→ You don’t have to restrict yourself to the possibilities below, nor do you have to address all of them.
→ Whether you focus your posts around these suggested points or come up with different ones, remember to use specific examples from the book and the film in your post.
Suggested Prompts:
What differences and similarities do you see between the situations of working children in Emir Estrada’s book and the film Siddharth? As you compare, think about the themes we have discussed in class around:
Reasons why children work.
Role of migration, socio-economic circumstances, family circumstances.
The nature and conditions of children’s work.
What challenges and hardships do they face and endure?
In what ways do they seem to take on adult responsibilities early in life?
What are their living conditions like?
Role of the family in children’s work.
Access to school and educational opportunities.
Impact on children’s health and safety.
Compare (through connections and contrasts) how Estrada’s book and the film show us the agency and economic contributions of children, while also recognizing the danger and harms they face.
Compare how Estrada’s book and the film show us the way children’s broader context shapes their work (e.g. their socio-economic circumstances, social world, the adults in their lives). Compare how, in turn, the children and their work shape the lives of those around them.