Forgotten Fire By Adam Bagdasarian

History• 1915-1918• The Ottoman Empire• Ruled by Muslim Turks• Carried out rule to eliminate all Christian

Armenians for political and religious reasons• Young Turks over threw the government

(group of young reformists)• Believed that Armenian Christians could not

be assimilated

History • 1.5 million killed and forced displacement• World War One• Muslims against Christians• Lost family, friends, possessions, and

homeland

Genocide• “acts committed with intent to destroy, in

whole or in part a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

Adam Bagdasarian • Author of Forgotten Fire (First novel)• “drew on the experiences of his great uncle,

looking at the tragic happenings between 1915 and 1918 during what has become known as the Armenian holocaust”

• “creates a fictional narrator in young Vahan Kendarian, a member of a well-off family living in the province of Bitlis in eastern Turkey”

Vocabulary Words •Chapters 1-12 nineteen

words! Study!

• Quiz/Packet Questions Due: Feb. 3rd (2-3 chapters per night)

Appraising• Adj.• Estimating the value of; rating

Blighting•Adjective•harming, destroying,

spoiling

Cobbled• Adjective• paved with small rounded stones

Consequence (N.)•Noun• Importance

Devastated• Adjective• Destroyed, or overwhelmed with

grief or shock

Effrontery• Noun• Impudent (rude) boldness

Gendarme (zahn darm)•Noun•Policeman

Integrity•Moral excellence• honesty

Ominous• Adjective• Threatening

Predatory• Adjective• Victimizing or exploiting

others

Premonition•Noun• Forewarning

Pristine•Adjective•Unspoiled, spotless, like

new

Sedition• Noun• Behavior inciting

(spurring/promoting) a rebellion

Solicitous•Adjective•Showing interest or concern

Stench• Noun• Foul Smell

Sullen• Adjective• Passively resentful, sulky, morose

(gloomy/depressed)

Haggard• Adjective• Looking exhausted or distraught

Haphazardly• Adverb• Randomly by chance

Pauper• Noun• A poor person