Reflection Questions 152-156 on night.

152. Why do you think Elie Wiesel wrote this book?
I think Elie wrote this book to tell people about his experince during the holocaust. He wrote this book to show people what happened and how horrible life as for a jew in a concentration camp. He wrote this book to tell people about the Germans and how cruel they were. He might have wrote this tel people about the holocaust so that it never happens again.

153. Why do think he chose Night as the title?
I think he gave the book the title of night because nighttime is dark and bad things uaslly happen more at night. This book has horrible things in it and this was dark period of time.

154. How does Elie change as a result of his expeience in the concentration camps?
He is so skinny from malnuriousment. He toke care of his father and stayed near him but when he died Elie felt that nothing could bother im. He felt that he was free to take care of himself. Now after the camps he takes care of himself because in the camps it was all for one. When the prisonors were free the first thing they did was eat the food in the kitchen. He also didnt cry for his father when he died. He no longer prayed. He didnt feel anything when he saw someone die .

155. How does Elie finally come to terms with his ordeal?(What does he finally do?)
He doesnt remember his family anymore. He wants to take care of himself. He only thinks about himself now and no one else. He writes a book about his experinces.

156. Give examples of issues in Night that still arise today and what do you think should be done about genocide?
In India there is genocide happening. The muslims are being treated badly and going through genicide by the other religions in India. They are burning muslims in their houses with their families. They are putting muslims in camps and killing them. The reason why people dont like the muslims is because of religion and they think they killed 200 hindus on purpose because of their religion. I dont think we can do anything about genocide in the world but we can prevent it from happening here. We could vote for people that would help america into office. We could keep people from having more power than the president. If someone tried to start a genocide then we could arrest the leader and put them in jail for life and they are not allowed visitors. They wont have any way of communication to keep the genocide going so the people would not be able to do what happened in this book.
In Ethiopia the Anuak are going through genocide. The Ethiopian police are killing the Anuak people. The police are breaking down peoples doors and killing the family inside. They would tell them to run and shoot them. They would beat the men and boys in the street and then shoot them.
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Diary of Anne Frank

PG 832(1-8)
1.The families must obey strict rules to avoid discovery. Which rules would be hardest for you to follow? Why
The hardest rule for me to follow would to stay completely still from 8am to 6pm and to not be able to talk for that long. I like to move around when I'm sleep and awake. I could not stay quiet for that long. I don't like to talk that much but i couldn't stay quiet for 10 hours.
2. a)In scene 1, what objects does Mr.Frank find in the secret rooms?b)How are these objects connected with the rest of the act?
Mr.Frank finds a scarf and a white female glove.The scarf was a Christmas gift from Anne, the year they were caught. The scarf might have reminded him of that last Christmas with Anne. The white glove belonged to Margot, his other daughter. It might have reminded him of his daughter.
3. a)what special meaning does Hanukkah have for the families?b) What do Anne's presents show about her? (c)Why do the others react with enthusiasm to their presents?
Hanukkah mean togetherness for the families. It also means another year being alive and not in concentration camps.
Anne's presents show that she cares about every body in the house even though she argues with them constantly. It also shows that she can still think of the good things instead of all the bad.
They act enthusiastically because they know it will make Anne feel better. They know that they might not ever get another present again and this may be their last Hanukkah together.
4.Discuss Mr.Frank's statement, "There are no locks that anyone can put on your mind." How does Anne prove its true.
Anne always spoke her mind. Even though bad things were happening around her she still was herself and thought of good things and what she would do when she got back home. No one could tell her not to be herself or think the way she did. So no one could put a lock or stop her from thinking what she did about the world.
5. What is the historical cause that forced the Franks to go into hiding? b) What effects does this situation have on their daily lives?
During this time the holocaust was going on around them. They had to be quiet for a long period of time during they day. They could not go outside because if they did they would be caught. They all had to get along with each other in the house too, because if they didn't they could get caught by the Nazis. They couldn't eat a lot of food because they didn't have much and Meip didn't come all the time.
6.a) What effects do the Nazis intend the wearing of the stars to have on the Jews. b) What background information about war and the Nazis' treatment of the Jews helps you to link this cause with its intended treatment effects?
The Nazis wanted to be able to tell the difference from a Jew and a none Jew. So they made Jews war the star of David. The Nazis mostly targeted the Jews so they would have to know who was a Jew and who wasn't. The family hid because they didn't want to be in concentration camps. The Nazis made people scared so they went into hiding. They didnt want them to feel like people are strong.
7. Complete an organizer with examples of dialogue that achieve each purpose.
a) Reveals character and relationships-"In spite of everything, i still believe that people are really good at heart."b) Advances the action of the plot-"You dirty thief...stealing food...you good-for-nothing..."c) Develop the conflict-"Usally when i come up here, i try to bring good news.I know it's a terrible thing to ask of you, living as you are, but would you take him in with you?"
8.After Mr.Kraler asks if Jan Dussel can join the Franks and the Van Daans in hiding, what does the dialogue among the characters reveal about their personality?
Mr Van Daan is selfish and doesnt want any one else to eat their food. He doesnt want another mouth to feed. Anne and the Franks are okay with having another person in the house. They find a place for him to stay right away.

