'For Afghan Kids, Hauling Water Is A Living'

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You think going to school is bad, Afgan kids deal with worse like getting water so their families can survive. The producer and author both have different ways to talk about the issue. The issue is that students are missing an education while people in other countries can come home and do homework. “The plight of Afghanistan Child water carriers” text by Sayeaed Jan Sabawoon and “For Afghan Kids, Hauling Water is a Living” video by Zarif Nazar are about children carrying water to help their families survive. The author’s portrayal in “the Plight of Afghan Child Water Carriers” text and the video “For Afghan Kids, Hauling Water is a Living,” has several distinct differences and similarities.

The video used narrating to make sure the people understand what is going on in the video. Another thing the video used that the text didn't was facial expressions. The reason this was put in was to show that kids who have to earn everything to survive aren’t happy about it. The third big thing the director chose to add is the image of a kid near the water tap. The effect of this is to show what they have for a tap. The final thing the director of the video decided to include is pathos.
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The author stated, “a passing car sideswiped their heavily burdened donkey.” this was included to show that even incidents can set the kids back as well. Another piece of evidence the author chose to add was” lifetime of hard manual labor.” A third thing used by the author was C.E when the kid has to miss school for his family. The last detail was the different setting with roads and

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