How Lucky You Are

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How Lucky You Are “How Lucky You Are” is a short story, writing by Depi Alper, and it is published in 2010. It is mainly about a boy called Max, who falls in love with an Iranian girl called Ishraqi. After a day with her, he changes his view upon his mother. The story takes place In West London, Britain. It is told by a third-person, omniscient narrator. The story starts with a short presentation of Max. We are meeting his mom, and Max’s school is being presented. That is the first five lines. After that, we are going into the story, starting with a flashback on the day he met Ishraqi, and then switched with another flashback on his childhood. That is when we were told, that Max’s father left him and his mother, when he was younger. After his father left him, Max’s way of thinking in life, changed. He became more careless about his school, and the way he treated his mother, who cares much about him. He did not care about his homework at the Brit School, and he just hung out instead. Max’s family is living near the UK Border Agency. Then he met Ishraqi, who turned his way of thinking with her tragic story. The place he is meeting her, is described as grey and without much “life”. By an accident, Ishraqi knocks into him. Max cannot stop looking into her eyes. He thought she were cute, because of her accent. Ishraqi tells Max that she is here for an appointment in the UK Border Agency. Then Max tries to open the conversation by asking, what is happening in there. Then the story jumps from the conversation between Max and Ishraqi, to a conversation between three people. The third person I Alexsa. They have exchanging stories. Alexsa is Ishraqi’s refugee supporter, and she were the one to take care of Ishraqi, when she came to Britain alone. Alexsa and Ishraqi are the ones who are going to the appointment, and Alexsa tells Ishraqi to go wait inside the
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