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(sorry it's a little bit late!)
The sentence that I found interesting from Chapters 3 & 4 was:
"They tell one story, yet no matter where people draw the borders, the land tells another. And I like putting the two parts together, figuring out the bigger story." Nadira from 'Ask Me No Questions' on page 20, about maps.
Nadira's view of maps is very interesting. I never thought about putting together the pieces of a map, the way she does. I just look at it, and see that there are lines and lines and lines. That's about it for me. I guess I've grown up accepting borders, borders between states, and countries and things like oceans that separate us from other places. I've never lived somewhere like hwere Nadira's ancestors lived, where the water and the land don't have any borders between them. I think that would be very cool, personally.
The strange thing is, I haven't noticed Aisha say anything NEAR as deep or meaningful. I believe that Nadira is actually smarter, more perceptive, call it what you will, but I think that Aisha is good at memorizing things, which is fine, but she's not the same as Nadira. Obviously!
What I mean is, while Aisha might ace her exams, I think it's more of a robot/memorization thing, and Nadira is better at reading people and the situation. I wonder, if the book had been narrated from Aisha's point of view, would it have been as well-described as it is from Nadira's point of view?
I feel sad for Nadira because nobody is recognizing her abilities, and I'm sure that if she were given a chance, she would be a very smart person; it's just that no one ever has given her the chance to really shine, in the classroom or outside of it. She's always been backseat to her sister and probably never gotten to do some of the things that she would have, had she been more recognized by her family.
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