This excerpt from The Other Side of the Sky assumes a certain level of understanding about the geography, history, current events, and way of life of the Afghan people, including Islamic religious practices, that readers may not have. What examples of unfamiliar vocabulary, geography, history or current events, and the Islamic way of life might have presented problems for you (or other readers) to hinder a full understanding of the text? What explicitly stated details helped you draw inferences from the text so that you could better understand it? Write a brief informative/explanatory essay to explain how you figured things out in the text. Cite specific evidence and vocabulary from the text to support your writing. Use transitions to clarify relationships among your ideas, and conclude with a statement that supports the information and central ideas in your essay.

1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,

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at nineteen years old, nicole c. kear's biggest concern is choosing a major--until she walks into a doctor's office in midtown manhattan and gets a life-changing diagnosis. she is going blind, courtesy of an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and has only a decade or so before lights out. instead of making preparations as the doctor suggests, kear decides to carpe diem and make the most of the vision she has left. she joins circus school, tears through boyfriends, travels the world, and through all these hi-jinks, she keeps her vision loss a secret.

when kear becomes a mother, just a few years shy of her vision's expiration date, she amends her carpe diem strategy, giving up recklessness in order to relish every moment with her kids. her secret, though, is harder to surrender - and as her vision deteriorates, harder to keep hidden. as her world grows blurred, one thing becomes clear: no matter how hard she fights, she won't win the battle against blindness. but if she comes clean with her secret, and comes to terms with the loss, she can still win her happy ending

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