playlist/ soundtrack

1.Elie (My Life)
2.His faith (or loss of). (te necesito)
3.The first time in concentration camp. (Do or Die)
4.His anger towards God. (Why God?)
5.The Nazi's (Amazing)
6.The death of Elie's father. (Que falta)
7.Survival (Hasta el final)
8.The whole story (Mojado)




1. Elie

My Life, Lil Wayne & The Game

This song reminds me of Elie because of so many times he wishes he were dead, the connection he feels with god, and because they took his loved ones one by one.And of how, so many times trough out the book he thinks of killing himself. through out the day, he tried to find a way to survive. of how they took them from the ghettos to the concentration camps. of how the Nazis didn't care who was there, they just killed whoever they wanted for no good reason, so many men that Elie saw hanged. Of how bad Hitler hated the Jews. of how bad he needed his father. of how much he prayed so that they'd be OK. Of how Elie wondered why was that happening to him and the rest of the Jews. And of how Elie saw so many sons leaving their fathers and sometimes even killing them.


And I'm grindin' until I'm tired

Cause they said you ain't grindin' until you tired

So I'm grindin' with my eyes wide, lookin' to find

A way through the day, a life for the night

Dear Lord you done took so many of my people

I'm just wonderin' why you haven't taken my life

Like what the h*** am I doin' right?

My life

Take me away from the hood, like a state penitentiary

Take me away from the hood, in a casket or a Bentley

Take me away, like I overdosed on cocaine

Or take me away, like a bullet from Kurt Cobain

Suicide, I'm from a Windy City, like Do or Die

From a block close to where Biggie was crucified

That was Brooklyn's Jesus, shot for no f***** reason

And you wonder why Kanye wears Jesus pieces

Cause that's Jesus people, and Game, he's the equal

Hated on some much Passion that Christ need a sequel

Yeah, like Roc-a-Fella need a Sigel

Like I needed my father, but he needed a needle

I need some meditation so I can lead my people

They askin' why,why did John Lennon leave The Beatles?

And why every hood n**** feed off evil

Answer my question 'fore this bullet leave this Desert Eagle

We are not the same, I am a Martian

So approach my Phantom doors with caution

You see them 24's spinnin'? I earned 'em

And all the pictures of me and Em, I burned 'em

So it ain't no proof, that I ever walked through 8 Mile

And since it ain't no Proof, I'll never walk through 8 Mile

Sometimes I think about my life, with my face down

Then I see my sons and put on that Kanye smile

D***, I know his momma proud

And since you helped me sell my Dream we can share my momma now

And like M.J.B., No More Drama now

Livin' the Good Life, me and Common on common ground

I spit crack, and n***** could drop it out of town

Got a Cris', call my estate, I'm never out of bounds

My life used to be empty like a clock without a round

Now my life full, like a chopper with a thousand rounds

Walk through the gates of hell, see my Impala parked in front

With the high beams on, me and the devil sharin chronic blunts

Listenin to the Chronic album, play it backwards

Shootin at pictures of Don Imus for target practice

My mind f***** up, so I cover it with a Raider hood

I'm from the city that made you m*********** afraid of Suge

Made my grandmother pray for good

It never made her happy, but I bet that new Mercedes could

Ain't no bars, but n***** can't escape the hood

It took so many of my n*****, that I should hate the hood

But it's real n***** like me, that make the hood

Ridin slow in that Phantom just the way I should

With the top back, in my Sox hat

I'm Paid in Full, the n**** Alpo couldn't stop that

Even if they brought the n**** 'Pac back

I'll still keep this m********* c***** back









2. His Faith

Te Necesito, Shakira

He needs God in the beginning of the story and through out the whole story actually. He cries while he prays, and even after he stops praying, he still believes.

