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 * Point of View || Setting || Characters || Events || Problem || Solution || Ending ||
 * 3rd person || The settings are on k2 and in Korphe || The characters are Greg, Mouzafer, Haji Ali, Darsney, Akhhamalu, Etenne Fine, and Sakina || The events are that Greg gets lost on K2 and ends up in Korphe. Greg is also very sick and tired. || The problem is Greg doesn't know where he is and is sick. || The solution is the people of Korphe are very, very nice to Greg. || In the end,Greg goes to sleep after having tea, but he is still sick. ||
 * 3rd Person || The settings are Korphe, at the school || The characters are Greg, Dempsey, Dan Mazur, Haji Ali, and Sakina. || The events are that Greg goes to see the school and there is a flashback of the beginning of his life. || The problem is Greg doesn't know if he will be able to raise the money for the school. || The solution is he will persevere forward and do what he can. || In the end, he decides that he should give raising money a chance and go hame and try. ||
 * 3rd Person || The settings are Rwalpindi, Hotel, Skardu, Khane, and Kuardu. || The characters are Greg, Kishwar Syed, Tom Vaughan, Jean Hoerni, Abdul Shah, Mohammed Changazi, Akumalu, and Janjungpa. || The events are that Greg gets all of the supplies he needs, but every village he goes to wants the school built there. || The problem is Greg can't get all of the money he needs for the school. All of the villages want the school. || The solution is Jean Hoerni gives Greg the $12,000 that he needs. Greg demands that he goes to Korphe. || Tn the end, Greg demands that he goes to Korphe and he will not discuss anything untill then. ||
 * 3rd Person || The settings are Korphe and Sam Fransisco || The characters are Greg, Thwa, Jahan, Sakina, Haji Ali,and Dr. Louis Reinhardt. || The events are that Greg comes back to Korphe, but he finds out that in order to get the supplies over, they will need a bridge. || The problem is Greg now needs to get the money and supplies to build a bridge for Korphe. || The solution is Jean Hoerni will most likely pay for the bridge. || In the end, Jean Hoerni calls Greg after Greg's conversation with Dr. Louis Reinhardt. ||
 * 3rd Person || The settings are Skardu, Askole, Korphe, Seattle, Santa Cruz. || The characters are Haji Ali ,Sakina, Greg, Hussein, Jahan, Twaha, George Mcgown, Faisal, Baig, Hawa, Jennifer Wilson, Jean Hoerni, George McCown, Tenzig Norgay, Edmund Hillary, Tara Bishop, Ghulam Parvi, Mouzafer, and Lana Pieri. || The events are that Greg goes ibek hunting for a few days while they wait for the weather to clear up. They finish the bridge. Greg gets married to Tara Bishop. He becomes the director of the CAI (Central Asia Institute). There is a landslide, but Mouzafer helps put the cement on the path leading to Korphe. || The people need the weather to clear up in order to build the bridge. One third of the school supplies are missing. || The weather clears up and they start on the bridge. Greg and Ghulam Parvi go on without them. || In the end, Mouzafer explains to Greg what happened with the mudslide and thanks Greg for what he is doing. ||
 * 3rd Person || The settings are Korphe and Peshwar. || The characters are Greg, Haji Ali, Jean Hoerni, Tahira, Hussein, Jahan, Sakina, Sher Takhi, Twaha, and Haji Mendi || The events are that Greg gets good advice from Haji Ali. Greg also gets kidnapped but then is released and is allowed to go to a celebration in honor of his schools to come. || The problem is that Greg was kidnapped and he doesn't know by who or how he will get out. || The solution is that Greg's fate was decided by the Jirgan, and he is set free because of his schools. || In the end, Greg goes to a celebration in honor of his schools to come. ||
 * 3rd Person || The settings are Montana, Korphe, Idaho, Kuardu, Skardu, Chunda, Khane, and Hushe. || The characters are Greg, Tara, Amira, Jean Hoerni, Twaha, Haji Ali, Twaha, Hussein, Ghulam Parvi, Changazi, Mouzafer, Sakina, Hawa, Takira, Jahan, Syed Abbas, Khan, and Shakeela. || The events are Jean dies of lukemia and Greg is sad. The Kophe school is complete after Haji Ali gives Greg advice. Greg builds many more school, including Hushe and Kuardu. || The problem is that Jean Hoerni dies and Greg is sad. Also, there s a debate about what kind of school will be built in Khane. || The solution is that Greg moves on. Also, he decides to build a school in Hushe instead. || In the end, Greg builds the school in Hushe and Aslalm thanks Greg very much. ||
