5/22/2017 0 Comments Fever 1793, Discussion #3One signpost I found was on page 128 and it read "when Mattie and her grandfather were on their way home." this signpost was a memory moment and this memory came to Mattie's mind because as they were walking she realized on some of the house shes saw yellow rags just like a while ago when her and her grandfather were walking they found some too and those flags repented houses with the fever. This memory is important because it shows how many people were affected with this fever and how people take it seriously. The literary element that is shown in this signpost is plot because it gives you a feel of what shes seeing and how things work around a place filled with the fever. Another signpost I found was on page 135 and it read " they were outside looking/getting food." this signpost was a memory moment and the memory that came to mind was when Mattie's grandfather went into the sun his face turned red again just like it was when they were practically stranded. I think this memory is important because when they were practically stranded its always with them about how hard it was dealing with the heat,trying to find food,, dealing with health issues or not feeling well. I felt as if this was an internal conflict because the grandfather has gotten weaker or more fragile and theirs not much they can do about it. I really like this book so far I think it keeps me on my toes a lot and is always making me want to read more with all the problems coming up and what not. If I was at the discussion I would have brought up things like what does everyone thinks going to happen next and there thoughts on Mattie and how she must be dealing with everything.
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5/5/2017 0 Comments Fever 1793In the first couple chapters I have read of "Fever 1793" it has been good so far. The book is about a fever that harms a lot of people and is very contagious. Its very interesting to see the great connection between characters and how the fever can break those up easily by killing people. I personally would never want something like this to happen to people near me or even worse myself. A character named Polly is one of a few people to die because of this tragedy, but its crazy to be her family and have to realize shes dead. Dealing with a death especially someone your close to can be really hard and something no one wants to go through. I really like this book because its very interesting to see what the characters have to go through and how living with this problem could be tough. Another kind of thing you wouldn't see or hear around here are bells ringing to signify how many deaths have accrued. I have liked this book so far and cant wait to read more.
3/23/2017 0 Comments Spring BreakThis spring break I didn't really go anywhere to exciting. My spring break was more of a quality family bonding time at the dells with my two sisters, my mom, and some of my second cousins. We went to the great wolf lodge. I had an okay time there like seeing everyone was fun but the water park was more of a park for kids there were only a few good slides and a fun arcade. Almost every night I got dip and dots at this little ice cream shop there which was very delightful.
After our stay at Wisconsin was sadly over we drove up to Illinois where we went to a big mall. We ended up getting lots of fun stuff mostly clothing. Since Prom is coming up for my 17 year old sister we found a dress for her which was fun. When we went shopping it was only my two sisters and my mom my other cousins had to go home. After a long day of shopping we got to go back to a hotel still in Illinois, where we swam and got a good night of sleep. Finally it was time to go home. Once we got home we still had a few days where we could hang around the house and be lazy. I am not a person who can just sit home and do nothing so I went out and hung out with friends and kept myself busy. Although I would have liked to go somewhere warm and sunny I was still happy to be on break and able to hangout with my friends. The similarities in these two events were that they were both taken in the same time frame, they covered some of the same things but just described or presented them a little differently, I also think the purpose of this movie and the book were the same which was to inform kids about what some people have went through and how awful that time was.
The character Bruno from the movie boy in the stripped pajamas was very brave, bold, friendly, funny, and very aware. I think through most of this movie he was so little and wasn't told much information on whats going on, why they moved, and what holocaust is in general. Bruno was a young boy with very gorgeous blue eyes and brown hair. 2/22/2017 0 Comments Sign posts words of the wiser pg.78
What happened in this moment was a inmate said to the younger, "Don't rejoice too soon, son. Here too there is selection. In fact, more often than outside. Germany has no need of sick Jews. Germany has no need of me. When the next transport arrives, you'll have a new neighbor,. Therefore, listen to me: leave the infirmary before the next selection!" This is just advice from an older to a younger and just shows how older people really do look out and take care of those who are younger. The life lesson in this message is to leave the infirmary before the life lesson and continue on with his journey. Hes mostly saying that the older guy (himself) isn't gonna make it but he needs to stay strong and carry on without him. memory moment pg.100 In this moment elie is talking about the three days and nights of traveling but stops and goes back to one special day when a lady took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it to a wagon, and after that there was a stampede. Thousands of men fought over a crumb of bread. This memory might be important because it shows how much one little crumb of bread meant to the prisoners and how it could cause such a commotion. Compare and contrast pg. 102 In this section Meir Katz told elies father that he was too weak, his strength was gone, and that he wouldn't make it. This was surprising because he had such a positive attitude and was so positive to elies father when it came to things so for him to say it was like wow. I think he acted or felt this way because he had been through so much and was just starting to give up and was thinking like whats left thats good and was just so hungry upset and was just done with it all. 1/27/2017 0 Comments If I were President.... If I were president I would make it so prices of things at store wouldn't be so high. I feel this would also be good for the people working at stores because they would get more business since things aren't as high and people might buy more of the items so they would still get a fair amount of money. I think a lot of woman's clothing is really pricey these days like we could be paying a lot less then what we are and sometimes we don't want to buy an item we love because its so pricey so maybe the stores could get more business by lowering prices.
Another Thing I would change if I were president would be to have better protection from incoming drug trafficking at our border. I feel if we come up with a solution to this our country would be safer. When illegal drugs come through the border it isn't making our environment better nor keeping our people safe. Maybe by making a wall or having more guards by the border we can make our country great again. Finally I would Make it so we produce our own oil and stuff like that. By doing this we wouldn't have to import it from other countries, this also means we could save money because we're not spending money on it being imported. We can also have the things we need and want when we want them and not have to think so much ahead or stuff like pre planning, I mean we are still gonna have to pre plan but it will be much easier then receiving and waiting for the products to come from all the way across the ocean. I believe all these things will make our country a much better place. 1/11/2017 0 Comments Winterbreak! Winter break was a blast! Before we left for our trip my family opened presents and had Santa come early. This year I was happy with what I got. Around this time of year it is so wonderful and such a good feeling to be with my family the ones I love the most.
This Winter break I got the privileged to go on a family trip with my family to the Dominican Republic. In the Dominican all we really did was chill at the resort. We went to the pool and the beach almost most of the days. The weather was in the 80s most of the time which was pretty nice. When I got back from the Dominican still had a full week to hang with friends and stay having fun in Iowa city. 12/12/2016 0 Comments 18 Year OldsI would agree with these life skills 18 year olds should follow. I strongly agree that an 18 year old should be able to find there way around a campus, town, or whatever it is, because they are at the age where they can drive and it would really suck to get lost or go the wrong way and same thing would go if you were walking around anywhere. Another piece of writing idea I agree with is An 18-year-old must be able to cope with ups and downs. I feel as though if an 18 year old cant complete this task they will struggle as they get older because they cant hnadle things always going right and might just decide to quit or not try when something goes wrong and also its just a really good thing to have.
12/9/2016 0 Comments If I Lived in A Video gameIf I got to be live in a video game I would love to Live in the game Madden because it's very interactive and I love the game of football. I think it would just be fun in general to live in this game because you have many options of what you would want to do like you could be a football player, you could be someone in the crowd, or a referee, and many more things. I would love to just be playing or watching football 24/7.
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