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"during the same year,i was asked to speak about my home land to a seventh grade class at my school"

This reminds me of when I lived in NY because I was asked to describe Maine and interesting things we did in maine. In Children of the River, Sundara makes a personal poem about her home town and it feels awkward because you feel so much different than everybody else

"Oh my God! Are you Alaskan?"

This reminds me of gym class in New Gloucester because, My friend would always be asked are you sweedish then he would say no i'm German or something. In Children of the River I think Sundara feels like Firoozeh because they are both different and in the same situation