Ellie3cot

K2 Pakistan Korphe Askole || Greg Darsney Fine Dan Manzur Jonathon Pratt Christa Mouzafer Ali Yakub Haji Ali || Greg gets lost Failure to reach K2 Fine's brain is starting to swell A boulder crushed an iceberg Greg got lost again || Greg is lost Failure for K2 Fine's brain is starting to swell Got lost again || Fine is taken down the mountain Greg is welcomed by a nice village || Greg failed K2 Stumbled upon Korphe || Balistan Minnesota Tanzania || Greg Haji Ali Christa Sakina Mouzafer Darsney Jahan Manzur || Greg decides to stay in Korphe Sees school Life of Greg and his childhood memories || The children do not have a building to learn Christa died of a seizure || Greg promises Haji Ali that he will build a school Greg tries to climb mount K2 in Christa's honor || The chapters end with the question of how will Greg raise enough money to build the school || Skardu Korphe Kane Kuardu || Hishwarsyed Greg Tom Vaughn Jean Hoerni Changazi Akhmalu Janjungpa || Greg tried and ges$12,000 to build the school Greg keeps stopping in other towns || He did not have enough money All the towns keep saying that Greg will build their town a school || Hoerni donated money to Greg Greg refuses to speak until he has reach the town of Korphe || Greg demands to get to Korphe || Korphe Skardu Braldu Valley San Francisco || Greg Changazi Twaha Haji Ali Jahan Balti People Sakina Dr. Louis Reichardt || Greg comes back to Korphe Greeted by villagers Told by Haji Ali that need a bridge before a school Greg was fired from his job || The Korphe Villagers need a bridge || He goes back to America to get the money for the bridge Talks to Dr. Reichardt || Dr. Reichardt tells Greg to call Hoerni for the money and that Hoerni will pay for the bridge || Narrator || America Seattle San Francisco Skardu Korphe Braldu River California Bozeman, Montana Baltoro River || Greg Jean Hoerni Jennifer Wilson George McCown Sir Edmund Tara Bishop Lana Pieri Ghulam Parvi Haji Ali Mouzafer Twaha Sakina || Greg is offered $20,000 Greg found his love, Tara Bishop Greg marries Tara after six days Greg became the director of CAI || Changazi lost 1/3 of Greg's supplies The men of Korphe haven't haven't started building yet || They began building || Greg flies to Korphe to prepare for the school Everyone helps build the school Greg is the director of the CAI || Skardu Braldu Valley Askole Korphe school Peshwar Waziristan Ladha Pakistan Kot Langarkhel || Greg Jean Hoerni Tahira Hussein Jahan Haji Ali Sakina Parvi Sher Takhi Twaha Mehndi Taliban Osama bin Laden Badana Gul Mr. Kahn Haji Mirza || Greg learned to relax with school's construction Men walked to retrieve roof beams Greg gets kidnapped || Mehndi refuses to let Greg build the school Greg is kept hostage therefore, he can't build the school || The village of Korphe gives away 12 of their best rams The men let him go when they realized he was building schools || Greg was released from being kept hostage || Korphe Waziristan Pakistan Hushe Valley Braldu Kuardu Skardu Chunda Hushe Khane || Greg Tara Amira Jean Hoerni Balti People Haji Ali Twaha Hussein Ghulam Parvi Mouzafer Sakina Tahira Hawa Jahan Syed Abbas Risvi Mohammed Aslam Kahn Shakeela || Hoerni got leukemia Amira is born They finished building the school Hoerni gave CAI one million dollars Hoerni died Greg built three more schools Greg's family came to Korphe School opened Greg got clean water for Balistan || Mouzafer is getting old || He decides to work in some gardens in his town || Greg is successful and keeps building schools Greg watches first educated girl graduate || Kashmir Pakistan Balistan Skardu Brolmo Indus River Bangladesh Calcutta, India Afghanistan Tajikstan || Greg Syed Abbas Apo Razak Mullah Gulzar Fatima Aamina Nargiz Ali Alex Lowe Taliban rebels Khyber Bishop Mortenson || Greg speaks with war refugees A stranger gave Greg a check of $20,000 Mother Teresa dies Tara gives birth || Refugees need food, water, and medicine Greg is working hard and is too overwhelmed Greg wants to help refugees || Families move over the mountains and Greg builds schools for them He drill 120 ft and reaches water Man wrote a check for $20,000 Tara convinced Greg to calm down || Greg tries to get more people aware of what is going on in Pakistan || Pakistan Afghanistan Baltoro Kuardu Korphe Braldu Gorge Skardu Kabul Washington D.C. || Greg McCown Faisal Baig Dan Susan Amy Aziza Hussain Bashir Baz Syed Abbas Twaha Haji Ali Osama bin Laden Al Qaeda Mary Bono Abdul Rahman Uzra Faizad Julia Bergman || New York was bombed by Osama bin Laden Greg and McCown are kept in protection Haji Ali died Sakina died Greg still stays in the Middle East Greg spoke to Congress about poverty and what he is trying to accomplish in Pakistan and Afghanistan || War is going on between America and Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq || This is still not solved || Greg speaks with Congress and is called an "American Hero" by Mary Bono || India Pakistan Skardu Braldu Wakhan Salang Tunnel Indus Gorge Faizabad Badakhshan Baharak Pamir Mountains || Greg Kevin Fedarko Jahan Mr. Parvi Yasmine Tahira Twaha Zahir Shah Sardhar Khan Abdullah Abdul Rashid The King of Afghanistan Kais || Greg's story is published Greg gets lots of mail from many different people CAI gets more than $1,000,000 Greg meets Afghanistan's King Greg meets Khan || They got stuck in the tunnel They got stuck in between a battle of two gangs of opium smugglers || Truck helped get them out of the tunnel A truck takes Greg into safety from the shooting || Greg was greeted by Khan Greg figured out that he loved doing his job and would continue building schools for the a long time ||
 * Point of View || Setting || Characters || Events || Problem || Solution || Ending ||
 * Narrator || Baltoro Glacier
 * Narrator || Korphe
 * Narrator || Rawalpindi
 * Narrator || Braldu River
 * 11+12
 * Narrator || Korphe
 * Narrator || Montana
 * Narrator || India
 * Narrator || Zuudkhan
 * Narrator || Korphe


