There are several ways to interpret this story. Is it a commentary about the inevitability of death? Is it a critique of arrogance? Is it a judgment of an economic system that isolates the rich from the poor? Choose one of these interpretations and explain why it feels most right to you based on evidence in the story.

On her zoo blog, bindi describes the experience of walking the red carpet with her mum that evening, and the unmatched joy of what happened soon after. “all the categories came up, but then mine did! they said all these top actresses' names then my name! the guy said 'and the winner is . . ’ . . my heart stopped . . ‘bindi irwin! ’ i could not believe it, i won! i was amazed, in tears, i could hardly talk! i’ll never forget that great trip! ” what does the hyperbole in the excerpt the reader understand about bindi? she had a medical problem. she was extremely frightened. she became very excited. she won an important award.