Considering the fact that both these pieces were focused on the holocaust, there are a lot of similarities. For example Guido, the main character of Life is Beautiful, has similarities with both Eliezer and his father. In the aspect that everything he does is for his son and wife, to the point that he dies to keep them safe. Similarly, Elie does everything to help his father in any way and his father ends up dying and in doing so he removes a burden from his son. Another similarity is in time and space. From things like the tatto on Guido's arm we can guess that they are in Auschwitz. Yet, even before that things like a hatred towards Jews and the racial supremacy were being brought up. These things show how the things in Italy and Romania were connected with the Nazis.
On the other hand there were definite differences. For one thing the characters in Life is Beautiful are far less religious than Elie and his father. The audience never sees Guido, Joshua, or Dora mention praying or any Jewish holidays. Elie, however, is extremely religious and his faith is a major theme in the book. There was also the fact that in Life is Beautiful Guido does his best to maintain his cheerfulness and humor for his son. He makes the entirety of life in a concentration camp into a game in order to keep his son happy sand safe. On the other hand, in Night, the reality of the death and pain has no filter. Elie and his father do not try to make light of the situation, they merely try to survive it.
Considering the fact that Life is Beautiful and Night are on the same topic, it is surprising how different their tones are. In the beginning Life is Beautiful is cheerful and humorous, full of jokes and laughter. Guido goes out of his way to make things extravagant and hilarious. Before things start going downhill, he seems very happy with Dora and Joshua, having finally gotten the books store that he wanted. Night, however, starts out with things like foreshadowing the deaths of his family. That added with how fast the problem shows ups make s it far more somber than the movie. On the other hand they both share in the fact that towards the middle and end of the story it takes a very dark turn. In Night there is the death march and the death of Elie's father. Subsequently, in Life is Beautiful there is the capture of the family and the death of Guido. Both cases are prime examples of the dark and somber mood that the stories left on.
One example of life being beautiful was in the beginning of the movie when Guido and Dora keep running into each other. It is shown as an example of fate, and that sometimes people need to choose their own happiness over things like riches and expectations. Another example of this, is when at the concentration camp, Guido plays the record out the windo so that Dora can hear it. This is true, because it shows that despite their separation they still love each other and hope to be reunited.
Friday, March 31, 2017
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Argumentative AOW
Now take a moment to reflect upon your impressions of what you have learned from the array of articles in at least two well written paragraphs, using evidence from your graphic organizer.
In this gallery walk there were a lot of great articles with topics ranging from the pros and cons of nuclear power to GMOs in food. For example one pretty interesting article was the one that Sofia used which discussed the impacts of the CIA giving the torture report out as information. Kezia's article was about US recycling programs and whether or not they were too expensive. Connecting on that was Jackson's article about how nuclear power could fix climate change and be less expensive.
There was also Max's article about regulating e-cigarette's, which in a way connected to Lorin's article about abortion. It may seem odd, but they both connect to the health of a certain group of people. Mainly people who are younger such as young moms or minors who buy e-cigarettes. It seemed rather amazing that two things that are kind of on opposite ends of the spectrum could be connected in such away. But then again when you think about the wide variety of topics that was had this week it's not all that surprising.
What seems to be the most pressing argument from what you learned today? Does this topic/argument affect you personally?
All of the topics that were brought up have the potential to be huge in the future. However. The one that seemed the most pressing to me was Lorin's article about abortion. It is currently a hot topic in the media since its legalization in 1973. People are usually on one side or the other. Those for abortion are called "pro-choice" and those who are against it are called "pro-life". Often times it boils down to a human rights debate, with the main question being: Who's rights should be more important, the mother's or the fetus'? It is especially important now, as our current president is pro-life. This could mean bad things for people who are pro-choice.
