Reflection Questions 152-156

152. Why do you think Elie Wiesel wrote this book?
I think Elie Wiesel wrote this book because he wanted to share his experiences with us and the process of what happened throughout this time of period. He wanted to show us what it was like when he went throughout the whole thing. He wanted us to feel what he felt so history won't repeat itself.


153. Why do you think he chose Night as the title?
I think he chose to name it Night as the title because he felt like everything was passing in the dark. Like if he were in a dark place that he couldn't see nothing but darkness that surrounded him. You know he was just like a room without any lights.


154. How does Elie change as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps?
Elie changes as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps by him getting traumatize of everything he has been through and like all that happened with him through the concentration camps he changed because he became more mature about everything and he fighted for his own survival even though he cared about his Father but he fought for his own will.

155. How does Elie finally come to terms with his ordeal? (What does he finally do?)
Elie finally stops thinking about his father if he's gonna live or not and he just tries to fight for what he wants to do: Survival. He finally listens to what people are trying to tell him all the way from the beginning:to stop caring of other people and not yourself, care about what you want to do which is survive this nightmare.

156. Give examples of issues in Night that still arise today and what do you think you should be done about genocide?
Some examples from Night that still arise today are that people still go to concentration camps, people still get burned in crematories and gas chambers, another thing is that families still get separated from each other, and another issue is that people still get discriminated because of their race especially Jews. I think that we should like make a contract with the people who own the concentration camps like to stop this or like offer money and just take out all those people who are still alive and are there stuck in there suffering and give them some kind of health so they won't be suffer anymore.

The Diary of Anne Frank Act I & Act II

The Diary of Anne Frank Act I Page 832 (1-8) Skip 4b:

1. The Families must obey strict rules to avoid discovery. Which rules would be the
hardest for you to follow? Why?
The rules that would be the hardest for me to follow were to stay still without moving for almost 7 hours straight and also staying quiet all the time because I like to move around and like I like to make noise too, I don't like it being just quiet around the house.

2. a) In Scene 1, what objects does Mr. Frank find in the secret rooms?
Mr. Frank finds a scarf that is very colorful and a white glove that might belong to a woman, inin the secret rooms were he entered.

b) How are these objects connected with the rest of the act?
These objects are connected with the rest of the act because it reminds him of everything everyone has gone through and its like how the story started out with these objects.

3. a) What special meaning does Hanukkah have for the families?
The special meaning that Hanukkah has for the families was that to spend time with like everyone as one big family like a real family and it also means that its a time to be together and thankful for the luck they have about not getting killed and enjoy a day off, kind of like having a Christmas Day with your family.

b) What do Anne’s presents show about her?
Anne's presents shows the kind of person she is like she expresseses her feelings to the other people. You know she tried to make gifts for everyone even though it was small but at least she gave everyone a present which was nice of her. And it also shows what she feels for the other people.

c)Why do the others react with enthusiasm to their presents?
The others react with such enthusiasm to their presents becaused they didn't know that they were going to get a present from Anne since they didn't have money or couldn't even go to the store to buy some stuff.

4. a) With a partner, discuss Mr. Frank’s statement, “There are … no locks that
anyone can put on your mind.” How does Anne prove that this is true? Anne proves that this is true by that no one can stop her from knowing what she knows likes if someone tries to prove her wrong they can't because she knows how to stop you from proving her wrong and no one can like stop her mind from knowing something like she won't stop talking to you until she gets to her point.

5. a) What is the historical cause that forces the Franks to go into hiding?
The historical cause that forces the Franks to go into hiding because the Nazis were going to separate the whole family in the camps they had and they might never see each other again which was sad for them.

b) What effects does this situation have on their daily lives?
The effects that this situation has on their daily lives are that they have get to get stuck with it for the rest of their lives until the war ends and se if they are safe enough to go to the outside world.

6. In Scene 2, Anne and Peter discuss the Stars of David on their clothes.

a) What effects do the Nazis intend the wearing of the stars to have on the Jews?
The effects that they Nazis intend the wearing of the stars to have on the Jews are that they wear them to threaten the Nazis or like it might be represent something that the Nazis don't like but they still wear it.

b) What background information about the war and the Nazis’ treatment of the
Jews helps you to link this cause with its intended effects?
The background information about the war and the Nazis' treatment of the Jews helps you to link this cause with its intended effects were that it was sad to lose so many people because of the war. This helps you link by the Nais wanted to destroy all the Jews so no Jews can be remaining in this world.

