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K2 mountains Pakistan || Mouzeaef,Greg Mortensen, Scott Dasney, Eitine Fine, Christa, Dan Mazur, Johnathan Pratt || Greg was climbing a mountain for his sister and got lost. Fine's brain swells and the conditions were getting rough. || He is lost.
 * Point of View || Setting || Characters || Events || Problem || Solution || Ending ||
 * narrator || Balti Glacier

He gets lost again, from Mouzafer and his friend. || He found Mouzafer, a porter from a local village. He wanders into Korphe. While he was lost he uses snow for water eats a protein bar and wraps himself in a blanket. || Welcoming by the people of Korphe and sleeps on a rock there. || Skardu Korphe || children, Jean Hoerni, Abdul, Ali Changazi, Akhmalu || Greg writes 580 letters to famous people. He only gets one check. He then calls Jean Hoerni, a millionaire. Jean gave him the money. Abdul helps Greg bargain for low prices for supplies to build a school. He then is in the village of Skardu || The people of Skardu want Greg to build a school for them. He can't take it anymore and runs out of the dinner and starts crying. || He demands to go to Korphe. || He is on his way to Korphe. || Cable car || Twaha Jahan || People of Korphe were very happy and suprised that Greg came back. He tells them about how he got enough money and they are very excited. He calls a former climber to ask how get more money for a bridge and he calls Jean Hoerni again. || The people of Korphe want to build a bridge first before they build a school. || He says he will go back to America to raise more money. || He calls Jean Hoerni and is very nervous about it. || Skardu and U.S.A || Sakina, Hussein, Greg McCown, Faisal Baig || The people of Korphe set out to go build a bridge above the river. They cannot start building a river because of the weather. So instead some people recommend to hunt Ibek. Ibek are animals that people of Korphe like to hunt. Haji Ali's son helps Greg hunt Ibek. In the next chapter Greg meets Greg McCown, the board director of AMF. Also the weather cleared up and the people of Korphe started building a bridge. They had done a very good job and Greg also became a lot closer with Twaha. They would have long conversations at night sitting in the roofs. || The people of Korphe cannot build the bridge because of the weather. || They go and hunt Ibek which is an animal that helps their livestock. Greg loves it and it was another way of helping. || It ends with them describing Ibek and what they are and how they help the community. In chapter 10 it ends while Greg is digging tent pegs and leaves enough money for Haji Ali so the people of Korphe can get a good start on the school. || Skardu, U.S.A Pashamor || Tahira, Ghulam || Greg learns many lessons from Haji Ali in chapter 13. That is probably why it is called Haji Ali's lesson. He first is told that he needs to shut up because everything would run more smoothly if he stops talking. Then he tells him that being patient throught this process will give him long lasting relationships and give him his end product, a school. Haji Ali then gives away 12 rams, which are like first born sons to them, to a neighboring village so they can build a school. He says that in a few years the rams will be dead and the school will still live. In chapter 14 Greg is captured by people he has no clue who they are. He thought he was safe, yet of course he wasn't. He stays in a small room with two guards with guns for nine days. There he sees a time magizine from 1979 talking about Americans who were held hostage in Iran for 444 days. He is only there for nine days. When he can see again he is at a village that is partying because Greg will build them a school. || First Haji Ali is forced to give up 12 of his best rams. Greg is captured by, what he thinks, are terrorists or someone who wants him. || He gives them to the mean chief with no problem. He tells the people of Korphe that the school will mean so much more than rams. He tries not too freak out and is let out after only nine days || Greg is at a village that is partying because Greg will build them a school. He is very happy and joyful at the party. || U.S.A || Hawa, Shakeela, Shyd Abbes, Amira || Amira Mortenson is born in these chapters. Greg had raced home from Pakistan to make it in time for her birth. Also Greg finds out about that Jean Hoerni has Leukimia. Jean has been demanding for a picture of the school and Greg knows why he did. So Greg finished the school in Pakistan as fast as he could. He then got back to show Jean the picutre of the first school Greg would build of many. When Greg is back in Balti, the women request to Greg to build them a center where they can sew and talk over the winter. He builds it for them very fastly. Also a big step for the young girls. They start going to school and Greg is very happy for them and it is very exciting. || The schools were very far away and Greg had to travel a lot. The women wanted a place to sew and talk during the winters. Mostly boys attended schools. || Greg worked a ton and put in the extra hours. Greg built them a center where they could do whatever they wanted. Girls started to go to school. || It is very exciting becuase the girls are starting to attend the new schools. || Tara told him that he couldn't go to Pakistan for more than two months and he has to calm down a little bit. || Greg and his family are introduced to their newest member of their family, Khyber. ||
 * narrator || Korphe, a village in Pakistan || Jahan Haji Ali || Greg finds out more about Korphe and sees Mouzafer again. || Greg finds out that the kids of Korphe have to write with sticks and only have a teacher three days a week and don't have a school. || He promises the people of Korphe that he will build them a school || He promises to build the people of Korphe a school. ||
 * narrator || America
 * narrator || Korphe
 * narrator || Korphe, Askole,
 * narrator || U.S.A, Skardu, Korphe || Tara, Sir Edmund Hillary, Parvi || Greg goes to a AHF dinner and is dressed with a raged suit and no socks. There he meets a girl named Tara. They end up getting married after only six days. When Greg gets back to Korphe he starts building the school. At the end of one day he kicks the dirt and Haji Ali asked him what's wrong. Greg then told him that he wants to be done with the school faster. He also tells Twaha about Tara and he is very excited for Greg. || Greg wants to be done with the school faster and is being very impatient. || Haji Ali tells him that they had discussed a plan and told him not to worry about it. "Korphe has gone 600 years without a school, I think they can last one more winter," Haji Ali said || Mouzafer is talking about what a great man Greg is and says he will protect him with all his prayers. ||
 * narrator || Korphe,
 * Narrator || Hushe valley,
 * Narrator || Kashmir || Syed Abbas, Mullah Gulzar || Greg and Syed Abbas must find a way to get water for war refugees. They start digging holes in the ground and help lots of people. Syed Abbas talks about his experience with the war and his children and wife and the all the horrors that came with it. Then Greg starts to go around the area and speak about CAI. He starts getting money and is becoming very succesful. One time he was in Minnesota and had set up 200 seats for audience members. Yet only 2 people came. In the middle of his speech a man came and sat down and listened to Greg. At the end Greg saw that he had left 20,000 dollars. Also in this chapter Greg finds out about Mother Teresa's death. Greg goes to the funeral. Also Tara has a another baby, Khyber. || Greg has to find a way to get water for the war refugees. Greg has so many things to do and not enough time to do it. || Greg and Syed Abbas drill deep into the ground to get water and help many people and their families.


