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The Struggle In Alexander Freir's Journey

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When you read about Alexander Freir’s journey you wonder may wonder why it was so challenging to reach his family. One challenge that contributed Alexander face on his journey to find his sister-in-law, and her kids was the hectic streets. “Frear experienced much of the same in his part of the city. He had run several blocks towards his sister-in law’s when he came to a place where the sidewalks was jammed with people.” With this amount of people on the streets it’s hard to not get lost in it all. Another, big factor in Alexander 's struggle was the path that the fire choose. This proves to be a problem when Alexander move the children. He initially thought that if he housed them 10 blocks from the fire they would be safe but when the fire

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