Leap of Faith Memory Moments

The book Leap of Faith by Jamie Blair had a lot of memory moments in it. Faith remembered many things when she ran away to Florida to start a new life. According to Leap of Faith by Jamie Blair it says, "On the way home, I mentally catalog everything I've lost: My dad. I have a vague memory of him from when I was really little, like maybe three. We're sitting on a coach somewhere. A TV's on, NASCAR, I think. The memory carries the distant sour smell of beer and B.O. I want to say that he read me a book at bedtime, but I might be making that part up." This explains how Faith was remembering her childhood with her dad. She remembers what she used to do with her dad and what her house smelled like. She was having a memory moment from years ago when she was three years old. This was one memory moment Faith had in the book

      There were many memory moments but another memory moment was when the book stated, "I think about home, the feel of the dirty, gummy carpet under my feet, the water that smells like rotten eggs and turns the toilet bowl orange, the smell of smoke that clings to my clothes and hair." This explains how Faith was thinking about her home and what it was like. She was having a memory moment she hated. She was thinking about that one place she did not like which was home. She did not miss the feeling of her home or the smell of her home. She was remembering her mother and what it was like living with her. So that was another memory moment Faith had in the book.

Anne Frank Blog

Everyone faces some type of difficulties. Some difficulties I had was trying to do really well in school. Anne Frank however wasn't able to go to school so that was a difficulty for her especially since she didn't get the type of education she would get in school. She never cared what other thought of her. She would always do what she wanted and speak her mind even though everyone always told her to be like Margot. I can imagine how she must have felt because to hear someone say that would be very difficult to deal with knowing people feel that way. Anne faced many difficulties that I might not have faced like having to stay in a room and not go outside. I would never be able to stay in a room without going outside. Anne faced many hardships I wouldn't want to face.

Holocaust

I believe many people just stood and watched because they thought it was better just to stay silent and that the Nazi wouldn't come for them. I think they thought they don't have any business in this so they just kept silent. What made other people stand up was that they saw how badly people were treated and how many people were being taken away and killed so they thought it was time to stand up. I think I would have stood up because I would have know it was wrong for everyone to get taken away and killed. It would be difficult to stand up not knowing what might happen but it would mean a lot to people whose lives are at risk. 

Leap of Faith Conflict

One of the conflicts from Leap of Faith was that Faith wanted to escape her horrible life and wanted to start a new and better life. Faith wanted to escape her mother who always did drugs and she couldn't stand to live with her any longer, Her mom was about to have a baby but to sell it to get more drugs so Faith did what she could and stole the baby. She wanted to give the baby a better life and she wanted to start a new life for herself as well. She did want the baby, who she named Addy, to live a horrible life with horrible people. In the book it says, "I think about home, the feel of the dirty, gummy carpet under my feet, the water that smells like rotten eggs and turns the toilet bowl orange, the smell of smoke that clings to my clothes and hair. Mom high. Mom drunk. I shake my head. I'm not going back there. I'm not taking Addy back there. This is my way out, and it has to work. It's my only chance." This explains how Faith took the baby from her mom and ran off. She started thinking about home and then remembered every single bad thing about her home. She thought about Addy and how she didn't want her to suffer through all that trouble everyday like she did. Addy gave Faith a reason to leave home and start out fresh with a brand new life. But how will she be able to provide for Addy with no job and no home? Faith has a lot of problems she needs to solve in order to keep Addy. 

     Another conflict from the book would be when Faith was lying to the a boy she fell in love with named Chris. She keeps lying to him about who she is and she is afraid that if she continues with the lies she will break his heart which she doesn't want to do. In the book Leap of Faith it says, "I sprint out to the parking lot and look around for the cop. He's parked out front by the road. I quickly open the car door and unhook Addy's seat. I know it's snowballing to an end. I can't allow Chris to keep getting deeper and deeper into my lies. He's harboring a fugitive. If I stay any longer, I won't just break his heart, I'll ruin his entire life." This explains how Faith has been lying to Chris a lot about who she is and how she is a fugitive. She cares too much about him to hurt him in this way. She wants to tell him the truth but she's been lying so much she's afraid he will hate her forever. What will Faith do? She hates seeing Chris believe every single lie she's been telling him.