Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Night: Week of 3/23/15
Pages Read: 0 - 47
Prompt: Describe some of the characters. Give your opinion on the characters.
The book, Night, is really interesting. I knew I was going to like it from the start. I don't know about you, but I love books about the Holocaust. Whether they are told from a survivors point of view or an another makes up a story of their own. I love the amount of detail each book goes into; sharing their experiences with the world. Elie Wiesel has much to share with the world. I can't wait to read more.
One of the main characters of Night is, obviously, Elie Wiesel (this guy to the right). He was the one who wrote the book. So far, he seems like a scared little boy; he just wants to be by his father. I think that as he continues to tell his story, he will grow up a little more; realize that his father won't always be there with him. Now this leads to Wiesel's father. He a very religious man, who keeps his faith and hopes for the best. This can be a great characteristics in normal life, but I'm not too sure it's the best when you live in a concentration camp. Yes, keep your faith and have hope, these are two out of the top three things a person needs to stay sane during that time. The other would be family. In my opinion, Wiesel's father is strong enough to handle anything he can think of. I just don't think he thought of what is going on within the walls of the concentration camp.
Moishe the Beadle seemed like a main character at the beginning of the book, but now his character, kind of, disappeared. He isn't mentioned anymore, but I don't think we saw the last of him. I believe that Elie will come across Moishe during his time at different concentration camps. Moishe was a role model, or more like a mentor, to Elie and I think Moishe while do the same in the concentration camps. I felt bad for Moishe when no one listened to his story. I think that some, like the book said, thought he just wanted pity, and some thought he was mad. I think that some thought he was right, but were too scared to admit. They didn't want to believe him so they dismissed everything he said.
Prompt: Describe some of the characters. Give your opinion on the characters.
The book, Night, is really interesting. I knew I was going to like it from the start. I don't know about you, but I love books about the Holocaust. Whether they are told from a survivors point of view or an another makes up a story of their own. I love the amount of detail each book goes into; sharing their experiences with the world. Elie Wiesel has much to share with the world. I can't wait to read more.
One of the main characters of Night is, obviously, Elie Wiesel (this guy to the right). He was the one who wrote the book. So far, he seems like a scared little boy; he just wants to be by his father. I think that as he continues to tell his story, he will grow up a little more; realize that his father won't always be there with him. Now this leads to Wiesel's father. He a very religious man, who keeps his faith and hopes for the best. This can be a great characteristics in normal life, but I'm not too sure it's the best when you live in a concentration camp. Yes, keep your faith and have hope, these are two out of the top three things a person needs to stay sane during that time. The other would be family. In my opinion, Wiesel's father is strong enough to handle anything he can think of. I just don't think he thought of what is going on within the walls of the concentration camp.
Moishe the Beadle seemed like a main character at the beginning of the book, but now his character, kind of, disappeared. He isn't mentioned anymore, but I don't think we saw the last of him. I believe that Elie will come across Moishe during his time at different concentration camps. Moishe was a role model, or more like a mentor, to Elie and I think Moishe while do the same in the concentration camps. I felt bad for Moishe when no one listened to his story. I think that some, like the book said, thought he just wanted pity, and some thought he was mad. I think that some thought he was right, but were too scared to admit. They didn't want to believe him so they dismissed everything he said.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Holocaust AOW Impressions
I learned many things this week from the gallery walk, things that I didn't even know a little about. One thing I learned was that a former Nazi soldier is being arrested for the killing of the millions of Jews and others. He joined the Nazi party in 1930 and worked at death camps and medical experiments. He is now 90 years old. I totally disagree with the government arresting this man. I realize he did help with the murder of million of people, but he's 90 years old. If he didn't help then he wouldn't have lived through the Holocaust. I believe that instead of arresting him, we should get his side of the story. The world can benefit from this, but instead we're arresting him. If we are arresting him should we arrest very elder German person in the U.S., since they most likely help the Nazi party. The world should stop looking at what happened in the past, but look at the present. This man is 90-years-old and we are arresting him; thinking about putting him in death row. Talk about respecting your elders.
Along with the arrest of former Nazi member, I also learned about a survivor of the Holocaust. This survivor is a very special one, she walked to a gas chamber, about to die, but then she didn't. She said that the "shower" wasn't working at the time so she left. On her way out of the gas chamber, she saw many bodies from the other chambers. I think that this is amazing. For someone to walk in and out of a gas chamber is practically impossible. I do have one question though. How? How did she just walk away without a solider seeing her? I imagine there were many guards that were watching the gas chambers, so how did she just walk out. It seems impossible, but I'm glad this survivor did the impossible.
Comments: Gabe, Athziry, Nadrian
Along with the arrest of former Nazi member, I also learned about a survivor of the Holocaust. This survivor is a very special one, she walked to a gas chamber, about to die, but then she didn't. She said that the "shower" wasn't working at the time so she left. On her way out of the gas chamber, she saw many bodies from the other chambers. I think that this is amazing. For someone to walk in and out of a gas chamber is practically impossible. I do have one question though. How? How did she just walk away without a solider seeing her? I imagine there were many guards that were watching the gas chambers, so how did she just walk out. It seems impossible, but I'm glad this survivor did the impossible.
