In chapter 3 Valentino talks about when he was in the line of boys. These boys were scared of there surrounding due to lions and other men. The main leader of the line named Dut Majok said to think of better times to help the boys get to sleep. They would create a favorite lunch, afternoon, game, evening, girl and to memorize the details. When they were most frightened they were told to use this and before they were done with the dream breakfast they would be asleep. According to Valentino this method worked by slowing your breathing and focusing your mind. If you were in a frightening situation and you used this method, what would your dream day be like? Explain in detail.
*Heather McPherson
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Separated from his family, Valentino Achak Deng becomes a refugee in war-ravaged southern Sudan. His travels bring him in contact with enemy soldiers, with liberation rebels, with hyenas and lions, with disease and starvation, and with deadly murahaleen (militias on horseback)—the same sort who currently terrorize Darfur. Based closely on actual experiences, What Is the What is heartrending and astonishing, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and, finally, triumph.
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1. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
2. You Know Our Velocity!
3. What Is The What
4. How We Are Hungry: Stories
5. The Best American Nonrequired Reading
6. Best of Mcsweeney’s
7. Hello Children
8. First Exposures
And there are many more to be read.
1. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
2. You Know Our Velocity!
3. What Is The What
4. How We Are Hungry: Stories
5. The Best American Nonrequired Reading
6. Best of Mcsweeney’s
7. Hello Children
8. First Exposures
And there are many more to be read.
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In my dream day I would imagine that I was in the cape and on the beach. I would be hanging out with my friends down there and spending some quality time with my family. We would first eat breakfast at my grandparent’s cape house that we stay at. We would all sit down as a family and eat bacon, eggs, hash browns, toast and some Mickey Mouse pancakes. Then we would go to the swap shop for some fun before it closes and after we would go back to the house to get our bathing suits to go swimming at the beach across the street. A few hours later we would leave the beach to shower and then I would go to the skate park to hang with my friends. Eventually we would walk to the harbor freeze for some ice cream and when we were finished my parents would pick me up to go shopping down in p town. Finally at the end of the night, I would finish it off with a drive- in movie with the family.
*Heather M
If I was ever in a frightening state and had to dream or think of something to calm me down, I would think about my family. I would think about my family and I spending the whole day together, possibly a cook out at my house like we always do over the summer. Or I would think about my family staying in New Hampshire and going for hikes in the woods. I would try to think about all the good memories I have had with my family and all the times I was the happiest.
-Brittney Costa
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