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"Always carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere." - Tessa

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This is the world I want to live in. The shared world. -Joey

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Ashley

"Always carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere."

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"Not everything is lost" -Carolyn

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We were all covered with the same powdered sugar. And smiling.

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"we were all covered with the same powdered sugar." -Joselyn

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"Not everything is lost." -Ryan

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"Talk to her. What is her problem?"

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"This is the world I want to live in. The shared world." - Ellie

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"And I noticed my new best friend - by now we were holding hands -" -Elsie M

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"she had pulled a sack a homemademamool cookies- little powerdered sugar crumbly mounds with dates" This shows that she's a nice lady that likes giving back. - Jacob 

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"she had pulled a sack a homemademamool cookies- little powerdered sugar crumbly mounds with dates" This shows that she's a nice lady that likes giving back. - Jacob 

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And I noticed my new best friend.- Delila

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"This is the world I want to live in. The shared world"

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"This is the world I want to live in. The shared world"

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"we were all covered with the same powdered sugar" -Gibson

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"Well - one pauses these days."

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"Well-- one pauses these days." - Tessa

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"What is her problem? We told her the flight was going to be late and she did this."

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"please come to the gate immediately"-Joey R

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"I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane."

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"Well-one pauses these days. Gate A-4 was my own gate. I went there"-Everett

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"Well-one pauses these days. Gate A-4 was my own gate. I went there"-Everett

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"She needed to be in El Paso for major medical treatment the next day"

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"She needed to be in El Paso for major medical treatment the next day"

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"...and she did this."

-Ashley

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"Well-- one pauses these days."

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"Was crumbled to the floor, wailing."

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"Well-one pauses these days" -Gibson

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"Well, one pauses these days." - Delila

Because it shows the world we live in now and how people are hesitant because of their culture.

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"Talk to her. What is her problem?'

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"Talk to her. What is her problem?" -Carolyn

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"What is her problem? We told her the flight was going to be late and she did this." -Ryan

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"was crumpled to the floor, wailing. "Help""

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"Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian poets I know{...}."

I find this somewhat troublesome because I thought it was somewhat random that he had this random woman in distress call some poet friends that he's never mentioned his involvement with before.

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"Not everything is lost"-Raegan

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Due to a flight delay a Palestinian woman got shocked and started to break down. This break down lead the main character into helping the woman talking with her to the point of the woman sharing cookies as she calmed down.

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The joy of kindness is being spread. People start sharing and bonding. - Delila

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An Arabic lady misunderstands the news of a delayed flight and believes it is cancelled, meaning she will not receive medical treatment. A stranger then comforts her and everyone in Gate A-4 is united.

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This woman is in a place foreign to her and the author helps her stay calm waiting for her flight. While doing that she shares her cookies and they bring all the other women joy.

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Naomi Shihab Nye was in the airport, she heard the announcement and went to see what was happening. There she found a woman on the ground wailing, Naomi told what was happening, then they spent their time together eating mamool cookies and calling people

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There's a frustration and miscommunication between people due to a language barrier. A stranger steps in to be the middle-man and fixes the communication issues whilst simultaneously connecting everyone through a culutural treat (the mamool cookie).

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There is an women that is distraught in the airport and needs help from someone who can speak Arabic. Another woman is able to explain to her he reality and calm her down leading to all the people at the gate becoming united.

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An Arabic woman gets told her flight is delayed in English which she doesn't understand very well so she interprets that as her flight being cancelled completely. Another woman who speaks Arabic comes to the gate to clarify that her flight is only delayed not cancelled and they start to become friendly with eachother through their culture similarities.

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The narrator helps an older Palestinian woman understand that her flight has been delayed and calms her down by speaking Arabic. While they wait for their flight the gate bonds over shared mamool and apple juice.

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In the people the narrator is sharing her kindness and caring for an older women when the ones around her can't. Her shared kindness spreads through the poem later being symbolized through powered sugar cookie.

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Due to a language barrier, a Palestinian woman was unable to clearly communicate with a flight attendant, thinking she had missed her flight. The author steps in and calms the woman, bonding by their shared connections and homemade cookies.

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There is delayed flight at an airport, and a woman that only speaks Arabic is in distress when a man tries to assist her. The man tells her what is goin on after a misunderstanding and used distractions like calls to calm her down; the woman also offered the man some cookies afterwards.