PG 870(1-9)
1. What do you like best about Anne Frank?How would you like having her as a friend?
I like that she always thought of the good things about things and people. On Christmas instead of her thinking about if this was going to be my last, she gave people presents and thought of ways to make them smile. I would love for to be my friend because shes a tough person. She could get through anything. She also would find ways to make my laugh.
2. a) What disturbing news does Mr.Kraler bring on New Years? b) What hint does this gve about the ending of the story? Mr.Kraler told them that a theif had come in and stole the radio. The theif could have told the Nazis that they were in the house hiding. So we know that the Nazis came and toke them away.
3. a) What is the time span of Act II. b) How have the characters changed since the end of Act I. c)How do you know that Anne has changed? The time span is about a year. From January 1944 till November 1945. In the end of Act I the families are happy and rejoicing because its hanukkah. But in Act II they are mad that Mr. Van Daan stole food from them. They also were scared that they were caught.
4.How can Anne believe that in spite of all that people are really good at heart? b) What does Mr.Frank mean when he says She puts me to shame. Anne is only a little girl and she hasnt expereinced what the older people have. So she knows that people dont do bad because thy are just evil but because its for a reason. Some people act bad because they try to protect others. So she knows that people are good inside bad bad on the outside.
5.Identify cause and effect. a) Mr.Van Daan desion to steal food. b) Mrs.Franks change in heart about wanting the Van Daans to leave. A) The rest of the family had littler and littler to eat each night. Also Mrs.Frank got made and wanted his family outexcept Peter. B)Peter and his family got to stay. Anne got to stay with Peter.
6. What are some possible causes of Mrs.Van Daan attitude toward Anne and Peter's relationship. In the story Mrs.Van Daan was always surronded by boys in her younger days. So the things she did with those boys might have made her think Anne and Peter was going to do the same thing. She's also a mother and all mothers want the best for their children and she might not think Anne is the right one for him. Anne is also 3 years younger than Peter, so his mom might think he shouldd be with someone his own age, like Margot.
7. Living in close quarters has multiple effects on the residents of the "Secret Annex." List three effects that result from this single cause. They had to make a sick person better or they all might get sick. The children thought thy were going to go crazy from being in the tightly spaced house and from not being outside. There were constent fights btween each person because there was not alot of space and not alot of food.
8. Identify the possible motivation behind the actions. 1)Meip brings flowers and cake to the attic rooms. 2) Mr.Van Daan steals food. 3) Peter lets Anne in his room. Meip had good news that the invasion had started and the war should be over soon and they will be free to go outside again. Mr.Van Daan is a big person and hes most likely not used to eating so little food. Peter is starting to like Anne alot more and he thinks she's a nice person.
9.What possible motivations might an informer have for telling the authorities about the families in hiding? If the person thhat caught them was really a thief then the thief could have told on them and so his crimes could be dropped. He wouldnt have to go to jail if he turned them in.

50 things i know about the holocaust.

1. Adolf Hitler was the leader.

2. It started around 1933 and ended in 1945.

3.Holocaust means sacrafice by fire in greek.

4.Germany believed that Germans were racially superior.

5.The Nazis thought the jews were a threat to their racial community.

6. German's also targeted other groups, because of their perceived racial inferiority, like the Gypsies, the disabled, and some of the Slavic peoples,Russians, and others.

7. Other groups were persecuted on political, ideological, and behavior, among them communists, socialists, jehovah witnesses, and homosexuals.

8. Between two and three million of people were murdered or died of starvation, disease, neglect, or maltreatment.

9.Hitler called it the final solution.

10.The term ghetto come from the name of the Jewish quarter in Venice.

11.There are three diffrent ghettos, the open ghetto, closed ghetto, and destruction ghetto.