 * Narrator || Mccown, Faisal, Hussein || Zuudkhan, || Greg finds out about the terrorist attack in New York. Everyone is so sad and scared especially the wives of Greg and George McCown. When Greg talked to Tara she was crying. Then at the opening of a new school Syed Abbas gave a speech that brought the whole crowd in tears. Greg finds out that Al Queda had been responsible for the terrorist attacks and he was not safe in Pakistan. Greg faces a new challenge now which is he needs to save the people of Afghanistan who are being bombed because of Americans. Greg then feels bad because he hadn't given Uzra her salary for five months. After he makes it back to the U.S. he is asked to go to the capitol and talk about himself. || He wants to help the innocnet people in Afghanistan who are being bombed by American planes. || He is invited to speak infront of the congress. There he shares his story and opinion. || Greg talks about how he hoped he had convinced the very important people he just spoke too that what they are doing is wrong. That they shouldn't kill these innocent people. ||
 * Narrator || Balti || Kevin Fedarko || Greg and Kevin Fedarko make a trip to Pakistan. Kevin is a reporter who wants to get a closer look at what Greg has been doing. When they are there Greg is asked by Jahan if she could have money for her studies to become a doctor. Greg gives her the money and she becomes the first educated women in Korphe. Kevin Fedarko is absoulutly blown away by the things he experienced there with Greg. He meets with a friend who works for a magazine and tells him all about Greg. Greg's face is soon all over the place and his story of course. Greg sees the King of Afghanistan and tells him what he is doing for his country. Then Greg is in a bad situation. He is in a field of mines. He makes it out and then goes in a jeep, without any luggage or food to Kabul. Then Khan says to Greg that he must use the stones in the mountains, that are in honor of a person who died, and they should use the stones to make schools. || Greg needs to give Jahan money to be a doctor. Greg is in a field of mines. || Greg gives Jahan enough money to be a doctor and she becomes the first educated women in Korphe. Greg escapes with three other people and they make it to Kabul safely. || It ends very sentimentally. He puts his hands on Sardhar Hhan's shoulders just like he did with Haji Ali and thinks about how it all started. Then it ends with him saying "Christa would have been proud." ||


