that he is a student at the school. He hates English and Math and he often bunks from those classes. At the beginning of the story, we hear Max have a conversation with the bus driver. Max has planned that jump of the bus, because of a math test at school. The bus driver says to Max ‘’you’re lucky to have a place at the Brit – and you’re just wasting it’’ (L. 32 P. 8), which says a lot about Max and the main theme of the story. Max...
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...How Lucky You Are Forbidden love is one of the hardest things, you can ever experience, as a human being. The fact that you love someone, and they love you back, but you can and will never be together, because of religion, culture or other sorts of factors. This is what Max and Ishraqi is experiencing, but they will never be together, because of their different backgrounds. Forbidden love, is truly one of the worst things that can ever happen to you. Have you ever thought about, or considered how lucky you are? You live in a free country. You have the right to be with anyone you’d like. Not everybody have that privilege. That’s the main theme of the text. The writer, Debi Alper, is trying to put focus on the problem, or taboo, which is forbidden love. Ishraqi and Max obviously care for each other, even though they’ve only known each other for a very short period of time. But they can’t be together, because Ishraqi is in England illegally. Another theme, which Debi Alper focuses on, is illegal immigration. Ishraqi is an illegal immigrant, who has lived in London alone for a year and a half, and she is applying for asylum, but instead they ship back to Iran. Max and Ishraqi are two very different people. Max is born and raised, I presume, in London. And Ishraqi was born in Iran, and then she emigrated from Iran to England. Max lives at home with his mom. He is 16. His dad left them a year ago, and went backpacking in Thailand. He hates his father for having left his mother...
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...Essay - How Lucky You Are The short story, “How Lucky You Are”, is written by Debi Alper and published in 2010. The main theme in the story is to appreciate what you have and, as the title says, to know how lucky you are. The main character is Max. Max is a student in a special school for creative people, The Britt School, but he does not appreciate the opportunities he has in this school. He is a very creative boy with a “twisted imagination”. He used to be a happy boy until one day when his father left him and his mother. Now he is sixteen, he has no enthusiasm for school, and he smokes home-made cigarettes. He always fights with his mother and he is unaware of people around him. But all of this changes one day when he decides to skip school and go smoke in front of the UK Borders Agency. This is where he meets the Iranian girl, Ishraqi, who is a refugee. Ishraqi comes from Iran but fled to Britain when both her parents were arrested in an anti-government demonstration. She does not know if they are dead or alive, and her future depends on whether she gets asylum in Britain. Even though a lot of people try to flee from conflicts and corruption in their native country, Great Britain deports several refugees and asylum seekers every year. This is unfortunately also what happens to Ishraqi. The story takes place in Croydon, Britain, where Max lives and goes to school. The UK Borders Agency lies in Croydon, and this is where most of the story takes place. The nature is not...
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...How lucky you are. ”And know always how lucky you are” This short story written by Debi Alper and published in 2010, the widest theme in this story is that you should appreciate what you have, that is what the main character Max does not, and how he during one day with an Iranian girl he had never met before slowly begin to realize the importance of doing so. A characterizing of Max would be that he, behind the outer, is a merciful and good boy. He is what we call a dynamic ‘’round character’’, that he is able to change. On the outside, he seems like a tough person, smokes his own homemade “fags”, and skips school, not even interested in it or his future, especially subjects like math and English. He is unware with other people unless they made a direct impact to him (it is shown that it is wrong after he meets Ishraqi.) He starts with a selfish, ‘’do not care’’, arrogant personality to being a grown-up. This story only takes places in one day, but it is enough for him to make a difference; ‘’He did not care that he was crying or that people might be watching. He did not care…’’ Line 196, page 12. Max has a very complicated relationship with his parents, his dad left, and he resents him for it “Fuck off then and if you do manage to find yourself in Thailand or wherever you are give yourself a kick in the bollocks from me.” Line 17-18 page 8. In addition, his mom does not appear to be a very great parent either, “Max’s mom was always telling him his imagination was twisted”...
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...Terminsprøve - Delprøve 2 ”And know always how lucky you are”. That was what the woman, Alexsa, told Max, the main character in the short story “How Lucky You Are” written by Debi Alper in 2010, after they had realized that Ishraqi, an Iran girl, who Max has just meet, and felt in love with, was going back to Iran, where her life would be in danger, and she is in ignorance if her parents are alive, or where they are to be found. But what does Alexsa mean when she say, that Max will have to always know how lucky he is? And I wonder how it would fell when someone you love is reluctant leaving you forever and there are nothing you can do about it? The story presents a tense, but exciting relationship between two young teenagers; Max and Ishraqi. Common to both of them, is that they seem to be outgoing persons, smiling and obliges to new acquaintances. Ishraqi seems to be a mental strong character; “I do not even know where my parents are or if they are still alive”. Clearly she is moved by the ignorance about her parents, but she has managed to live on, and she is trying to build a new future, far away from Iran, in which her future looks dark and are not existing. She can still smile, enjoy and express love although the things she has been through has left vestige inside her. She too seems to be willing to open up, tell her personal story to somebody she just met, tells that she is an outgoing, trusting person. Max kind of has more, different types of personalities...