This does really affect me, because as a girl these decisions have the potential to really affect my future. I've seen instances of situations like this in my family, and it made me pretty confused. About six years ago two of my cousins got pregnant and they decided the babies. This time they decided to keep the babies even though they weren't ready for it. There so many cases like this where the mother doesn't want to keep the child and is having an abortion was illegal they might have to go through less savory means to get it done.
In this gallery walk there were a lot of great articles with topics ranging from the pros and cons of nuclear power to GMOs in food. For example one pretty interesting article was the one that Sofia used which discussed the impacts of the CIA giving the torture report out as information. Kezia's article was about US recycling programs and whether or not they were too expensive. Connecting on that was Jackson's article about how nuclear power could fix climate change and be less expensive.
There was also Max's article about regulating e-cigarette's, which in a way connected to Lorin's article about abortion. It may seem odd, but they both connect to the health of a certain group of people. Mainly people who are younger such as young moms or minors who buy e-cigarettes. It seemed rather amazing that two things that are kind of on opposite ends of the spectrum could be connected in such away. But then again when you think about the wide variety of topics that was had this week it's not all that surprising.
What seems to be the most pressing argument from what you learned today? Does this topic/argument affect you personally?
All of the topics that were brought up have the potential to be huge in the future. However. The one that seemed the most pressing to me was Lorin's article about abortion. It is currently a hot topic in the media since its legalization in 1973. People are usually on one side or the other. Those for abortion are called "pro-choice" and those who are against it are called "pro-life". Often times it boils down to a human rights debate, with the main question being: Who's rights should be more important, the mother's or the fetus'? It is especially important now, as our current president is pro-life. This could mean bad things for people who are pro-choice.
This does really affect me, because as a girl these decisions have the potential to really affect my future. I've seen instances of situations like this in my family, and it made me pretty confused. About six years ago two of my cousins got pregnant and they decided the babies. This time they decided to keep the babies even though they weren't ready for it. There so many cases like this where the mother doesn't want to keep the child and is having an abortion was illegal they might have to go through less savory means to get it done.
Friday, March 10, 2017
Night
When the book starts Elie is a very religious boy. He values his studies and wants to find a person to help him go farther/ he says things like, “Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?”(4). This shows just how much he values his god and he prayer that he is learning. Then, in the camps, he is changed. He no longer believes as strongly, and even then it is only anger he feels toward god. He abandons religion as he feels it has abandoned him, especially when he says, “For the first time I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify his name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?”(33) This proves how livid he is about what is happening, and even more furious that god has done nothing to help them.
This change is also reflected in his relationship to his father. In the beginning they are very close to and protective of each other. As stated in the book, "Only yesterday, I would have dug my nails into this criminal's flesh."(39). This shows that, at least in the beginning, Elie loved his father enough to defend him from injury and other prisoners attacking him. Alas, it wouldn't last. He (Eliezer) would eventually come to resent his father and his weaknesses. For example, "What's more, if I felt anger at that moment, it was not directed at the Kapo but at my father. Why couldn't he have avoided Idek's wrath?"(54). This shows how the brutality of the camp affected Elie and made him more harsh and cruel, even to the person he cares for the most.
These new developments in his character are not at all welcomed by Elie. He feels remorse for the things that he is doing, but doesn't know how to fix it. For example it says, "...against my will, I found myself whispering the words: 'May His name be exalted and sanctified'"(34) This shows that although Elie wishes to turn from god he still carries the instinct to pray in the face of death. There are also moment that he feels guilt for the things that he thinks of. As shown here, "I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep... And deep inside me...I might have found something like: Free at last!"(112) This shows that after the death of his father he is grateful, but doesn't want to be and that he feels guilty for that.
Wiesel, Elie. Night, Elie Wiesel. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. Print.
