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"An Evening In Terezin"

The sun goes down
and everything is silent,
 only at the guard's post
are heavy footfalls heard

 That's the guard who watches his Jews
to make sure they don't run away from the ghetto.


Or that an Aryan aunt or uncle
doesn't try to get in.

 Ten o'clock strikes suddenly,

 and the windows of Dresden's barracks darken.

 The women have a lot to talk about;
they remember their homes,
and dinners they made.

 Then some of them argue.
Others try to quiet them down.

Finally, one by one, they grow silent;
they toss and turn, and in the end,
 they fall asleep.

 How many more evenings
 will we have to live like this?
We do it know,
 only God knows.


I commented on: Lorin, Vince, Tammi, Alexis, Eamonn

Holocaust AoW Impressions

I learned a lot from my article, how baking saved Ernie Feld's life, and how a Nazi officer was charged with murder 70 years after the war. I have learned a lot from Night, and the other articles that I have read, and it give me an in depth look on the Holocaust. And it gave me much information on how life was, being separated from your family, and being in concentration camps as well.

I think that the Nazi officer that was charged with murder 70 years after the war is a stretch. First of all, he might've not have murdered anyone at all. And he also said that he was forced to, so I think that was unnecessary. But he could have been lying, but we may never know. Also my article was interesting because a man named Ernie Feld literally baked for his life.

Ernie Feld's life was saved because he could cook and bake. The Nazi officers need someone who could cook, and they found out that Ernie could. So he began to cook for him, and I think that they said he cooked well. He managed to save a few other Jews by letting them help him in the kitchen. but a lot of his family perished in other concentration camps. So he got very lucky, or else he might have not been alive today.

These articles tell a lot, like how families are separated. How Jews lived in Concentration camps. From these articles I have learned much more about the suffering many people experienced in World War II. And it makes me feel so sad that one person could make so many people suffer and die. And now after I have read these articles, I hope that this doesn't happen again.

Berlin Memorial Activity

1. I learned that Hitler really wanted to break the Jews, down, from the laws I think he did a pretty good job. I didn't know there was this many confiscations, like not to get eggs, or have pets. It seemed to be really harsh. Hitler really treated the Jews like animals, and I am glad that today WWII is over and that hopefully we don't have to go through this again.

2. Maybe to show people today how life was like back then for the Jews, and how hard it was, and how terrible the laws were.

3. That the laws took many regular things away from the Jews, education, jobs, emigration, certain foods, etc. And as the years went on the laws got more harsh, afffecting nearly all Jews, and stripping them of their rights.

4. Kristallnacht, or not being able to leave Germany, because then my family would have to stay in the war zone and danger. And it would be very hard to live in a concentration camp, or my parents being taken away.

Quarter 2 Reflection

In what area do you think you made the biggest improvements in English Language Arts?
    I think I made a big improvement in annotating. Before, I was new to it, and I didn't get the concept that much. But as time went on, I got much better at doing it, mostly when we were reading To Kill a Mockingbird. I could still make some improvement, but I am decent at doing it right now. Also I made an improvement in reading. I don't mean reading fluently, but reading books regularly. I have been reading book in order to complete the 20, or now 40, book challenge. And it keeps me away from doing other nonproductive things, so that is also good.

What is something that you have accomplished since the New Year that you are proud of?
    I am proud of not getting any Falcon Fouls. This is an irritating problem that is sometimes overwhelming, but thankfully, I have not got any since the New Year and I am really proud of that. It keeps me away from detentions, and I have been told that I only have one right now. I hope that next quarter I will get no Falcon Fouls, which would be a big achievement for me.

What has been the most challenging part of the 2nd Quarter and what did/can you do to help overcome this
    The sometimes the challenging part of Quarter 2 was that sometime homework could be overwhelming. I could have a lot and forget to do some, but luckily this year there is no fouls for not doing homework this year. Also Falcon Fouls, because I always worried that I would get them and I didn't want to go to detention. I really dislike them, because they are irritating, but detention is really that bad. But having detention is bad for me.

TKAM Comparitive Analysis

1.  What do you think is the most important difference between the written and filmed version? Provide evidence with specific details.

I think the most important difference between the film and the book is the lack of A LOT of the story, and small alterations too. I mean, I know if they fit everything into the movie it would be way too long but still, some important things are missing. Like Aunt Alexandra coming to stay with the Finch's, Miss Maudie's house burning down, Miss Dubose dying, Christmas, and even some more. So there is a lot of things missing so the story is different overall in the movie. Which altered the story thourghly.

2. How would you prove or disprove that one version of To Kill A Mockingbird is more affective in delivering its message than the other? Be sure to provide specific pieces of evidence to support your opinion. 

The book version gets the message through much better that the movie because it tells EVERYTHING that happened, while the movie doesn't do that. It includes all the lessons and (I think) provide a better story overall. So from the lack of things missing from the movie, it doesn't show the message as good as the book. And it is missing a lot of things from the story, I wrote more on that above.

Found Poetry - I do my best to love everybody

I do my best to love everybody
Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal
You'll see that white men cheat black men
But let me tell you something
Whenever a white man does that to a black man

No matter who he is
How rich he is
Or how fine a family he comes from
That white man is trash

The evil assumption
That all Negroes are basically immoral beings
Is a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin
Seventeen bullet holes in him
They didn't have to shoot him that much
I'd rather it be me

Character Relationships - Dill and Francis

Dill and Francis have never met each other, but based on what Scout says they are both the same age, which is a similarity. In chapter 1, Scout says, "He (Dill) was a year my senior," and also that he was shorter than Scout. And later in the book, in chapter 9 Scout says, "He (Francis) was a year older than I." And later Scout says that he was 8, which means she is 7. So Dill and Francis are both the same age, in years (so they are both 8 in chapter 9), but I think that Francis is slightly older.

Dill is one of Scout's friend, one of her closest perhaps. He treats her nicely, most of the time anyway, and even purposes to Scout to get married when they are older. And Scout likes Dill as well, but on the other hand, Francis is the complete opposite. In chapter 9 Scout clearly says that, "And I avoided him on principle: he enjoyed everything I disapproved of, and disliked my ingenious diversions," so Scout clearly hates him, and even wanted to shoot him with the air rifles, but Atticus didn't let her or Jem take them. She really hates Francis, and he's also a snotty jerk, but Dill is more kinder.