I am reading the book titled Night by Elie Wiesel. So far I think the book is great and I understand it well; it has lots of detail of what people went through during the holocaust. Even though it’s sad, I have been enjoying this book because it is the real life experience of the author, who is also the protagonist of this non-fiction story. It is very heartbreaking to read of other people’s misfortune, but at the same time it is interesting to read about what those poor Jewish people went through. This book has a lot of perspective on how people suffered when Hitler took over and began to exterminate the Jews. The Jews were taken out of their homes and shipped to concentration camps in a very small cart. These carts were so claustrophobically small that people had to take turns sitting because they couldn’t sit all at once. When they would finally arrive to the camps, children and babies would get cremated, and stronger adults were put to work. The main character, who was a Jew and at the time only 15 years of age, saw this horror happen in a concentration camp called Auschwitz. Here the men were put to hard labor and were exposed to starvation. One thing I’m confused about is what the women experienced. The main character doesn't really talk about what happened to the women because he is a boy and only sees what happens to the men. A question I have is: will the main character ever see what happened to the women?
Assignment #2 I wonder the same thing as you. While I was reading I kept thinking what was happening to the women. What they were going though, if it was the same labor as the men or less harsh because they are women. I wonder what happened to the women that were pageant. I think that since it is based off what the boy is seeing we won’t know or get any information about what is going on with the women. It makes me feel horrible reading what is happening to the men. How they are getting put to labor, getting starved to death, and having to walk past the gas chambers.
Krissy Assignment #2 We apparently all have the same question and, although I don't think he'll go into great detail, I'm sure by the end of the book he'll have a little insight on what happened to the women. This book has definitely made me feel greatful for everything I have and I know I'm very fortunate to have a roof over my head and food in my kitchen. They went days without eating and I can barely make it through the school day!
Let me start off by saying I am really enjoying this book so far. In the beginning of the book “Night” the characters seemed very oblivious and ignorant about what was really going on. They seemed to keep a positive attitude despite being kicked out of their homes and being forced into small compact wagons and shipped off to an unknown place. They heard rumors, some good and some bad, but it wasn’t until they arrived to their destination that they discovered the horrors that they were about to face. They were eventually separated by gender and little did Elie know he would never see his mother or sister again. Elie and his father were ushered through a line and, after being asked a few questions, were sent to the left while some were sent to the right. They were unaware of which direction was good or bad, but a man told them that they were being sent to the gas chamber. They had reached the gas chambers then were ordered to turn and keep walking. Throughout the book I could not even fathom how they could stay so calm for so long. Is anyone else curious about what’s going to happen to the mother and his sister? I have also been pondering how Moshe the Beadle managed to escape from the concentration camp.
Assignment #2 I too feel the same way as you on all of it. I am enjoying this book a lot but it made me upset kind of that they were being so oblivious to what is was happening and what was going to happen. Its good that they were staying calm though, I think the family did it because of the little sister. When I read the part about them heading towards the gas chamber I immediately got upset because I didn’t want Elie or his father to die. Then it started making me wonder what was going to happen to his mother and sister. I also questioned how Moshe the Beadle was able to escape from a harsh camp. I hope we find out in the end, but who knows.
I’m enjoying the book too. It frustrates me how unaware they are about what is really happening. I believe they made the choice to be oblivious to what was going on, so the rest of their family wouldn't get too scared. I also admire the fact that the people stayed so positive even though times were getting tough. Moshe the Beadle was very mysterious on how he escaped the camp that he was in; he didn't give much detail on how he got out. Hopefully at the end of the book it is revealed how he managed to escape because I want to know too. -Vanesa
I am reading the book called Night. The book is about people who went through the holocaust. As I read the book, the characters are oblivious and seem to calm. It makes me mad because if I were they I would not be oblivious. Although they seem so oblivious to what is going on, they are also keeping a positive outlook on their situations. I do not understand how though, because they are being kicked out of their homes to who knows where. While reading the book I enjoy reading the perspective on how the Jews were treated and what they actually went though. When they arrived to the camp, they were split up into gender. Eventually the men start walking and as they walk, they go to either the left or right, no one knows which is the better side. As they keep walking they come upon a gas chamber and think something is going to happen, but nothing does they keep walking. After seeing the gas chamber they still reminded calm. I have to questions that can’t leave my mind. One, how did Moshe the Beadle escape from the concentration camp? Second question, does the book ever talk about what is happening with the women?
Krissy Assignment #2 I just now thought of another question! Did Moshe the Beadle get sent back to the camp after he got away? The book doesn't talk about him after it mentions that he escaped so now I'm really curious. I don't know for sure, but I bet Moshe the Beadle somehow escaped during one of those alarm things when none of the gaurds were paying attention. Who knows, maybe we'll find out by the end of the book.
Denis Grigorov Assignment #2 I know that some people got lucky cause they have been working for Schindler company, basically he like bought them. Schindler went to the people in charge of the camps he talked them in of buying them to help him out in what he was doing, and the truth is his company at the end didn't make any money they basically made weapons that didn't work that's how he save hundreds of innocent people. but i still wonder what happened to the woman cause neither book nor Schindler list doesn't talk much about it.
