Tasks 1 and 3+ page 251

1) a) I think that the significance of the opening of the story is to share the children. The story is about a shelter home, which means that the childrens parents are not there and therefor i would say that these children are shared between the volunteers of the sheltel home.
b) A dilemma Carrie experiences in India is the problem of being understanded because of her twang and wrongly used grammar.
d+) The story is written in a 3rd persons point of view, which makes us watch the story from the "outside". This point of view also makes me belive that it is not that personal for the protagonist. The understandig I get from the text because of the third-persons point of view is that there are lots of opinions and thoughts that have not been told in the story.
e+) I would think that the significance of the last sentence is that the children need affection and comfort from the grown-ups. It is an open ending, which means that we have to reflect on whatever we think happens after. The boy seems scared and so does Carrie.
f+) You could say that the theme of the story is orphan children and volunteer worker. There would not even be a shelter home if there were not anyone who was willing to volunteer. 

3+) a) The kids surge forward like shoal of piranhas sets a negative image. It is well known that piranhas are dangerous fish and therefore we can get the picture that the job is exhausting or overwhelming.
b) She's battered by noise let us to belive that the children don't do anything but make noises and this is also a negative picture for the readers.
c) The children dissolve in a squirming puddle tells us that the children are like worms of some kind, just wiggeling and inside of the shelter home.
c) In this part of town, buildings are pressed thin by other buildings, rooms are compressed into corridors is a personification and it give us an impression of how crowded it is.
f) Sharp voices ricochet off the walls represent the loud noises as the writer mentioned before, besides this time she describes it as a loud echo.