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...Essay about ’’How Lucky You Are’’ How Lucky You Are is a short story written by Debi Alper, and were published in 2010. The story takes place in Britain, in Croydon, a large town in south London. The story is about a boy called Max, and is told by an omniscient third person narrator. In the start of the story, we get a flashback in Max’s younger childhood. It is told that his father left Max and his mother, when Max was younger – and that made Max careless about his future, and the resources that he gets offered. He does not care about his school, his homework or his exams, and the story is describing how he just bunks off in school. But then Max meets a girl named Ishraqi, an immigrant from Iran, and she really turned his point of view. Both of Isharqi’s parents are arrested in Iran at an anti-government demonstration. Ishraqi do not even know if they are still alive. Ishraqi has a friend named Alexsa, who works in the refugee center in Croydon, and tries to keep Ishraqi in the country, but Ishraqi get determined, and has to go back to her country, Iran. The widest theme in the short story is about appreciation. In the beginning of the story, Max does not really appreciate anything, and is pretty unconcerned about everything. But when he meets the girl Ishraqi, he realises that he should be happy about the resources he gets. When Ishraqi is send back to Iran, Max understands how lucky he is, and he really should appreciate that he has a mother who cares about him. Max...
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...First; sorry if the english isn't completely right. English is not my native language, so I've done my best. How Lucky You Are is a short story written by Debi Alper in 2010. The story takes place in Britain, more precisely in the southern part of London . In the beginning of the short story the main character, Max, is in his room. He is thinking back to the day his father left Max and his mother and back to the day he met Ishraqi – an Iranian girl who in a few hours changes Max’ life. This part of the story takes place at the UK Borders Agency. This place is an important part of the story because it is here he meets Ishraqi, who has an appointment there, and it is here his life changes. The short story is written in past tense, and the narrator is a third person that is all knowing, because the narrator knows what Max is thinking . The short story consists of three parts; the first part is where Max is home and is thinking back to when his father left him and his mother. The second part is where Max is thinking back to the day he met Ishraqi and the third part is where Max comes home to his mother and is completely changed because of Ishraqi. Max is a 16-year-old boy who did not care about school. He wanted to take as few exams as possible. He goes to a school named The Brit School. It is a school for performing arts and technology. It was the ideal school for Max, but he found it boring with subjects like Maths and English . He did admit though that The Brit School...
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...”How Lucky You Are” Love is a beautiful thing. But forbidden love is one of the most horrible things that you can imagine. “How Lucky You Are”, written by Debi Alper, is about two young adults, Max and Ishraqi, have only known each other for a short amount of time, but that is time enough for the two to fall in love. They want to be together, but Ishraqi is an illegal immigrant and is forced to go back to Iran, which leaves Max heartbroken. The story begins in Corydon, London in the UK. At first, the reader has no idea what or who the story is about, because it begins with in media res. You could say that the story is divided in four parts. The first is a very short introduction about what situation Max is in. After that, follows a short flashback, which has taken place a year ago. It describes how Max’s father walked out on him and his mother. Next comes an insight in how Max is as a person and how he behaves around his friends and mother. The last part is where he meets Ishraqi and her support teacher, Alexsa, at the Borders Agency, because Ishraqi is there to apply for asylum. Max wants to show Ishraqi around. They quickly bond and built up a strong relation to each other. They even get to share two kisses. But that is taken away from them when Ishraqi gets back to the Borders Agency and send back to Iran, because she is in the UK illegally. The UK Borders Agency lies in the near of Croydon Town Center, not far away from where Max lives. There is not much happening in...
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...How lucky you are Luck can be many things. For some luck is all about having a big house and a lot of money, but it does not have to be about that. Luck can appear in all types of things. It can be as simple as a warm bed to sleep in or having parents who loves you. Luck is the main theme in the short story “How lucky you are”. It is written by Debi Alper in 2010. The story is about Max who falls in love with Ishraqi from Iran, but she must be send back the day they meet. The main theme of the short story is how different the appreciation can be from person to person, and that some people takes even the most important things in their life for granted. All Ishraqi wants is her parents and a safe place to live. Max has all that, and he does not appreciate it, but Ishraqi’s story makes him appreciate it more. Even though his father abandoned him, he could do a lot worse, and Ishraqi reminds him of that. The theme becomes clear when he thinks about his mother, and not wanting to fight with her anymore. (p.5,ll.170-175) Max is a 16-year-old boy. He lives Croydon, just outside London, with his mother. His father left the family just after Max was transferred to The Brit School, which is a school for performing arts and technology, for creative children like Max. “Max’s mum was always telling him his imagination was twisted. His teachers said that was a good thing. Max was creative, they said” (p.1,ll.4-5). Max seems cold and cynical. He wants to show the world how little he care...
