Both the book "Of Beetles and Angels" and the article "Google pledges millions to match refugee crisis donations" speak about the crisis which is about refugees and their struggle to seek a new/better future. In the article the point of view is from the authors point of view. The article I had is mainly informative and does not speak of anyone except for companies. I know this because in the article it says "Here is a list of some of the other firms that have offered to help as Europe struggles to accept hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants from the Middle East and North America." This quote to me helps identify that there will be a struggle and hopefully all will be fixed.Someone that connects in both the book and the article is Beth (Mercy corps) in the book it says "Bethel went to work immediately on finding us an affordable home...". To me this is very interesting because I was able to connect it with a quote in my article which says "The money will be given to the international rescue committee and mercy corps.". The quote helps indicate how the Mercy corps do help almost like how Beth helps Mawi. I believe that because of this Mawi was able to grow from this (clearly) however he did face some challenges in his past and that has shaped him to be who he is today.
One of the ideas that keeps coming up in my head when I think of Mawi is Kindness and determination. I think that these things were essential in Mawi's life because Mawi is a very kind persona and a very determined person considering how he was able to go to graduate from Harvard. In the book Mawi's father says to him "But if you our children work hard at school and finish the university, maybe someday you can help your-selves and help your family to.". To me this quote is very powerful because in the article it says ""Google is the latest company to make a grand gesture to help with the refugee crisis.". To me this quote helps identify to the reader that they are determined almost like Mawi. In conclusion I believe that there are some similarities in things so different from each-other.
In the gallery walk we were able to learn from each-others articles. The topic of everyones article mainly focused on refugees at any point of time, because of this everyones article was for the most part different. War was mainly the reason of this all happening. War is a very tough time and can affect people in multiple ways. One way that war can affect people is maybe one of their family members die etc. It really in general is a very sad time however we can learn from it. In the book "Of Betels and angles" Mawi goes through a very rough childhood and he was able to still grow from that rough child hood and make a better impact on the world.