 * 3rd Person || The settings are Skardu, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Bangladesh, the Philippines, and India. || The characters are Greg, Syed Abbas, Apo Razak, Mullah Gulzar, Fatima, Aamina, Nargiz, Khyber and Tara. || The events are that Greg help refugees in Skardu from the Pakistan- India battle. Greg finds out about the Afghan refugees and is trying to spread the word. Greg's son Khyber is born. || The problem is that Greg can't get help for the Afghan refugees in need. || Greg does not have a solution for the Afghan refugees yet. || In the end, Greg's son, Khyber is born. ||
 * 3rd Person || The settings are Zuudkhan, Kuardu, Korphe, and Montana. || The characters are Greg, George McCown, Faisal Baig, Dan McCown, Susan McCown, Amy, Azira Hussain, Brigaider, Karen McCown, Tara, Syed Abbas, Twaha, Haji Ali, Abdul Kahn, and Mary Bono. || The events are that while in Zuudkhan, 9/11 happens and Gref and George have to evacuate. When Greg goes back to Korphe, he finds out Haji Ali had died. Greg goes to Afghanistan while they are at war. He also trief to convince congress about helping the Afghan refugees. || The problem is he has a hard time talking to Congress. Also, Urza in Afghanistan needs a salary. There is also a war in Afghanistan. || The solution is that Greg tries hard anyway. Also, he gives Urza $40. Greg goes to Afghanistan anyway, through the war. || In the end, Greg is giving his emotional speech to Congress. ||
 * 3rd Person || The settings are Korphe, Skardu, Afghanistan, and Faizabad. || The characters are Greg, Kevin Fedarko, Jahan, Ghulam PArvi, Yasmine, Tahira, Twaha, Hussein, Commadhan Khan, and Tara. || The events are that Greg meets the king of Afghanistan and narrowly escapes gunfire. He also makes plans for schools with Commadhan Khan. || Greg is in the middle of gunfire and is all alone and doesn't know where he is. || Greg narrowly escapes the gunfire and he meets Commadhan Khan, who helps him. || Greg and Khan make plans to turn stones into schools. ||

Greg was listening to the wind when Haji Ali died like he told Greg to do. 128/ Haji Ali told Greg to listen to the wind when he died.
 * Themes || Quotes-Examples/page# ||
 * Perseverance ||  ||
 * Greg tried very hard to climb K2 he never gave up. || 8/ He climbed to honor his sister Christa, who died. He stumbled on. ||
 * Greg is trying very hard to raise Money for the school || 27/ He is desperately trying to convince other Americans to help him with pennies for Pakistan. ||
 * Raising money for the bridge. || 45/ The cable car is not enough. ||
 * Humanitarianism ||  ||
 * Greg will build a school for Korphe instead of what they have now. || 18/ He is being a good person by helping other people that are in need. ||
 * Greg will also try to build a bridge that will carry the supplies across. || 45/ Even though that is bad news, Greg is being a good person by not giving up. ||
 * Becoming the director of the CAI. || 97/ He raised a lot of money for schools as the director. ||
 * Cooperation ||  ||
 * He will try to get a bridge, even though it will be a lot of effort || 45/ In order to build the bridge, Greg has to go back to San Francisco to get the money he needs. ||
 * He was kidnapped, but he went along and cooperated. || 88/ He did what he was told to do. ||
 * He built the Women Center in Korphe from requests of Hawa and Sakina. || 99/ He builds it even though it is a lot of money. ||
 * Sacrifice ||  ||
 * Greg was away from his family months at a time. || 88/ He misses them and goes on and sees them only a little every few months. ||
 * Haji Ali gave up the rams to Haji Mehdi. || 82/ Because they have a school forever but the rams will die and be eaten. ||
 * Greg slept in his car to save money for the Korphe school. || 29/ He sold in his apartment. ||
 * Education ||  ||
 * Greg wants the children of Korphe to have a much better education that just writing on the ground with sticks. || 18/ When Greg sees where the children learn, he feels he needs to help them get a better education. ||
 * Haji Ali cannot read the Koran. || 89/ He was never taught how to read and write. ||