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...Assignment - "How Lucky You Are" Do we take our liberty way of living for granted in Europe? Every year, every month, every day and even in every minute countless of individuals are preparing themselves to leave their own country in favour to a new and definitely a better country where bombing is not a part of the daily life. People who is seeking after the life we are taking for granted. Even though, the nations of the West turn down many refugees and asylum seekers each year. The story "How Lucky You Are" by Debi Alper (2010) includes a Iranian girl, Ishraqi, whose life have been taking away from her in Iran as her parents were arrested during an anti-government demonstration. After this sadly event, Ishraqi was able to leave Iran for a better life and she ended in England, fortunately. In England she was taking care of by an older woman called Alexsa, who originally came to England from Kosovo, as a refugee herself. The older woman, Alexsa, had a job in the refugee centre and it was here where Ishraqi meets Max. Max and Ishraqi seemed to fit very well with each other, but soon enough, their relationship will fall apart as Ishraqi is set to be deported back to Iran. The Iranian girl, Ishraqi, is a girl, who has experienced more than most of the youth in Western Europe. When it comes to corruption and a government which is so anti-humane that a bad living condition is just as normal as the sun shines. This type of government has Ishraqi experienced in her own life (page...
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...t+.oo Fredag den 1. juni 2OL2 kl. 9.00 - 14.00 Side 1 af 12 sider Answer either A or B A The texts in section A focus on how children should be raised. Write a paper (700-1000 words) in which you answer the following questions. Answer the questions separately. 1. 2. 3. Give an account of childraising principles as presented in the three texts. How does A.S. Neill engage the reader in text 3? Give examples from the text. Taking your starting point in one of the texts, discuss how children should be raised. Texts Page 2 1. Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, "Why I love my strict Chinese mom", a newspaper report by Mandy Stadtmiller from The New York Posl website,2}ll Kate Loveys, "Let them eat pizza: Parenting guru's recipe for bringing up children", a newspaper article from The Daily Mail website, May 16,20lI . 2. . 5 a J "Summerhill's General Policy Statement", an extract from A.S. Neill's book Summerhill a radical approach to child reåring, 1960 7 B Write an essay (700-1000 words) in which you analyse and interpret Debi Alper's short story "How Lucky You Are". Your essay must include the following points: - the main theme - a characterization of Max and Ishraqi - the way the short story is structured - Max's relationship with his parents - the setting Têxt Debi Alper, "How Lucky You Are", a short story, 2010 Page 8 Side 2 af 12 sider A TEXT 1 SoPhia Chua-Rubenfeld Why I love mY strict Chinese mom ...
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...[urkund] Confirmation of receipt - How lucky you are.docx noreply@urkund.se Føj til kontakter 23:21 Til: arabii-lena@hotmail.com Urkund has received the document - How lucky you are.docx - 18-09-2014 23:21:00. It was sent from arabii-lena@hotmail.com to rs.eg@analys.urkund.se. The document has been allocated a reference ID - D11531594. Please save these details for future reference. Please fill in your name so that we can link your name to your e-mail address. https://secure.urkund.com/submitter/Submitter/Register/2401055-151501-978329 Regards, Urkund automatic registrar This is an automatic e-mail message. You cannot reply to it. If you have questions about Urkund and its use, contact our Customer Support: +46 (0)8 738 5210 (Mon-Fri 08.00-16.30) or by e-mail to support@urkund.se How lucky you are The writer, Debi Alper, has written the story, how lucky you are, in 2010. The story is about a boy named max and a girl named Ishraqi. Max is an English boy, who lives in London. One day he decides to bunk school and goes to sit in front of the UK Borders Agency Building in Croydon Town Centre. While sitting there, he rolls the thinnest possible fag, when suddenly a girl falls on to his lap. His first reaction is to tell her to watch it, whilst yelling at her. When he then realises her beauty, his tone changes and he starts being nice. Max feels that he wants to converse with her, and asks her if she is bunking class too. Instead he finds out that she is going to a meeting...
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...March 2015 March 2015 How Lucky You Are When you live in a country, as privileged as either England or Denmark, it is easy to get caught up in the insignificant details of your everyday life. Being forced to get out of bed at 7AM every morning can feel like the purest form of torture. And losing your mobile phone, at a party last Friday, is certainly a close equivalent to the end of the world. It is very easy to forget how grateful we truly should be, just to have a place to call our home and this is exactly what Debi Alper illustrates in her short story “How Lucky You Are” from 2010. In the story we meet the rebellious 16-year-old by the name of Max, who is tired of being told what to do. Instead he spends his days ditching school to smoke cigarettes outside the UK Borders Agency Building, where he one day accidently bumps into the Iranian girl called Ishraqi. They end up spending an eye-opening day together, where they quickly grow quite fond of each other. Ishraqi is however ripped out of Max’s life, as quickly as she originally entered it, when she is deported from England leaving Max behind with nothing but a photo to remember her by. The end is the beginning of this particular short story, as its outcome is revealed to the reader in a reverse chronological order. Max is sitting in his bedroom looking at the photo of him and Ishraqi, unsure of whether she is just another “figment of his twisted imagination”. There is no way of knowing what events have transpired...
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