Si es la lluvia de todos los días que ha aumentado su nivel ya la música no tiene el mismo efecto que solía tener tal vez haya vivido tanto en tan poco y tan corto tiempo que no sé ni que idioma hablo ni que velas cargo dentro de este entierro siento que no tengo fuerzas ya para saltar y agarrar y sol y por más que yo intente no me escucho ni mi propia voz ya no se si he vivido diez mil días o un día diez mil veces y te sumo a mi historia queriendo cambiar las pérdidas por creces coro/chorus: te necesito, te necesito mi amor dondequiera que tu estes me hace falta tu calor te necesito, te necesito mi amor porque eres parte de mi te necesito aquí y es que no se vivir sin ti no he aprendido... y me encuentro así perdida como una aguja en un pajar como arenas movedizas me sumerjo entre mi soledad ya no sé si he vivido diez mil días o un dia diez mil veces y te sumo a mi historia queriendo cambiar las pérdidas por creces

3. His first time in a concentration camp

Papa Roach, Do or die

This reminds me of when they go to the concentration because he goes in as one person and comes out a totally different man. Physically and emotionally.

Today I saw my hero fall apart, the one who taught me to be strong, on the outside I look fine, but on the inside I am dying my strength has overcome my pain my love for you remains the same the loneliness is setting in I have no one to free my sins It's never too late to live your life, the time is now, it's do or die it's never too late to live your life, the time is now, it's your to mine Now it's my time to help you out, cuz you were there when I was down, it's hard for me to seal this way losing all your sanity you helped me, keep my dreams alive , without you how would I survive it's time for me to be a man now I finally understand It's never too late to live your life, the time is now, it's do or die it's never too late to live your life, the time is now, it's your to mine It's never too late to live your life, the time is now, it's do or die it's never too late to live your life, the time is now, it's your to mine I cant run anymore I cant hide anymore I cant run anymore I cant hide anymore Today I saw my hero fall apart, the one who taught me to be strong, on the outside I look fine, but on the inside I am dying It's never too late to live your life, the time is now, it's do or die it's never too late to live your life, the time is now, it's your to mine It's never too late to live your life, the time is now, it's do or die it's never too late to live your life, the time is now, it's your to mine It's never too late to live your life, the time is now, it's do or die it's never too late to live your life, the time is now, it's your to mine I cant run anymore I cant hide anymore I cant run anymore I cant hide anymore

4. His anger toward god

Why God? John Bereford

This song reminds me of how Elie asks God so many questions and of how confused he was. In the beginning nothing mattered, they thought they were just rumors. But then tragedy happened.

Why does Saigon never sleep at night?Why does this girl smell of orange trees?How can I feel good when nothing's right?Why is she cool when there is no breeze?Vietnam You don't give answers, do you friend?Just questions that don't ever end Why God? Why today?I'm all through here, on my way There's nothing left here that I'll miss Why send me now a night like this?Who is the girl in this rusty bed?Why am I back in a filthy room?Why is her voice ringing in my head?Why am I high on her cheap perfume?Vietnam Hey look I mean you no offense But why does nothing here make sense?Why God? Show your handWhy can't one guy understand?I've been with girls who knew much more I never felt confused before Why me? What's your plan?I can't help her, no one can I liked my mem'ries as they were But now I'll leave rememb'ring her When I went home before No one talked of the war What they knew from TV Didn't have a thing to do with meI w ent back and re-upped Sure Saigon is corrupt It felt better to be Here driving for the embassy 'Cause here if you can pull a string A guy like me lives like a king Just as long as you don't believe anything Why God? Why this face?Why such beauty in this place?I liked my mem'ries as they wereBut now I'll leave rememb'ring herJust her


5. The Nazis

Amazing, Kanye West

This song reminds me of how full of themselves were the Nazis. They thought they were,as the song says, "So Amazing". they actually thought they would be thanked by the world. They did make history, but not on the good book. They killed so many people, they are now remembered as monsters. Some of they were forced to do it, but they still did it, Some were proud and felt no pity. Some knew it was wrong, but did not stop. Some apologized, some tried to help, but those some werent enough. They were just trying not to get killed by the Americans,those that were really trying to help. Some as older gentlemen(Nazis) still bragg about it, but I guess thats something we can't take from them; and maybe they think they deserve something better.

