Answer the question from the following novel “interment” by Samira Ahmed. CHAPTER 2 questions .

1.Layla’s parents are optimistic that circumstances will improve for Muslims in America as long as they are patient. Does Layla agree with her parents? Why or why not?

2.Layla’s parents care about their daughter. How do they show this? How do they show their love differently from one another?

3.Layla says of her parents, “They seem to have this eternal flame of hope. But that’s not me.” How are her parents reacting to the recent changes in America? How does Layla wish they would handle them differently?

4.Find a quote in chapter 2 to support the theme of identity and explain its significance.

5.Even though it puts their lives in danger, the Amin family answers the census truthfully.Layla’s father defends this choice by saying, “We are Muslims. We are Americans. And we will continue to live our lives knowing that those two identities are mutually exclusive.” If part of your identity endangered you or your family’s lives, would you stay faithful to that part of you? Would you hide it? Why or why not?

Re-write the following passages from a student essay so that they no longer contain instances of plagiarism.  Add quotation marks and parenthetical citations when necessary.  Add in-text attributions to alert the reader to upcoming quotations and be sure to differentiate between a source’s voice and the student’s.

1. Americans have always had high expectations about their possibility for success. Though they may not have thought they would reach nirvana, 19th-century Americans believed that they would ultimately have fulfilling lives because they lived in America.
2. The American Dream means that anyone living in this country can rise to the level of his aspiration.
3. Throughout American history, Americans have believed that through hard work they could rise to the level of their aspirations.
4. In the 19th century, the American Dream reflected the belief that anyone in this pragmatic, un-class-conscious society of ours could, by dint of hard work, rise to the level of his aspiration.
5. The American Dream used to mean that people in this pragmatic society could rise to the level of their aspirations.
6. The American Dream seems now to not be about seizing opportunity but about realizing perfection and entering the fabulous worlds Americans see in the movies.
7. Americans are encouraged by what they see in Hollywood: the mere existence of movie stars proves the perfectibility of any man or woman.
8. Though Americans of the 1960s may have been the first generation to live within its illusions, today’s Americans certainly believe from seeing social media posts and digitally perfected images that perfection is possible in their own lives.
9. Though people have always wanted to be rich and famous, America is the first country to democratize dreams and allow Americans to believe in the perfectibility of any man or woman.
10. Anyone perusing social media today can see that Americans have come to believe in their own perfectibility.

What is the theme these two passages share?

Constructed Response Answer Based off of Paired Texts

The speaker in the poem A Poison Tree and the husband & wife in The Roof of Leaves express similar life lessons.

- What is the theme these two passages share? Write your response in the center of the Venn Diagram in a complete sentence.

- Even though both passages share a similar theme, explain how each text handles this theme differently. Write your response on each side of the Venn Diagram. Be sure to make 2 claims and support each claim with textual evidence.