• Earlier, Ishmael's rap music saved him several
times. Once he is in the army, what does he
now associate with safety? How does this
demonstrate his loss of innocence? Find a
quote for support.

a long way gone

From his studies of coptic, champollion knew that the egyptian word for "sun" was pronounced rah. he wrote down the first two letters of that sound, ra. next he put a question mark for the unknown middle hieroglyph. then, at the end, he wrote ss, the sound of the last two hieroglyphs. he studied the combination: ra ? ss. suddenly he remembered a famous pharaoh whose name appeared in ancient greek chronicles and also in the biblical book of exodus: rameses, or ramesses. could this be a hieroglyphic representation of ramesses' name? based on the excerpt, what detail did champollion need to conclude that the hieroglyphics might represent ramesses’s name?

Introduction to making a difference: it’s our world, too!

Write a 250-word essay in which you explain the theme of women’s strength and bravery in the poem.