Second ROAR post

Comments
1. Riverbend is a very selfless person and cares for the people around her.
2. She is right when she says that the Iraqis were prone to more raiding and detained.
3. I think that she should have stood up and spoke about what she felt. she was very strong with her words.
4. The violence and current bombings had become part of her normal lifestyle.
5. The people in Iraq did not deserve to live in the way that they did.

Questions
1. Did Riverbend have family living in Fallujah?
2. Why were there so many attacks in the city of Fallujah?
3. How were the attacks affecting the children and their school life?
4. Why were innocent Iraqi people being imprisoned?

Literary Terms
1. "So what happens when Mosul turns into another Fallujah?" The city of Mosul is being personified. pg 22
2. The story is told in first person and explain how things occur in this girl's point of view.

Vocabulary
1. relegated - to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition. pg 21

2. optimism - a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome. pg 22

Summary
1. This section of the book explains how different parts of Iraq are being treated and how many people die because of it.