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IHSS reading Prisoner of the Infidels Ira Williams

  Ira Williams Mr.Roddy October 27, 2021 IHSS IHSS reading Prisoner of the Infidels Pick a section to note the style of his writing.  How would you characterize it? The writing was very descriptive and rough at the same time, it made you see and picture the things he was going through and realize how bad it was. It was very humbling to read how he was beaten and imprisoned in a cell with his hand and feet shackled, on his stomach too. What role does his religion play in his thinking?  Give an example. He was very risky in what he did because he had is divine wisdom and foresight to guide him, as well as Allah to fall back on . one instance of this is when he “saw” people surrounding the city and so he slid along a frozen lake to another town, where he hid in a barrel. What is a decision that he had to make?  Do you think it was a good one? Why or why not? When he left his old master, I think that he should have stayed, he was treated pretty well, even was given some ...

Napolianoc soldier questions answer

  Ira Williams IHSS Mr.Roddy November 1, 2021 1. How would you describe Jacob Walter's style of writing?  Remember that this is a diary.  Is this the sort of way you would write a diary? It is very dramatic and it shows the situation with really well-placed mood and tone words. The writer portrays the desperateness of the situation really well through his writing. The parts that he chose to write about are really great for the story, using great words t0o describe what he was doing, with the tone of sadness it is really well done. 2.  What is a worry that Jacob shares?  What about his setting (physical, temporal, historical) makes this worry unique?  Can you see/feel the humanness in this worry? He shared a worry about his being at the back of the herd of people, he was on horseback and he said that he was lucky because he saw people get mugged at the back of the line and he didn't want that to happen to him. He decided to stick to the front and to the midd...