Sabwoon's For Afghan Kids, Hauling Water Is A Living

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Hook-Imagine you were traveling down a road on a blistering hot day in Kabul,and in the distance you saw a little child looking around 4 years old carrying a giant jug.You thought they were skipping school but little did you know that kid would do anything just to go to school for one day.
Information - about the author, text titles, summaries of both mediums-”The Plight of Afghanistan’s Child Water Carriers”text by Sayeaed Jan Sabwoon and “For Afghan Kids, Hauling Water is a Living” video by by Zarif``
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Body paragraph #1 - SIMILARITIES-” The Plight of Afghanistan’s Child Water carriers”text by Sayeaed Jan Sabwoon and “For
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Detail #2 from the Video-They talk about the long journey and dangerous path they have to take to get the water so there family lives
Similar Detail #2 from the
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Difference Detail #2 from the text-they put it in english instead of their native langua

Detail #3 from the Video-had 3 kids and interviewed them all
Difference Detail #3 from the text-they only interviewed one kid instead of three

Detail #4 from the Video-They had a speaker talk about the children to talk from a parent’s point of view
Difference Detail #4 from the text-They mainly focus on the kids perspective on it the situation

Conclusion-The author’s portrayal in “The Plight of Afghanistan’s Child Water Carriers,” text and the video “For Afghan Kids, Hauling Water is a Living” has several distinct differences and similarities.
Restate thesis-A newcomer to the town might see a kid walking down the road and think they are going to school but the truth is much worse than

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