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“Preventing Tragedy & Advocating for Change”
In this activity, students will consider what could have prevented Aneeka and Eamonn’s deaths at the end of the novel and will use those reasons to create an advocacy campaign.
Home Fire ends in tragedy, with Aneeka and Eamonn dying. As a class, consider the events of the novel and what led to these deaths. How could the English government have prevented these deaths by advocating for better treatment of its Muslim citizens?
o Use at least one of each type of appeal to compose a persuasive missive.
o You may also draw on events in the novel and Tone’s own feelings after his son’s death to inform your message.
By Kamila Shamsie