Dehumanization
-Put them into divided groups.
-Separate families
-Shaved heads
-Stripped of clothing
-Start running
-tatooed number
-harsh leaders
Stein of Antwerp
-Relative of Elie
-Wanted to know if they had any information about his family
-Lied to Stein
Monday, November 30, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Foreshadowing in the Book Night
In the book Night, there are many sequences of foreshadowing. Here is the list irchapter 1:
- Moishe the Beadle escaped from the forest and death, but when he came back to Sighet, no one believed him.
- While in the ghettos, no one was praying for the night to end quickly.
- The Germans penetrated the Hungarian territory.
- The Jews of Budapest has anti-Semitic acts committed against them.
- Germans infiltrated their homes, but the soldiers were nice to them.
- The Jews slowly had their rights taken away, and ultimately, the Jews were displaced into the ghettos.
- The Hungarian friend tried to warn Elie's family that danger was imminent.
- Elie's dad refused to leave and start a new life.
- Elie refused to go with family friend into hiding and escape.
- Separating gender in the ghetto.
- Moishe the Beadle escaped from the forest and death, but when he came back to Sighet, no one believed him.
- While in the ghettos, no one was praying for the night to end quickly.
- The Germans penetrated the Hungarian territory.
- The Jews of Budapest has anti-Semitic acts committed against them.
- Germans infiltrated their homes, but the soldiers were nice to them.
- The Jews slowly had their rights taken away, and ultimately, the Jews were displaced into the ghettos.
- The Hungarian friend tried to warn Elie's family that danger was imminent.
- Elie's dad refused to leave and start a new life.
- Elie refused to go with family friend into hiding and escape.
- Separating gender in the ghetto.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket
Title of Selection: Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket
Author: Jack Finney
Date Read: October 8, 2009
Pre-reading: Top five priorities in my life
1. God
2. Family
3. Friends
4. School
5. Sports
Plot/Reaction:
1. The results, of four long Saturday afternoons, of him standing at the supermarket counting the people who passed certain displays.
2. Tom climbs out of the window and stands on the little ledge a yard below the window and he shuffles towards the paper to retrieve it.
Questions:
1. Why wouldn't Tom go to the neighbors to get back in?
2. Why was the window open in the first place?
Significant Quotes:
"As he saw the the yellow paper, the pencil flying, scooped off the desk and, unimpeded by the glassless window, sail out into the night and out of his life, Tom Benecke burst into laughter and then closed the door behind him."
Author: Jack Finney
Date Read: October 8, 2009
Pre-reading: Top five priorities in my life
1. God
2. Family
3. Friends
4. School
5. Sports
Plot/Reaction:
1. The results, of four long Saturday afternoons, of him standing at the supermarket counting the people who passed certain displays.
2. Tom climbs out of the window and stands on the little ledge a yard below the window and he shuffles towards the paper to retrieve it.
Questions:
1. Why wouldn't Tom go to the neighbors to get back in?
2. Why was the window open in the first place?
Significant Quotes:
"As he saw the the yellow paper, the pencil flying, scooped off the desk and, unimpeded by the glassless window, sail out into the night and out of his life, Tom Benecke burst into laughter and then closed the door behind him."
Harrison Bergeron
Title of Selection: Harrison Bergeron
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Prereading: I think equality means that everyone is equal and his equal rights.
Plot Reaction:
1. Harrison Bergeron is George and Hazel's son.
2. Harrison takes off his handicaps, earphones, and spectacles. He also makes himself Emperor and calls for an Empress. Harrison takes off the ballerinas handicaps and has the musicians play real music for them to dance to.
Questions:
1. Why did Diana Moon Glompers do this?
Quote:
"I forget," she said "Something real sad on television."
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Prereading: I think equality means that everyone is equal and his equal rights.
Plot Reaction:
1. Harrison Bergeron is George and Hazel's son.
2. Harrison takes off his handicaps, earphones, and spectacles. He also makes himself Emperor and calls for an Empress. Harrison takes off the ballerinas handicaps and has the musicians play real music for them to dance to.
Questions:
1. Why did Diana Moon Glompers do this?
Quote:
"I forget," she said "Something real sad on television."