7. Complete an organizer like the one shown with examples of dialogue that achieve
each purpose.

Reveals character and relationship: One example was when Anne and Mr. Van Daan were like fighting for no reason. This reveals that they don't really like each other and they don't really get along with each other.

Advances the action of the plot: One example was that when they like have a conversation in between everyone and you know it reveals what the events are going to be when they all talk with eahc other.

Develops the conflict: One example of this was when they went into hiding for the first time. Like this reveals the conflict by like saying what the real problems is which is basically that they have to go into hiding because the Nais are going to kill them like they are killing everyone else.

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 personalities?
The dialogue among the characters reveals that they are well-mannered people and they respect themselves when they meet someone new and they like to just make new friends but sometimes they just don't connect with each other and they have discussions that show the anger they have stuck inside them.

The Diary of Anne Frank Act II Page 870 (1-9) Skip 8b:

1. What do you like best about Anne Frank? How would you like having her as a friend?
The best that I like best about Anne Frank is that she has humor for everything she says and she is like really funny. I would like having her as a friend by like you know getting to meet her and see if we have things in common and see if we could be good friends.

2. a) What disturbing news does Mr. Kraler bring on New Year’s Day?
The disturbing news that Mr. Kraler brings on New Year's Day is that this guy named Carl came to the house where they were hiding and asked a lot of questions to Mr. Frank to Mr. Kraler and he said that he wanted 20 dollars more than how he usually gets paid.

b) What hint does this give about the ending of the play? The hint that gives us about the ending of the play is that they get discovered at the end of the play like you know it gives us a clue about how the play is actually going to end.

3. a) What is the time span of Act II? The time span of Act II is that it only took less time than it was from Act I.

b) How have the characters changed since the end of Act I? The characters have changed since the end of Act I by everyone acting nice to each other like better now, and like since they have been living there for a long time they got use to each other, they also communicate with each other better.

c) How do you know that Anne has changed? I know that Anne has changed by like the way she acts, she isn't that annoying no more like she doesn't talk as much as she use to. She acts the way she has to act like acting the age she is.

4. a) How can Anne believe that “… in spite of everything…people are really good
at heart?” Anne can believe that this is true because if like someone tries to prove her wrong she proves THEM wrong not her and also like if the person she is talking to she will like show off how smart she really is.

b) What does Mr. Frank mean when he says: “She puts me to shame”? Mr. Frank means by the statement he said was that since she is younger than he is she has more faith than he does.

5. For each of the following events, identify one cause and one effect:

a) Mr. Van Daan’s decision to steal food. The cause for this situation is that he is hungry and just didn't want to starve to death! The effect is that everyone is mad at him for eating everything and so like there isn't any food for them to eat and they will die of starvation.

b) Mrs. Frank’s change of heart about wanting the Van Daans to leave. The cause for this case is that Anne will feel lonely if his only friend she can talk to leaves! The effect is that if they want to stay in their house of the Franks they have to be good.

c) What are some possible causes of Mrs. Van Daan’s attitude toward Anne and
Peter’s relationship? Some possible causes of mrs. Van Daan's attitude toward Anne and Peter's relationship are that they are something more than just friends like boyfriend and girlfriend. Or this might mean that she can like start flirting with Anne's father.

7. Living in close quarters has multiple effects on the residents of the “Secret Annex.” List three effects that result from this single cause. The first effect is that they can't do much around the house because they might get caught. The second effect is that there isn't enough food for the people that are in that house. The third effect is that they can't do whatever a regular family would do.

8. a) On a chart like the one shown, identify the possible motivation behind the actions listed.

Character: Miep Action: Brings flowers and cake to the attic rooms. Motivation:
She is like someone who is nice and she likes to share with people.

Character: Mr. Van Daan Action: He stealed the food from the refrigirator. Motivation: He is a very selfish man for stealing the food that was for everyone in the house and he should apologize.

Character: Peter Van Daan Action: He is ashamed of what his father did to. Motivation: He is trying not to everyone in the house. show that his family likes to have things for

themselves.

9. What possible motivations might an informer have for telling the authorities about the families in hiding? The possible motivations that an informer would have are that he/she would like tell people what life really was while you were hiding someplace where they might never find you.

Hansel and Gretel.

