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Hopeless Kingdom By Kgshak Akec

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The novel Hopeless Kingdom is written by Kgshak Akec. This book showcases the difficulties and challenges that Akita and her family experienced during the migration. The change in lifestyle affects their way of living, relationships, and responsibilities. The migration of Akita and Taresai changes their lives to a great extent as well as their families. Akita’s transition from Geelong to Sydney profoundly affects her mental health as her responsibilities become a burden on her and she has less time for herself. When Taresai immigrates from Geelong to Sydney her lifestyle is extremely affected and this results in her having less time to focus on her family. The relationship between Santo and Akita is impacted as their lives and priorities are …show more content…

In the hopeless kingdom this can be seen through the changes Akita faces and how her responsibilities turn into a burden. This can be shown when after waking up at the hospital the first thing Akita thinks of is her siblings. After waking up Akita says “I have to go see Mum, I have to go check on the kids’’. Akita’s life is exceedingly changed from when she moved from Geelong to Sydney, along with new responsibilities and new barriers that are put into Akita’s life. Akita is forced to take up responsibility for supervising her siblings and acting more maturely. This has an adverse effect on Akita’s life; she has to look after the house, her siblings, and also work. This leads her into being more selfless. After Santino leaves the family, the family structure is changed, without Santino Taresai has to do double shifts to help the family economically and Akita as well …show more content…

Due to Santo having ADHD and DMDD the relationship of Santo and Akita is affected negatively but it's further triggered because Santo starts taking drugs. The effects on the relationship between Akita and Santo can be shown when Akita says “Santo and I fight even on the good days, especially recently, and it almost always ends physically”. Santo no longer has a role model( his father) so he goes on the wrong path. This can be shown when Santo follows in his dad’s footsteps and leaves the houses for his better good. He even attempts to kill Akita when she refuses to move and this leads Akita to be exasperated at Santo. This can be shown in the book when she locks Santo out of the house and she gets angry at Taresai when Taresai lets Santo on the couch because according to Akita Santo is way too dangerous. Their relationship is rebuilt when after coming out of prison Santo apologises to Akita and says “That wasn’t me it was all the shit I was pumping into me, it made me sick”. Even though Akita doesn’t verbally say she forgives him it is assumed that she forgives him because of their conversation. Incidents can lead to extensive changes in the relationships in people’s

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