Tuesday, June 2, 2009

ReFlEcTiOn QuEsTiOnS oN nIgHt

152. Why do you think Elie Wiesel wrote this book?
Answer: I think Elie Wiesel wrote this book because of the Holocaust and also because maybe it reminds him of his family and to teach us something.

153. Why do you think he chose "NIGHT" as its title?
Answer: I think he chose "NIGHT" as a title because maybe all the events that happen in the book or the setting was in the night.

154. How does Elie change as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps?
Answer: Elie change as a result in the concentration camps because of what happens to other people how they get killed and how they treat them.

155. How does Elie finally come to terms with his ordeal?(What does he finally do?)
Answer: Well he tries his hardest to survive from all the things he went through like the ordeal.

156. Give examples of issues in "NIGHT" that still arise today and what do you think should be done about "genocide"?
Answer: well one example of an issue of "NIGHT" is that is genocide is the continent South Africa. well about genocide of the continent South Africa is that they are white people and black people. well what actually happens is that the black people kills the white people that is one type of racism and genocide. it is the same thing like in the book "NIGHT" that they are people that are racism to the with people actually Jews or Jewish. well for me that's one type of genocide in the continent South Africa.
Another example is in tanzania well in that country whats happening is that they get them they put them in the camp they sometimes trade them or if they need something from them they kill them so they can get some parts of their bodies. well is the same thing in the book "NIGHT" because they used to kill people to find if they haded gold so they could it sell and win money.
Another example of genocide is the russians because they are killing the Jewish who are the chechen people. well thats the samething of "NIGHT" the people all killed most of the Jews or do some type of genocide. well i think this or genocide should stop.
Another type of an example of genocide is in Mexico. well what happen in Mexico is that if women work they killed them because the men want the women to take care of there childs. well is only in parts of Mexico. well is related to the book "NIGHT" because this was happening in some places.
Well actually in my opinion what i think of genocide is that it should stop because for what they came to the world just to get killed. i dont think so. so i think that if its stops people are going to have a better life and they all going to be enjoying there lives. well this is what i think of "GENOCIDE".

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Diary Of Anne Frank Act 2

1. What do you like best about Anne Frank? How would you like having her as a friend?
Answer: What i like best about Anne Frank is that she's a very smart person and a nice person to hang out with.
2a. What disturbing news does Mr. Kraler bring on New Year's Day?
Answer: The disturbing that Mr. Kraler brings on New Year's Day is a new person called Mr. Dussel.
2b. What hint does this give about the ending of the play?
Answer: The hint that gives about ending the play is that maybe Mr. Dussel is going to tell on them.
3a. What is the time span of Act II?
Answer: When they are in the hiding house hiding from the Nazis then they are about to be free and they go somewhere and they died.
3b. How have the characters changed since the end of Act I?
Answer: The characters changed since the end of Act I separated.
3c. How do you know that Anne has changed?
Answer: The way i know that Anne has changed is the way she talks in the story.
4a. How can Anne believe that " ... in spite of everything ... people are really good at heart?"
Answer: That everyone should treat each other good or like the same as she treats other people.
4b. What does Mr. Frank mean when he says: "She puts me to Shame"?
Answer: Mr. Franks means that's the best of every thing.
5a. Mr. Van Daan's decision to steal food?
Answer: The cause is that he is very hungry and wants to eat the food. The effect is that there's other people that are hungry or wants to eat too.
5b. Mrs. Frank's change of heart about wanting the Van Daans to leave?
Answer: The cause is that if the kick them out and the Van Daans could trick. The effect is that the Franks could died.
6. What are some possible causes of Mrs. Van Daan's attitude toward Anne and Peter's relationship?
Answer: That Mrs. Van Daan thinks they are going to do something bad or they are going to do something that they are not suppose to do.
7. Living in close quarters has multiple effects on the residents of the "Secret Annex." List 3 effects that result from this single cause?
Answer: The effects are that 1. they could be discover. 2. they could make a lot of noise. 3. they didn't have a lot of time to talk.
8. Character Action Motivation
1.Miep brings flowers and So the people could
cake to the attic rooms. feel happy.
Mr. Van Daan He steels the bread. He was very hungry.
Peter Van Daan He gets mad at his mother. He cant talk to Anne.
9. What possible motivations might an informer have for telling the authorities about the families hiding?
Answer: I think nothing because the only thing he did was just kill the families that were hiding that was it.

