Compare/Contrast Shoah/Night

Night and Shoah are similar in that both of them are describing the horrors of the holocaust. However they are different in that they Night focuses more on survival, were as Shoah focuses more on death which show that experiences were different for everyone.

The Road

The thing that makes a book or movie depressing is when the main character or his/her friend is no longer part of the story. This is the reason because you have come to like this character and you want them to survive and for them to live happily ever after but when they don't you feel let down and sad for them.

Persepolis post #2

2) Her individual spirit clashed with politics because the new government had put restriction on people especially women. So therefore, some of the things that she wanted to do she couldn't because the government was oppressing her.

Persepolis posts #1

1) Iranian culture and her childhood clash on a very large scale. She was a child when culture, government, and politics were changing. For example; she was forced to wear a veil in school because the new government said that she had to do so.

Black Boy Themes

1) Richard was ignored by his mother which caused him to be independent and resent authority figures.

-When Richard was asked to go to the grocery store and is mother gave him a note, he was beat up by kids and was robbed. When he came back his mother told him not to come back until he got the groceries in which he resented his mother for that and was able to fight for himself.

-This connects to ignorance because Richard was ignored and got stronger because of it. 

2) Richard was isolated from the truth which caused him to question and become depressed.

-When Richard was asking about the boat that they would be staying on, his mother told him that it would great and lied about it so he became depressed.

Twist

-Tone/Mood

-Word Choice-Metaphors, similes, connotation, personification

-Imagery-Senses, especially sound

-Style- Punctuation, syntax, etc.

-Theme

T- The authors tone is confused and desperate
W- "Bleeding grass" is personification because the statement is giving the grass human like qualities.
I- You can smell the freshly cut grass. He was so hungry that he could taste the grass. 

S- He describes the nouns in the sentence very well, for example "Cloudy Notion" and "new cut grass"
T- The theme is hunger because he feels that he is hunger all the time.

Claim- The theme is hunger which is a continuous struggle throughout his life.

E-Tone is the desperate words that he articulates throughout the quote such as Bleeding Grass and Cloudy notion.

R- He is constantly reminded about his hunger which makes him more and more desperate.

Alliteration- different words but with the same letters
B
Conotation,
Denatation, Dialog,Diction-The word choice
Exaggeration
Foreshadowing
G
Hyperbole
Imagery
J
K
L
Metaphor
N
Onimonapia- sound
Personification-non human thing but human qualities
Q
Rhyme
Simile
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

My most vivid Childhood memory

I was three years old I was beginning my first year of Pre-school at St.Augustine Catholic school in the lower part of the Hudson River. All I can remember was my brother came with me and as I was walking in the building he pushed me down and ruined my first day of Pre-School.

Shoah

I think that his story was definitely more about death because he said not how he survived but rather how he said "people were burned here and the flames reached to the sky"

night micro labs

The significance of the book was that he survived to live as an example of how terrible  I think that ends it so abruptly because after the camps there was not much to tell.

Nobel prize blog post

Wiesel's message was that he is thankful and blessed that he survived and that he thought it was insane that people of the 20th century would do something so terrible. Over all he was saying that history and peoples lives were lost during the holocaust and he was lucky to get out alive.

Horror

A connection is that in the book and the speech he was saying that his family was saved and others weren't.

Wiesel "deposition"

What I think that he means is that in the night he is allowed to think and not have to worry about the stress that life produces. He is removed from society and is allowed to be free.

Pitch paper feed back

1) I will improve on tying up my statements, by going to the writing center to ask for advice.
2) I need to improve on making my evidence more extensive, I will do this by doing more research.
3) I will need to improve on clarity of the intro, I will do this by making it more in depth.
4) I will need to fix all grammatical errors throughout the essay, I will do this by going to the Writers Block.

TAXONAMY

Adolescence
Beauty
Coming of age
Discrimination
Education
Fear
Girl
Hardship
Insecure
Justice
Kids
Love
Mature
Name calling
Oppression
Peace
Quiet
Racism
Social class
Troubles
Understanding
Value
Wisdom
X
Youth
Z

I used facts about my character and what she was going through, by changing of characters moods. My characters story was was complicated by others because she thought that her killing herself and her kids was being a good parent but other people have stories that make that one untrue. http://www.powtoon.com/presentoons/eE7DE05RiUv/edit/#/Export

Who are You

Through out my life I have been asked wether or not I am Chinese, Japanese, Korean, ect... I don't take offense because I know that most asians like myself tend to look familiar to one another. I usually respond politely saying "I am a mix of German and Japanese".

From personal experience, here in America we identify anyone who is not completely white as not white. We think that if even someone is a tiny bit of another race, even though they are mostly white, they are not white. I think Rachel is forced to pick a side and it's hard. The kids of color don't like her, and nether do the white kids.

The Color of Beauty

Russell and Renne are both models that have been effected by what society claims a beauty. However Russell who is white never had to personally experience racial discrimination because she is white, where as Renne who is African American had first hand experience with this. Russell, when she is doing her job, that is not her. That is a professionally altered model, with makeup, professional hair dressers, ect... She does not get to be herself. Renne also is affected by this because she also has to put on makeup and, have professionals do her hair to meet societies standards of beauty.

Pre-writing "Beauty"

 In our society today beauty is defined as "not too wide, not too thin, not too tall, and not too short." People will judge others on their appearance no matter what their looks. The way the author is describing beauty is that we should appear in a proper manner, but at the same time let a person be who they are.