It's amazing, I'm the reason

Everybody fired up this evening

I'm exhausted, barely breathing

Holding on to what I believe in

No matter what you'll never take that from me

My reign is as far as you're eyes can see

It's amazing, (huh)

So amazing, (huh) [x3]

It's amazing (huh)

So amazing [x3] (yeah)

It's amazing (let's go)
I'm a monster, I'm a killer, I know I'm wrong (yeah)

I'm a problem, that'll never ever be solved

And no matter what you'll never take that from me

My reign is as far as you're eyes can see

It's amazing, (huh)

So amazing, (huh) [x3]

It's amazing (huh)So amazing (yeah) [x3]

It's amazing (let's go)

I'm a monster, I'm a mavin

I know this world is changing

Never gave in, never gave up

I'm the only thing I'm afraid of

No matter what you'll never take that from me

My reign is as far as you're eyes can seeIt's amazing,[background:] (Kanye, soooooo amazing)

So amazing, [x3]

It's amazing

So amazing [x3]

It's amazing

So amazing [x3]

It's amazing

So amazing [x3]

It's amazing

[Young Jeezy:]I'm amazing, yeah I'm all that

If I ain't on my grind, then what you call that

Victorious, yeah we warriors

We make history, and strive off victory

Standing in my podium

I'm tryin'a watch my sodium

Die high blood pressure

Either let the feds catch ya

I'm amazing, born on a full moon

I was bred to get it in, no spoon

That's why I'm so goon, summertime no junes

Big family, small house, no room

They like oh god, why he go so hard

Look what he's been through, he deserves an applause

So amazing (uuuh) [x3]

It's amazing

So amazing [x3]

It's amazing (let's go)

So amazing (amazing) [x3]

It's amazing (let's go)

6.The death of Elie's father

Que falta me hace mi padre, Antonio Aguilar


This song makes me remember the way Elie felt about his father. His Father taught him alot of things and Elie felt he lived for his father and that his father lived for him. He felt that if he wasnt with his father, there was a hole in him. and after his father dies, he feels he has no reason to live any longer.


Que falta me hace mi padre,
a cada paso que doy,
Que falta me hace mi padre,
a cada paso que doy.
Ya mi Dios se lo llevo,
que solita esta mi madre,
Ya mi Dios se lo llevo,
Que solita esta mi madre.
Recorrimos, tantas veces, caminos y mas caminos. Eramos
inseparables, casi como dos amigos.
Recorrimos, tantas veces, caminos y mas caminos.
Que flata me hace mi padre, Ya no lo tengo conmigo
Como lo voy a olvidar? Siempre lo tengo presente
Como lo voy a olvidar? Siempre lo tengo en mi mente.
El me enseño a trabajar
El me enseño a ser decente
El me enseño el buen camino y
A vivir como la gente.
Fui el primero de sus hijos,
El que alegraba su hogar.
Lo digo con sentimiento en este triste cantar.
Que falta me hace mi padre,
como lo voy a olvidar?
Que falta me hace mi padre,
como lo voy a olvidar?
NUNCA

7. Survival

Hasta El Final, Alejandra Guzman

This song reminds me of Elie's survival because evn after all the bad experiences, he never gave up and he struggles to survive. That that is the beginning and not the end of his life. That he can still keep on going and fight to succeed. He doesnt want to look back because hes afraid of loosing what he is and his strength to keep going. And that even after that, he still dreams with the day he leaves the camps.

