1) On the book, Night, By Elie Wiesel, they talk about how the holocaust occurred and how the jews were mistreated. In the beginning of the book is when the government starts changing and making new decrees for the jews to abandon everything. They were first "deported", in which they had to live in the ghettos. Then after being moved to countless ghettos, they were then taken to Auschwitz. At Auschwitz, they were basically dehumanized and treated highly unfairly. Despite all this misfortunes happening so quickly, they continued to have optimistic conversations. The reason why they did so was because they continued to have faith and hope. They always said that they always believed that this was just very temporary and that every thing would go back to normal. They probably did this to not only help pass the time, because they had to wait long hours and weeks between everything, but it was also meant to help them feel more secure and that everything was going to be all right.
2) "From this moment, you come under the authority of the Germany army. Those of you who still have gold, silver, or watches in your possession must give them up now. Anyone who is later found to have kept anything will be shot on the spot. Secondly, anyone who feels I'll may go to the hospital car. That's all"
For this quote, it is just one piece of evidence of how the Jews were single handedly stripped of everything all at once. They had to give up basically their lives and all that was valuable to them. When they were first asked to do this, they thought nothing of it. The just thought that the government was doing this for a good reason. But later on, they soon see that they will loose everything important to them. They are basically treated like prisoners. But even after this quote, they continue to have optimistic conversations.
"However, Our first impressions of the Germans were most reassuring" (pg. 7)
This quote is and example of the Jews' positive mindset. When seeing German soldiers fill their streets, they didn't really think anything bad was gonna happen, even though the people informing them told them otherwise. In this entire part, people were in a " I told you" sort of mindset. They felt that they didn't have anything to fear. They felt that the Germans were here to help and protect them. This proves their optimism toward the situations that they were in.
"The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don't die of it..." (pg.9)
This is another example of the Jews doubt toward anything bad happening to them. They didn't realize that they had to wear the stars so that the germans knew they were Jews. They didn't realize all that was happening to them was going to lead up to something very bad. But instead they continued to have faith in what was good and be optimistic of all that they were told to do.
“Confidence soared. Suddenly we felt free of the previous nights’ terrors. We gave thanks to God.” (pg. 27)
This quote shows how quickly the Jews confidence and optimism rises after something bad has happened. It shows that they look for the good in a situation to help them feel more safe and secure. They don't realize that things continue to get worse and worse. Instead they become thankful for surviving everything they go through.
“Don’t lose hope… Have faith in life, a thousand times fate… Help each other. That is the only way to survive.” (pg. 41)
This was the quote given by their leader prisoner in which they had lost a lot of hope since a lot of bad things happened. This shows that they even in times of sorrow, They had people to make them hopeful again. But unlike the previous quotes, They realize the predicament theyre in.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Literary Check #2
1) Dehumanization is the psychological treatment of enemies or prisoners to a point were that person loses all humanity. They no longer have a humane way of thinking. They are more primal and violent instead of civilized. This leads to things like crimes and genocides. In the book "Night", you can see that the prisoners go through this process. They start losing all that makes them human. One example would be their sense of survival. Most of the prisoners only really care about their own survival An example would be when the Germans would be looking for special workers. Instead of saying their true identify, they lie to continue to stay alive. Another would be when all the prisoners are labeled. This kind of strips them of their identity, and give them just a mere number. A last example would be the beatings and mistreatment of all the Jews. The Jews are treated so harshly that The begin to lose all humanity. They simply become "dogs". Another example would be Eliezer himself. He himself said that he did not feel as deep and sorrowful anymore. When he first saw babies being burnt, he couldn't even stand to sleep and think about it. But later, he didn't even think anything when he saw that same kind of mistreatment towards other individuals.