 * Shakeela is the first girl in her village past fifth grade. || 105/ Because of the school Greg built in Hushe. ||
 * Compasion ||  ||
 * Greg goes into a war zone in Afghanistan to get help for his school. || 153/ To meet Commadhan Khan. ||
 * Greg hardly sleeps throughout so he can work late. || 29/ He is up all night to get money for the school. ||


 * Obstacles Greg Morteson Faced || How He Overcame the Obstacle ||
 * Climbing K2 || He tried hard, but in the end he couldn't ||
 * Raising money for a school || He will try to convince Americans to help Pennies for Pakistan. Jean Hoerni gave him the money he needed. ||
 * Getting to Korphe to get school supplies there. || He demanded that he be brought here. ||
 * Raising money for the school and the bridge. || Jean Hoerni gave him the money he needed. ||
 * Finishing up on the bridge. || The people of Korphe did a good job and finished it in enough time. ||
 * When he got hit in the head with a tree. || He threw himself down and took the pain. ||
 * There was a landslide on the only road between Korphe and Skardu. || Moufazer and other men put the cement down to clear the road. ||
 * Greg was kidnapped by Khan and his men. || The jigar of a village decided his fate, and it was a good one. ||
 * Jean Hoerni dies of blood cancer. || Greg forgets it and moves on. ||
 * Doesn't know what type of school to build in Khane. || Builds the school in Hushe instead. ||
 * Getting the water to the refugees in Skardu. || Him and Syed Abbas bring a pump and pump up the water from the lake. ||
 * There are only three people at his Minnesota speech. || He went on with it and got a check for $20,000. ||
 * Getting the word out of the Afghan Refugees. || He will try to do it through the CAI. ||
 * Receiving hate letters from some people. || He was very upset, but forgot about them and kept doing what was right. ||
 * Convincing congress to help him with his schools. || He tried as hard as he possibly could and was hoping that he will. ||
 * Greg gets caught in between two gangs shooting at each other. || He escapes and hides under goat hides and doesn't get seriously injured. ||
 * After the escape he is all alone and doesn't know where he is. || He goes on and tries to find shelter. ||
 * Greg is in a war zone in Afghanistan. || He finds Commadhan Kahn and is safe. ||
 * Finding a village in Pakistan that he can find a trusted friend. || He doesn't and gets kidnapped instead. ||


 * Cultral Differences || Quotes/Examples ||
 * The Pakistanis have no school building. || 25/ They have to go to school out side in the cold. ||
 * Different types of food and drinks. || Throughout the story/ The tea is exotic and the food is prepared differently. ||
 * Wear a very long shirt and baggy pants. || 31/ Shalwarkamiz ||
 * Not much food, only save the best for honored guests. || 34/ They gave Greg a big meal. ||
 * Nice to foreigners. || Throughout the story/ Americans are not as nice as they are to foreigners. ||
 * Cable car instead of bridge. || 44/ Usually bridges in America. ||
 * Can't touch a man unless they are related to you || 49/ Sakina held Greg's hand. ||
 * Groom's family gets a dowry from the brides father for a wedding. (Animals, sugar, etc.) || 71/ Greg didn't do that for his wedding and Twaha was surprised at his customs. ||
 * Three cups of tea is a tradition. || 79/ First, stranger, Second, Friend, and Third, family. ||
 * A son is more important that a daughter. || 90/ It is equal in America. ||
 * There is little or no education for girls. || Throughout the story/ The Taliban is against it. ||
 * No girls move on past elementary in Hushe. || 105/ Shakeela was the first in her village. ||
 * Most student are 15 when they are in 5th Grade. || 112/ In America, the age is usually 10. ||
 * Women kiss the back of their own hands when kissing a man. || 121/ The women in Zuudkhan did that to Greg. ||
 * Eggs are a symbol of grief. || 126/ That is what the women gave to Greg after 9/11. ||
 * Friday is the holy day. || 153/ Greg was waiting for Commadhan Khan to pray then. ||
 * They call God Allah. || Throughout the story/ What many people say. ||
 * The saying Inshallah means if God allows it and many people say it to Greg. || 92/ Khan says it to Greg when they go to a celebration. ||
 * The muslims pray in a mosque. || 71/ That is where Haji Ali and many other Muslims pray. ||