Chapter 5 Summary: Why I Don’t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don’t Say Thank You
“By the age of seven I was used to being the top of my class” (69). Malala competes with her good friend, Moniba. When a new girl, Malka-e-Noor joins the class, she thinks little of it, until Malka-e-Noor receives top marks on the year-end exams. The incident hurts Malala, and she cried. Around the same time, Malala and her family moved to a different neighborhood. She meets Safina, a younger girl. Malala plays with a fake cellphone her father bought her. It disappears, and one day, Safina plays with one that looks like Malala’s. Malala begins to steal Safina’s things and finds it thrilling. However, she is caughtand her mother refuses to speak to her. “It’s horrible to feel unworthy in the eyes of your parents” (71). After that day, Malala did not steal or lie. She stops wearing jewelry. “What are these baubles which tempt me? Why should I lose my character for a few metal trinkets?” (72). Her father comforts her by talking about the mistakes others have made. Malala enters a public speaking event. Her father writes her speech. “We thought speaking in English meant you were more intelligent. We were wrong of course. It does not matter what language you choose, the important thing is the words you use to express yourself” (78). Malala loses the event to Moniba. Instead of sadness, Malala realizes she must sometimes lose.
Cassius wants brutus (Caesar's nephew) to kill Caesar in the senate house with a whole bunch of other senators...
ngl that sounds like a nice start point for a poem or a story!... i might do one rn lol
but its kinda sad that during both world wars most of the soldiers were young men
The Appalachian Trail consists of 2,168 miles of
breathtakingly beautiful country. It extends from the top of Mt.
Katahdin in Main to the top of Springer Mountain in Georgia. The Trail passes
through New Hampshire’s White Mountains and Vermont’s Green Mountains,
the Berkshires, Catskills, and Poconos. Towards the southern end are
the Appalachian Mountains, the Shenandoah Valley, and the Great
Smokies. Hiking through these mountain ranges is
very challenging. In fact, some say “brutal.” To
date, most people have taken about six months to hike the entire
Trail—if they have succeeded
The words that are written in bold, italic and underlined
are the action words in the selection. Verbs
are used to express actions, state or occurrence. In this selection, we have helping verbs,
linking verbs and main verbs. This is to help express a complete thought in
sentences, phrases and paragraphs and bigger groups of sentences.
