As the story goes on life for Fadi and his family gets even more complicated. Fortunately, some issues are resolved- or at least getting better in America. Fadi's mother gets treated for her illness, and although the treatment is long and difficult, it seems as if it is helping her.
Also, Fadi's sister Noor has found employment at McDonalds, and it seems as if that is helping her to acclimate to her new culture a bit. Maybe too much, maybe she shouldn't have to acclimate, but nevertheless, it probably does help her feel a bit less isolated having some sort of connections at her work.
Another important thing is that Fadi has found out that there is a photography contest, and that the prize for winning the contest is a trip to a foreign country- one of the options being India. He figures that India is right next to Pakistan and that if he wins, he might be able to go back and find his lost sister.
Fadi struggles a lot with guilt over what happened to his sister. He believes it to be his fault that she got lost. Interesting thing about this is that it seems a lot of his family members share his guilty feelings. He is not alone, but unfortunately his shame causes him to isolate himself a bit. He holds it in so much that it starts coming out in little spurts. He destroys a shelf of Barbie dolls because they remind him both of his sister and his specific guilt with an aspect of her loss. He also sneaks in the back of his fathers taxi, hoping that he might sneak back to Pakistan from a plane at the airport. He is really desperate to find his sister, and its sad that he suffers so much with his own guilty feelings.
As the story continues, Fadi faces more and more struggles. 9/11 happens and after that real fear starts showing itself all around Fadi and his family. People are being targeted, people are being attacked, just for being Muslim.
I wonder how things are going to continue for Fadi after all of this and if things will end up getting better for him by the end of it, or worse.
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