In lines 126–136, maya tells a story about a student who immigrates to the united states from cambodia. how does this story advance, or add details to, the plot’s rising action? “what is wrong? ” my voice came out as a whisper. i felt such terror i could barely speak. “what’s that? ” mr. walsh couldn’t hear my whisper. “what is wrong? ” i tried to speak more loudly. “she didn’t say. she just asked me to find you since i was heading down the hall anyway.” i suddenly remembered sunstar sysavath, who was in my esl class last year. her family came from cambodia, and on her first day at beacon she was in the wrong line in the lunchroom. mr. walsh went to her, and he tapped her on her shoulder to get her attention. when she felt the tap and saw him, she lifted her hands in the air as if she were being arrested and about to be shot. people who saw this in the lunchroom laughed, but it wasn’t a joke. sunstar was filled with terror. i knew i wouldn’t be shot, but walking with mr. walsh to the office seemed like one of the longest walks of my life.

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).

explanation: use this website and look at the examples to form your own poem : )