I think this book is awesome too, I mean, not because of what happened to those poor Jewish people, but because Elie was brave enough to publish his story. That was very brave of him to remember those moments and actually write them down. Some parts in this book also got me mad because of how inhumane they treated the Jews. I honestly don’t know how they could have been so cruel to them. I think maybe most of the German soldiers were trained to treat people that way, or had psychological problems; but some soldiers were nicer than others. -Vanesa
The quote I have chosen is pretty long, but it was the one quote that stuck out to me the most: "Listen to me, boy. Don't forget that you're in a concentration camp. Here, every man has to fight for himself and not think of anyone else. Even of his father. Here, there are no fathers, no brothers, no friends. Everyone lives and dies for himself alone. I'll give you a sound piece of advice-don't give your ration of bread and soup to your old father. There's nothing you can do for him. And you're killing yourself. Instead, you ought to be having his ration." This quote stuck out to me so much because it really shows just how horrible it was in there. To be broken physically and emotionally to the point that you can no longer worry about the life and/or death of your own father… Trying to put myself in that position is impossible for me because I cannot even imagine being at such a low point. It breaks my heart, especially reading that the son actually agreed with the man. He said, “He was right, I thought in the most secret region of my heart, but I dared not admit it. It’s too late to save your old father, I said to myself. You ought to be having two rations of bread, two rations of soup…” No teenager should ever be to the point that they can think like this. Nobody should ever have to make a decision to either keep trying to save their own father or take their father’s food in order to save themself. This quote, in my opinion, is significant because it proves the Hierarchy of Needs. The number one need is to be fed, have water, and be provided with shelter. If that need is not met, a person cannot focus on achieving a higher need such as relationships. I suppose nobody knows how someone could choose bread over their own parent until they’re so close to their death bed. All I know is this book has really opened my eyes to society. The Holocaust is bullying taken to the extreme, and it says a lot about people. That quote shows what bullying can do to one’s mentality and emotions.
The quote I chose is: "For more than half an hour he stayed there, struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes. And we had to look him full in the face. He was still alive when I passed in front of him. His tongue was still red, his eyes were not yet glazed. Behind me, I heard the same man asking: Where is God now? And I heard a voice within me answer him: Where is He? Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows..." I chose this quote because this was a beloved young boy by the whole camp. Even the SS men didn't want to hurt him. He had a face of a sad angel that no one wanted to hurt. Something horrible happened and they wanted the boy to talk, the boy did not talk. Therefore he was sentenced to death. During the hanging the SS men felt more disturbed then he has before, they were hanging a young boy in front of thousand of people. I think to myself how could they kill so many people, bu tot hang a boy is disgusting to me. I hate this, but when the man asked where God was and Elie answered that the little boy was God it made me smile but it was a sad smile. I think this quote is important because it shows how they still had faith even though there world was coming to an end. Every thing they have ever learned has taken away, everything they had has destroyed, and for a second they didn't believe in God but then they found faith. It also showed that the SS men had a very small heart because he too did not want to hang the young boy in front of people.
Krissy Assignment#3 The book "Night" is about a boy named Elie and his family who were forced out of their homes along with the rest of Jewish people by German Soldiers and shipped off to concentration camps. He is separated from his mom and sister so all he had left was his father. They are starved, beaten, and put to work, and it only gets worse as the days go by. I would have to say that I personally loved this book so much I couldn't even put it down. The book keeps you on your toes and never reveals too much so it always keeps you thinking. The events that Elie describes in the book are heartbreaking and it made me appreciate the people and opportunities I have in my life knowing what these people went through. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone, especially people who are looking for a little more insight from somebody who actually lived through the Holocaust. Elie, the author, was the little boy in the book. The stories within the book are all his own personal experiences which, to me, makes this book amazing. Elie Wiesel is also a champion of human rights and a speaker for awareness of past and potential acts of genocide. In recognition of this work, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Also, a lot of his work was written in another language and was translated into English. I think what makes Elie so honorable is the fact that he took such a horrible event in his life and turned it into something positive. Anyone who can see the bright side of life and publish his experiences for all to see deserves recognition.
I also at times could not put the book down, because at times it would be amazing and it draw me in and then bam it cooled down and then I was board and then so on. The book did reveal a lot about what happened during the Holocaust and the emotions were so raw. During school we would learn about the facts and information, we never got a chance to read the way the victims felt and the books good at describing it. After reading the book it to made me appreciate the people and opportunities I have in my life much more. I am glad that he took a negative in his life and made it positive, I didn’t look at it that way until you said you and your right. After reading the book I looked up what happened to the women and it was awful just like the men. I feel for all the Holocaust victims and what they went through.