There Will Come Soft Rains
Title of Selection: There Will Come Soft Rains
Author: Ray Bradury
Prereading: I think the world will change a little bit with new developments in technologies and such.
Plot/Reaction:
Time of Day What is happening in the story?
7:00 getting up
7:45 breakfast time
8:05 go to work/school
9:15 time to clean
10:00 sun came out from behind the rain
10:15 garden sprinklers turned on
12:00 dog whined, shivering, on the front porch
2:00 mice hummed out
2:15 the dog was gone
2:35 tables, cards, martinis, and music appeared but untouched
4:00 the tables folded back into the walls
5:00 bath filled with water
6,7,8.00 dishes were washed
9:00 beds warmed their hidden circuits
9:05 voice spoke from the study ceiling
10:00 the house began to die
Questions:
Why wasn't their any people in this story?
What is the point of this story?
Quote: "At 10.00 the house began to die."
Author: Ray Bradury
Prereading: I think the world will change a little bit with new developments in technologies and such.
Plot/Reaction:
Time of Day What is happening in the story?
7:00 getting up
7:45 breakfast time
8:05 go to work/school
9:15 time to clean
10:00 sun came out from behind the rain
10:15 garden sprinklers turned on
12:00 dog whined, shivering, on the front porch
2:00 mice hummed out
2:15 the dog was gone
2:35 tables, cards, martinis, and music appeared but untouched
4:00 the tables folded back into the walls
5:00 bath filled with water
6,7,8.00 dishes were washed
9:00 beds warmed their hidden circuits
9:05 voice spoke from the study ceiling
10:00 the house began to die
Questions:
Why wasn't their any people in this story?
What is the point of this story?
Quote: "At 10.00 the house began to die."
By the Waters of Babylon
Title of Selection: By The Waters of Babylon
Author: Stephen Vincent Benet
Prereading: I think technological advancements can be good if they are used for the right reasons. They can also be bad if they are not used for good reasons.
Plot/Reaction: John visits: Dead Place, Place of the Gods, great river, dead house
Questions: 1. Is this story supposed to take place in the future?
2. Why did the author pick New York?
Quote: "They were men. I remember the dead man's face. They were men who were here before us. We must build again."
Additional Notes:
People of the Hills:
- spiritual -> rituals, chants
- unsure/cautious
- superstitious
- primitive
- domestic
- hunter/gather
Author: Stephen Vincent Benet
Prereading: I think technological advancements can be good if they are used for the right reasons. They can also be bad if they are not used for good reasons.
Plot/Reaction: John visits: Dead Place, Place of the Gods, great river, dead house
Questions: 1. Is this story supposed to take place in the future?
2. Why did the author pick New York?
Quote: "They were men. I remember the dead man's face. They were men who were here before us. We must build again."
Additional Notes:
People of the Hills:
- spiritual -> rituals, chants
- unsure/cautious
- superstitious
- primitive
- domestic
- hunter/gather
The Lottery Short Story
Title of Selection: The Lottery
Author: Shirley Jackson
Pre-reading:
1. I think justice means being equal and having moral righteousness.
2. Every Christmas, my moms side of the family goes up to my uncle's house to celebrate. Every Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day our family gets together with my with both of my sides of the family.
Plot/reaction: The town is small and quaint with a town square, post office, and bank. The families always gather at the town square at 10 o'clock on June 27th for the "lottery". Mrs. Hutchinson has the paper with the black spot on it and got hit with stones.
Questions: 1. What is the "lottery"?
2. Why is Mrs. Hutchinson getting hit with stones?
Quote:"Bill Hutchinson held it up, and there was a stir in the crowd."
Author: Shirley Jackson
Pre-reading:
1. I think justice means being equal and having moral righteousness.
2. Every Christmas, my moms side of the family goes up to my uncle's house to celebrate. Every Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day our family gets together with my with both of my sides of the family.
Plot/reaction: The town is small and quaint with a town square, post office, and bank. The families always gather at the town square at 10 o'clock on June 27th for the "lottery". Mrs. Hutchinson has the paper with the black spot on it and got hit with stones.
Questions: 1. What is the "lottery"?
2. Why is Mrs. Hutchinson getting hit with stones?
Quote:"Bill Hutchinson held it up, and there was a stir in the crowd."
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