The first day of spring break, I got very, very sick. With the sudden change of the weather it didn't help my sickness at all and the heaters at home broke because of the power outage in Iowa City! It took about three days for the fever to go away. Then after that, I got a cold. Runny nose, sore throat, etc. Bleh. I also got everyone else in the house sick in the process. Fun.
I didn't have much plans anyways though. Just read a few books, babysat a cousin and drew. The only thing exciting that happened was when I got a new drawing program that had more of a variety of tools like brush sizes, different blur tools and modes; it's great. So after getting that program, I was drawing for hours straight, sometimes even half of the day until my mom told me to get off the computer before I went blind and that, "You'll thank me later." Other than being inside all day, I went shopping for more books to binge on. One of the books was Dear John, and it made me bawl my eyes out. Overall, my spring break was pretty average.
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In both, Night and Boy in Striped Pajamas, they were set in World War II. Both the main character were boys who were naive in the beginning, but began to understand later on what was happening around them a bit too late. They both also mostly relied on their fathers. One major difference is that Bruno wasn't a Jew, but a German while Elie was a Jew. Bruno was an adventurous child who didn't like staying inside, while Elie was serious and traumatized.
Bruno from Boy in Striped Pajamas is very small and frail looking German, he's adventurous, playful and innocent. He has no idea what's happening around him and gets influenced easily by propaganda. He relies a lot on others because he doesn't know what else to do and doesn't realizes the consequences to his actions until it happens. Elie was a very religious person who relied on people as well (mostly his father), he didn't get to play around a lot and was very serious and understood what was happening to him and his family. He was confused, sad, scared and angry and sometimes at the same time. Though he was very religious, he began to lose faith in God over time. This unit changed my understanding of the Holocaust a lot, I got to understand more of the Nazis plan to annihilate Jews and the pain Jews went through in the concentration camps, the labor they had to endure and their losses, they had to juggle a lot of things in their minds to keep going through and survive. I liked the book better, Night. It went into more detail than the movie, Boy in Striped Pajamas and gave more of what happened, the horrible psychological and physical damages the Jews went through and it told you what happened before their home was invaded by the Nazis and what they thought more. The Holocaust was a great tragedy in this world's history and I hope nothing like this will ever happen again in the future. Contrasts & Contradictions
Page 78 The Hungarian Jew told Elie to leave the infirmary before the selection, and even though Elie was scared being told this, he decided to wait it out and see if he was telling the truth instead of trying to get out of there. I think Elie felt this way because he knew he could not trust anyone besides his Father anymore and chose not to believe the Hungarian Jew or anyone else. Memory Moment Page 100 Elie told the Parisian to stop throwing the coins into the water because the kids were strangling each other to get it. I think this an important memory because it tells you that Elie remembered when years before, back in the train cart how others had beaten and killed each other for pieces of bread. Aha Moment Page 99 Elie realised there was no reason to live. It could have changed how Elie thought about fighting for survival anymore, to just give up and fall asleep, to never wake up again because there was no reason to go on. One of my top priorities if I was the president would be to give citizenship to the illegal immigrants who currently live in the United States and work, pay taxes and have no criminal record. Some work just as hard as others in the U.S and I don't think it's fair to just deport them because they wanted a better life than the one in their homeland. But I do know it's not fair to just legalize them while there are others who follow the laws and are waiting for citizenship. So that'd be something to try to solve along the way.
My second priority would be to make college more affordable since prices keep on rising each year. Even lowering the cost of books/textbooks, dorms, etc. would be something. My third priority would be to change the food stamps system because it makes you entirely dependent and makes people not be able to get off of it. I would not just remove it of course but make changes to it so it can actually help them. The first day of winter break, my brother got really sick. Took him about a few days to get over it, but then I kinda get sick too. I mostly had to stay home because of how tired I was getting easily so it was pretty boring. Just played some games on the computer, slept, ate, talked to a few relatives on the phone. Christmas was pretty awesome though. And New years. I got to talk to my sister who I haven't seen nor talked to before. Though, we didn't really talk at all. She just started crying and handed the phone to someone else. Better than nothing though!
The article talks about skills all 18-year-olds should have. One is being able to talk to strangers. Know their way around campus. Manage their work. Help around the household. Finishing tasks. Earn and manage money. Able to take risks.
I cannot talk to strangers. It is something I need to work on, because I get very shy. At first, I'm very loud and clear then after awhile I'm basically mumbling. I also don't know much of my location to places I travel to a lot with my parents. So if I were to get seperated from them while there, I'd be lost. I also don't manage my assignments well. I lose interest in some of my work if I'm not reminded. I contribute to the household a bit. Mostly just cleaning the house and dishes, that's it. If reminded a lot, I can finish tasks that I'm suppose to do. I earn some money by doing chores, but not much, then I just ending up losing the money in my room. I don't think I can take risks, I just avoid them which probably doesn't help me at all. I think these basic skills are realistic, though I don't have any of these skills. One rule at home that I don't really like is 2 hours of computer time.
I should be able to choose what time I should stop using the computer, like if my eyes start hurting or if I know I've been using the computer too long. To replace this rule, it would be: I get to choose when to stop using the computer unless my grades are low or its affecting my grades and studies. I'm thankful for. . .
My thoughts on the election? Eh. It didn't really interest me like past elections, and there wasn't really a specific candidate who I wanted to win the presidency, because I don't like Trump nor Hillary because their ideas were not very good. To me now, presidents are just full of talk and no action and the name President isn't even an honor now, just a title. Everything is going downhill.
Trump is the new president? Oh well, not much you can do, because complaining won't do a thing. I do believe that we should all give Trump a chance though and see how he changes America, good or bad. |
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