Puedo ver como el miedo se penetra por mi piel

puede ser que en un momento veas la vida de papel

y veo tus ojos casi sin aliento y tu alma baila a contratiempo
quiero verte sonreir de nuevo pero ya veras
que este es el principio y no el final
no voy a dejarme ir ni voy a mirar atras no quiero dejar mi espacio ni mi esencia un dia mas no voy a dejar de amar ni voy a dejar de respirar
me quiero quedar contigo hasta el final puede ser que en el intento no me salga nada bien pero nadie es perfecto yo aqui vine a aprender y veo tus ojos casi sin aliento y tu alma baila a contratiempo quiero verte sonreir de nuevo pero ya veras que este es el principio y no el final no voy a dejarme ir ni voy a mirar atras no quiero dejar mi espacio ni mi esencia un dia mas no voy a dejar de amar ni voy a dejar de respirar me quiero quedar contigo
yo quiero vivir contigo hasta el final











8. Mojado, Ricardo Arjona





This song reminds me of the whole story because the way they describe the story of an illegal immigrant is very similar to what the Jews suffered. They both say/ said goodbye to their friends, some family and left. They both could only carry a certain amount of objects. The immigrant tries to convince that he is from that country, while the Jews tried to convince the Nazis that they werent Jews. They both carry papers that "prove" they are whatever it is that they're stating they are.They both played/play a part they know they dont belong in. It also startes how a german or an American can walk around w/ no fear of getting murdered; of how the jews that escaped and the mojados have to stay in hiding until it is safe to finally be free. Of how their rights are taken away. How it is to live taking care of your back every second, hiding, crying, unhappy, worried about your family, cold, hungry. And of how we shouldnt be judged by religion or race, that only God himself can judge you by who you are.


Empaco un par de camisas, un sombrero,
Su vocación de aventurero
Seis consejos, siete fotos mil recuerdos.
Empaco sus ganas de quedarse
Su condición de transformarse
En el hombre que soñó y lo ha logrado.
Dijo adiós con una mueca disfrazada de sonrisa
Y le suplico a su dios crucificado en la repisa
El resguardo de los suyos y perduro la frontera como pudo
Si la luna suave se desliza por cualquier cornisa
Sin permiso alguno porque el mojado precisa
Comprobar con visas que no es de neptuno
El mojado tiene ganas de secarse
El mojado esta mojado
Por las lágrimas que brotan la nostalgia
El mojado, el indocumentado carga el bulto
Que el legal no cargaría ni obligado
De tu precio de un papel lo ha convertido
En fugitivo y no es de aquí porque el nombre
No aparece en los archivos y es de allá porque se muere
Si la luna suave se desliza por cualquier cornisa
Sin permiso alguno porque el mojado precisa
Comprobar con visas que no es de neptuno
Mojado sabia a mentira tú verdad
Sabía a tristeza la ansiedad De ver un freeway y soñar
Con la vereda que conduce hasta tú casa
Mojado, mojado de tanto llorar sabiendo que en algún lugar
Le espera un beso haciendo pausa desde el día en que te marchaste
Si la luna suave se desliza por cualquier cornisa
Sin permiso alguno porque el mojado precisa
Comprobar con visas que no es de neptuno
Si la visa universal se extiende el día en que nacemos
Y caduque en la muerte porque te persiguen mojado Si el cónsul de los cielos ya te dio permiso.

on the CD Im missing a song but in the playlist are all the songs. Just press pop out player so it can play the songs. Bye dad!

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Ass.8 -

The Salute


While I was watching the video, and as they would do their "salute" toward Hitler, I wondered what that salute meant. It was a greeting like a sign of loyalty to their leader. It was used by the Nazi Party to salute Hitler. Although the Italian people thought the salute had something to do with ancient Rome, Hitler and the SS leader Heinrich Himmler believed that it was from ancient Germanic peoples.To salute you raise your arm at about 45 degrees and then you say the words Heil Hitler! said in a firm and loud voice. If you are standing in front of a superior your heels may be clicked. The rest of the crowd will yell Sieg Heil which means Hail Victory.