Krissy Assignment#4 I do believe some books should be banned from our school libraries, but not for the reasons they are banned. I believe books should ONLY be banned if there is no educational use or learning experiences within the book. Just because a book has a little profanity in it doesn’t mean it should be banned from a school library. What makes me mad is the fact that the book I read called “Night” was banned and books like “Goosebumps” are still allowed. Goosebumps has no educational use at all and talks about pointless scary stories. The book I read was banned because of the fact that it talked about violent acts that happened to Jewish people. I feel that is an unfair reason to ban the book because it really informed me about what really went on in the book. Also, last year in U.S. History we talked about the things that happened in the Holocaust and watched a movie called Schindler’s List which had a lot more profanity than the book. Of course we had to sign a permission slip, but a permission slip wasn’t even an option for the book which seems unfair. If I found out that somebody wanted to ban a book I would argue that they should have to make a petition for all of the parents of Centennial students to sign in agreement for it to be banned. If there were only a few signatures on it than I would say that the book should still be available to students with a permission slip saying they are allowed to read the book. Now that being said, I do believe there is a place for censorship. I don’t believe students should read books with profanity if it has either too much profanity or has no educational purpose.
Assignment #3 The book I read was called Night, by Elie Wiesel. I enjoyed the book, but at the same time I did not enjoy the book. I thought the book could have been more detailed and not rushed. The book is a personal narrative about the author whose family went through the Holocaust. Everyone is spilt up by gender and is put to work. They go through hard work, suffering nights, and emotional days of torture. What I thought was interesting about the book was that it was based on a real life experiences going through the Holocaust. What I did not like about this book was that it did not go into great detail about the book. Also I felt that the author rushed through the book and I don’t understand why. Therefor I am not satisfied by the way the book ended. It could have been better if there was more detail. Since there was little detail and rushed I do not understand why the book was banned. I thought that Elie was a great character. He had emotions, strength, and hope. Throughout the whole book he never gave up and that showed hope and strength to carry on. His dad was a great but old character. I felt for him because he aged more than he would have if he wasn’t put through hard work. His dad showed hope, strength, skills, but yet weakness and worried all at the same time. My impression of the book in the beginning was great, I thought the book was going to pick up but instead through every chapter I felt I was being rushed. Slowly as I finished the book it showed me that the book was slow and showed no point of being banned. If you wanted to read about a real life experience story, reading a slow passed book with no detail then yes I would recommend this book for you. I would not recommend this book to a people because there was no detail, slow start and rushed ending. Also I still wished I knew what happened to the women, since he was a man there was no information about the women.
Krissy Assignment#3 Part 2 I do have to agree that the book did have seldom detail about all of what happened there especially considering how long he was there compared to how short the book is. I was a little disappointed with the ending as well and if it weren't for google I wouldn't have known what happened to the women. With that said, I still have to say that I really enjoyed the book and it definitely taught me some things that I had not known prior to reading it. I liked that it had the ability to get a reaction out of me whether it be anger, joy, or sadness. I also admire that he was not ashamed to tell his personal thought about God before and during the Holocaust along with how he felt about his father towards the end. Although I wish the book had greater detail, I was overall very satisfied with it and I look forward to the opportunity of reading the second book of his trilogy.
I believe that it was wrong to banned the book Night because there was nothing wrong or inappropriate for school libraries. Elie turned his negative into a positive that gave people an Understanding on how to appreciate what you have and there were true real emotions in that book. Yes there was some parts where people were killed by hanging and other ways but they were not detailed to extreme. Almost every state has the death penalty and they hang, have a fire squad, lithe injection and others and those are not banned. Also I believe the parents should be able to tell their own children what they should be allowed to read not the school board. They have the right to teach us what they want but not the right to banned books. Yes there are some books that should never be allowed in a public school library for example Fifty shades of grey should never be allowed in a school that would be a parents decision weather or not their teenager can read it. At times I feel that school boards can cross lines where it should be the parents making the decision. I strongly believe that books do not harm people at all. Books make people think, feel, react and that is what English teachers what us to do while we read. Also banning boos from a library won’t stop kids from reading them. The more people try and band things students can’t do the more they want to do. They want to read it because they want to know why it was banned. If schools banned books from there library, they can always go to a book store and read it. Go to a public library and read it. They can even read it online. Therefore I believe it should be a parents decision.
Denis Grigorov Assignment #3 My group and I read the book called Night by Elie Wiesel. Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a story about Elie Wiesel’s life in concentration camps during the holocaust. Elie, the religious boy with a loving family of three sisters and parents, is taken from home and sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Elie is separated from family members (mom and sisters), but remains with his father, only to be transferred from camp to camp. Through their journey, Elie tells about the death of family members, the death of his own innocence and suffering to a point in which life and death does not matter anymore. What I really liked about the book is how much love Elie showed to his father during the journey. What I didn’t like about the book is how long it was. My favorite character was Elie, he showed an awesome son’s character through the whole book. This book was sad; the style of the book was kind of old which I did not like. At the start I really liked the book but I did not like it as much at the end because of Elie’s father’s death. I would recommend this book to others because it shows what happened in the holocaust and what people had to go through just like Elie.
