The story sets in the year of 2050 when the fictive island called Kiribati has almost been gone to the underwater due to the sea level rise. Among all of the residents of the country, this novel shows a twenty years old girl namely Sunrie Tioram (...
"Hey Sunrie!" hisses Jack, her only company and hope. "Hey! It's dawn, maybe the time has struck to 4:00am. Wake up Sun, it's time to look out", he talked her in lower voice and starts pulling her shoulder to make her awake.
Sunrie hastily wakes up and flings the partly torn quilt beside her over the fizzled grey grass on the floor. She looks up and sees Jack and so she exhales and utters, "Ah, Jesus! It's you Jack, I thought it's the man who supplies food and water." That man who usually ogles at every women in our camp and he was once trying to rape you, right Sunrie !! "Yeah, it was that devil and without you Jack I couldn't be able to keep myself safe that time", holding his hand She replies and starts weeping.
"Listen, I'm with you at the end moment of my life, even my wish when I'll be dying is to put my head on your lap Sunrie. I LOVE YOU", Jack tells her in a low voice and they both start crying. "You know what Jack, I've noone now except you in the human world. I'm such a cursed one,who doesn't even know about her parents where they are, can't find them. So, you're my only hope to survive Jack", tells she with dusky face.
In the meantime, Jack hears a blow of a bell coming from outside of their tent and they deem as usual it's time for the food and water. Hence, they come out and stand in a single row as other migrants do. Again that man eyes at Sunrie like he swallows up all of her but Jack is still there beside her, so he can't do any bad and he goes away.
These things are normal to her as she has been facing these kinda hellish things from the very beginning of when she's about to step into adolescent days. So, after collecting foods they both get into their tent and start eating gustily because they all are very hungry. The food supplements are very poor. They rarely get foods twice in a day. Refugee camps usually haven't enough food and drinking waters to provide among the populations. And that malnutrition makes refugees fragile and more susceptible to a variety of diseases and illnesses that turn up many deaths in the camp. Sunrie gets a strong feeling of anxiety concerning her parents.
After finishing their eating, Sunrie starts weeping again thinking of her parents who were lost while they were being made separated group from the airport of their own native land. She asks him, "Couldn't I find my parents again in that host land where people are like monsters? Are they still alive Jack?"
"Listen Sun, it's now hard to say anything and I know you believe in the same. You've much grown, and still growing. You know everything how our world is going on , you know 'the way of the world'. So, we've to keep growing, we've to keep belief in ourselves. And the damn one is hope what we unconditionally need to hold on in that fragile realm where rich are growing and getting richer, and it's true that poor are too growing but getting themselves only into enriched realm of darkness where poeple are dying due to their poverty, starving. Anyway, all what we need now is to hope", says he holding her hands and fixing her twirled hairs by his right hand that seems, he's caressing and comforting her.
She remains silence and still gazing at Jack. Her eyes are again welled up with tears. "Hey ugly lady! What's wrong now ? Did I say any wrong, huh ?"
"Yes, that's the reality what I must cling to this shit reality Jack and I have to live to face those troubles which are yet to come. Now I'm thinking that we're very lucky as we're still breathing, isn't it huh?", speaks she wiping away the tears.
Immediately Jack says, "That's the spirit which has already been installed into you, Sun."
Then he bids her as he's to check other things too. And she too goes out there to help other people who aren't able to do works for themselves.
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