My name is Gretel. I live with my father and step-mother. I only have one brother and his name is Hansel. We are a very poor family and we don't have much food to eat.
My brother and me were hearing what our parents were talking about. Father was bragging to mother about how they would become without any food. I heard that mother said that they should take us into the forest and build a large fire and then they would leave us alone. I couldn't believe what mother had said. Father didn't like the idea that mother had come up with. But mother had convinced him to say yes to her idea. I was very sad that we might never see our parents again especially our dad.
My brother told me that he will find a way to help us. When mother and father went to sleep, he stood up from his bed and put on his coat, and went outside. He grabbed white pebbles and grabbed as many as could.


The next day, mother came in to our room and woke us up. There was some food for us in the table but not so much. I took the piece of the bread and put inside my apron pocket. We were on our way to the forest and I saw that Hansel all he did was look back at the house and was dropping a pebble on the road. Father asked him why he kept looking back to the house.
"I am looking at the white cat, that is sitting on top of the roof, and he wants to say good-bye to me."
Mother didn't really like what Hansel had said. When we reached to the spot where they were going to leave us, father told us to get some wood and pile it up like a hill. We hurried to bring back some wood. Father started the fire and said that they would leave us here until they would cut some wood that they needed.
I cried a little because I didn't know how were we ever going to get out of the forest. I asked Hansel that and he said that I should just wait a little bit more longer.


When the moon had finally risen, Hansel took my hand and pulled me out of the forest. We walked all the night to get to our father's house. It seemed like for ever. When we got home mother opened the door, she was angry because she said we took so long in the forest. I was very excited to see my parents again because I don't want to ever leave them. We just went to bed because mother said that everything was almost eaten up so there was no food for us! Hansel again stood up from his bed to go grab more pebbles but mother had locked the door. Again early in the morning, mother came back to wake us up but this time she sounded really mean. We were on our way to the forest and Hansel was thowring the crumbs of the bread into the groun so we can follow the crumbs and get back home. Again father asked Hansel what he was doing and told him something similar to what he had said yesterday but just changed a the thing he was looking at. When the moon came out, again me and Hansel try to went back home but the crumbs weren't there because the birds have eaten them.

We walked and walked so we can try to find our way back home. But unfortunately we didn't. The next day we tried again but we didn't find our way. Hansel and me were starving but we couldn't find nothing to eat. We watched a swon white bird sing a beautiful song. When it was the end of the song the bird left but me and Hansel followed it until it got to a small house that was mad eout of bread and the windows were made out of clear sugar. We ate and ate until we couldn't because since we were really starving so we ate a lot! All of the sudden this lady came and she looked really old. She asked us what we were doing at her house and we didn't answer. She took us inside her house and she had food ready for me and Hansel on the table. It was so good and it tasted yummmy!!!!!!!

The weird lady only pretended to be nice. In real life she was a wicked witch that waited for children to fell for her trap so she can cook them and eat them. In the early morning, before me and Hansel were awake,she was awke already. She took Hansel to a little stable and locked him in there. Then she shook me until i was awake. I saw Hansel and I was sad. Poor Hansel, he had to eat so he can get fat and the witch to eat him! The next day, I had to go out and hang the cauldron with water and light fire. She heated the oven. She told me to get into the oven to see if it was heated enough. I got inside and she tried to shut the door of the oven and let me in there so I can get baked. I pushed the witch into the oven and shut the door and put it at a higher temperature and she burnt to death. I unlocked Hansel out of the stable. We ran but we had to cross the river which there was no bridge to cross over or anything. So Hansel asked a duck to cross of over and we got there safely and ran back to our father's house and we hugged him. He said that our stepmother had dide from soemthing that happened. I was so happy we came back and saw our father back again!!!!!!

Fable.

The Lonely Lion Who Meet a Stranger.

There once was a lion who was really lonely. He never had no one to talk to. He had no friends because they said he was weird. So one day he goes to the park about noon time by himself. He sees the kids playing around, having fun, and busy doing things. He wished he'd at least had a friend who he had fun with and did all the stuff with him. As it was getting late the kids in the park where leaving with their parents. He had no parents because they had left him in a garbage can when he was just a baby and he just grew up by himself & in the streets. So he decided to stay until all the kids left. He saw that a strange dog sat beside him in the bench. There was only silence and no sounds. This strange dog starts to tlak to him and lion starts getting confident to talk to the strange dog. After two hours later they became friends because they had so much in common an the strange dog helped him be more confident to people.

Strangers can be good friends and also good company.

"The outcasts of Poker Flat."

If you had to blame someone or something for the outcasts' deaths, who/what would you blame & why?