Assignment #3 I agree with your opinion about the book’s ending. I didn't like the ending either because it was really sad. I really thought his father would make it out alive with Elie. -Vanesa Matos
Denis Grigorov Assignment #4 I believe that books should be banned in school libraries if they have any inappropriate part. Some students are raised different in different households with different rules. Some parents of the students are much stricter; I don’t think there should be a level of badness for a book to be banned. One sentence is enough, because it gives out the idea of it. Some students are affected by what a book even suggests, my book was banned because of the violence in it and war, the violence is pretty graphic and it makes sense to why it was banned from a high school library. I think violence, sex and anything else like that should be banned from any book between elementary to high school. After that, students should be able to read whatever book they want to. Graphic scenes in a book affect and cause students to get ideas in their head. Especially drugs and sex, it makes them want to try it.
Assignment #2 A significant quote in the book that I am reading is: “Jews, listen to me. It’s all I ask of you. I don’t want money or pity. Only listen to me,’ He would cry between prayers at dusk and the evening prayers. I did not believe him myself.” (Wiesel 5) I chose this quote because it is very important to the story; it is beginning to show how oblivious the people are and that they choose not to believe Moshe the Beadle. Most of the people think he has gone crazy because of the horrid things he is saying to them. The quote foreshadows in a way because if Moshe was sent to a camp, the other Jews will probably have the same fate. I like this quote because it shows Moshe’s character and personality. He seems like a person that is trying to help others by warning them of the danger that is rapidly approaching. This specific quote doesn’t necessarily show why this book was challenged; nothing said here is inappropriate for the reader. I have read other books on the topic of the holocaust such as The Book Thief. The Book Thief has a similar narration as Night except for the narrator in that other book was a young girl. Both characters from these books go through extremely hard and traumatizing events. -Vanesa Matos
Book censorship is pointless. The year is 2013 and people are still being ignorant enough to force their personal beliefs upon others. We live in a very diverse country where so many different cultures have come together and share their values and beliefs. Everybody has a distinct opinion on how inappropriate the content of a book can be. Parents especially, are the ones to publicly speak their opinion on “bad” books. The reason is because they want to raise their children as best they can and worry for what their child is learning at school. But not every parent thinks alike; some parents come from more conservative/religious backgrounds while others come from more liberal ones. My mother is from a small conservative family which means that she does not like talking to me about sex or other “immoral” topics. The reason this is, is because in her household these topics were not discussed due to the unfortunate fact that her family lived in a small isolated town in Mexico, and also because my grandparents were very ignorant. As her third child in high school my mother has become more aware of things being taught. To her it’s still uncomfortable to hear about what I’m learning, but she has become more used to the idea that I am getting older and that I eventually needed to learn about sex. I think these parents that are trying to ban books should open their eyes and realize that they can’t prevent their child from learning about drugs, alcohol, violence, and sex. Most of the times that authors write about these issues are to show how bad they are, or how they impacted a character’s life. If a parent doesn’t want their teen reading about these things, they can simply write a note to the teacher saying so. There is no need to ban a book just because it doesn’t express the same beliefs as another person. The parents need to realize that everyone is different and they won’t change just to satisfy their ignorance. Even if a book is banned, I’m sure the public library or a bookstore will have it available, therefore a teen will still have access to it. The book I am reading was banned but I still cannot understand why. Yes there is violence, war, and sex, but it’s not greatly detailed. I doubt this would’ve encouraged me to do any of those things because this story was written to share an experience, not to promote the use of them. -Vanesa Matos
Assignment # 3 The book I read is entitled Night, by Elie Wiesel. I felt like it was an okay book to read; it had good details, but not enough to keep you hooked. Some parts were interesting to read, while others were a bit dull. This book is a personal narrative about the author. He writes about his experience as a Jew during the Holocaust. Throughout the book he explains the struggles him and his father faced to stay alive and to remain together. One thing that I enjoyed was that the author included information about other characters in the book, for example: Moshe the Beadle, he is one of the first people to be sent to a concentration camp, but he manages to escape. Then the author describes Moshe’s change of behavior before and after his experience. Some pieces of this book really got to me and made me feel what Elie was feeling. There is a scene in the book where the author’s choice of adjectives, and comparisons to other things, make me feel Elie’s physical pain. There are very few scenes that have this much description and information in this book. A negative thing about the book is that it felt rushed. The book is only 109 pages long and I believe books should be longer than this to provide enough detail to leave the reader satisfied. Some of the scenes in this book have absence of detail and information. There’s a section in this book where the author swiftly went through events and personally, I was left wondering what had happened. In addition, the ending to this book is very short and to the point. Yes, it explains well what happened to him, but it leaves you wondering what happened to all the other characters that were mentioned. Overall I liked the book; it was an okay book to read, though I wish it could have been lengthier. The characters were strong and the information provided was enough to make them unique and distinguish them from others. The style the author chose is what he usually writes about. He has written about 57 books and most of them are about Jewish people and depressing topics. I think the reason for this is because, he needed to share what he once felt, whether it being in a fictional of non-fiction book. I would recommend this book to other people because I believe that people need to learn about other people’s hardships to realize how good their life is. -Vanesa Matos
I am reading the book titled Night by Elie Wiesel. So far I think the book is great and I understand it well; it has lots of detail of what people went through during the holocaust. Even though it’s sad, I have been enjoying this book because it is the real life experience of the author, who is also the protagonist of this non-fiction story. It is very heartbreaking to read of other people’s misfortune, but at the same time it is interesting to read about what those poor Jewish people went through. This book has a lot of perspective on how people suffered when Hitler took over and began to exterminate the Jews. The Jews were taken out of their homes and shipped to concentration camps in a very small cart. These carts were so claustrophobically small that people had to take turns sitting because they couldn’t sit all at once. When they would finally arrive to the camps, children and babies would get cremated, and stronger adults were put to work. The main character, who was a Jew and at the time only 15 years of age, saw this horror happen in a concentration camp called Auschwitz. Here the men were put to hard labor and were exposed to starvation. One thing I’m confused about is what the women experienced. The main character doesn't really talk about what happened to the women because he is a boy and only sees what happens to the men. A question I have is: will the main character ever see what happened to the women?
