This story was very sad and sweet. It was sad for many reasons like when the reporter, Rolf Carle, was so optimistic that Azucena would survive. It was kind of sad that he loved Azucena more than he loved his wife and lifelong companion. It was sad no one seemed to care about the girl except for Rolf and his wife. The soldiers and government wouldn't get her a pump in time because she wasn't important enough. There were a thousand other people who needed help too. It was so sweet when Rolf told her stories he never told anyone before, not even his wife. In a way, Azucena helped Rolf more than he helped her because she helped him let his emotions flow. Rolf was a Russian soldier and had to witness terrible things that he never accepted until meeting Azucena. His father abused him and his retarded sister, Katherina. Rolf's father fled to safety and his mother became a prostitute. This information added background to Rolf, but the story would have been the same without it. This story was similar to a news report, except there was a lot more emotion in this story than any reporter ever shows on TV. That made it somewhat unrealistic. It would be wonderful for someone to stay with a dying child for three days and constantly try to save them, but very few people would actually do that and that is sad.
Here is a current news article that would be interesting to write a short story about. It talks about the crisis in Ukraine and the people who are affected. If I wrote a story about this, I would base it off a family and how their life changed when the Russian Army invaded.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/03/31/ukraine-descending-into-gestapo-times-russian-politician-says
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