https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y Ansha Gupta Period 7 en-us 2021-01-02 02:23:24 UTC 2023-03-30 17:58:55 UTC hello@padlet.com agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048492503 I chose this book because when I read the back of the book it was very interesting to me. The book was about child labor and I have always been very curious about this subject. The cover picture was also very appealing to me. I like reading realistic fiction and this book had a very symbolic meaning to it so it was ideal for me to read it. My mother had also read this book previously and recommended it to me.]]> 2021-01-02 02:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048492503 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048500758 "The house of our master, Hussain Khan, was in the outskirts of Lahore, not far
from the dusty, dry countryside where flocks of sheep from the north grazed." I think this is a good opening line because it's interesting and made me visualize the setting. It helped set the theme. The author drops the reading in the Carpet loom manufacturing place. ]]> 2021-01-02 02:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048500758 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048508495 in this book, Iqbal, the main character, ends up escaping child labor in Pakistan and then makes it his life goal to try to help kids who also experienced the same things as him. Sadly he was shot and ended up passing away. On the other hand, Malala Yousafzai is also a Pakistani activist. She fought for girl rights and is very passionate about it. She also got shot once, but thankfully she is still alive! She worked very hard for the rights of children. They both were fighting for children's rights in Pakistan. They ended up starting in Pakistan but then they ended up traveling around the world inspiring other people. In both of their lives, they had gotten shot, sadly only Iqbal didn't make it.]]> 2021-01-02 03:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048508495 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048629603 During the book, Fatima always has flashbacks of her family but they are so foggy because she hasn't seen them in so long. They use the flashback to show us how she gets through her hardships and what keeps her going. I know it's a flashback because they talk about how she was in the moment and how she felt during that time.]]> 2021-01-02 07:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048629603 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048633171 “There’s nothing wrong with Iqbal believing we’ll be free someday, I thought And I also thought, If only we could!.” Fatima said this when Iqbal had told her that he wanted to run away because he thought he was eventually gonna be free. This is important because it foreshadows the big event of them escaping that is about to come.]]> 2021-01-02 07:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048633171 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048638384  "Yes, sir." "This is your slate. Nobody can touch it. Do you understand?" "Yes, sir." Then he drew many other lines, one next to the other, as straight as the hair on the back of a frightened dog, and every group of four had a line through it. " This dialogue is important to the book because this is where all of the kids started and this is where their lives all started to get worse. It's a monumental event!]]> 2021-01-02 07:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048638384 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048639268  "You all took risks, coming out at night to help me," Iqbal replied. "If the master had discovered you, what would you have gotten out of it?" "What has that got to do with anything?" asked Salman. "We did it for you." "Well," said Iqbal, "and I did it for you, in a certain sense, as well as for me." "What do you mean?" I asked. This dialogue is important because it shows us the first time that the kids started bonding and it is the beginning of their friendship. Which is very important in the next few chapters.]]> 2021-01-02 07:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048639268 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048641881 On page 118, Iqbal is shot and left on the street. His body laid there motionless as the black car fled. This is very important because this is what showed us, readers, and the characters that bad things still happen and we have to be aware of them.]]> 2021-01-02 07:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048641881 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048644145 On page 35, is when Iqbal did his first rebellious action against the master. It was very monumental because this was the first time anyone had stood up against the master and everyone was shook at what had just happened. ]]> 2021-01-02 08:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048644145 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048645172 On page 82, this is where Iqbal has escaped and hes gone to a special agency who helps kids who are in child labor. This is important because this was his second attempt at trying to save everyone and the first time failed really bad. This was good because it worked and everyone was able to go home.]]> 2021-01-02 08:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048645172 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048647643 I think the theme of this book is to not use child labor for any possible reason. They make it clear throughout the book that this is normalized in many countries and that it is very wrong. But this book broke those barriers and had a different thought on it. In the book it says  "Look at these children," Eshan Khan said to the magistrate. "Look at how thin they are. Look at their hands. Look at those cuts and blisters. And the chains."  This shows us that it was normalized to just bribe the officers to get away with bug major things.]]> 2021-01-02 08:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048647643 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048653974 Avidly (adv.) showing great enthusiasm for or interest in
pg. 47 "[Iqbal] drank avidly and then poured the rest on his poor face." I found the definition of this word by using context clues because that was the word that made the most sense.]]> 2021-01-02 08:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048653974 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048654601 barbarous (adj.) uncivilized
pg. 72 "But [the man from Bonded Labor Liberation Front of Pakistan] said it was a crime, it was barbarous, to exploit children and make them work like slaves in carpet workshops or brick factories." This was easy for me to get the word because I just replaced the word.]]> 2021-01-02 08:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048654601 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048657336 If you were in Iqbal's place when you were let free from the carpet factory, what do you think you would have done with your life? Would you go back? Or stay and help the agencies? ]]> 2021-01-02 08:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048657336 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048658729 When Iqbal had cut up the Carpet if you were Fatima, do you think you would have risked your life on helping Iqbal in the dungeon? Would you have helped him or just let him die in the Dungeon?]]> 2021-01-02 08:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048658729 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048660140 "But as time went on these memories faded like old, worn carpets." This is a simile and this phrase is just showing us that her memories were fading.]]> 2021-01-02 08:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048660140 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048660678 "Iqbal was as red as a chili pepper." This is a simile and hyperbole and it is trying to say that he was really red. ]]> 2021-01-02 08:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048660678 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048662334 " The house looked onto the narrow street." This is personification and it is trying to say that the house is located right next to the street.]]> 2021-01-02 08:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048662334 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048662743 " Little Ali grow like a mushroom over winter." This is a simile and it is trying to state that Ali is all grown now.]]> 2021-01-02 08:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048662743 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048663370 " Kites dancing in the spring sky." This is personification and it is trying to state that the wind was blowing the kites around.]]> 2021-01-02 08:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1048663370 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1049211464 2021-01-03 00:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1049211464 agupta102 https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1049211582 2021-01-03 00:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/agupta102/y97gipa8mkk4mx7y/wish/1049211582