 * Themes || Quotes-Examples/page# ||
 * Perseverance ||  ||
 * Never gave up on K2. || Page 8 "Even though he knew he had no food an no warm clothing and wouldn't survive if he didn't find both, he wasn't scared." ||
 * Greg still didn't leave Pakistan. || Page 130 "Instead of leaving, Greg bought a plane ticket to Skardu and flew back into a war zone. He spent next month driving, checking on all CAI projects." ||
 * Greg traveled through danger to keep his promise. || Page 148 "He knew it would be a dangerous two-day trip. He was determined to keep his promise." ||
 * Humanitarianism ||  ||
 * Greg sold all of his beloved items. || Page 29 "He lived cheaply as possible. He even slept in his car." ||
 * Greg builds a bridge. || Page 55 "Block by block, the tower rose." ||
 * Greg builds a school. || Page 79 "The walls of the school were as tall as Greg's head, and all that remained was to put on the roof." ||
 * Cooperation ||  ||
 * Greg worked with health care worker. || Page 122 "It's my great interest to continue to develop myself in this field. And pass on my training to other women. Now that we made such progress, not a single person in this are believes that women should not be educated." ||
 * Greg helped reporter. || Page 139 "Greg bent over backward to help me... I had no connections in Pakistan and never could have done it myself." ||
 * Greg worked with people of Korphe to build the school. || Page 59 "Greg dug tent pegs into the frozen soil of the field Hussein had given for the school." ||
 * Sacrifice ||  ||
 * Haji Ali had given 12 rams away. || Page 82 "Haji Ali took twelve of the rams and tied their bridles together. A ram is like a firstborn child, prize cow, and family pet all rolled into one." ||
 * Mohammed Aslam Khan's dad gave him away. || Page 103 "When he was a boy, his father had woken him up early morning and told him that he was leaving the village." ||
 * Greg almost died trying to get to Khan. || Page 150 "They'd found themselves in the middle of a battle between two gangs." ||
 * Education ||  ||
 * Greg gives refugees books. || Page 135 "Greg unloaded notebooks and oencils from Abdullah's taxi. The girls were thrilled and clutched the notebooks tightly to keep the, from blowing away." ||
 * Greg gives Jahan money for school. || Page 142 "Greg counted out twenty thousand rupees - about four hundred dollars- and handed it to Jahan's father fo her tuition." ||
 * Greg made a school for Korphe. || Page 95 "Greg crouched on the roof with Twaha, Hussein, and the rest of the workers, and pounded in the last nail." ||
 * Compasion ||  ||
 * Greg speaks with refugees. || Page 109 "He shook Greg's hand. The mullah told his story." ||
 * Greg speaks with Uzra. || Page 134 "I was just overwhelmed listening to Uzra's story." ||


 * Obstacles Greg Morteson Faced || How He Overcame the Obstacle ||
 * Greg was lost in the Mountains. || He did not panic; he had survival skills. ||
 * Greg was bullied at school. || Greg ignored rude comments. ||
 * Christa died. || He did not overcome obstacle; tried to climb K2, building a school in her honor. ||
 * He didn't have enough money for school. || Greg wrote letters and met Jean Hoerni. ||
 * He needed a ride to Korphe. || Man drove through the mountains. ||
 * They kept stopping in several towns. || Greg forced him to go to Korphe. ||
 * Korphe needs a bridge. || Greg goes back to America. ||
 * The jeeps were stopped by a rockslide. || Men walked to get the supplies. ||
 * He was being held hostage. || The men let him go to keep building schools. ||
 * Greg needed to help the refugees. || He wrote letters; tried to get more people aware of what was going on. ||
 * Greg was in danger after 9/11 occured. || Greg went to a secure shelter. ||
 * Greg recieved hate letters. || Greg ignored the hate letters. ||
 * Greg was stuck in Salang Tunnel. || A truck drove by and helped Greg get out. ||
 * Greg got stuck in the middle of a gun fight. || A truck helped Greg get to safety. ||


 * Cultral Differences || Quotes/Examples ||
 * Women were very shy || page 11 "They pulled their shawls over their faces." ||
 * Made a pot of tea for a stranger || page 13 "Then Haji Ali handed him a cup of cha" ||
 * Kids don't have a school || page 17 "Seventy-eight boys and four girls were kneeling on the frosty ground to study." ||
 * Women touched Greg || page 49 "It is against tradition for a Balti woman to touch a man who isn't related to her." ||
 * Sitting on the roof tops || page 55 "Chatting across the rooftops to other families." ||
 * More respect || page 71 "The bride's father must give the groom's family a price called a dowry when two people get married." ||
 * Eating meat || page 72 "People who may only get meat a few times a year, that meal was much more serious buisness than a school." ||
 * School || page 76 "I had no idea what a school was." ||
 * Pace of working || page 79 "We Americans think you have to accomplish everything quickly." ||
 * Knowledge || page 83 "I can't read anything." ||
 * War || page 111 "Every time a shell exploded, Aamina would shake and cry and fall to the Earth." ||
 * Land mines || page 149 "Even though children are taught about land mines in school, hundreds still died every year from stepping on them." ||