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DeleteI wonder the same thing as you. While I was reading I kept thinking what was happening to the women. What they were going though, if it was the same labor as the men or less harsh because they are women. I wonder what happened to the women that were pageant. I think that since it is based off what the boy is seeing we won’t know or get any information about what is going on with the women. It makes me feel horrible reading what is happening to the men. How they are getting put to labor, getting starved to death, and having to walk past the gas chambers.
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We apparently all have the same question and, although I don't think he'll go into great detail, I'm sure by the end of the book he'll have a little insight on what happened to the women. This book has definitely made me feel greatful for everything I have and I know I'm very fortunate to have a roof over my head and food in my kitchen. They went days without eating and I can barely make it through the school day!
Let me start off by saying I am really enjoying this book so far. In the beginning of the book “Night” the characters seemed very oblivious and ignorant about what was really going on. They seemed to keep a positive attitude despite being kicked out of their homes and being forced into small compact wagons and shipped off to an unknown place. They heard rumors, some good and some bad, but it wasn’t until they arrived to their destination that they discovered the horrors that they were about to face. They were eventually separated by gender and little did Elie know he would never see his mother or sister again. Elie and his father were ushered through a line and, after being asked a few questions, were sent to the left while some were sent to the right. They were unaware of which direction was good or bad, but a man told them that they were being sent to the gas chamber. They had reached the gas chambers then were ordered to turn and keep walking. Throughout the book I could not even fathom how they could stay so calm for so long. Is anyone else curious about what’s going to happen to the mother and his sister? I have also been pondering how Moshe the Beadle managed to escape from the concentration camp.
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DeleteI too feel the same way as you on all of it. I am enjoying this book a lot but it made me upset kind of that they were being so oblivious to what is was happening and what was going to happen. Its good that they were staying calm though, I think the family did it because of the little sister. When I read the part about them heading towards the gas chamber I immediately got upset because I didn’t want Elie or his father to die. Then it started making me wonder what was going to happen to his mother and sister. I also questioned how Moshe the Beadle was able to escape from a harsh camp. I hope we find out in the end, but who knows.
I’m enjoying the book too. It frustrates me how unaware they are about what is really happening. I believe they made the choice to be oblivious to what was going on, so the rest of their family wouldn't get too scared. I also admire the fact that the people stayed so positive even though times were getting tough. Moshe the Beadle was very mysterious on how he escaped the camp that he was in; he didn't give much detail on how he got out. Hopefully at the end of the book it is revealed how he managed to escape because I want to know too.
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I am reading the book called Night. The book is about people who went through the holocaust. As I read the book, the characters are oblivious and seem to calm. It makes me mad because if I were they I would not be oblivious. Although they seem so oblivious to what is going on, they are also keeping a positive outlook on their situations. I do not understand how though, because they are being kicked out of their homes to who knows where. While reading the book I enjoy reading the perspective on how the Jews were treated and what they actually went though. When they arrived to the camp, they were split up into gender. Eventually the men start walking and as they walk, they go to either the left or right, no one knows which is the better side. As they keep walking they come upon a gas chamber and think something is going to happen, but nothing does they keep walking. After seeing the gas chamber they still reminded calm. I have to questions that can’t leave my mind. One, how did Moshe the Beadle escape from the concentration camp? Second question, does the book ever talk about what is happening with the women?
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I just now thought of another question! Did Moshe the Beadle get sent back to the camp after he got away? The book doesn't talk about him after it mentions that he escaped so now I'm really curious. I don't know for sure, but I bet Moshe the Beadle somehow escaped during one of those alarm things when none of the gaurds were paying attention. Who knows, maybe we'll find out by the end of the book.
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I know that some people got lucky cause they have been working for Schindler company,
basically he like bought them. Schindler went to the people in charge of the camps he talked them in of buying them to help him out in what he was doing, and the truth is his company at the end didn't make any money they basically made weapons that didn't work that's how he save hundreds of innocent people.
but i still wonder what happened to the woman cause neither book nor Schindler list doesn't talk much about it.
