tissue

• What does the paper allow to shine through?

  Light
• What does the light shining through paper emphasize?

  The fragility of tissues and human life
• What religious connotations could the vague light represent?

  Both Allah and God
• How does God relate to life and materialism according to the text?

  God guides the way and permeates life
• What is the significance of paper in relation to human life?

  It is significant but not transient
• What does paper hold despite its fragility?

  Memories
• How does the text juxtapose paper and power?

  Paper holds memories, while power cannot
• What is an altar a homophone for?

  Church
• What perspective does the text provide for Christians?

  A Muslim perspective showing similarities and differences
• What does the text suggest about people beneath everything?

  People are equal and similar
• q2-maps too,the sun shines through their borderlines,the marks...

  short sentence add emphasis -maps could be a metaphor for life and again it is made from paper showing its fragility

  maps record very important things in life which we rely upon- borders identity

  marks could resemble the scars and marks and wrinkles which are all visible in humans as life progresses

  verb shines - optimism and mimics the positive life choices we can make

  the fact the sun shines through these marks highlights the overwhelming power of nature which breaks through mans markings and divisions
• q5-turned into your skin

  short and emphatic as it carries a powerful message

  isolated and breaks free from previous structure which resembles how humans can break through of control

  transformation of paper into skin is a metaphorical phrase which highlights the essence of human life

  direct address emphasises that change is needed

  the human spirit can outlast things like buildings which seem permanent have collapsed - need to break free from control of human power
• q3-what was paid by credit card.might fly our lives like paper kites

  uses the metaphor of paper kites t criticise the significance humanity place on money and how it can rule our lives, especially when gain too much power

  paper kites are flimsy and can easily break or get lost

  money is given too much power as now it governs and controls our life

  simile emphasises how are lives are not always in control as external forces affect us - Modal verb might highlights the uncertainty of life and the kite represents the journey our lives can take
• q4-pride can make ,find a way to trace a grand design with living tissue

  abstract noun-pride and the noun phrase a grand design alludes to the ideas of god creating man in his own image and his love fro mankind- links the the religious theme of the poem

  grand design could refer to the way a life is built each being unique in its own way,but never meant to last

  the perfect image of god is traced with living tissue in the form of human kind