The theme of the story is about conquering your fears. Martin is afraid of the elevator for various reasons. He was afraid that he would get stuck in it or maybe it would fall. So he attempted to take the stairs, but his father said he was a coward and weak. If he took the stairs he would get hurt. Knowing he gets bullied at school. He wanted to prove he was strong. He forced himself to take the elevator. But then a fat woman got on with him. This drove his fear and anxiety of the elevator even more. "Maybe the elevator was having trouble because of how heavy he was; What if we got stuck between floors? What if it fell?" (Sleator Paragraph 19). He almost got off but he couldn't reach the buttons. We watched as he tried very hard to conquer his fear. He ended up somehow getting off eventually as the woman somehow always managed to catch him on the elevator. But as he took the stairs he hurt his legs and got crutches. Forcing him to take the elevator. But of course, there she was. The main idea was conquering your fears for yourself and not others.
For the second paragraph, it's more personal, and I don't know your life. But as a general theme of everyone. You can say:
I relate to this story because when I was young I had a huge fear of ____. My parents/guardian helped me to overcome it by ____. Or I had a fear of ____ and because I got bullied by it, I ______. We all have a fear of something. And it's important to overcome it so that you don't miss out on life. And you can be prepared for anything. As people, we can do anything. One of the hardest feats is to overcome fear. Overcome fear, overcome the hardships of life.
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as an agrarian republic in which states and localities held most of the power
Who’s they? The question isn’t complete
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After the conquest of North Africa by Muslim Arabs in the 7th century CE, Islamic culture spread throughout West Africa via merchants, traders, scholars, and missionaries, that is largely through peaceful means whereby African rulers either tolerated the religion or converted to it themselves. In this way, Islam expanded across and around the Sahara Desert. In addition, the religion arrived in East Africa when Arab traders crossed the Red Sea and, in a second wave, settled along the Swahili Coast. Military campaigns did occur from the 14th century CE against the Christian kingdoms of Nubia, for example, while in the 18th century CE the Muslim Fulani launched a holy war in the Lake Chad region. There were also sometimes violent resistance by supporters of traditional African beliefs such as animism and fetish, spirit and ancestor worship.
The silversmiths, glassmakers, and weavers were all examples of artisans in the colonial times.
<h3>Who is an artisan?</h3>
This is tghe person that has the technical training that is used to produce and create things by hand.
This person is one that can be said to be crafted or have learnt a certain trade that is useful for what they do.
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