Monday, May 18, 2009

The Diary Of Anne Frank Act 1

1. The families must obey strict rules to avoid discovery. which rules would be hardest for you to follow? why?
Answer: well some rules that would be hard to follow is to be always inside and be silent. the reason i say this is because if i be inside i will get bored and be silent is not a fun thing to do.
2a. In Scene 1, what objects does Mr. Frank find in the secret rooms?
Answer: The objects that Mr. Frank finds are letters, notes, and papers.
2b. How are these objects connected with the rest of the act?
Answer: These objects are connected with the rest of the act because at last it helps.
3a. What special meaning does Hanukkah have for the families?
Answer: A special meaning that Hanukkah have for the families is that is a special day to celebrate and to give out presents.
3b. What do Anne's presents show about families?
Answer: Anne's presents show that she really cares about them.
3c. Why do the others react with enthusiasm to their presents?
Answer: They react enthusiasm to their presents because they never waited a present from Anne.
4a. How does Anne prove that this is true?
Answer: Anne prove that this is true because there is nobody that can make you do stuff.
5a. What is the Historical cause that forces the Franks to go into hiding?
Answer: The Historical cause that forces the Franks to go into hiding is because they could get killed.
5b. What effects does this situation have on their lives?
Answer: The effects that this situation have on their lives is to stay hiding inside.
6a. What effects do the Nazis intend the wearing of the stars to have on the Jews?
Answer: The effects that the Nazis intend the wearing of the stars of the Jews was that maybe people that have the star of David are Jewish.
6b. What background information about the war and the Nazis' treatment of the Jews helps you to link this cause with its intended effects?
Answer: Well maybe the Nazis don't like the Jews and if they see the people that are hiding they are going to kill them.
8. After Mr. Kraler asks if Jan Dussel can join the Franks and the Van Daans in hiding, what does the dialogue among the characters reveal about their personalities?
Answer: Almost everyone agree that Mr. Dussel should join but the ones that most disagree is the Van Daans because there saying is going to be less food and were is he going to sleep.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

50 Things I Know About The Holocaust

1. Holocaust is a word of Greek meaning sacrifice by fire.
2. In 1933, the Jewish population in Europe was over 9 million.
3. Most Jewish lived in Nazi Germany during World War II.
4. Around 2 or 3 million soviet prisoners of war were murdered by disease, neglect, starvation, and maltreatment.
5. The Germans and the collaborators murdered millions of people.
6. This took place in Europe.
7. The Nazi of policy murder the Jews of Europe.
8. Many individuals died of incarceration and maltreatment.
9. Around 1941 and 1944 Nazi German deported millions of Jews from Germany.
10. For the Western Allies the World War II ended in Europe May 8, 1945.
11. The final months some Guards moved camp by train or on forced marches called Death Marches.
12. 700,000 Jews emigrated to Israel.
13. The last camp closed in 1957.
14. Other Jewish DPs emigrated to the U.S and other nations.
15. Germans were murdered in the Euthanasia Program.
16. The National Socialist government established concentration camps to detain.
17. There was 2 daughters born with the father being Jewish and the mother being Catholic.
18. Also the Germans and collaborators killed nearly 2 out of every European Jews.
19. 200,000 mentally and physically disabled patients mainly Germans.
20. The largest Ghetto in Poland was the Warsaw ghetto.
21. There was 3 types of ghettos closed ghettos, open ghettos and destruction ghettos.
22. In Hungary ghetto didn't begin into 1944.
23. Gassing also proved to be less costly.
24. Pogrom is a Russian word meaning to wreak havoc.
25. The perpetrators of pogroms organized locally with government and police encouragement.
26. German soldiers killed at least 8,000 Jews during during a pogrom in Iasi.
27. On July 10, 1941 Polish residents of Jedwabne a small town located in Bialystok District.
28. The Nazis established killing centers for efficient mass murder.
29. The SS considered the killing centers top secret.
30. The largest killing center was Auschwitz Birkenau.
31. Over millions of Jews and thousands of Roma, poles, and soviet prisoners of war were killed around November 1944.
32. 6,000 thousands Jews were gasses every day in Auschwitz Birkenau.
33. The first killing center was Chelmno.
34. The Nazis subjected millions of people to forced labor under brutal conditions.
35. In 1942-1944 the Germans deported 3 million soviet citizens to other countries.
36. Jews physically work and were the first ones to be shot or deported.
37. The Germans required Polish people to live in ghettos.
38. Einsatzgruppen were people of German SS and police personal.
39. Shooting was the main thing to kill people for the Einsatzgruppen.
40. Jews and other victims in most areas were Einsatzgruppen.
41. Einsatzgruppen are located in the eastern of Europe.
42. At first Einsatzgruppen killed men.
43. Then Einsatzgruppen shot men, women, and children.
44. Einsatzgruppen came to the home of Jews and massacred them.
45. In June 1941 the Einsatzgruppen fallowed German army into Soviet territory.
46. Jews locality were identified and taken to collection points.
47. Einsatzgruppen also murdered thousands of residents.
48. Nazi program to murder all European Jews.
49. Millions of people were imprisoned and abused in the various types of Nazi Camps.
50. Only a small amount of people survived in the Nazi camps.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Solving A Problem On The Streets

Well one serious problem I see in the streets is people getting killed. The reason I say this is because every time I watch the news I see that people are getting killed, they are getting shot, and sometimes there getting kidnapped. So I think that cops or good people should do something to solve this problem.