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There was an announcement made to help and elderly women who did not understand English well, she thought her important flight had been cancelled so she could not get her medical care. Someone with an Arabic family came to translate to her, and they shortly became best friends.

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A woman that speaks Arabic misinterprets English while at the airport, she starts to freak out because she had major medical treatment. When she learns that it is just delayed, she is calm and throws a little party for the other passengers showing the world can still be a good place.

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There is an older woman who is in distress at the gate where the speaker is supposed to go be. So, she helps this woman by cheering her up and giving her people to talk to that have a similar background or culture as her. The older woman then brings the other people at the gate closer together by giving out cookies and sharing food such as apple juice. The speaker realizes that she wants a world that is able to come together and not a world that there is fear or a sense of abandonment.

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I don't think the author made the flight agent seem like someone who genuinely wanted to help this lady out. Insinuating that she has a "problem" shows her lack of empathy for the women. She just wants the crying to stop instead of actually helping her.

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Within the poem dialogue is an extremely important factor. This being due to the fact that the story is about communication but also because it reveals how both sides are feeling. With the point of view being 1st person the dialogue of the main and only way we can know what other characters were feelings or thinking.

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due to the women not knowing English she's experiencing hesitation by thinking her flight is canceled.  Then a man comes to her aid and helps her understand that the flight isn't canceled then is awarded  cookies as her gratitude of saying thank you. 

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due to the women not knowing English she's experiencing hesitation by thinking her flight is canceled.  Then a man comes to her aid and helps her understand that the flight isn't canceled then is awarded  cookies as her gratitude of saying thank you. 

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The use of dialogue. This allows us to see true interactions between the people and give us understanding of how they interact.

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Imagery, you can imagine everyone coming together through the way the narrator describes it.

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The imagery used to describe the setting in the first stanza is important because gives context to the line I was earlier confused about, "Well- one pauses these days." it shows how it may relate to 9/11.

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The use of symbolism of the cookies heavily impacted the story. The author used the idea of everyone eating cookies to reassemble the effect of kindness everyone in Gate A-4 was sharing with each other. Showing almost that kindness is contagious.

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I think the dialogue where she attempts to speak arabic is important. Roughly translated, she said "What's that? What do you want, my dear? Hold on a moment, please... What are you doing?" It's important because despite the poor communication it immediately comforts the arabic woman.

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The repetition/symbolism of "covered with the same powdered sugar". This shows that as more people eat the cookies, the more connected people feel at the gate.

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The use of dialogue in the first stanza made the scene come to life while creating a sense of urgency with the word choice of "immediately."

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The structure of the poem contributes to the theme by setting up an act of kindness and understanding in the third stanza, to show how that kindness spread to the rest of the gate. -Carolyn

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One literary device I see that is important is imagery/sensory language because it helps create the picture of how the people in the airport are coming together. -Ryan

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Dialogue is very important in this story; it reveals key details and sets the tone of the text. The dialogue uncovers the fact she does not fully understand English, and you can see how distraught she is through what the other characters have said about her.

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I feel like technique that is used in this poem is the imagery and the author trying to describe the scene around to show how close the people are. Another is dialogue because it shows the emotions of other people.

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In this poem, a flight at the Albuquerque airport is delayed leaving an Arabic women crying on the ground and flight agents begging to get her help. On this same flight, another Arabic speaking lady came and helped her know the situation and ended up becoming friends with her because of her support.

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The use of description and the relation of time helps structure the poem and give it details. It helps the reader imagine what is happening and gives the story or short twist when you think about how random but common this event may be.

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The use of dialogue is important in this poem because it is used to focus on interactions between the attendants. We only know how author is feeling so dialogue is helped to express others feelings and attitudes towards the situation.

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The dialogue shows a clear picture on how the characters interact with each other and create a mood.

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I think the techniques and devices that are being used is imagery because there are vivid descriptions  like "momool cookies" and the powered surgur helps create the sense of atmosphere. The momool cookies can also represent symbolism representing kindness and giving back, tying back to when she was handing the cookies out.

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I think the techniques and devices that are being used is imagery because there are vivid descriptions  like "momool cookies" and the powered surgur helps create the sense of atmosphere. The momool cookies can also represent symbolism representing kindness and giving back, tying back to when she was handing the cookies out.

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It does not give context to why she went. Therefore, it leaves us wondering the emotion and intent behind her going.