12.Almost six million jews were killed during the holocaust.

13. Nazis treated women the same as men.

14. Women that were pregnant or had small children were automatically sent to exacution camps.

15. In the final months of the war, guards moved camp inmates by train or on forced marches, that were called death marches in an attempt to prevent the Allied liberation of large numbers of prisoners.

16.Poland was the country with the largest Jewish population.

17.Jews and Roma were gassed in mobile gas vans.

18.they made gas chambers to make killing the jews more efficent.

19. Up to 6,000 Jews were gassed there each day.

20.Jews in Nazi-occupied land often were first taken to transit camps.

21.the forcrd the camp inmates to do forced labor.

22.The Germans killed as many as 1.5 million children, including over a million Jewish children.

23.they killed tens of thousands of gypsy children.

24.In the ghettos, Jewish children died from starvation and exposure and because they have no adequate clothing or shelter.

25.children were usally the first to go to killing centers or the first to be taken to mass graves and shot.

26.Pogrom is a Russian word meaning to wreak havoc to demolish violently.

27.Germans would shot someones family in front of them.

28.Women were beaten and raped in camps.

29. Pregnant women were claimed not able to work, so they kill them or get abortions.

30.They toke people to gassing chambers and killing centers.

31.the warsaw ghetto was the biggest ghetto that was used in the holocaust.

32.they did experiments on people, children, women and men.

33.the jews and slave people had tatooed numbers on their bodies.

34.they wore a jacket called the julian noga prisoners jacket.

35.if you ha a child from a german then they would still have abortions or put the women in a gassing chamber.

36.They experimented sterilizing women at camps.

37.Some campers would hide people and children in ghettos.

38.alot of people were split up and taken away from each others.

39.some families were killed in front of other families.

40.Pregnant Jewish women often tried to conceal their pregnancies or were forced to submit to abortions.

41.Some women were active in the aid and rescue operations of the Jews in German-occupied Europe.

42.The Nazis didnt care what race, sex, as long as you werent german, they would put you in camps.

43.They had mobile killing units.

44.Shooting was the most common form of killing used by the mobile killing units.

45.They would gas people in a van.

46.They packed mass people in gassing chambers to kill more people.

47.After the Nazis siezed power in Germany in 1933, Adolf Hitler publicly discouraged "disorder" and acts of violence.

48.The pogrom in Kielce was one of the factors that led to a mass westward migration of hundreds of thousands of Jews who had survived the Holocaust.

49.They raped and murdered their Jewish victims and looted their property.

50.By late summer of 1941, increasing instances of corruption, plunder, settling of old scores, destruction of important economic resources, and the infiltration of former communists into groups that perpetrated the “pogroms” led the German authorities to abandon the practice on the Eastern Front.

Solving a problem on the street

There are to many gangs and gang bangers on the street. We could reduce them by having more police on the blocks. We could reduce their gun violence by controlling how many guns are distributed and who has guns. We could also lock up the gang bangers we capture instead of letting them go.

If we have more police on every block, then the gangs would not hang around on them or start trouble on the block. The gangs know that if there is a cop around, they cant do anything bad. Gangs usually hang around the blocks to sell drugs and just start trouble. But if there were more police, then they wouldn’t hang around the block anymore.

If we could reduce how many guns go out to the streets then we could reduce the gun violence that gangs get into. If we could find out who has the guns then it would be easier to capture gang bangers. People get hurt and killed because of gun violence that gangs do. If we don’t want people to get hurt then we should know who has the guns and how many are distributed.

Gang bangers are prosecuted everyday. But a lot of them get out early or just get away with what they did. If you ever heard the phrase “I can get away with murder” then it is kind of what happens. Gang bangers shoot and kill people and they get away with it. If we could find a way to lock up all the gang bangers that shot or killed someone or broke the law then we could reduce the gangs on the street.

Gangs are a big problem on the streets today. We could reduce them by having more police on the blocks. Also by controlling who and how many guns are on the street. We could stop gangs by locking up all the gang bangers that have done wrong. That’s my solution to gangs.

Hansel and Gretel

One night as me and my brother stayed wake because we were so hungry, we over heard our parents talking about leaving us in the forest alone to die. I as horrified that my father would ever agree to it but he did. I started to cry. But my brother Hansel comforted me and told me "God will help us." Then he got up and went outside. I wondered what he was doing. He came back into our little room with alot of white pebbles in his pocket. I asked, "What are those for?" He answered," You'll find out in the morning sister." That made me feel i little better. Then i fell asleep wondering what my brother had in mind with those pebbles.