Well one solution to solve this problem is cops should put the bad people in jail. The reason I’m saying that cops should put the bad people in jail is because bad people do all the bad things and good people do the good things. Like bad people are the ones that killed good people or bad people. They killed bad people because sometimes bad people are in gangs and that’s how they killed each other. So I think they shouldn't be bad people and all the people the cops should take them to jail and get rid of them.

Well another solution that could keep people from getting killed is they should do right choices and they shouldn't do bad choices. Like for an example they are some people that tell other people to steel, to kill, or to the bad stuff and they do it and those are bad choices. I think they are some people that know what they are doing like for an example what is good and what is bad they are already old enough to know what to do. So I think this solution could be solve by people doing right choices.

Well another different solution is that cops should limit weapons, knives, and bad stuff that could killed people. So I guess cops should do that so people won’t be watching in the news on TV people getting killed. So this is what I think cops should do.

Well one serious problem I see in the streets is people getting killed. The reason I say this is because every time I watch the news I see that people are getting killed, they are getting shot, and sometimes there getting kidnapped. So I think that cops or good people should do something to solve this problem. So in my opinion I think cops should do all those solutions so everybody could be safe.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Hansel and Gretel

well in my eyes point of view i am going to do Hansel.

it was a sunny morning. i was with mi little sister Gretel i saw my both parents arguing. when my mom named Erika called me and my little sister to eat i saw my dad named Edgar looking kind of worried. when we were done eating bread. my mom and dad took me and Gretel outside. they took us to the forest i was kind of scared because they were very dangerous animals. but at the same time i wasn't scared because i love animals. well my mom and dad told us that to start making fire so we could be warm but if we were tired to fall to sleep close to the fire during they go find something for us to eat. well like me and my little sister were tired of making fire we felt to sleep and when we woke up it was very dark outside it was night already my little sister was crying that she wanted to with mom and dad. i told her OK but stop crying she told me OK i love you brother. well i was falling the steps that my mom and dad took and we finally got home and Gretel and i told my mom and dad that what happen how come yall left Gretel and me by ourselves in the forest. my both parents respond and said they forgot about us that we were in the forest. the next morning i woke up my mom told us to eat i said OK but she told me go call Gretel. when we were done eating. they took us outside again we were going to the forest again. i look back and my dad told me what are you looking at. i told him at a little pigeon. my mom respond OK just start and do some fire so you and your sister could be warm and if yall get tired yall could fall to sleep during we find something for you and Gretel to eat. so me and my little sister were tired so we felt to sleep when we woke up it was dark outside i woke up my sister and told her that lets go back home she said OK. we got tired of walking and we felt to sleep again in a tree. when we woke up and walk like for 5 minutes we saw a house with bread cover with cakes and some windows clear of sugar. we climbed up went inside we saw a women and told us that if we wanted to eat we said yeah. well the old women said come in nothing is going to happen to you. we came in and the old women said hurry up and cook for your brother so he could eat something. my sister was cooking i was lock in a cage. suddenly my sister Gretel push the old women to the oven and she saw the old women screaming then she felt and i guess she died. my sister ran as quickly as she can and told me that we were safe. she opened the cage and we hugged after everything happen every corner we went was full of jewels and pearls. me and my sister grabbed all the jewels and pearls we can get. when we were walking i saw a river. there was a duck he took us over. then when we where walking more and more the forest was being more familiar we saw my parents house. we ran we came in and we only saw our father Edgar. we ask for our mom Erika and my father told me and Gretel that she was dead.

THE END

Monday, May 4, 2009

Henry, O

"the gift of the magi"
well what i like the most about this book was that they both haded presents to give each other. like the girl cut her hair to give Jim a chain for his watch. But Jim sold his special watch to give Della the combs for he beautiful hair. what i didn't like about the story was that they didn't have enough money to pay there rent.
"O Henry"
what i like about o Henry biography was that when he moved to new york in 1902 he published a book called the new york world. what i didn't like about o Henry biography and is sad is that when he was 3 years old his mom died and he needed to be raised by his grandma.
"the world and the door"
what i didn't like about this story and other stories is that they are fiction. they are not real and i think non-fiction are better books. what i like about this story is that is kind in Spanish like some words and the setting is in the U.S.