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* CowerPower: Adam hides behind Yasmine when he sees some hulking, scary-looking soldiers.
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* CowerPower: Adam hides behind his sister Yasmine when he sees some hulking, scary-looking soldiers.
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* InterruptedSuicide: Not long after the war begins, Yasmine tries to overdose on pills. Adam finds her half-conscious and vomiting. Their father takes her to the hospital, which hasn't yet become severely overcrowded.
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* IHaveAFamily: While Adam and his surviving family members are traveling by bus to Damascus, soldiers come aboard to ask for everyone's ID, and find that one man doesn't have one. The man pleads, "Please don't take me, I have a family, please," but the soldiers drag him outside the bus and shoot him.
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* {{Fingore}}: A soldier shoots off two of Adam's fingers for disrespecting him. Adam is grateful that at least it wasn't his drawing hand.
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* EatDirtCheap: PlayedForDrama. Adam is so malnourished that he bites his nails for the salty flavour of the dirt.
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* HappyRain: Due to the water shortage, Adam can no longer take showers and can only drink a limited amount of water each day, leaving him chronically dehydrated. When it finally rains, everyone runs outside to fill their buckets. Adam drinks rain and dances around in it, feeling normal for the first time in months.
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* FingerInTheMail: After [[spoiler:Khalid]] is taken by soldiers, his family receives a parcel containing his chopped-off hands. A few minutes later, he's thrown from a car onto the street, in poor condition but alive.
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* SayMyName: After soldiers take [[spoiler:Khalid]], Adam runs to the door and screams his name.
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* PottyFailure: In her prison cell, [[spoiler:Yasmine]] isn't given access to the bathroom, so she pees on the floor.
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* SleepyDepressive: The family takes in Ali, a teenager whose family was killed by soldiers. At first he's fairly active, but as time passes, he becomes more and more depressed, until he's spending almost all day in bed. Adam himself is always tired, even though he rarely leaves the house, and is afraid of ending up like Ali.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: After a soldier smashes Adam's bedroom window with a gun, he steps on a large shard of glass. His brother Khalid bandages his foot, despite Adam's complaints that it hurts more with the bandage.
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* CowerPower: Adam hides behind Yasmine when he sees some hulking, scary-looking soldiers.
* SpitefulSpit: When soldiers kidnap [[spoiler:Yasmine]], Adam tries to hold onto her skirt, but one of the soldiers shoves him to the ground and spits on him.
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* ZippingUpTheBodybag: Adam and his sister Yasmine go to the hospital to visit [[spoiler:their brother Isa]], who has been shot. Not long after they arrive, a nurse pulls a white cloth over him. Adam, not realizing he's dead and thinking he must be uncomfortable with his face covered, tries to pull the cloth away, but Yasmine yells at him not to touch the body.
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* ZippingUpTheBodybag: Adam and his sister Yasmine go to the hospital to visit [[spoiler:their brother Isa]], who has been shot. Not long after they arrive, a nurse pulls a white cloth over him. Adam, not realizing he's dead and thinking he must be uncomfortable with his face covered, tries to pull the cloth away, but Yasmine yells at him not to touch the body.
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* ZippingUpTheBodybag: Adam and his sister Yasmine go to the hospital to visit [[spoiler:their brother Isa]], who has been shot. Not long after they arrive, a nurse pulls a white cloth over him. Adam, not realizing he's dead and thinking he must be uncomfortable with his face covered, tries to pull the cloth away, but Yasmine yells at him not to touch the body.
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* DramaticDrop: Adam's parents send him to deliver rice to the neighbors. When he reaches their house, he finds that they have all been shot by the army, except for their son, who hid under the bed. When Adam sees the bodies, he drops the plate in shock.
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* DramaticDrop: Adam's parents send him to deliver rice to the neighbors. When he reaches their house, he finds that they have all been shot by the army, except for their son, who hid under the bed. When Adam sees the bodies, he drops the plate in shock.
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* DramaticDrop: Adam's parents send him to deliver rice to the neighbors. When he reaches their house, he finds that they have all been shot by the army, except for their son, who hid under the bed. When Adam sees the bodies, he drops the plate in shock.
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* PickyEater: Adam will only eat his food if it's arranged in a very specific way. He associates colors with emotions, so the wrong balance of colors makes the food seem upsetting.
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* PickyEater: Adam will only eat his food if it's arranged in a very specific way. He associates colors colours with emotions, so the wrong balance of colors colours makes the food seem upsetting.upsetting.
* RansackedRoom: Adam's family comes home from vacation to find that the front room has been trashed, with all the furniture broken and thrown around.
* RansackedRoom: Adam's family comes home from vacation to find that the front room has been trashed, with all the furniture broken and thrown around.
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* StressVomit: Adam passes a box that he realises is a coffin, with a dead body inside. He's seen dead bodies before, but didn't understand what they were, and the realisation makes him vomit.
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* OnlyFriend: Nabil is the only boy in school who is friendly to Adam instead of mocking him. He sometimes invites Adam over to his house to play ''VideoGame/GuildWars''.
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''The Boy from Aleppo Who Painted the War'' is a 2014 novel by Sumia Sukkar.
Adam is an autistic fourteen-year-old living in Aleppo in 2011. A talented artist, he creates paintings that document the effects of the Syrian Civil War on his family and his life.
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!!''The Boy from Aleppo Who Painted the War'' contains examples of:
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Adam's father has had eye bags ever since Adam's mama died three years ago. The bags become more pronounced after the protests begin.
* HatesBeingTouched: Adam. He and his family show affection by blowing kisses instead.
* PickyEater: Adam will only eat his food if it's arranged in a very specific way. He associates colors with emotions, so the wrong balance of colors makes the food seem upsetting.
* SensoryOverload: Adam's first awareness of the unrest is when the noise of the protestors outside overwhelms him so much that he has trouble painting.
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Adam is an autistic fourteen-year-old living in Aleppo in 2011. A talented artist, he creates paintings that document the effects of the Syrian Civil War on his family and his life.
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!!''The Boy from Aleppo Who Painted the War'' contains examples of:
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Adam's father has had eye bags ever since Adam's mama died three years ago. The bags become more pronounced after the protests begin.
* HatesBeingTouched: Adam. He and his family show affection by blowing kisses instead.
* PickyEater: Adam will only eat his food if it's arranged in a very specific way. He associates colors with emotions, so the wrong balance of colors makes the food seem upsetting.
* SensoryOverload: Adam's first awareness of the unrest is when the noise of the protestors outside overwhelms him so much that he has trouble painting.
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