Prompt C

I was running for my life after the Germans torched the dentist office I was hiding in. I was so close to being burnt to a crisp. I jumped out the window not knowing how weak I was. My ankle collapsed and I got a sharp pain shooting through my ankle. I need to hurry up and find a way out of here before they kill me. There is nothing except the wall where I escaped. As I am frantically climbing over the wall I all see is blown up buildings. I am trying to get out of sight but with my broken ankle I am struggling to get inside the building. I haven’t eaten in weeks, and I am also dying of thirst. I found the building where I used to play piano in and I immediately looking for food. I find pickles, and I am extremely excited to get the can open. I am looking for something to open up this can of pickles, and I find a knife and stone to open it. I start to get it open, and I happen to turn around and what I saw made my heart drop.

vocab story 4

I have a watch that was bequeathed from my great grandfather. He was affiliated with the OCOA. Which stands for the Original Citizens of Amsterdam. From what I heard, he was described to be omniscient. He was a man of high esteem, and was invulnerable to anything. He had an uncanny skill at the game of horseshoes. They once said that he had a panacea for everything. He was loved by all and even if he did do anything wrong, he was venial. He once had a whole group of mercenaries to converge to talk about peace offerings. He was always nonchalant. Never did he skulk.

Blog A

Both Elie weasel and Wladyslaw szpilman were taken out of their homes and put in ghettos. Elie was younger than Wladyslaw so he acted out of emotion when things happened and not reason. Both were Jewish obviously. Since Wlady was older he had connections with the police, and other people who could help him and his family. One thing that is different is that Wlady got to escape from the labor camps unlike Elie who had to stay until they were liberated. The fact that he got to escape made him feel like he could do more things. Like when they were taking bricks from the wall he was able to get bread from the store. Also, he was able to smuggle guns to the other side so they would be able to fight back. We both know how that went. Elie had someone to live for in his father, and he gave him life advice. As for Wlady he only had himself.

Blog B

Man’s inhumanity towards man is very apparent in this film. For instance, when the Nazi’s went into the Jewish people’s house and threw one of them out of the window because he could not walk. Or when the Nazi’s selected some Jewish people out of a line and shot them dead. I do not really think that the film is getting away from the theme. There is one example when an old man tries to steal a can of beans from an old woman. As they are struggling and the old woman is yelling for help people are just watching. The can of beans drop to the floor and the man is scarfing down the food off the dirty asphalt while the woman runs off and cries. One thing that does not happy in Elie Weise’s Memoir is that he does not know someone who was a part of the police and he got his brother out of jail, and to get him and his family out of the labor camps.

Night Reflection

First off, the book itself was ok. I really don’t enjoy reading so it was tough powering through it in two days. What Elie went through as a teenager was pretty rough. Being separated from your mother and siblings had to be terrible. I think his father is what allowed him to survive. They were each other’s reasons to live, and when his father died he was devastated. I also learned that there were nice Nazi’s. I thought that they were all cruel. The hardest part for me to read was when the SS hung the little boy. Also, when one of the rabbi’s sons beat him to death for food.

Blog Prompt 2

Part 1: I think the bond between Elie and his father is pretty strong. “My father’s presence was the only thing that stopped me [from allowing myself to die]. . . . I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his only support.” That to me says that his father means a lot to him if just his presence is keeping him alive. Part 2: Elie and the other Jewish people were at the worst death camp there was.Which was Auschwitz. The camp was located in Poland.It was operated by the German SS. They killed about 1.1 million Jewish people.

Blog Prompt 1

Part 1: I think the significance of Mrs.Schacter was that she was the first to see the terror that was to come. She symbolizes the cruelty of the Nazi's reign. "Jews, listen to me... I see a fire!I see huge flames,huge flames!". Part 2: The Nazi's wanted anything gold, so the dentist wanted to take his gold crown. The dentist was taking out gold teeth and keeping them. Franek the foreman wanted Elie's gold crown so bad that he beat his father because he couldn't march correctly.