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    Reading journal- Parvana

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    Topic 1: Understanding key concepts Plot- the main events of a play‚ novel‚ film‚ or similar work‚ devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence The book Parvana is about an 11-year-old girl living in Afghanistan‚ under the extreme Taliban regime. The Taliban ban women from going outside without a man and Afghan women are forced to wear the burqa at all times in public. Her family lost almost everything due to the bombings/wars in Afghanistan. Her father sells their remaining

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    The Kite Runner Theme Essay

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    Harmeen Ghotra ENG3U0J The Kite Runner – Theme Analysis Grade 11 Mr. Saini 1. Friendship‚ guilt‚ redemption “He knew about Assef‚ the kite‚ the money‚ the watch with the lightning bolt hands. He had always known. ‘Come. There is a way to be good again‚’ Rahim Khan had said on the phone just before hanging up. Said it in passing‚ almost as an afterthought.” (Chapter 14‚ pg 202). This quote symbolizes how Amir strived to do everything to forget‚ all he needed to do was to fly to Pakistan

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    Hassan and Amir

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    small cruelties on Hassan? * Why didn’t Hassan go to school like Amir instead of cleaning the house and getting groceries every morning? * What is Amir and Hassan’s favourite tree named? * How would you describe Baba as a man with power in Kabul? 3. Important Passage “That was a long time ago‚ but it’s wrong what they say about the past‚ I’ve learned‚ about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now‚ I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley

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    to display their supremacy in the country. When they rose to power one of the first duties they fulfilled was to rid any traces of the opposition. In September 1996‚ the ex-president Najibullah was hung alongside his brother in a public square in Kabul. This not only crushed the opposition‚ but also sent the message that they should not try to speak against the Taliban‚ the new government‚ or they too will be hung. The lives of the Afghani civilians are completely regulated by the laws of the Taliban

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    offered another solution however‚ which was to go find and take Sohrab to the US. Amir did not have anyone else to rely on anymore‚ both Baba and Hassan were gone‚ so he went on this journey with only his influence alone. His first step was to get into Kabul‚ which he did. The next was to get Sohrab from Assef‚ the person who originally assaulted Hassan who was now a ranking Taliban official. Confronting Assef‚ “[Amir] felt at peace‚ [he] laughed because [he] saw that‚ in some nook in the corner of [his]

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    In the book “Under the Rice Moon” by Rhiannon Puck‚ the little swallow is sad. It was sad because all of the people that had bought it said that they would take care of it. None of the people understood the little swallow. The swallow just wanted to fly and be free “Under the Rice Moon”. That was the only way you could take care of it. The last person to receive the swallow was a little girl. The girl was sick‚ she knew what it was like not being able to get out of a small space

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    redeem themselves with doing other good deeds. Baba‚ running an orphanage‚ and Amir going back to Kabul to save Sohrab‚ Hassan’s son. I hope these work for you :) ONE DECISION CHANGED EVERYTHING

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    Iran (west)‚ Turkmenistan‚ Tajikistan‚ Uzbekistan (north) and China (far northeast). Political history of Afghanistan started in 1709 with the rise of the Pushtans‚ when the Hotaki dynasty was formed in Kandahar. Later the afghan capital shifted to Kabul in 1776 where it remains still. Afghanistan suffered a lot as the buffer state between British and Russian empires during early 20th century prior to the signing the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919. In this essay I would be explaining the most important

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    IMPACT OF APPLIED AGRO-COOPERATIVE CREDIT AND BANKING ON FARMERS AND FARMING People depend for good introduction in Agro-Farming not only on good seeds‚ good fertilizers‚ good irrigation and good Agro-technology; but they need also short-term‚ medium and long term loans to meet their other demands at farm level in farming. This genuine situational scene has a power to present an impact of applied cooperative credit and banking on farmers in farming from the point of origin of the Indian Cooperative

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    The Happy Prince

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    by Oscar Wilde‚ the spirit of a prince and a little swallow find true happiness through doing good deeds. This is the central idea that Oscar Wilde is trying to get across: “Good deeds mark the path to true happiness.” This is stated mainly through 3 points‚ which are that the Swallow and Statue Go to heaven for their actions‚ the prince lived a life of pleasure but only felt true happiness when he helped his people out of poverty‚ and the Swallow and statue go to heaven for their actions and are named

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