Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes Theme
I finished reading Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes yesterday. As my group and I read, we believed that the theme is hope. Many things happened that showed that Sadako is a hopeful person.
Sadako was always very hopeful. This is surprising because Sadako has Leukemia. Even though Sadako had Leukemia, she still entertained people when they are at the hospital. Sadako played games and sing songs.
Another time she was hopeful is when Sadako told Kenji about the paper cranes. This showed she was hopeful because she believed that if Kenji made cranes, they would both live. Kenji was weaker than Sadako. Sadako had just gotten the atom bomb disease but Kenji had had it for a while. The next day, Kenji died. It shows Sadako believed that he could survive the disease if he had the cranes.
Also, Sadako was hopeful that she would recover from Leukemia. Some people recovered from the disease so Sadako thought that she will be one to not die from the disease. But, even though she had hope she died.
I realize that the theme of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes is hope. I realize this because Sadako is a hopeful person, she brought hope to Kenji, she thought she would recover from Leukemia. This shows that Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes theme is hope.
