assignment 8

What got my attention was how good Hilter would talk and easy he got all Germans. That was a brilliant idea Hitler had of how to blame just one race and not all races. The thing is that back then people were more closed mined, but now were open mind. Yeah there might be new versions of Nazis like KKK and the Noe-Nazis, but like I said they are closed minded.

Assignment 7

Chapter 6
1.What happened to anyone who did not keep up with the march?They would get shot by the S.S. guards.
2.How did Zalman die?He stopped because he had a stomach cramp and he started getting naked, but he got ran over the the other people.
3.What horrible realization did Elie come to concerning Rabbi Eliahou and his son?How did Elie respond to this?He saw son killing his father for crumbs of bread.He wanted that this scene wouldn't repeat with his father and him.
4.What was Juliek's last act?He played for the last time and made Elie understand that he was playing his violin like his life.
5.How did Elie help his father when the selection was made?Elie ran to his father and everybody started imitating him by running left to right causing confusion.
Chapter 7
1.How did Elie help his dad when he was in the train?He waked up his dad, so the two guys wouldn't throw his dad off the train.
2.Describe the scene Elie witness between a father and a son on the train.
He saw a son kill his own father for crumbs of bread.
3.How many got out of the wagon?Where had they arrived? 12 Jewish people and they arrived in Buchenwald
Chapter 8
1.Explain how father/son roles had been reversed in the case of Elie and his father?Instead of father protecting so, son protected father.
2.Why was Elie's father being beaten?His neighbors couldn't stand him no more.
3.What did Elie think the advice given to him by the head of the block?He was loosing his father and he felt guilty that moment.
Chapter 9
1.What happend April 5th?The turning point came and they were all released.
2.What was the resistance movement?What did they do?It was when everyone fought against the Nazi, including people from the outside of the concentration camp.
3.What did the prisoners do when they were freed?They wanted bread, but the taught of revenge never hit their mind.
4.Who did Elie see in the mirror on the last page of the book?What did he mean?He saw a corpse. A weak and skinny corpse that he will never forget.

Assignment 6

Chapter 4
1.What were the objectives of the medical examination?
Medical doctors would check Jewish prisoners to see if they were healthy and be sent back to work and to see if the had gold teeth, so they can be taken away
2.Why were Jewish musicians not allowed to play Beethoven?
Beethoven was a German composer.
3.Describe one if Idek's bouts of madness.
He would take out his rage on the first one he saw.
4.How did Elie initially avoid loosing his gold crown?
By lying that he wasn't feeling good.
5.How did Elie meet on the Paris metro.
He met a French women in the concentration camp that he later saw.
6.What happened to Elie when he refused to give his gold crown to Franek?What was the end result?Franek beat up Elie's dad several times and Elie gave up his gold crown for nothing.
7.Describe the scene of the soup cauldrons.
One of the inmates crawled for some soup and he got shot.
8.During the preliminary ceremonies before hanging, what did Juliek whisper to Elie?What did he suggest?"They're expecting trouble". They taught it was going to be tough because the were going to fight.
9.During one hanging, Elie and the other prisoners cried.What made this hanging different from the others? The little kid was to light and he could breathe, but he was between life and death and after half hour he died.
Chapter 5
1.Why didn't Elie fast on Yom Kippur? He was forbidden by his father and he no longer accepted God's silence. As sign of rebellion, he swallowed his rations.
2.What advice was given to Elie to pass the selection?
"Run as if the devil was in your hells. Don't look at the S.S.Run in a straight line.And don't be afraid."
3.How did Elie's father respond when he had learned that his name had been written down?
4.What did Akiba Drumer ask others to do for him?Did they do it?
Gather 10 men and hold a special service and think of him. All his friends would gather and say kaddish, but they didn't.
5.Why was Elie placed in a hospital?He was going to get surgery.
6.Why was the camp evacuated?What did Elie learn of the faith of those who stayed behind in the hospital?He taught that Russians were coming to rescue them two days after.

Night Quiz

1.Sighet
2.The Talmud
3.Hilda
4.Warn the villagers about the Nazis threat
5.To Auschwitz/Birkenau
6.The Sabbath, day of rest(Saturday)
7.A Furnace
8.Beat her senseless
9.His mother and three sisters
10.Eighteen and forty

Assignment 5

1.The development of the Nazi Party was growing little by little. (1918-1933)
2.Once Hitler took control the Nazi Party the party quickly changed. (1933-1939)
3.Hilter starts making ghettos and starts them. (1939-1941)
4.Soon after the ghettos Hilter also made concentration camps. (1941-1942)
5.After a couple of years of suffering the jews were finally rescued. (1944-1945)

Night:Chapter 2 Questions

1.This might mean that the passengers knew they weren't going to stay in Hungary,but they realized it was to late.
2.The nightmare was the furnace at the concentration camp and the fire.
3.The group of young men tied Madame Schacter and put something in her mouth.
4.They landed in Auschwitz.