I think this book is awesome too, I mean, not because of what happened to those poor Jewish people, but because Elie was brave enough to publish his story. That was very brave of him to remember those moments and actually write them down. Some parts in this book also got me mad because of how inhumane they treated the Jews. I honestly don’t know how they could have been so cruel to them. I think maybe most of the German soldiers were trained to treat people that way, or had psychological problems; but some soldiers were nicer than others.
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The quote I have chosen is pretty long, but it was the one quote that stuck out to me the most:
"Listen to me, boy. Don't forget that you're in a concentration camp. Here, every man has to fight for himself and not think of anyone else. Even of his father. Here, there are no fathers, no brothers, no friends. Everyone lives and dies for himself alone. I'll give you a sound piece of advice-don't give your ration of bread and soup to your old father. There's nothing you can do for him. And you're killing yourself. Instead, you ought to be having his ration."
This quote stuck out to me so much because it really shows just how horrible it was in there. To be broken physically and emotionally to the point that you can no longer worry about the life and/or death of your own father… Trying to put myself in that position is impossible for me because I cannot even imagine being at such a low point. It breaks my heart, especially reading that the son actually agreed with the man. He said, “He was right, I thought in the most secret region of my heart, but I dared not admit it. It’s too late to save your old father, I said to myself. You ought to be having two rations of bread, two rations of soup…”
No teenager should ever be to the point that they can think like this. Nobody should ever have to make a decision to either keep trying to save their own father or take their father’s food in order to save themself. This quote, in my opinion, is significant because it proves the Hierarchy of Needs. The number one need is to be fed, have water, and be provided with shelter. If that need is not met, a person cannot focus on achieving a higher need such as relationships. I suppose nobody knows how someone could choose bread over their own parent until they’re so close to their death bed. All I know is this book has really opened my eyes to society. The Holocaust is bullying taken to the extreme, and it says a lot about people. That quote shows what bullying can do to one’s mentality and emotions.
Assignment #2
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"For more than half an hour he stayed there, struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes. And we had to look him full in the face. He was still alive when I passed in front of him. His tongue was still red, his eyes were not yet glazed. Behind me, I heard the same man asking: Where is God now? And I heard a voice within me answer him: Where is He? Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows..." I chose this quote because this was a beloved young boy by the whole camp. Even the SS men didn't want to hurt him. He had a face of a sad angel that no one wanted to hurt. Something horrible happened and they wanted the boy to talk, the boy did not talk. Therefore he was sentenced to death. During the hanging the SS men felt more disturbed then he has before, they were hanging a young boy in front of thousand of people. I think to myself how could they kill so many people, bu tot hang a boy is disgusting to me. I hate this, but when the man asked where God was and Elie answered that the little boy was God it made me smile but it was a sad smile. I think this quote is important because it shows how they still had faith even though there world was coming to an end. Every thing they have ever learned has taken away, everything they had has destroyed, and for a second they didn't believe in God but then they found faith. It also showed that the SS men had a very small heart because he too did not want to hang the young boy in front of people.
I agree, awesome quote
DeleteKrissy
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The book "Night" is about a boy named Elie and his family who were forced out of their homes along with the rest of Jewish people by German Soldiers and shipped off to concentration camps. He is separated from his mom and sister so all he had left was his father. They are starved, beaten, and put to work, and it only gets worse as the days go by. I would have to say that I personally loved this book so much I couldn't even put it down. The book keeps you on your toes and never reveals too much so it always keeps you thinking. The events that Elie describes in the book are heartbreaking and it made me appreciate the people and opportunities I have in my life knowing what these people went through. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone, especially people who are looking for a little more insight from somebody who actually lived through the Holocaust. Elie, the author, was the little boy in the book. The stories within the book are all his own personal experiences which, to me, makes this book amazing. Elie Wiesel is also a champion of human rights and a speaker for awareness of past and potential acts of genocide. In recognition of this work, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Also, a lot of his work was written in another language and was translated into English. I think what makes Elie so honorable is the fact that he took such a horrible event in his life and turned it into something positive. Anyone who can see the bright side of life and publish his experiences for all to see deserves recognition.
Assignment #3 part 2
DeleteI also at times could not put the book down, because at times it would be amazing and it draw me in and then bam it cooled down and then I was board and then so on. The book did reveal a lot about what happened during the Holocaust and the emotions were so raw. During school we would learn about the facts and information, we never got a chance to read the way the victims felt and the books good at describing it. After reading the book it to made me appreciate the people and opportunities I have in my life much more. I am glad that he took a negative in his life and made it positive, I didn’t look at it that way until you said you and your right. After reading the book I looked up what happened to the women and it was awful just like the men. I feel for all the Holocaust victims and what they went through.