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This could be seen as her rushing over to gate A-4 to help or as her just taking her time getting there to check out the problem and then maybe help.

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There are multiple interpretations because it doesn't yet show the meaning behind her actions, we later see that those actions reassemble kindness.

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Did he go there to help or reluctantly?, In a hurry or with his sweet time?

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I thought that when the author writes "I went there." It was because she was worried about another person and wanted to help.

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I went there existing at the end of the author's statement allows it to mean a few different things. The literal "I went to my gate." But it can also be interpreted as an action of going towards something dangerous due to the rest of the sentence mentioning "Well - one pauses these days.

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It can be interpreted that she went there voluntarily or that she felt forced to go there because she knew the language. She would have felt guilt if she hadn't gone to the gate and helped since she knew she could.

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I took this as she was already on her way and just proceeded to head toward her own gate. She may have felt some kind of irony when they made the announcement.

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It could be interpreted in different ways as to why she went there? Right before "I went there", she says "Gate A-4 was my own gate." So presumably, she would already be there or headed there. I'm not sure.

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The line "I went there." could mean the narrator revisited her Palestinian roots. It would make sense if she had not visited them in a while as she expresses that she isn't entirely fluent in Arabic. -Carolyn

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It does not specify where he went until later in the text. Originally it could mean he just went to the gate with or with no intention of helping. It could also be referring to the previous sentence in that line and the shock of what she had said.

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I think "I went there" is saying that he went to her aid to help her out when nobody bothered to help her even though she was about to have a break down in the airport. 

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I think "I went there" is saying that he went to her aid to help her out when nobody bothered to help her even though she was about to have a break down in the airport. 

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We have no idea how long it took. She could of ran to get there or taken her time.

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I feel that the "I went there." can mean the author went to the gate without hesitation despite the "one pauses these days."

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When he says that he seems to have paused to take a breath or to listen to the announcement in Arabic then may have had to go a far distance, or in the opposite direction. The abrupt stops may indicated he was irritated or upset abut it but calm.

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It can be interpreted in different ways because it can be seen as her just going to help a stranger or seen as going into a situation that could cause her harm. -Ryan

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It's all about women coming together, the cookie was shared between all the ladies and little girls. The quote that stood out to me was "...not a single woman declined one. It was like a sacrament."

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The author of this poem first uses strong dialogue to showcase the interaction of the two Arabic women in the story. When asking for the lady to help the crying women on the ground, she asked, "Talk to her. What's her problem." This gives the reader an idea of what other people around her though of this situation. Naomi Sihab, the author, could have just told the reader that the flight agent asked for help but instead she wrote of what she said. The using "problem" to describe the women showed that she saw it as an alarming inconvenience rather than a person who is in need of support.

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It shows women supporting each over and women finding comfort in other women. Near the end of the story, it talks about the older women sharing cookies with all the women at the gate and not a single women denying one.

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Since there are a lot of moments where she becomes close with the lady and they show touches of comfort is that something the women there do a lot.

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In Arabic cultures women are very trusting towards each other. If this was a situation between the woman and a man had come to help itm ay not have gone the same way because of their gender roles within their culture.

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I feel like the airport staff kind of just wanted the man to "handle" the woman's issue when they said, "What is her problem." Other than that it was just a man with an unknown age helping out an older woman.

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All the women are able to be kind no matter the differences, it could be showing how there is a sense of unitedness? -Carolyn

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Gender plays a semi-significant role in the story. As seen in the text describing how ladies from all around the world began interacting with each other due to the situation.

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I think the role that gender plays in the poem is that women are coming together and sticking together to have a holsome moment  

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I think the role that gender plays in the poem is that women are coming together and sticking together to have a holsome moment  

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It never mentions a man so gender is all women and women coming together.

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The entire story was based around women and their feelings, the joy they were feeling from this woman, the little girls passing out juice, they were all happy by her gestures and talking to her, not one mention of boys came up.

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I feel like gender has a role because it is about women coming together and showing support and strength towards one another.

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The author says, "not a single woman declined one." Throughout the poem there is a lack in any male opinions or appearances.

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The author, being a woman, might have contributed to calming the older woman down more, because women usually feel safer with other women.

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Gender plays a role because the poem says, "not a single woman declined one". This implies that some of the men did decline one.

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It shows woman coming together and giving comfort to each other. Almost in a motherly way.

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All of the women come together and the main characters only call males and poets.