The next morning my brother and i woke up to our step mother shaking us, rushing us to get fire wood. We already knew what our parents had in mind for us. So we walk through the woods. I turned around once and saw Hansel slacking behind us. He was also throwing something on the ground. I squinted my eyes to see better, and saw he was throwing the little white pebbles.

Our parents left us in the woods with a little fire. We both toke a nap. When we woke up it was night and the moon was shining bright. I asked my brother,"What are we going to do brother?"

He said, " We're going to follow the shining pebbles home." I was rejoiced by the idea. I jumped up and eargerly followed my brother through the woods.

We finally reached the house in the early morning. When our step mom opened the door i got anger and made an evil face. I think she noticed because she made a face back. Then she said," Why did you horrrible kids stay out so long?" Then that night we heard our parents again. They want to do the same thing but put us farther in the forest. I didnt worry because i saw that my brother had another plan.

The next morning we wke up to our step mother shaking us and telling us to wake up. We got bread and we sarted to walk into the woods. We walked farther off into the forests. I turned toward my brother and saw that he was throwing little bread crumbs on the ground. I was happy. Then we stopped and made a fire once more. Our parents left and we went to sleep. When we woke again it was darkand the moon was shining another night. We tried to find the trail of crumbs but could not. We asumed the birds had eaten them all. But we walked and walked until we found a house. the house was made out of bread, cake and clear sugar for the windows. We started to eat. then a lil old lady came out she was quite ugly.

She told us to come in. She gave us food and a place to sleep. She was pretty nice. Then the next morning she woke me up. She told me to make food for my brother so he culd get fat and she shall eat him. I was devastated. I started to cry. Then she made me cook. She took the food to my brother. That whole week she made me cook for Hansel. But for what i seen Hansel wasnt getting any bigger. So she got angery and decided she was going to eat him anyway. She also tried to push me into the oven and cook me but i knew her plan and pushed her into the oven instead. She made a horrible scream.

I ran out to the shed and rescued Hansel. We cheered and merrily jumped around. Then we went into the house. We saw some precious jewels. We stuffed our pockets with jewels and peices of the house. Then walked all the way home.

When we got there our dad was covering a hole he had made. He said that our step mom had died. We were so overjoyed. we didnt have to worry about not having any food and not having to be put into the forest alone again.

Adam's Diary

Sunday-Today something kept following me. I have never seen this animal or what not before. But it just would not stop following me. I turned around occasionally, just to see it run and hide. At first it was kind of strange. Then it just got plan annoying. I tried to look for a place to get away from it. I looked around and saw a tree. It was a fairly tall tree. I climbed up and sat there, watching the creature walk away disappointingly. I wonder what it wants.

Monday-even though i was annoyed from it following me i followed it today. It kinda has the form of a woman. So i shall call it a her. I hid in the trees to stay out of sight. So as i follow her, i see that she loves to stop and play with the flowers. She stops and touches, smells, holds, and talk to the flowers. She also calls all of them by a name. A name that i could never come up with. All of a sudden the sunlight shines upon her. As this happens she begins to glow. A glow i have never seen before. I didnt know what to call the feeling that came upon me. Then all of a sudden i said "love". I think im in love.

Thursday- This week we actually talked. I think thats what she said we did. She named alot of creatures and plants. I was amazed that she knew so many names for every thing we came across. She liked to talk too. we talked about the bugs in dirt to birds in the sky. But then we went to the forbiden tree. Eve picks one and throws it to me. i drop the fruit and tell her no. weare not allowed to eat these. But she takes a bite anyway. She says nothing happened and it would be ok. Even though i heard what the lord said i toke a bite anyway with her. Then a bright light appeared in front of us. Then we heard the voice of the lord. he was putting us out the garden of eden forever. I really regret eating the fruit.

Fables

One day there was a crow sitting on a branch. He had a cracker in his beak. He was getting ready to eat it when a cat came along. Mr.Cat asked ,"Mr.Crow, Why are you up there. I wont hurt you." The crow was silent, for he knew that if he talked he would lose his food. But All crows like to make noise. The cat knew this. So he ask," Where did you get that wonder cracker from?" The crow could not resist and said, "I got it from the sweet lady in the park, you should go see her." As he talked the cracker fell toward the cat. The cat opened his mouth and ate the cracker.


Dont talk with your mouth full.