3rd Quarter Refelection

I think I accomplished many things this quarter. I think one thing I am most accomplished this quarter is the quality of my blogs. The reason why I feel accomplished about the quality of my blogs. when we first started the blogs the quality of my blogs was kinda bad and ok so it was in the middle, so now I guess it got better because I improved on my grammar and my spelling.

I think I made a lot of improvements this quarter. One improvement is my grammar because every week we would have a set of words and a set of root words. That helped me a lot because every week I have to study and learn the words. Another improvement is reading my book because, every once in awhile I would read my book but not as much as I should be, but now I started to read more, and started like to read now.

The most challenging part in Quarter 3 is doing my homework. The reason doing my is challenging is because sometimes I would get lazy to do it or sometimes I just didn’t to do it. I overcame this because I started getting bad grades, and I had to stay in working lunch all the time. So I got bored of it so that changed my mind and started to do my homework

Night Blog

Elie’s experiences during the Holocaust changed him as a person because in the beginning of the story Ellie was very pious but he changes throughout the book. In the beginning of the story in page 3 it's says “By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the temple.” This quote is showing how he is pious in the beginning of the book because, Elie is saying how everyday he would study the Talmud, and everyday he would cry because of the destruction of the synagogue. Another reason that shows he is pious in the book because, in the book it says “Thus began my initiation. Together we would read,over and over again, the same page of the Zohar. Not to learn it by heart but to discover within the very essence of divinity.” This quote also shows Elie is pious because it’s showing how much he wants to learn the Zohar and how much he is interested in his culture.

Elie’s experience changed in the middle of the book because he is starting to question, and trying to figure out if his god is real. He starts to question his god because in the book it says “Yes man is stronger, greater than God. When Adam and Eve deceived you, you chased them from paradise.” This quote is showing how Elie is questioning his god because, Elie is basically yelling at his god that why won’t he save them from the killing, and the people that being burned in crematory. Another reason is because in the book it says “You brought down the Flood. When Sodom lost your favor, You caused the heavens to rain down fire and damnation. But look at these men whom you have betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They prey before You! They praise Your name!” At this point Elie is starting to think god is not real, because he is so mad at god that he doesn't want to believe anymore because he is saying why doesn't god save the people that are being gassed, burned, and slaughtered.

Elie’s experience changed in the end of the book because at the end of the book he starts not believing god. He starts not to believe god because in the book it says “Where is He? Here He is - He is hanging here on the gallows…” This quote is basically showing  how Elie is saying how God is dead, and he won’t do anything. Another reason is that in the book it says ““I was angry with him, for now knowing how to avoid Idek’s outbreak. That is what concentration camp life had made of me.” In this quote Elie is starting to believe God is not fair.

Butterfly Project

"A Letter to Daddy"

Momma told me to write to you today,
but I had no time. New children arrived
with the latest transport, and
I had to play with them.
I didn’t notice time pass.

I live better these days.
I sleep on my own mattress on the floor,
so I will not fall down.
At least I don’t have much work to fix up my bed,
and in the morning I see the sky from my window.

I was coughing a bit, but I don’t want to get sick,
for I am happy when I can run in the courtyard.
Tonight there will be a gathering
like the ones at Scout camp in the summer.

We will sing songs we know,
a girl will play the accordion.
I know you wonder how we fare here,
and you would surely like to be with us now.

And something else, Daddy. Come soon
and have a more cheerful face!
When you are unhappy, Momma is sad,
and then I miss the sparkle in her eyes.

You promised to bring me books
because, truly, I have nothing to read.
So please, come tomorrow, right before dusk.
I will surely be grateful for this.

Now I must stop. Momma sends you her love.
I will rejoice when I hear your footsteps
in the hall. Until you are with us again,
I send you my greetings and kisses.

-Your faithful son.

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