Krissy
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I do believe some books should be banned from our school libraries, but not for the reasons they are banned. I believe books should ONLY be banned if there is no educational use or learning experiences within the book. Just because a book has a little profanity in it doesn’t mean it should be banned from a school library. What makes me mad is the fact that the book I read called “Night” was banned and books like “Goosebumps” are still allowed. Goosebumps has no educational use at all and talks about pointless scary stories. The book I read was banned because of the fact that it talked about violent acts that happened to Jewish people. I feel that is an unfair reason to ban the book because it really informed me about what really went on in the book. Also, last year in U.S. History we talked about the things that happened in the Holocaust and watched a movie called Schindler’s List which had a lot more profanity than the book. Of course we had to sign a permission slip, but a permission slip wasn’t even an option for the book which seems unfair. If I found out that somebody wanted to ban a book I would argue that they should have to make a petition for all of the parents of Centennial students to sign in agreement for it to be banned. If there were only a few signatures on it than I would say that the book should still be available to students with a permission slip saying they are allowed to read the book. Now that being said, I do believe there is a place for censorship. I don’t believe students should read books with profanity if it has either too much profanity or has no educational purpose.
Assignment #3
ReplyDeleteThe book I read was called Night, by Elie Wiesel. I enjoyed the book, but at the same time I did not enjoy the book. I thought the book could have been more detailed and not rushed. The book is a personal narrative about the author whose family went through the Holocaust. Everyone is spilt up by gender and is put to work. They go through hard work, suffering nights, and emotional days of torture. What I thought was interesting about the book was that it was based on a real life experiences going through the Holocaust. What I did not like about this book was that it did not go into great detail about the book. Also I felt that the author rushed through the book and I don’t understand why. Therefor I am not satisfied by the way the book ended. It could have been better if there was more detail. Since there was little detail and rushed I do not understand why the book was banned. I thought that Elie was a great character. He had emotions, strength, and hope. Throughout the whole book he never gave up and that showed hope and strength to carry on. His dad was a great but old character. I felt for him because he aged more than he would have if he wasn’t put through hard work. His dad showed hope, strength, skills, but yet weakness and worried all at the same time. My impression of the book in the beginning was great, I thought the book was going to pick up but instead through every chapter I felt I was being rushed. Slowly as I finished the book it showed me that the book was slow and showed no point of being banned. If you wanted to read about a real life experience story, reading a slow passed book with no detail then yes I would recommend this book for you. I would not recommend this book to a people because there was no detail, slow start and rushed ending. Also I still wished I knew what happened to the women, since he was a man there was no information about the women.
Krissy
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I do have to agree that the book did have seldom detail about all of what happened there especially considering how long he was there compared to how short the book is. I was a little disappointed with the ending as well and if it weren't for google I wouldn't have known what happened to the women. With that said, I still have to say that I really enjoyed the book and it definitely taught me some things that I had not known prior to reading it. I liked that it had the ability to get a reaction out of me whether it be anger, joy, or sadness. I also admire that he was not ashamed to tell his personal thought about God before and during the Holocaust along with how he felt about his father towards the end. Although I wish the book had greater detail, I was overall very satisfied with it and I look forward to the opportunity of reading the second book of his trilogy.
Assignment #4
ReplyDeleteI believe that it was wrong to banned the book Night because there was nothing wrong or inappropriate for school libraries. Elie turned his negative into a positive that gave people an Understanding on how to appreciate what you have and there were true real emotions in that book. Yes there was some parts where people were killed by hanging and other ways but they were not detailed to extreme. Almost every state has the death penalty and they hang, have a fire squad, lithe injection and others and those are not banned. Also I believe the parents should be able to tell their own children what they should be allowed to read not the school board. They have the right to teach us what they want but not the right to banned books. Yes there are some books that should never be allowed in a public school library for example Fifty shades of grey should never be allowed in a school that would be a parents decision weather or not their teenager can read it. At times I feel that school boards can cross lines where it should be the parents making the decision. I strongly believe that books do not harm people at all. Books make people think, feel, react and that is what English teachers what us to do while we read. Also banning boos from a library won’t stop kids from reading them. The more people try and band things students can’t do the more they want to do. They want to read it because they want to know why it was banned. If schools banned books from there library, they can always go to a book store and read it. Go to a public library and read it. They can even read it online. Therefore I believe it should be a parents decision.
Denis Grigorov
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My group and I read the book called Night by Elie Wiesel. Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a story about Elie Wiesel’s life in concentration camps during the holocaust. Elie, the religious boy with a loving family of three sisters and parents, is taken from home and sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Elie is separated from family members (mom and sisters), but remains with his father, only to be transferred from camp to camp. Through their journey, Elie tells about the death of family members, the death of his own innocence and suffering to a point in which life and death does not matter anymore. What I really liked about the book is how much love Elie showed to his father during the journey. What I didn’t like about the book is how long it was. My favorite character was Elie, he showed an awesome son’s character through the whole book. This book was sad; the style of the book was kind of old which I did not like. At the start I really liked the book but I did not like it as much at the end because of Elie’s father’s death. I would recommend this book to others because it shows what happened in the holocaust and what people had to go through just like Elie.
Assignment #3
DeleteI agree with your opinion about the book’s ending. I didn't like the ending either because it was really sad. I really thought his father would make it out alive with Elie.
