Read the excerpt below (from Wikipedia's entry on the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo) with accuracy and fluency. Discuss any unfamiliar words from the passage and what strategies you used to understand them.

In the course of their struggle, some of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo began to see themselves as inheritors of their
children's dreams and responsible for carrying forward their children's work, even to the adopting the radical agenda
embraced by some of their disappeared sons and daughters. As a result, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Association
faction led by Hebe de Bonafini takes a more political approach. This group does not doubt the fact that their children
disappeared, and they are aware that the majority of them faced torture and most of them were ultimately murdered.
Nevertheless, they are refusing any help offered by the government as compensation for their children's absence. Many
still maintain that they will not recognize the deaths until the government admits its fault and its connection to the dirty wa
and its systematically forced disappearances.

What theme is the main theme of this excerpt from the metal pig by hans christian andersen? in the garden of the grand duke's palace under the roof of one of the wings were a thousand roses bloom in winter, a little ragged boy had been sitting the whole day long. the boy might serve as a type of italy lovely and smiling and yet suffering. he was hungry and thirsty but no one gave him anything and when it became dark and they were about to close the gardens, the porter turned him out. a long time he stood musing on the bridge which crosses the arno and looking at the glittering stars that were reflected in the water which flowed between him and the wonderful marble bridge trinita. he then walked away towards the metal pig, half note down, clasped it with his arms, and, putting his mouth to the shining snout, drink deep droughts of the fresh water. close-by lay a few salad leaves into chestnuts, which register for his supper. no one was in the street but himself. it belonged only to him. he boldly seated himself on the pig's back, leaned forward so that his curly head could rest on the head of the animal, and, before he was aware, fell asleep. it was midnight. the metal pig raised himself gently, and the boy heard him say quite distinctly, hold tight little boy, for i am going to run, and way he started for most wonderful ride first they arrived at the p as the del granduca and the metal horse which bears the dukes statue made allowed