-Uncle Billy

-Citizens of Poker Flat

-Bad Luck

-Outcasts

In my opinion, I would have to blame the outcasts. I would blame them because they would not have died if they did not lay down in the snow to sleep. You know they knew that there was a really bad snow storm, they could have walk there until they got there so they can be nice and warm. They wouldn't of have died if they would of walked there until they got to get help. It was going to be worth taking that long walk because they were going to get help and they were finally going to be somewhere where it was warm and you didn't have to suffer in the coldness. Another reason why I would blame them is because it was like they committed suicide. By this I mean that they maybe just laid there on purposely because you know John killed himself and so that is called suicided but you know the rest it was like they did it on purpose because they laid there knwoing that there was a really bad snow storm. They might of done it on purpose. I think they did it on purposely because maybe since they were different they just didn't want to go through what they usually go which might be humiliation. So they just did that on purpose!

Kate Chopin

The story of an hour: This story is my favorite story of all of the stories that we read. I liked this story because it was an interesting story to read. You know I liked it also because it amazed me that I never thought that she would die at the end of shock because I thought that when she receive the news she was going to have the heart attack. It was like a story that trapped me because since it was so interesting and it was like completely different from something that I have ever read. In this story they referred to freedom, I think it was described as like she was free that her husband had died and she was going to live her life better because maybe they were having problems or because she didn't love him enough to be happy. You know she wanted to be free like in a way to get away from him now that supposedly he had died.

The Blind Man: Well this story was good but I really didn't like it. I didn't like it because you know I didn't want to know what happened when a blind & dumb man goes through. I already know that. I also didn't like it because I thought it wasn't fair for the blind guy that he had to walk where all the sun was at & that maybe the rich guy gave him the pencils to sell them so the blind guy would get out off his property. I think that was unfair. In this story they referred to disabled, rich vs. poor, I think it was described this way because it was like the poor guy was going against the rich guy you know like they were in a war that cause the rich guy to lose because he was greedy or mean. He wasn't being nice so he receive the consequences that he deserves for being that mean.

Desiree's Baby: I like this story but at the same time I didn't. I liked it because it nice how a young man married a young lady and they loved each other and when finally they had a child they were so happy with each other. I didn't like it because there was racism in this story. I think its unfair that he blamed her for the baby being born in a black color, but when it was really his fault not hers. When I read that he kicked her out of the house, I was amazed because how would you kick your wife with a baby in her hands. But afte I read the part where he read his mother's letter, I was shocked but at the same time happy because he got what he deserved for blaming Desiree. In this story they referred on racism, I think it was described like that because the man that Desiree got married with didn't want to be seen with someone black and he just mistreated her and blamed for how the baby looked in the color. You know it was really fair but at least he got what he deserved a payback!!!!!!

"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."

I prepared the water for my fellow friends. I told them to think about because I didn't want them to regret it. I asked them another time if they were sure. They told me that they were sure that they were going to drink it. I handed them there glasses of that special water that made you look younger than you are. As I saw them drink the water I was amazed because they seemed so eager to drink the water.. I immediately noticed the change of their faces. The faces turned from ugly, wrinkled faces to happy, bright faces. Which was a huge difference for me!!!

They asked me for more water. I told them to be patient because I wasn't as fast as they wanted to me to be. I also told them that the water was there so whenever they wanted more water they can drink whatever they want.

When they drank the water I saw that their eyes grew larger and their hair was not gray no more it seemed another color which made them look younger.

Colonel Killigrew went to Widow Wycherley and he was all flirty with her because you know like before all my guy friends were all over her because since they thought she was beautiful. But now they think she is more beautiful than ever because the water did work.

Widow Wycherley ran up to the mirror to check herself out and see if the water did really made her look younger like I promised her. She meet her gaze in the mirror and saw that ugly old woman again but in real life she was young but since a mirror can't lie it showed the mean old truth. She asked me for another glass of water and I told her that I would serve her another glass of water.

I noticed every detail of them while they were getting younger each second. They looked so young now, the youngness were in their veins, they even got dizzy from the loss of all the years. They were so happy that they even cried out "WE are young!!!!! WE are young!!!!!"

All of the three gentlemen were touching Miss Wycherley. Widow Wycherley didn't stop them because I'm guessing she liked it. All of the sudden the flower fell of the floor and the water spread around everywhere. the flower was dying because there wasn't any special water to protect it. All of sudden something happened to my friends. They became old again because whatever happened to the flower it will happen to them. They didn't learn any lesson because it was too soon. So they told me that they were headed to the Fountain of Youth in Florida....