Comments: Gabe, Athziry, Nadrian
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Berlin Memorial Activity
In general, I learned that there were many laws that prohibited Jews to do many things. At first, the stuff that we take advantage was taken away from them, but soon their needs like food, and health, were taken away. Some years had few to none laws made in them. This interested me because even though the Jews had pretty much even thing taken fron them, they still had family. Eventually, the Germans took that away too, but looking at how many laws were passed in the first year, I would have expected it come faster. I think that this monument was built to remind people of the hardships that Jews had to go through and to be reminded of their bravery.
I believe that out of all the restrictions, I would have the hardest time with the Germans taking away my pets. You see, my pets are my life. If you take them away, you take my life away. I would fight for my dogs as if they were my sisters. Honestly, if someone took my dog away, I would probably kill myself. I don't know how I would live on with my life. I would be lonely and have nothing to get me up in the morning. Another restriction I would have a hard time with is not being able to go to school. I honestly like school. It gets me out of the house for a few hours. People, including me, take school for granted even if they aren't meaning too. School has became apart of our everyday life and we sometimes forget that some people don't or can't go to school.
I believe that out of all the restrictions, I would have the hardest time with the Germans taking away my pets. You see, my pets are my life. If you take them away, you take my life away. I would fight for my dogs as if they were my sisters. Honestly, if someone took my dog away, I would probably kill myself. I don't know how I would live on with my life. I would be lonely and have nothing to get me up in the morning. Another restriction I would have a hard time with is not being able to go to school. I honestly like school. It gets me out of the house for a few hours. People, including me, take school for granted even if they aren't meaning too. School has became apart of our everyday life and we sometimes forget that some people don't or can't go to school.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
3rd Quarter Reflection
I believe that this quarter was one of my best and worst quarters ever. I've learned a lot from our lessons in class. I can tell right now that my grammar has improved the most this quarter. I am now more aware of run-on-sentences in my writing. Though I have improved a lot this quarter, I also lacked time management. At the beginning of the quarter I pretty much fell apart. I never turned in my blogs and AOWs in on time. For that I would a moment to apologize to Mrs. Larson. I'm sorry. Anyway, my time management got out of control. I was two then three blogs behind. They seemed to just be piling up. I knew they weren't hard to do and they didn't take up that much time. I just didn't want to do them.
With maybe three or four weeks left in the quarter, I stepped up my game; catching up and continuing to do my schoolwork. That's probably one of the main things Im really happy about improving. I look back on it and realized that I wouldn't make it far in life. Time management is a huge part of everyday life, as a kid and an adult. I'm just glad that I sorted everything out in eight grade and not in high school. Also, this was one of the most challenging things for me this quarter, so when I got back on track I was proud of myself. Hopefully, fourth quarter won't be as bad for me as third quarter was.
Comments: Jesus, Steven, and Autumn
With maybe three or four weeks left in the quarter, I stepped up my game; catching up and continuing to do my schoolwork. That's probably one of the main things Im really happy about improving. I look back on it and realized that I wouldn't make it far in life. Time management is a huge part of everyday life, as a kid and an adult. I'm just glad that I sorted everything out in eight grade and not in high school. Also, this was one of the most challenging things for me this quarter, so when I got back on track I was proud of myself. Hopefully, fourth quarter won't be as bad for me as third quarter was.
Comments: Jesus, Steven, and Autumn
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Bio-Poem for Marley and Me: Week of 3/9
Marley
Playful, courageous, destructive, hungry.
A character in John Grogan's story.
Lover of running on the beach, chasing sticks, and eating.
Who notices when his owners are feeling down.
Who feels pain, love, and loyalty.
Who learns how to behave, how to care and how to love.
Who says "Woof."
Who use to think it was okay to pull when taking a walk but now knows to heel.
Major character in Marley and Me.
A book that tells the story of dog being man's best friend.
AOW Impressions 3/6
During the gallery walk on Friday, I saw many interesting articles. Athziry's interested me the most; talking about the use of social media and suicide. I never thought about teenagers posting their suicide note online for the world to see. I also never thought about the impact that could have on the viewers. Apparently, teenagers see other teenagers suicide note online, and some will eventually end up committing suicide. My personal thoughts on the topic are pretty much why. Why do teenagers post their suicide note online? Most importantly, why do the kids who see the suicide notes online feel they need to commit suicide?
Another major topic that many people picked was about ISIS. Gianna's article was talking about how ISIS released 19 Christian hostages. They did this because they follow the Sharia laws. In other words, believe it or not, they follow a certain moral code. Bela's article discussed how teenage girls think they will have a better live with ISIS. They cross the border and join the terrorist group, no one has been able to contact them since. Citalli's article also talked about teenagers joining ISIS, this time they are from Scotland. An ISIS teenager is recruiting teenagers from Scotland. I don't know what's going on in these teenagers mind; joining ISIS and killing people. How can these teenager, who could of have a good life, just get up one morning and decide to join ISIS? Do they think it's cool? Do they think that they are making the right decision?
Another major topic that many people picked was about ISIS. Gianna's article was talking about how ISIS released 19 Christian hostages. They did this because they follow the Sharia laws. In other words, believe it or not, they follow a certain moral code. Bela's article discussed how teenage girls think they will have a better live with ISIS. They cross the border and join the terrorist group, no one has been able to contact them since. Citalli's article also talked about teenagers joining ISIS, this time they are from Scotland. An ISIS teenager is recruiting teenagers from Scotland. I don't know what's going on in these teenagers mind; joining ISIS and killing people. How can these teenager, who could of have a good life, just get up one morning and decide to join ISIS? Do they think it's cool? Do they think that they are making the right decision?
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