The Uniforms
I noticed that not all the Nazis were dressed exactly alike. The Nazis liked their uniforms, for you wouldn't receive respect if you weren't wearing one. Hitler had chosen uniforms for every office and for every group. Some uniforms meant that you were in higher in office and others were for war.






http://www.bytwerk.com/gpa/uniforms.htm

Ass.7 Questions 6-9

Ch. 6

1.The officers would shoot them
2. He had a stomach cramp and had to stop as he squatted down, the rest of the men stepped on him
3. Rabbi Eliahou's son wanted to get rid of him while they were marching, and he succeeded. Elie hoped he never did what Rabbi Eliahou's son did to him.
4. He played the most beautiful Beethoven song
5. When they sent his father to the left and the Nazis followed him to take him back, the rest of the people spread around which made the Nazis confused

Ch. 7
1.He slapped him until he woke up so that they wouldn't take him with the rest of the corpses
2.Elie saw that a couple of people were throwing bread into the cattle cars and one time they threw on at their car and no one moved. But suddenly out of the darkness, a man crawled toward the piece of bread and took a bite. Another man approached him and started hitting him and the man yelled "Meir.Meir, my boy! Don't you recognize me? I'm your father...you're hurting me...you're killing your father! Ive got some bread...for you too...for you too...." Then after the boy stoped beating him, the man tried to take a bite from the bread but his son snatched the piece of bread, just then the man died. Meir started eating it, although he did not finish it, because two men surrounded him, then others joined them. There lay side by side father and son.
3.Twelve got out of the wagon. They had arrived at Buchenwald.

Ch. 8
1.After his father gets sick, he depends on Elie to take care of him, when before, Elie depended a lot on his father.
2.The two men,the French man and the Pole, laying next to him were tired of his moans.
3.He considered it for a moment but then started feeling guilty so he got his father a ration of soup and bread.
Ch. 9
1. The wheel of history was turned;They were all liberated.
2.
3.They headed to the kitchen to eat.
4.He saw his reflection, the reflection of a corpse that looked right back at him.

Ass. 6- Ch. 4-5 Q's

Answer the following questions;

Chapter 4

1. What were the objectives of the medical examinations?

To see if they were healthy enough to live or to be burned; to look for gold crowns so they could be removed.

2.Why were the Jewish musicians not allowed to play Beethoven? They weren't allowed to play German music.

3.Describe one if Idek's bouts of madness.

He gets so mac that he just has to hit someone or something and its better to keep out of the way.

4.How did Elie initially avoid losing his gold crown? He pretended to be ill, he said he didn't feel good and that he had temperature.
5.Who did Elie meet on the Paris metro.

The girl that told him to be patient after Idek beat him up.

6.What happened to Ellie when he refused to give his crown to Franek? What was the end result?

Franek put Elie's father in the marching group although he knew he couldn't march.He then started hitting him. After Franek got Ellie to the point were he couldn't watch any longer; he had Ellie give him a ration of bread and he had someone yank out his tooth with a rusty spoon.

7.Describe the scene at the soup cauldrons.

All the men are sent to their rooms and there are 2 cauldrons left in front of the kitchen. A man dares to go and drink from them and everyone is jealous of him and then he dies after the Americans start bombing.

8.During the preliminary ceremonies before hanging, what did Juliek tell whisper to Elie? What does this suggest?

"They're expecting trouble." He knew the Germans were afraid that if 1 Jew did something the rest would follow.

9.During one hanging, Elie and the other prisoners cried. What made this hanging different from the others?

To them, it was very painful to watch two men and a little boy being hanged. Since the boy didn't weigh that much, he died slowly and painfully.Elie said to himself that it was God who was hanging in the gallows.

Chapter 5

1.Why didn't Elie fast on Yom Kippur?

To please his father because he had forbidden him to do so and because it was dangerous.

2.What advice was given to Elie to pass the selection?

To run like the devil was after him so that he could give himself a little color.

3.How did Elie's father respond when he had learned that his name had been written down?

