Fear and Uncertainty

Hello everybody! I am back again, as I have read a few more chapters of my book, The Association of Small Bombs, by Karan Mahajan. For today's blog, I am supposed to follow a specific prompt. It is basically telling me to relate the fear and uncertainty conveyed in my book to the pandemic in our world right now. It took me a while to think of what I was going to write, but I think it is very fitting of the prompt for today. As you know from the previous blog, the Khurana family lost their two sons in a bomb blast in a New Delhi marketplace. What I didn't tell you yet was that the parents of the two boys were not there when the bomb blast took place. They were actually at their home, and they had sent their boys out alone with their friend. The father of the boys, went to take a walk when a neighbor told him the news about the bomb. Meanwhile, the boys' mother found out from a friend on the phone. As I was reading, I could easily tell the fear that was growing as the boys' father " bolted from the periphery of the park" (Mahajan) The same fear was in the boys' mother as she "strode to the main road and hailed an auto" (Mahajan) I thought this part of the book was very similar to the fear and uncertainty that the world is feeling right now. When both  parents were frantically trying to know the status of their children, there was an uncertainty inside of them mixed with fear, causing an unbearable feeling. The fact that your children were at the scene where a bomb had exploded is heart-wrenching.

When I read this part, I could not help but relate it to the world we are living in right now. This pandemic has literally forced us to not leave our house. In addition, we are in a very uncertain state right now, as we do not know when this will end. It could be from weeks to months. Many are in fear of their loss of education, or their business. Moreover, the people losing their jobs has been increasing everyday as small businesses cannot stay afloat as they are forced to shut down due to this virus. I am also very afraid and uncertain of what the rest of my senior year will entail. If this virus causes us to stay in our houses for months, all of the fun senior activities that we have been waiting for since we started high school could not even occur. Prom, graduation could potentially not happen. Although there are many more serious things to worry about, it is still a little sad that we may not get to experience what everybody older than us has. The fear and uncertainty that the Khurana family had endured could somewhat relate to the fear and uncertainty families across the world are feeling right now. Hopefully this virus diminishes as soon as possible so we can all go back to our regular lives, but I don't know when that will be. However, it is important to always stay positive and be hopeful. Well, that's going to wrap up my blog for today. I will be back in a few days. Bye!