Night:Chapter 1 Questions

1.Moshe the Beadle is a man of all work and a poor man who works in a church.
2.He didn't know why he cried he just cried because somewhere inside he felt like crying.
3.He return say what the Nazis did to children and two people.
4.People thought he was crazy and he just wanted attention.
5. 1.Nazis arrested all leaders.
2.People were only all outside before six not after six.
3.People weren't allowed to have and luxuries of monitary value.
4.They had to use or wear a yellow star in their cloth.
5.Soldiers were allowed to do what ever the wanted in the peoples house (Quartering Act).
6.People were put in a ghetto were only a certain type of people were put (Jewish).
7.A neighborhood were only a type of people were put(Jewish). ex. WWII Japanese in the use were put in a ghetto were they were patrolled.
8.Horrible conditions just like a jail with wheels. Bread and water as food and bars in and type of opening. A person was put in charge but if someone escaped he was shot.

Assignment 2

This story is about a person who is claustrophobic and is afraid of the dark. Adam Posner is a victim of the Holocaust and starts reliving the hell in the elevator. Adam thinks he is in a cattle car going to a concentration camp. Later in the story a night guard comes and tries to calm Adam, but Adam is scared and tired; he starts yelling "Nazi" to the guard. Next Adam's limo driver comes and tries to calm him down, but Adam tells him that it's easy for him because he is a Russian and they we not targeted to be eliminated. At the end the elevator repair men come and open the elevator where Adam is tired and scared.
The author really describes how some people get really affected by the Holocaust and how the react like Adam Posner.

2nd 9wks Assignment 1; Night

The word holocaust comes from the word holo in Greek which means "completely" and kausts which means "burn".(Completely Burn) This terrible event happened in World War II were the Nazis went crazy and started killing anyone who wasn't German. These Nazis were leaded by Adolf Hitler who blamed Jews for Germany's suffering. At the end the final count of total victims was 11 million of victims.

Assignment 10

My experince with this blog and the class has just been really great because it helps me get more open in my mind than just writing it down in a piece of paper. Also, this makes class easier, challenging, and fun because we get to see other peoples ideas and compare them with our own ideas. The way the blog system works is just fine and I think if we leave it like this it will work.

Assignment 9

The blog I chose is http://fritarita.blogspot.com/ because it is very lively. It describes a lot and everything, but the thing that really is not functioning right is that she types to much. The thing she should try to do is summarize a little more, but anything besides that is almost perfect.

Assignment 8

The character I'm chose is Shahanna because she plays an important role in this book. She is very friendly and helps Lakshmi in the brothel. Also, she is a person that is very strong because she still can have an ordinary day with out be whining everyday. The poem I chose is
Best Friends Poems
No matter what happens they will always be here because no one love you like your best friends do!

Assignment 7

The pictures I saw were very disturbing because in my mind I thought the had something better than just a shack for all. The clients just use them as something that's reusable until they get tired of the poor brothel girls. Yeah like in the book the say "A girl is like a goat. Good as long as it makes butter and milk, but when it's time to make a stew it's not worth a tear." The pictures are more clear than the ones in my mind, so the things in the book aren't very describe as much as in my mind, but the are related.

Assignment 6

The website is http://www.catwinternational.org/child_trafficking.php

This organization is called CATW works to prevent against child trafficking. This organization is located Italy, Mexico, and Philippines. This organization works to also give an education to young boys to partner up in the campaign. CATW works internationally fight human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Also, CATW produces major books, articles, reports and videos on prostitution and human trafficking.

Assignment 5

1. Lakshmi living in Nepal in the village.
2. Family is going threw bad times
3. Lakshmi gets an invitation by a stranger(Auntie Bilma)
4. Lakshmi convince her mother to let her work in the city. Then the stepfather sells her in Bajai Sita.
5. Lakshmi is traveling with Auntie Bilma from her village to the border. Then Uncle Husband picks Lakshmi and they both cross the border.
6. Lakshmi is taken to the brothel and she meets Mumtaz, Anita, Monica, Shahanna, Shilpa, the cook, and Pushpa.
7. In the brothel Lakshmi meets a lot men like Habib and the American. Also here two friends Harish and the street boy.
8. Lakshmi gives a card to the street boy.
9. Lakshmi is waiting impatiently more than 2 weeks.
10. Lakshmi escapes Hapiness House

Assignment 3

The conflict of theis story is Man vs Society because men treat women like nothing like an example is in page 8"A girl is like a goat. Good as long as she gives you milk and butter. But not worth crying over when it's time to make a stew." Men in India don't value women like in the U.S. Another good example is when the women wash men's feet and drink the water they used to wash the feet in page 16.(Eww) The last reason I have is that women value men even though they are disabled the just want a man in the house like in page 8 "Ama says we are lucky we have a man at all."

Assignment 2

Page 202 Instead of Harish
This vignette is about replacing a loved one with a loved thing. Monica is giving Lakshmi a old rag doll to kind off replace Harish for a while. Also, Lakshmi is really understanding Monica's inside(feelings, emotions).

Assignment 1

Myself
Hello Mr. Montez,
My name is Jorge and I like sports. I really love soccer. Also, I like to work with people who are hard workers. I also love video games, music, and many different languages. I hope to have a great year in your class.