This change is also reflected in his relationship to his father. In the beginning they are very close to and protective of each other. As stated in the book, "Only yesterday, I would have dug my nails into this criminal's flesh."(39). This shows that, at least in the beginning, Elie loved his father enough to defend him from injury and other prisoners attacking him. Alas, it wouldn't last. He (Eliezer) would eventually come to resent his father and his weaknesses. For example, "What's more, if I felt anger at that moment, it was not directed at the Kapo but at my father. Why couldn't he have avoided Idek's wrath?"(54). This shows how the brutality of the camp affected Elie and made him more harsh and cruel, even to the person he cares for the most.
These new developments in his character are not at all welcomed by Elie. He feels remorse for the things that he is doing, but doesn't know how to fix it. For example it says, "...against my will, I found myself whispering the words: 'May His name be exalted and sanctified'"(34) This shows that although Elie wishes to turn from god he still carries the instinct to pray in the face of death. There are also moment that he feels guilt for the things that he thinks of. As shown here, "I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep... And deep inside me...I might have found something like: Free at last!"(112) This shows that after the death of his father he is grateful, but doesn't want to be and that he feels guilty for that.
Wiesel, Elie. Night, Elie Wiesel. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. Print.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Butterfly Project "Night In The Ghetto"
"Night In The Ghetto"
Another day has gone for keeps
Into the bottomless pit of time.
Again it has wounded a man, held captive
By his brethren.
After dusk, he longs for bandages,
for soft hands to shield the eyes
From all the horrors that stare by day.
But in the ghetto, darkness, too, is kind
To weary eyes that all day long
Have to watch.
Dawn crawls again alon the ghetto streets
Embracing all who walk this way.
Only a car like a greeting from a long-gone world
Gobbles up the dark with fiery eyes-
That sweet darkness that falls upon the soul
And heals those wounds illuminated by the day...
Along the streets come light and ranks of people
Like a long black ribbon loomed with gold
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Sunday, February 26, 2017
Holocaust AOW Impressions
Quite a few articles that I learned about today were about survivors and their stories. In a lot of these articles the situations that they were in word definitely not ideal. One example a survivor spoke about how they were born in one of the concentration camp. Another one talks about going into the camp at 15 and only surviving because they needed to greet people at the gate. Another one talks about how an Olympic medalist used force papers to survive in Germany.
For the majority of the other articles we talked about new information coming up from the holocaust. One of them reveal documents about women being forced to have a Borsch and's and being raped, and confirmed the number of prisoners was higher than we originally believed being somewhere around 15–20,000,000 Jews. Another one talked about the fact that holocaust Memorial day was not recognized until 2004 by the UN. And how the Soviets used the holocaust to claim that communism was far better than fascism. Then another one spoke about how not only Jews were killed but the mentally ill and disabled were killed as part of the trial project.
For the majority of the other articles we talked about new information coming up from the holocaust. One of them reveal documents about women being forced to have a Borsch and's and being raped, and confirmed the number of prisoners was higher than we originally believed being somewhere around 15–20,000,000 Jews. Another one talked about the fact that holocaust Memorial day was not recognized until 2004 by the UN. And how the Soviets used the holocaust to claim that communism was far better than fascism. Then another one spoke about how not only Jews were killed but the mentally ill and disabled were killed as part of the trial project.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Perseverance Blog
The Nick as shown in the video is very courageous in dealing with his problem. Despite the issues he would have in doing most normal things with his lack of limbs. He also shows a surprising amount of integrity. He doesn't sugar coat his disability and claim that his life is easy, but he is honest and tells them that although his life is difficult he is happy and can have fun. Finally, Nick has enough confidence to not be ashamed of himself. When he talked about being gawked at he was not embarrassed, but he would spin it humorously by seeming surprised by himself.
In sixth grade I was really struggling. I was always missing assignments, and my grades were slipping dramatically from the easy A's and B's that I was used to. Towards he end of the year I started getting better, and my mom puts it up to me not being used to middle school, but I think that for a time I kind of gave up. I'm glad that I'm doing a lot better now, but I think this was necessary to me realizing how important school was. This is similar to how when Nick was a child he was in despair about not being able to do certain things. We both have moved past that to better things and can now call that a lesson learned.
