Chapters+19+&+20


 * A village called New York:**

Well, chapter 19, this chapters' characters are, Greg,George McCown, as well as his family, Faisal Baig and also Syed Abass, the location is at the tip of Afghanistan in a village and partially in a resort near Skardu, it is also back in Korphe near the end of the chapter. It was also the part in the book when 9/11 occurred, in new york. Like in one of these scenes; Syed Abbass' speech it basically says that they are sorry for the attack, and they note that don't think of them all as terrorists, think of them as good people. They don't want a bad reputation, just because of some group who caused the incident.Even with all this going down, Greg still respected them, like family.

In another scene on pg 120 the CAI had paid for three improvements; a water project, power plant and a dispensary (medicine could be given out), Greg and George McCown, along with georges' son dan, and dans' wife went to see what had been done, they have been greeted in a cheery, greatful manner, men gave hugs and women gave kisses, music was playing.They were like family. This showed the kindness of people in different cultures.

Onto another scene, when Greg returned to Korphe, Haji wasn't at the spot he'd always meet him, then he asked Hajis' son, he came to conclusion; Haji has died.This showed Gregs' compassion for this man, and the rest of these people.

Greg notices that many other schools are being built all around Afghanistan and even around his school. They are from Wahhabi sect which is notrois for their extremest Islamic views. This is just be for the terror attacks of 2001. The 9/11 commission later said that Al-Qaeda was primarily responsible for building and funding the schools and was a direct supporter of the Talabain. I think that this was an important scene in the book because it explains why and how the schools were being built in Afghanistan. This also was important because the Wahhabi schools were drowning out his schools because they had much more money to spend. And the schools were later accused of directly supporting terrorism.

Greg is woken up in the middle of the night by his friend who tells him that the U.S. has been attacked. When he hears the news he immediately calls his C.I.A. friends and tells them to come to him. When they arrive in a helicopter they let him call his wife and tells her that he still has to finish his work before he can come home. I think this is important because it shows that Greg is very coragais and won't back down. Greg has a lot of courage to stay in Afghanistan after 9/11 and I that shows what a remarkable person he is.

In the morning of an early September morning in 2001 Mortenson is on his way to Skardu, he notices that more madrassas are being built. The madrassas are free so many of the parents will send their boys there, but most of the schools are training them for militant purposes. Greg doesn't know about the bombings of the twin towers in New York city and the trageties that follow. On September 15, 2001 Greg travels to Korphe and he learns that Haji Ali has died, When Greg remembers his last visit with him he is very sad about it and promises to keep helping the children of Pakistan.

=**Tea with the Taliban:**=

Mortenson and Suleman go to the Marriot Hotel to see the media "circus" they were there because of what happened on 9/11. He encounters Kathy Gannon a respected Associated Press bureau chief stationed in Pakistan, were they exchange opinions and whatnot. Gannon says to Greg that most of the reporters sending stories from the Hotel know very little about the region that is why the reporters try to gain insight through Mortenson, Greg tries to tell them good things of Pakistan but they rarely use that information in their stories. Mortenson notices that parts of the Taliban are spending a lot of time at the Marriot restaurant and joins them with cups of tea, they tell him that it might have been better to turn Osama Bin Ladin over to the Americans, but the powerful cleric Mullah Omar has forbidden it.

QUESTIONS:

19,1. A Wahhabi madrassa is a type of religious school, where Muslim children are often taught extremist ideas. The Wahhabi sect is a sect of Islam that practices a more radical version of Islam, than normal The Wahhabi madrassas have directially supported terrorism according to the C.I.A.

19,3. According to the world bank 2 million people were educated in Wahhabi madrassas in 2001. This means that more likely than not in 2001 2 million people could have adopted extremist religious views or been convinced to carry out acts of religious war.

19,5. Greg does not think that all maddrassas are bad but he knows that some teach violent extremist views and others are a way for poor kids to get an education.

19,7. Greg was in Afghanistan on September 11, 2001 and he found out in the middle of the night.

19,6. The Wahhabi strategy was to give kids free education but to teach them extreme religious views when they go to there school.

__**Chapter 20. Afghanistan**__ Jerry Anzures

In this chapter, Greg goes back to the United States, to talk about, what is happening, in Pakistan & Afghanistan. Then the Representative Mary Bono, was really impressed, of what Greg has been doing, to help the people from Afghanistan. She was so impress of his work, that she got a group of other congressmen, to listen about what Greg has been doing to help others. But Mortenson feels his credibility in the region would be damaged if he were suspected of allying with the U.S. government. While Greg was in Pakistan, he was being interview, by a reporter who had gone with him to visit the afghan refugee schools, Greg asked Americans back home, that all of the Muslim were guilty of terrorism. He said, that the families in the refugee camps, weren't villains- they were victims. "these aren't the terrorist.