1-Independent, strong, motivated.
2- That she did not let society dictate how she lead her life, and she was who she was off camera.
3- People tend to think that looks determine your social standing but if you did not care what other people you would be a-lot happier.

She wants other people of color to accept who they are by not letting societies image of beauty to stop them from being who they are.

How is beauty defined?
A:In the fashion industry its the color of your skin.
What do you notice about the gatekeepers to the fashion industry
A:They want white models
how does Renne describe herself, would you say she has a positive self-image
A:She is constantly battling racism.
how does beauty connect to identity in this video
A: How people think that just because you are black you cant do certain things
what is the bottom line for advtetizers.
A:

Ferguson

1) The most powerful article I read today was an article written by "German Lopez" titled "11 Things you should know about the Michael Brown Shooting". The article basically stated that on August 9th 2014, Michael Brown was visiting his grandmother unarmed and was stopped by police for jaywalking, and soon there after, he was fatally shot. Police say Brown was involved in a store robbery prior to the shooting. However the Police officers who shot Brown "were unaware of the robbery" (Lopez, 2014) when they shot him. I found this article to be the most powerful because it makes a statement on our racial standpoint as a nation, Lopez calls this "Deep-rooted disparities in local Government and law enforcement". This compares to the Children's March because the police are unjustly disciplining citizens. The Children's March differs in that deadly force was not used in Birmingham, as it was used in Missouri.

2) This source was a mixture of Fact and opinion. What I mean by that is, the Authors opinions in the article were based off of proven facts. I know this because the Author is asking questions that cannot be answered with a fact, but it can be supported by a fact. I would rate this source as a 3 because the Author did have fact based arguments, but they were opinionated.

http://www.vox.com/cards/mike-brown-protests-ferguson-missouri/mike-brown-ferguson-MO-protests

Passion Project Reflections

"Many have often criticized the Presidents executive decision to order airstrikes on Iraq, such as Arizona senator John McCain. According to McCain the airstrikes on Iraq are “clearly very, very ineffective, to say the least”. (McCain, 2014) However, Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari had this to say,  “Air strikes are intended to degrade the terrorists' capabilities and achieve strategic gains — and have been very effective,”(Hoshyar, 2014) Also other countries have been the opposite of critical, they have been supportive and an active participant in the effort. “British forces are coordinating aid drops with the U.S. and more broadly, trying to figure out how to help the refugees escape from "’a completely unacceptable situation,"’ British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said”. (Salama, 2014) According to the information above, the airstrikes are proven to be effective at eliminating the threat and the in doing so they will help us reach our goal to win the war on terror by shrinking ISIS."

1) I selected this paragraph because I feel that this really proves the point that I am trying to make in that I had opinions from two different sides of the issue, good quotes, and a good reasoning.

2) My biggest concern is that I wont be able to make this into a 10 page essay.

Passion Project Research

1) New York Times "After Beheading of Steven Sotloff, Obama Pledges to Punish ISIS"
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/world/middleeast/steven-sotloff-isis-execution.html?ref=world&_r=0

2) Time "Obama: 'Justice will be served' on ISIS for US journalist killing"

http://time.com/3261341/obama-isis-steven-sotloff/

3 Research ?'s

US possible invasion of Iraq.

1) If we invade Iraq what would be the long term effect on our Nation?

2) If we invade Iraq would we/the world be benefitting from the outcome?

3) If we invade Iraq what will be the consequences? 

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5 Ideas for Passion Project

1) US involvement in Iraq, what would be the consequences? I am interested and passionate in this topic because not only does this effect the rest of the world but it also effects me as well, because who knows the retaliation of the insurgent groups on American soldiers.

2) Russia involvement in Ukraine, will other countries use military action? I am interested in this because this is a scary issue. Russia is a nuclear capable country and they have taken over a city in Ukraine, and have now started to use military advancement in the country.

3) Ebola in Africa, when will we find a cure? I am concerned about this because even though the CDC has it under control and it is not directly effecting me, it is still killing people and we need to stop it as soon as possible.

4) The Afghanistan War, when will it end? People have nicknamed the war " The Never ending war", and the question that I ask myself is "are those people right"? Will the war on terror ever end?

5) Syrian civil war. I don't know much about this issue, but I do know that the war needs to end.

The Grace of Silence Personal Response

David Koester

8-26-14

English 10

Blog post 1

     I took the time to ask my family "Is there anything interesting about our family, such as my how ancestors came to America?" Just by asking  that one simple question, I discovered something that I had no knowledge of. My ancestors who where from Japan were castle guards, the castle was overthrown and all affiliates were to be executed. The Japanese form of execution was suicide back then using a sword, this method was know as "Seppuku". This was to die in a state of honor rather than falling into the hands of their enemy. My ancestors during this time had just given birth to a new child, and the baby would be executed by the people who overtook the castle. However the mother (my ancestor) of that child escaped from the castle with the newborn and migrated into another part of Japan. Many years later my ancestors moved to Honolulu Hawaii, and that is where my Grandmother, Grandfather, Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, and some of my closest friends live currently.

     I had thought that my family's history was just bland and boring, rather than a story that sounds like a blockbuster movie. It hasn't quite struck me that if the did not escape execution, I wouldn't be here writing this or even be here at all! I feel like I can relate to what the author is saying because she had stories that she didn't know about, her race of people were oppressed just like mine. In WW2 my Great uncle was put in a internment camp for the remainder of the war. We are alike, the author and I because we both believe that "You'll find out amazing things about your family, and thereby learn essential things about yourself."