In sixth grade I was really struggling. I was always missing assignments, and my grades were slipping dramatically from the easy A's and B's that I was used to. Towards he end of the year I started getting better, and my mom puts it up to me not being used to middle school, but I think that for a time I kind of gave up. I'm glad that I'm doing a lot better now, but I think this was necessary to me realizing how important school was. This is similar to how when Nick was a child he was in despair about not being able to do certain things. We both have moved past that to better things and can now call that a lesson learned.
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Berlin Memorial Blog
I learned that there are a lot of rights and privileges that we take for granted that could be taken away. For example the little things like being allowed to go to a pool or being able to eat a certain food are such staples of life that we hardly ever notice how essentially they areuntil they're gone. The Nazis were very creative and taking away the things that Jews could do in their lives. They started by attacking certain groups of people and taking away the little things but those eventually added on to each other until there was very little the Jews could do. I could not imagine being in that situation and I think that for the people who experienced it it must've been a very shocking wake up call.
I think that they built this morning in order to keep the memory alive for the people who experienced it and for their family members. They must have realized what he did was wrong in the years after word and wanted to attempt to make it right. Do you know if they couldn't at least keeping the memory alive would help them to remember the people who died for that. I think if it wasn't for morels such as these will you may not know as much about the holocaust as we do today. Thankfully the people of the past did not want us to forget.
The numbers passed on different years usually we're not always the same. For example the year of the Olympics in Berlin and then you before that not a lot will pass, however in the years after words a lot of them work. Also in the beginning most of the laws passed only focused on certain groups, but towards the end of the war they were more focused on the Jewish community as a whole. Also as far as I can tell the year with the most laws passed was 1938, two years after the 1936 Olympics. But not all of them had this many, most likely due to the fact that they were not trying to draw attention to themselves from the other countries. Also as far as I can tell the year with the most laws passed was 1938, two years after the 1936 Olympics. But not all of them had this many, most likely due to the fact that they were not trying to draw attention to themselves from the other countries.
I think that's the one I would have the most difficulty with would probably be the law that said all Jewish people had to display the store on their home, and the law that states the Jews were no longer allowed to testify in court against Germans. This opens up a whole can of worms where Germans who maybe they're having a bad day, or maybe they just feel like it can go into any Jewish home and do whatever they want to them without any repercussions. The crime rate against Jews must've gone off up horrifically after this, because there was literally nothing but the people being attacked could do against their attackers .
I think that they built this morning in order to keep the memory alive for the people who experienced it and for their family members. They must have realized what he did was wrong in the years after word and wanted to attempt to make it right. Do you know if they couldn't at least keeping the memory alive would help them to remember the people who died for that. I think if it wasn't for morels such as these will you may not know as much about the holocaust as we do today. Thankfully the people of the past did not want us to forget.
The numbers passed on different years usually we're not always the same. For example the year of the Olympics in Berlin and then you before that not a lot will pass, however in the years after words a lot of them work. Also in the beginning most of the laws passed only focused on certain groups, but towards the end of the war they were more focused on the Jewish community as a whole. Also as far as I can tell the year with the most laws passed was 1938, two years after the 1936 Olympics. But not all of them had this many, most likely due to the fact that they were not trying to draw attention to themselves from the other countries. Also as far as I can tell the year with the most laws passed was 1938, two years after the 1936 Olympics. But not all of them had this many, most likely due to the fact that they were not trying to draw attention to themselves from the other countries.
I think that's the one I would have the most difficulty with would probably be the law that said all Jewish people had to display the store on their home, and the law that states the Jews were no longer allowed to testify in court against Germans. This opens up a whole can of worms where Germans who maybe they're having a bad day, or maybe they just feel like it can go into any Jewish home and do whatever they want to them without any repercussions. The crime rate against Jews must've gone off up horrifically after this, because there was literally nothing but the people being attacked could do against their attackers .
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