-Vanesa Matos
Denis Grigorov
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I believe that books should be banned in school libraries if they have any inappropriate part. Some students are raised different in different households with different rules. Some parents of the students are much stricter; I don’t think there should be a level of badness for a book to be banned. One sentence is enough, because it gives out the idea of it. Some students are affected by what a book even suggests, my book was banned because of the violence in it and war, the violence is pretty graphic and it makes sense to why it was banned from a high school library. I think violence, sex and anything else like that should be banned from any book between elementary to high school. After that, students should be able to read whatever book they want to. Graphic scenes in a book affect and cause students to get ideas in their head. Especially drugs and sex, it makes them want to try it.
Assignment #2
ReplyDeleteA significant quote in the book that I am reading is: “Jews, listen to me. It’s all I ask of you. I don’t want money or pity. Only listen to me,’ He would cry between prayers at dusk and the evening prayers. I did not believe him myself.” (Wiesel 5) I chose this quote because it is very important to the story; it is beginning to show how oblivious the people are and that they choose not to believe Moshe the Beadle. Most of the people think he has gone crazy because of the horrid things he is saying to them. The quote foreshadows in a way because if Moshe was sent to a camp, the other Jews will probably have the same fate. I like this quote because it shows Moshe’s character and personality. He seems like a person that is trying to help others by warning them of the danger that is rapidly approaching. This specific quote doesn’t necessarily show why this book was challenged; nothing said here is inappropriate for the reader. I have read other books on the topic of the holocaust such as The Book Thief. The Book Thief has a similar narration as Night except for the narrator in that other book was a young girl. Both characters from these books go through extremely hard and traumatizing events.
-Vanesa Matos
Assingment #4
ReplyDeleteBook censorship is pointless. The year is 2013 and people are still being ignorant enough to force their personal beliefs upon others. We live in a very diverse country where so many different cultures have come together and share their values and beliefs. Everybody has a distinct opinion on how inappropriate the content of a book can be. Parents especially, are the ones to publicly speak their opinion on “bad” books. The reason is because they want to raise their children as best they can and worry for what their child is learning at school. But not every parent thinks alike; some parents come from more conservative/religious backgrounds while others come from more liberal ones. My mother is from a small conservative family which means that she does not like talking to me about sex or other “immoral” topics. The reason this is, is because in her household these topics were not discussed due to the unfortunate fact that her family lived in a small isolated town in Mexico, and also because my grandparents were very ignorant. As her third child in high school my mother has become more aware of things being taught. To her it’s still uncomfortable to hear about what I’m learning, but she has become more used to the idea that I am getting older and that I eventually needed to learn about sex. I think these parents that are trying to ban books should open their eyes and realize that they can’t prevent their child from learning about drugs, alcohol, violence, and sex. Most of the times that authors write about these issues are to show how bad they are, or how they impacted a character’s life. If a parent doesn’t want their teen reading about these things, they can simply write a note to the teacher saying so. There is no need to ban a book just because it doesn’t express the same beliefs as another person. The parents need to realize that everyone is different and they won’t change just to satisfy their ignorance. Even if a book is banned, I’m sure the public library or a bookstore will have it available, therefore a teen will still have access to it. The book I am reading was banned but I still cannot understand why. Yes there is violence, war, and sex, but it’s not greatly detailed. I doubt this would’ve encouraged me to do any of those things because this story was written to share an experience, not to promote the use of them.
-Vanesa Matos
Assignment # 3
ReplyDeleteThe book I read is entitled Night, by Elie Wiesel. I felt like it was an okay book to read; it had good details, but not enough to keep you hooked. Some parts were interesting to read, while others were a bit dull. This book is a personal narrative about the author. He writes about his experience as a Jew during the Holocaust. Throughout the book he explains the struggles him and his father faced to stay alive and to remain together. One thing that I enjoyed was that the author included information about other characters in the book, for example: Moshe the Beadle, he is one of the first people to be sent to a concentration camp, but he manages to escape. Then the author describes Moshe’s change of behavior before and after his experience. Some pieces of this book really got to me and made me feel what Elie was feeling. There is a scene in the book where the author’s choice of adjectives, and comparisons to other things, make me feel Elie’s physical pain. There are very few scenes that have this much description and information in this book.
A negative thing about the book is that it felt rushed. The book is only 109 pages long and I believe books should be longer than this to provide enough detail to leave the reader satisfied. Some of the scenes in this book have absence of detail and information. There’s a section in this book where the author swiftly went through events and personally, I was left wondering what had happened. In addition, the ending to this book is very short and to the point. Yes, it explains well what happened to him, but it leaves you wondering what happened to all the other characters that were mentioned.
Overall I liked the book; it was an okay book to read, though I wish it could have been lengthier. The characters were strong and the information provided was enough to make them unique and distinguish them from others. The style the author chose is what he usually writes about. He has written about 57 books and most of them are about Jewish people and depressing topics. I think the reason for this is because, he needed to share what he once felt, whether it being in a fictional of non-fiction book.
I would recommend this book to other people because I believe that people need to learn about other people’s hardships to realize how good their life is.
-Vanesa Matos