2)
a) “I did not move. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, before my very eyes, and I had not flicked an eyelid.” (pg. 37)
Eliezer said that he began to lose his humanity because he no longer felt anything when acts of inhumanity occurred. This was a prime example. His own father, who he very much loved, as struck and harmed. Yet he said that he did not think anything of it, he didn't even flinch. This is an example of how he began to be dehumanized.
b) The three “veterans,” with needles in their hands, engraved a number on our left arms. I became A7713. After that I had no other name.” (pg. 39)
Like I said in #1, The way that the Jews were stripped of their identities was an example of dehumanization because they no longer had their own identity. This is a psychological harm because this is one thing makes someone who they are. If you take that away and give them just a mere number, they are just like another item instead of a living human being.
c)“At that moment in time, all that mattered to me was my daily bowl of soup, my crust of stale bread. The bread, the soup- those were my entire life. I was nothing but a body. Perhaps even less: a famished stomach. The stomach alone was measuring time.” (pg. 52)
This quote exemplifies how I said that the prisoners only began to worry about themselves and their own survival. Although it does not say anything rash like, "I would kill anyone to stay alive", I feel it still exemplifies the same idea. He didn't say something like he only cares for the well being of his family. So although its not their fault, when people are dehumanized, they became more selfish and more self caring.
d)“We didn't know what to do. Tired of huddling on the ground, in hope of finding something, a piece of bread, perhaps, that a civilian might have forgotten there.” (pg. 56)
This was another example of how people became very primitive and only worried about their survival. This shows that they struggled to stay well nourished. They always payed attention to little scraps that would keep them fed. People today, that we consider humane, barely worry about being fed and whether or not they'll have a meal. but in this book, the prisoners are never fully fed well, therefore, humanity is lot when they have to become savages just for scraps.
e) “Jealousy devoured us, consumed us. We never thought to admire him. Poor hero committing suicide for a ration or two more of soup… In our minds, he was already dead.” (pg. 59)
This is an example, again, of how people would sacrifice so much in order just to be fed. But this also talks about how the other prisoners think nothing of it. They dont worry about helping him or rather thinking good thoughts of him. As they said, he was already dead to them. This shows how they lost humanity due to dehumanization because earlier in the book, they would always have optimistic conversations. But now, they think nothing of loss and grief.
2)
a) “I did not move. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, before my very eyes, and I had not flicked an eyelid.” (pg. 37)
Eliezer said that he began to lose his humanity because he no longer felt anything when acts of inhumanity occurred. This was a prime example. His own father, who he very much loved, as struck and harmed. Yet he said that he did not think anything of it, he didn't even flinch. This is an example of how he began to be dehumanized.
b) The three “veterans,” with needles in their hands, engraved a number on our left arms. I became A7713. After that I had no other name.” (pg. 39)
Like I said in #1, The way that the Jews were stripped of their identities was an example of dehumanization because they no longer had their own identity. This is a psychological harm because this is one thing makes someone who they are. If you take that away and give them just a mere number, they are just like another item instead of a living human being.
c)“At that moment in time, all that mattered to me was my daily bowl of soup, my crust of stale bread. The bread, the soup- those were my entire life. I was nothing but a body. Perhaps even less: a famished stomach. The stomach alone was measuring time.” (pg. 52)
This quote exemplifies how I said that the prisoners only began to worry about themselves and their own survival. Although it does not say anything rash like, "I would kill anyone to stay alive", I feel it still exemplifies the same idea. He didn't say something like he only cares for the well being of his family. So although its not their fault, when people are dehumanized, they became more selfish and more self caring.
d)“We didn't know what to do. Tired of huddling on the ground, in hope of finding something, a piece of bread, perhaps, that a civilian might have forgotten there.” (pg. 56)
This was another example of how people became very primitive and only worried about their survival. This shows that they struggled to stay well nourished. They always payed attention to little scraps that would keep them fed. People today, that we consider humane, barely worry about being fed and whether or not they'll have a meal. but in this book, the prisoners are never fully fed well, therefore, humanity is lot when they have to become savages just for scraps.
e) “Jealousy devoured us, consumed us. We never thought to admire him. Poor hero committing suicide for a ration or two more of soup… In our minds, he was already dead.” (pg. 59)
This is an example, again, of how people would sacrifice so much in order just to be fed. But this also talks about how the other prisoners think nothing of it. They dont worry about helping him or rather thinking good thoughts of him. As they said, he was already dead to them. This shows how they lost humanity due to dehumanization because earlier in the book, they would always have optimistic conversations. But now, they think nothing of loss and grief.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Inhumanity Lennon and Kea
1. 2012 Aurora Shooting
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/us/colorado-theater-shooting/
On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurred in Aurora, Colorado. While watching the movie, the dark knight rises, a man by the name of James Holmes, entered the theater heavily armed. There, he shot and injured 58 people and killed 12. On July 7th, James purchased a ticket to the midnight premiere of the movie. Then on July 19th, James left the theater through the emergency exit, while leaving the door propped open. After going to his vehicle, he then collected his weapon and proceeded back into the theater. 18 minutes into the movie, he open fires on the audience. He was described to be in protective, ballistic gear, and armed with heavy artillery. After being reprehended, he pleaded not guilty dealt to reasons of medical insanity.
