Creative Writing: Blog Post

From the book Internment by samira Ahmed.

Directions: Layla’s blog posts go viral and encourage others to keep fighting for the internees’ freedom. Pretend you’re an internee alongside Layla. Write your own blog post meant to inspire and inform the outside world. What details from the camp would you include? (Remember, this post is from YOUR point-of-view. How do you feel? What have you seen? Pretend you’re at Camp Mobius.)

From the book interment by samira Ahmed answer the questions from chapter 7 and 8.

1.      As the internees gather for orientation, Layla is struck by the Americanness of the “throngs of people.” What does she mean by this? Explain the irony of the internees’ “Americanness.”

2.      What happens to the woman who yells “Traitors!” during the orientation? Why do you think she is punished like this?

3.      The children in Camp Mobius remind Layla of Syrian refugees. Why? Discuss the parallels between the struggles of Muslim internees in Internment and the struggles of Syrian refugees in recent history.

4.     How does Corporal Reynolds help Layla when she sneaks out of her Mercury Home? What

might this reveal about his character? (Ch. 8)

From the book interment by samira Ahmed answer the questions from chapter 7 and 8.

1.      As the internees gather for orientation, Layla is struck by the Americanness of the “throngs of people.” What does she mean by this? Explain the irony of the internees’ “Americanness.”

2.      What happens to the woman who yells “Traitors!” during the orientation? Why do you think she is punished like this?

3.      The children in Camp Mobius remind Layla of Syrian refugees. Why? Discuss the parallels between the struggles of Muslim internees in Internment and the struggles of Syrian refugees in recent history.

4.     How does Corporal Reynolds help Layla when she sneaks out of her Mercury Home? What

might this reveal about his character? (Ch. 8)

In the book interment by samira Ahmed.Lack of privacy is a common feature in dystopias. How are the internees at Camp Mobius being constantly surveilled? Explain how this lack of privacy contributes to the dystopian society of Internment.

Remember, the dystopian protagonist:

• Often feels trapped and is struggling to escape

Questions the existing social and political systems

Believes or feels that something is seriously wrong with the society in which he or she lives

Helps the audience recognize the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective