Two Thesis Statement

1. a) Theme: In the novel "Night" by Elie Wiesel he proves that through rough times staying together with family helps you feel a sense of safety and happiness.

- "I certainly do.  But on one condition: I want to stay with my father" pg 46.
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- "Take care of your son. He's very weak and dried up.  Look after him well, to avoid the selection.  Eat! It doesn't matter what or when.  Eat everything you can. The weak don't hang bout for long" pg.42

- "I raised my eyes to look at my fathers face leaning over mine, to try to discover a smile or something resembling one upon the aged, dried up countenance." pg.65

- "Lets keep together.  We shall be stronger." pg.68

1. b) Character: Believing in religion especially for jews is such a struggle, for survivor Elie Wiesel he showed the strong strength in what he had for his religion.

- "There is joy---yes, joy.  Perhaps they thought that God could have devised no torment in hell worse then that of sitting there among the bundles, in the middle of the road, beneath a blazing sun; that anything would be preferable to that." pg.14

- "Oh god, Lord of the universe, take pity upon us in thy great mercy." pg. 16

- "Man raises himself toward god by the questions he asks him." pg.2

- "To do this is dangerous for the one who enters and also for the ones who are already there." pg.3

Critical Stance:  Wiesel chronicles the gradual dehumanization of the prisoners.  

1. A) Dehumanization:  is the psychological process of demonizing the enemy, making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatment. This can lead to increased violence, human rights violations, war crimes, and genocide.

B) The prisoners of the camp showed gradual transformations.  They show gradual transformation throughout the book because toward the beginning of the book they had a string relegion and prayed a lot for the help of god.  Toward the middle of the book they start losing their faith in their relgion because they new they were going to die sometime throughout their journey.

C) The behavior that i noticed in Elizer is that he lost faith in his religion.  The changes that I noticed in him is that he had grown more mature.

2. A) 

Holocaust

The word “Holocaust,” comes from the Greek words “holos” which means whole, and the word  “kaustos” which means burned, was historically used to describe a sacrificial offering burned on an altar. Ever since 1945, the word holocaust has taken on a new meaning. The holocaust is now known as the mass murder of 6 million European Jews as well as members of some other persecuted groups, such as Gypsies and homosexuals, having killed 11 million people total. The Nazis thought Jews were racially superior and they were a threat towards the Germans.

During the holocaust many innocent citizens died throughout this time.  Jewish people  were not the only ones targeted but many others were as well.  The Nazi army targeted people such as Gypsies, Homosexuals, Jehovah’s witnesses, and the disabled for persecution.  Whoever tried to resist the Nazi will also be forced to labor or even murder. “By 1945, the Germans and their collaborators  killed nearly two out of every three European Jews as part of the Final Solution.” Millions of Jewish people were killed because the Germans felt that they were a threat. During the holocaust about 11 million people died and six million of those people were jews. “Between two and three million Soviet prisoners of war were murdered or died of starvation, disease, neglect, or maltreatment.” These inhumane acts had scared so many people. So many family members were lost to the holocaust. The holocaust was such a bad time for Jewish people and many others, this deadly time period will never be forgoten.

recent genocide summarys

http://stopgenocidenow.org/blog/2014/12/ambassador-power-support-justice-darfur/  

Allusion graphic card

Allusion Poem

Everyday is the same routine

day by day 

night by night 

you don't know how I feel 

or what its like 

being under your commands 

constantly telling me what to do 

i just can't stand your demands

they're just useless 

just useless

The two sisters

standing right in front of me 

just staring at me 

glaring me down 

with your big brown eyes 

you can't control me
you can't control anything about me
not my actions
nor thoughts
nothing you just can't control it

you can't control me
my fairy godmother by my side
everything is possible with her when she's here
she will defend me
not you

One wave of her magic wand
Poof, be gone!
i have been waiting for this
you can never see me coming now
never

Greeks on Madison Avenue