2. Boston Marathon Bombings
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/03/us/boston-marathon-terror-attack-fast-facts/
On April 15th, 2013, a series of shootings and bombings took place at the boston marathon. At about 2:49 pm EDT, two pressure cooker bombs went off. The bombs exploded near the finish line, which was Boylston Street, 12 seconds and 210 yards apart. This killed 3 people and injured nearly 256. After investigation of the FBI, the two suspects were Chechen brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. After realizing images, these two suspects killed officers and created a firefight between them and the FBI. Tamerlan was shot several times and was also ran over by his brother during the escape.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/us/colorado-theater-shooting/
On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting occurred in Aurora, Colorado. While watching the movie, the dark knight rises, a man by the name of James Holmes, entered the theater heavily armed. There, he shot and injured 58 people and killed 12. On July 7th, James purchased a ticket to the midnight premiere of the movie. Then on July 19th, James left the theater through the emergency exit, while leaving the door propped open. After going to his vehicle, he then collected his weapon and proceeded back into the theater. 18 minutes into the movie, he open fires on the audience. He was described to be in protective, ballistic gear, and armed with heavy artillery. After being reprehended, he pleaded not guilty dealt to reasons of medical insanity.
2. Boston Marathon Bombings
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/03/us/boston-marathon-terror-attack-fast-facts/
On April 15th, 2013, a series of shootings and bombings took place at the boston marathon. At about 2:49 pm EDT, two pressure cooker bombs went off. The bombs exploded near the finish line, which was Boylston Street, 12 seconds and 210 yards apart. This killed 3 people and injured nearly 256. After investigation of the FBI, the two suspects were Chechen brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. After realizing images, these two suspects killed officers and created a firefight between them and the FBI. Tamerlan was shot several times and was also ran over by his brother during the escape.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Poem Final Draft
Apollo and Mischief
There was nothing more that I hated
my hard work all diminished to dust
It was all gone
With no clear trace
But there was one definite thing
It was the work of mischief
My brother was the main suspect
The god of quickness and trouble
Always tampering with everything in his path
Destroying the composition of order
There was nothing more that aggravated me
nothing more that set me off the edge
I confronted the wrong doer
Nothing could explain the amount of rage,
that coursed through my veins
I wanted nothing more
than to see the thief be punished
by the hand of the victim to such foolishness
"APOLLO!!" said a rupturing voice
immediately I knew that it was my father that had stopped me.
I could not bear to wait
To see the punishment that he would receive
Instead it was a simple warning
It was just a phrase to get him and I to stop
At the end of it all
My brother offered me a golden lyre
It was the most beautiful, most precious instrument
Nothing could be more wonderful, more valuable
Still, to this day, I carry this lyre
And it was a symbol of forgiveness and worth
and most of all,
Love
There was nothing more that I hated
my hard work all diminished to dust
It was all gone
With no clear trace
But there was one definite thing
It was the work of mischief
My brother was the main suspect
The god of quickness and trouble
Always tampering with everything in his path
Destroying the composition of order
There was nothing more that aggravated me
nothing more that set me off the edge
I confronted the wrong doer
Nothing could explain the amount of rage,
that coursed through my veins
I wanted nothing more
than to see the thief be punished
by the hand of the victim to such foolishness
"APOLLO!!" said a rupturing voice
immediately I knew that it was my father that had stopped me.
I could not bear to wait
To see the punishment that he would receive
Instead it was a simple warning
It was just a phrase to get him and I to stop
At the end of it all
My brother offered me a golden lyre
It was the most beautiful, most precious instrument
Nothing could be more wonderful, more valuable
Still, to this day, I carry this lyre
And it was a symbol of forgiveness and worth
and most of all,
Love
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