He felt that his time was short and he started to give Elie his valuable belongings/ possessions

4.What did Akiba Drumer ask others to do for him? Did they do it?

He had asked them to pray the kaddish for him if in three days he was no longer there;They didn't do it because they forgot.

5.Why was Elie placed in the hospital?

His right foot was swelling from the cold and had to be operated if not amputated.

6.Why was the camp evacuated?

It was evacuated because the Russians were coming.

7.What did Elie learn of the fate of those who stayed behind in the hospital?

They were simply liberated by the Russians 2 days after the evacuation.

Assignment 5- Timeline

The Nazification of Germany


1933-On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler Chancellor

1934-there were 2.5 million SA men compared with 100,000 men in the regular army.On August 2, 1934, President Hindenburg died. Hitler combined the offices of Reich Chancellor and President, declaring himself Führer and Reich Chancellor,

1935-Hitler announced the Nuremberg Laws . These laws prevented Jews of their civil rights as German citizens and separated them from Germans legally, socially, and politically.

1936- Berlin hosted the Olympics. Hitler viewed this as a perfect opportunity to promote a favorable image of Nazism to the world. Monumental stadiums and other Olympic facilities were constructed as Nazi showpieces.


1938- Germany took over Austria without bloodshed

1939-Hitler invaded Poland, officially starting World War II. Two days later, Britain and France, now obliged by treaty to help Poland, declared war on Germany

Answer the following sets of questions.
Chapter 2-pp.21-26
1.)Explain, "our eyes were opened, but too late." Where was the train at this point?
-They were aware of what was happening but they did nothing to stop it. The were in Kaschau, a little town on the Czechoslovak frontier. p.21
2.)What was foreshadowed by Madame Schachter's nightmare?
-I think she was sort of psychic and she could see what was awaiting for them.
3.) What did some of the passengers do to quiet Madame Schacter?
-They tied her up, sat her down, and hit her on the head. p. 23
4.) Where did the train finally stop?
-They stoped at Auschwitz. p.24

Chapter 3-pp.27-43
1. When questioned by the S.S. Officer, why did Elie lie about his age and occupation?
He was told to lie about his age by an SS officer and he lied about his occupation because he was scared. p.29
2. What was the first horrifying sight that Elie at first disbelieved?
He saw babies being burned inside a ditch.p.30
3. Explain what Elie meant when he said, "Never shall I forget these flames which consumed my faith forever."
Maybe when he saw that, he couldnt believe that God was letting people do this to other people. It was inhumanly cruel. p32
4. How did Elie change in a short time?
He seemed like a totally new person. When his father got hit, he didnt do anything to help him. i guess its just that fear devoured him.
5. What was Elie's first impression of Auschwitz after leaving Birkenau?
He thought it was better then Birkenau because they at least treated them better. p.32
6. What was the "compulsory formality" at the entrance to all camps?
They were showered them with hot water. p.38
7. What sort of identification was used on the prisoners?
They got a number tatooed on their forearm. p. 39
8. Why was the prisoner in charge of Elie's block removed from his position?
He was too humane. p.41
9. What were the prisoners' rations at each meal?
In the morning, black coffe, evening, bread and margarine, and in the noon, soup. p. 40
10.What was Bela Katz forced to do once he was chosen for his strength?
He had to put his own father inside a crematory. p.33

