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Now, the land has been torn up and thousands of amateur miners have set up camps in the area.) What was KwaHlathi like before the supposed diamond discovery? What is it like now? (Compare & contrast, cite text evidence) (Before the supposed discovery, KwaHlathi was a sleepy village of about 4,000 families surrounded by trees and grass for grazing.The Covid-19 pandemic played a role in creating the rush because people had lost their jobs during the pandemic and were desperate for money and, therefore, more inclined to believe the rumors and travel long distances to act on them.) Very soon, people had flocked to the field to search for diamonds. That other herdsman showed the stones to guests at a wedding. He hid the stones so that he could take them back to his family, but he also told another herdsman about what he had found. (Summarize, sequence of events) (A shepherd found clear stones in a field in the KwaHlathi area of South Africa. Include how the Covid-19 pandemic played a role. Summarize the events that led to the diamond rush in KwaHlathi, South Africa.In addition, putting diamond in quotation marks helps convey that the author wrote the article to explain why people think, or want to believe, that the stones are diamonds and how this false “diamond” rush is affecting South Africa.) The quotation marks communicate that the rush is not really for diamonds. Why is the word diamond in quotation marks in the title? How does this help convey the author’s purpose in writing the article? (Author’s purpose, word meaning) (The word diamond is in quotation marks because it is very likely the stones the amateur miners are finding are quartz stones, not diamonds.