Write a two paragraph summary of "The Grand Mosque of Paris"

The Amazing Mosque of Paris is the sto­ry of the Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ty of Paris dur­ing the Nazi occu­pa­tion of World War II and their endeavors to res­cue Jews. The mosque con­struct­ed in 1926 had space for a com­mu­ni­ty cen­ter, library, restau­rant, clin­ic and apart­ments for the func­tionar­ies. It was built upon a maze of sub­ter­ranean tun­nels and rooms, ranges that had been exca­vat­ed for build­ing stones for the city of Paris. These under­ground pas­sages and cat­a­combs served as hid­ing places and elude courses for those hunt­ed by the French police and Gestapo. The res­cue and elude of Jews was beneath the lead­er­ship of the Rec­tor, Si Kad­dour Beng­habrit, a sophis­ti­cat­ed Alge­ri­an­born diplo­mat, who was con­sid­ered the foremost pow­er­ful Mus­lim in France at the time. The cler­ics pro­vid­ed sanc­tu­ary, cer­tifi­cates of Mus­lim iden­ti­ty and secure pas­sage for those who looked for their offer assistance. This well writ­ten, con­cise his­to­ry is upgraded by the beau­ti­ful dou­

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in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.