Night, Elie Wiesel Questions ass. 3

♥1. Who is Moishe/Moche the Beadle?
-He was a man of all work at a Hasidic synagogue. He was very poor and people were very fond of him.He always made himself seem invisible. He was awkward and he made others smile.His gaze was lost.He was the one who explained to Elie that every question possessed a power that didn't lie in the answer. pg. 1
♥2. Why did Eliezer cry when he prayed?
-He didn't know why it is that he cried, it was just a feeling that grew inside him while he prayed and he had to let it out. pg.2
♥3.When Moishe/Moche returned what did he tell?
-The train full of deportees had crossed the Hungarian frontier and on polish territory had been taken in charge by the gestapo.the Jews had to get out and climb into lorries and rode toward a forest. they were mad e to dig huge graves. when they had finished, the gestapo had to kill them. They had to go up to the grave and present their necks. The babies were thrown into the air and were used as targets.Moshie was wounded in the leg and "miraculously" escaped because he was taken for dead. pg. 4
♥4.Why didn't people believe him?
-Everyone thought he had lost his mind and that he just wanted them to pity him.pg.5
♥5.List the ways the Jewish people of Sighet lost their rights (List 5).
- 1.Some of their homes were taken over by German soldiers and they had to do what they said. p. 7
- 2. They wouldn't be allowed to leave their houses for three days - on pain of death p.8
- 3.They couldn't keep any gold, jewels, or any objects of value in the house, so they were taken away.p.8
- 4. Every Jew had to wear the yellow star. p.8
-5. They were not allowed to go to restaurants or cafés, to travel on the railway, to attend the synagogue, or to go out to the street after 6 ' o clock. p. 9
♥6. What is a Ghetto?
-A ghetto is a section inhabited by members of an ethnic group (ex. Jews)
♥7.Why did citizens resist the truth , even when it was in front of them?
-They didn't think Hitler would be able to kill all Jews because they were millions and spread around all over the country. Also because it was the middle of the 20th century.
♥8.Describe the conditions in the train (at the end of the chapter).
They were 80 people to a car, and were left a few loaves of bread and some buckets of water. There were bars at the windows. The cars were sealed. In each car there was a person in charge, if someone escaped, he would get shot.

Cattle Car Complex- Assignment 2

Summary:



In this story, there is a guy named Adam Posner. He is a lawyer who is trapped in an elevator that got stuck. Apparently, he has a severe trauma from childhood. He was part of all the Jewish people they took to Auschwitz during World War II in Germany. At the beginning of the story, he tries to be calm, but its really hard for him. .After a while he starts to remember what a torture it was to ride in the cattle cars. he starts to remember what it was to suffer the treatment of the Nazis toward him and the rest of the Jews. He presses every button there is. no answer, no movement. In the end the people who fix elevators finally come and take him out.

What I think:

I think he is trying to tell about how other Jewish people felt during the holocaust.

Holocaust- Assignment 1 (Second Nine Weeks)

In the holocaust, nine to eleven million Jews were killed during World War I. the word "holocaust" comes from a Hebrew word, "shoah" which means calamity, disaster, destruction, and catastrophe. This was planned and executed by Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazis) . Other groups were persecuted and killed by the regime, including the Gypsies, Soviets, particularly prisoners of war, Communists, ethnic Poles, other Slavic people, the disabled,homosexuals, and political, and religious dissidents. The Nazis preferred to call it the, "Final Solution of the Jewish Question."

The doctors received live bodies of these groups and made several discoveries. they would open the bodies while the person was still conscious. this is how they discovered how the heart,lungs,livers, etc. worked.

My Opinion- Assignment 10

I like the blogger because we don't have to be carrying papers or binders around. When the homework is due we don't have to worry about were the paper is and we don't have to turn it in late. I really don't know how we can make it better because i like it the way it is.

Shilpa, The Alcoholic- Assignment 8

Shilpa

Get Drunk

Always be drunk.That's it!The great imperative!In order not to feel Time's horrid fardel bruise your shoulders,grinding you into the earth,get drunk and stay that way.On what?On wine, poetry, virtue, whatever.But get drunk.And if you sometimes happen to wake upon the porches of a palace,in the green grass of a ditch,in the dismal loneliness of your own room,your drunkenness gone or disappearing,ask the wind,the wave,the star,the bird,the clock,ask everything that flees,everything that groans or rolls or sings,everything that speaks,ask what time it is;and the wind, the wave, the star, the bird, the clock will answer you:"Time to get drunk!Don't be martyred slaves of Time,Get drunk!Stay drunk!On wine, virtue, poetry, whatever!"