 * Themes || Quotes-Examples/page# ||
 * Perseverance ||  ||
 * He never gave up on K2. ||  ||
 * He had so much work to do. ||  ||
 * He began getting so much mail. ||  ||
 * Humanitarianism ||  ||
 * Children in the places Greg goes too, the children do not have schools and they have to use sticks in the mud to write and have a teacher that comes three times a week. || Greg is very confused when he sees what is going on in these towns and promises them that he will build them a school. ||
 * Cooperation ||  ||
 * Greg does everything the people he is kidnapped by tell him to do. || He basically doesn't say a word for about all the nine days he was held hostage. ||
 * Sacrifice ||  ||
 * He sold everything for the schools. || Greg changed his life and ruined it so he could earn enough money for the school. ||
 * The people of Korphe gave up their rams || The children cried, they were basically giving up a child when they gave away their rams. They did it for a good cause ||
 * He left his family || He left everything he could call family to change the lives of people who were strangers to him. ||
 * Education ||  ||
 * Girls from Korphe are now being educated. || Jahan was the first girl educated and there are schools for girls now. ||
 * Countries that would not have schools if it weren't for Greg now have schools. || Greg started CAI which started many schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan ||
 * He had to go a long way to get the school. || He traveled back and forth from the U.S.A and Pakistan many times so they could have an education. ||
 * Compasion ||  ||
 * He has compassion for his sister Christa || He tried to climb the second highest mountain in Pakistan for her. ||
 * Uzra was very compassionate for the school || She works very hard for it ||
 * He had to go a long way to get the school. || He traveled back and forth from the U.S.A and Pakistan many times so they could have an education. ||
 * Compasion ||  ||
 * He has compassion for his sister Christa || He tried to climb the second highest mountain in Pakistan for her. ||
 * Uzra was very compassionate for the school || She works very hard for it ||


 * Obstacles Greg Morteson Faced || How He Overcame the Obstacle ||
 * Lost || He thought about survival and has many ways to make sure he keeps healthy. ||
 * Lost again || He wanders into Korphe ||
 * Greg needed to bargain so he could afford the school || He got help from a man named Abdul and he could bargain everything, even if it took about three hours ||
 * The people of Skardu are trying to force Greg to build a school for them and being very mean to Greg || Greg runs away from them and lays outside and cries. He then he demands to go to Korphe. ||
 * He had to cross a river in a basket and it's moving by a string of cable and if he falls he will have immediate death. || He kept completely calm and didn't think about death. ||
 * He had to call people in Pakistan at 2:00 A.M. for CAI. || He didn't sleep a lot and changed his life for CAI and the many people he was helping. ||
 * He and Syed Abbes needed to get water for the people in the refugee camps. || Syed Abbes suggested that they dig through to find an irrigation system and that's what they did and it took them days but they did it. ||
 * He wanted to build more schools and help everyone || He started a group called CAI which helped people in Pakistan and Afghanistan get schools and a better education. ||


 * Cultral Differences || Quotes/Examples ||
 * Women are shy || They pulled their shawls over their heads when Greg came into the village ||
 * Made a pot of tea for Greg || Americans wouldn't give random people cups of tea and the people of Korphe were very welcoming ||
 * Women cannot touch men unless they are family || Sakina touched Greg and Greg knew that he was part of the family. ||
 * Rams are not like first born sons or pets to Americans. They are not important to us. || When Haji Ali gave the into the bribe of the chief of Askole, which was he had to hand over 12 rams so they could have a school. All children who took care of the rams were crying and no one was happy about it at all. ||
 * They wrote with sticks in mud || Before Greg came along the children of Korphe had to use sticks as pencils and mud as paper. Also they had a teacher, but she was only there three times a week. ||
 * People in Korphe are patient. || When Greg left, he thought that the people of Korphe would be mad at him for taking to long to raise money and to come back. Yet when he came back they were not mad at all, they were happy that he actually came back and kept his promise. ||
 * When people get married there are different requirements they must do. || When Greg told Twaha that he got married he asked him so how much animals did you give the dad and how was it saying good bye to your mom. Greg replied saying he didn't have to do any of that. ||
 * They give eachother kisses everytime they see eachother. || Greg is not used to people kissing him everytime he sees them. Especially because that seems almost crazy to people in America ||
 * They get married and have kids at a very young age. ||  ||