Compare And Contrast The Plight Of Afghanistan Children

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Afghanistan kids Do you ever wonder how Afghanistan children survive? Imagine not being able to go to school or not get an education. Imagine having to wake up early every two days to go get water to survive. ¨The Plight Of Afghanistan Children Water Carriers¨ Text By: Sayed Jan Sabawoon and ¨For Afghan Kids,Hauling Water Is A Living¨ Video By: Zarif Nazar are about children carrying water to help their families. 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.
Both the text By: Sayed Jan Sabawoon and the video By: Zarif Nazar have many similarities and differences. In the video, we see imagery, conflict,
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Both the text and video use imagery, conflict, child perspective, and setting. Imagery is used in the text and the video by showing and telling us what the children go through like painting a real picture in our minds so we can image ourselves in their shoes. This tells and shows the reader that we don't need to take what we have for granted, to always be thankful for what we have. Conflict is used in both the text and video by showing and telling us how the children risk their life and education on their survival and their families.this shows and tells the reader that we have to be lucky that we can just go to the store down the road and get what we need to survive on and live on and not risk our life walking over 3 hours to just get water that could be all gone. Child perspective is used in both the text and video by showing and telling us how the children feel and take time to do things on their own. This shows and tells the reader that if we take our stuff for granted that we need to put ourselves in their shoes and be thankful for what we have because just like them we are all human. Setting is used in both the text and video by taking us on a journey of their point of view from the outside world, no school for children, and risking lives everyday to live.this shows and tells the reader that kids in afghanistan go through much more worse stuff than we …show more content…
They dont through what we go through they go through alot worse. Just take a minute to imagine yourself in their shoes. Imagine what they go through everyday to survive their dangers lives. Just because we are able to go in our house sit down and watch TV doesnt mean others can. Afghanistan kids are not as lucky as we are. They have been through so much in there lifetime to survive. So after reading ¨The Plight Of Afghanistan Children Water Carriers¨ Text By: Sayed Jan Sabawoon and ¨For Afghan Kids,Hauling Water Is A Living¨ Video By: Zarif Nazar, we do not need to take stuff for granted because other kids in the world are fighting for food and water when all we have to do is go down the road to the store to get that stuff to live on. Just remember how lucky we are to have education, food, parents, family, and more. Everyday other kid suffers and everyday other kid

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