1.respond in a paragraph and make sure the answer is written in complete sentences. "the swimming contest" ends with the word "losers". what do you think the author means for the readers to understand by this? what was "lost"

I believe what the author meant for the readers to understand is that no one truly emerged a victor from the competition. Abdul-Karim and the narrator did not get a rematch of the contest.  While Abdul-Karim may have been the announced winner, he died during the process. "Life was lost." He died innocent, and kept for himself the information that was needed for the Arabs that required help.

i have read the novel roll of thunder hear my cry by mildred d. taylor.

1. this isn't like any other story i've read or watched because it is about a black family in mississippi right after slavery in the u.s. had become illegal. most of the novels i have read were about slavery. another point is that the author of the novel used symbolism in a way i haven't seen before. for example she uses thunder as something negative meaning something bad will happen. but by the end of the novel, she made thunder a good thing.

2.   one character that changed during the novel was stacey. stacey is the eldest child of the black logan family. around the begging of the novel stacey was avoiding the white boy jeremy simms. he had a dislike for jeremy's family. but at the end of the novel stacey began to like jeremy.

3. the author starts the novel with the problem that the children of the logan family have to avoid the white kid school bus while walking to school.

- a.) the man dies after he is unable to keep a fire lit.