Shilpa is an alcoholic which is why I thought that this poem related to her. she started drinking when she was very young so that she wouldn't feel so much pain while she was with costumers but now shes addicted to it. It is her way of escaping the horrible world she lives in.

What I Think- Assignment 7

It is very sad to see those pictures because you get to see what those girls are going through. I couldn't imagine seeing in real life everything they have to put up with every day. Beauty, is a young mother that doesn't get to see her 5 yr. old son and has to work every night in that brothel. she is not only abused mentally and physically by customers, but also by her pimp, Gita, who hits her when she "misbehaves". She is one of the best prostitutes in that brothel because she pretends to love the costumer and that is what brings them back to her. She says she just pretends to love them, but she actually doesn't love anyone.To me, that is very sad. she has gotten to the point were she cannot love anyone.

(TEN) - Assignment 6

http://www.madebysurvivors.com/?gclid=CJPSmNH30ZUCFRUYgQodWhh0jA

There is an organization called The Emancipation Network (TEN) which is an international organization that fights slavery. They help survivors and high risk communities by giving them economic alternatives and education. They ask the people who they help to make bracelets and jewelry and then sell it through the Internet. The Emancipation Network opened Destiny Productions at the Thomas Clayton Center in Calcutta, India so that rescued slaves can go there instead of going back home or ending up in brothels.

Timeline- Assignment 5

*1.- Lakshmi lives in a small hut in a village with her mom, stepfather, and little brother in Nepal.
*2.- Lakshmi has her very first period at the age of 13 and her mother teaches her what she needs to know.
*3.- There's been 60 days without rain, so the rice plants are drying up, when the rain finally falls, it takes everything with it.
*4.- One day, stepfather comes home and tells Ama Lakshmi will have to work as a maid.
*5.- They go to a store to meet a lady from the city which Lakshmi has seen before in the village festival who she is to call Auntie Bimla.
*6.- Stepfather asks for 800 rupees for Lakshmi and so the lady takes her to the city.
*7.- Auntie Bimla takes her to meet Uncle Husband, who takes her across the border.
*8- She is told she will work as a maid at a place called Happiness House,were she is sold by uncle husband for 10,000 rupees and meets Mumtaz, (the pimp)and other young girls.
*9.- Once she is there, she is very curious about everything, but she doesn't know she is actually in a brothel and her virginity is sold to a man named Habib.
*10.-That brothel was the witness to all of Lakshmi's suffering, as it was for her success. She learned English, Hindu, and the language everyone speaks there thanks to an 8 yr. old named Harish.
*11.- She also meets a street boy who sells tea and who knows everyone in the village.
*12.- He is the one who tells an American about the brothel who goes and saves Lakshmi and arrests Mumtaz.

Assignment 3- Man vs Man

There is many conflicts in the book but i think the main problem is when the stepfather sells Lakshmi into prostitution without her knowing so. She is abused, until she does something about it. She finally uses what she has to get out of Mumtaz's brothel to go back home and get Mumtaz into jail. The reason the stepfather sells her is that they need money beacuse he is always gambling the little money they get or spending it on himself.



-pg.52 "The next morning... Bajai Sita's store"
-pg.53 "He takes in...on her ears"
-pg.53 " What does it...no hips yet?"
-pg.263 "My name is Lakshmi," I say.

About Me- Assignment 1

My name is Janette. I'm an 8th grader. I love to spend time with my friends and family and I like to travel. i also like to write stories. I like to read long chapter books of suspense.

Sold- Assignment 2

I picked the vignette Sold because it says how strong she really is. It tells you that she doesn't want to show how weak she is by crying, because then Mumtaz will know that all she has to do to make her cry is confine her. She does everything she can do to let her anger where it says "I pound on..." and then "But I do...".It is also letting you know she is not going to give up that easily into prostituting herself.

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