Night Analysis Essay

Theme: By removing someone's humanity and their rights, their feelings and civilization values are lost as well.

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Theme:

Night, its a theme that we see throughout the book, it is mentioned many many times and is connected through the wording. IT shows that this point in time was a very dark time, like night. 

Writing Prompts

Concentration Camps

• Barracks
• Flames, smoke
• Ration food, coffee, soup, bread, butter
• Selection Process
• Prison Garbs
• Shoes
• Babies thrown into the flames
  

Dehumanization

• Remove Clothing
• Shave heads
• Wore prison garbs
• Tattooed numbers on arms
• run the prisoners down to fatigue and lose all emotional thought
• removed all crowns/gold teeth

Stein of Antwerp

• Family member
• Symbol of False hope of Jews
• Wanted to know if family was still alive
• Elie lies and says his family is ok

Stein of Antwerp

Stein of Antwerp was a relative of the family's. He was very friendly, and gave them half of his portion everyday. He also gave them information on how to survive the camps. This helped them alot.

Chapter 2

The woman on the cattle car had a significant influence on him.
Maybe shes like a motherfigure
she seems to care for him and makes him feel like theres hope?
When he needs to talk she helps him through this point in his life.

Fire Symbolizing:

• Pain
• Hell
• death
• Crematoriums
• Burning of faith, memories, etc.
• Hatred
  
• Chaos
• Destruction
  

Cahpter 1- Foreshadowing.

1. The Jews arent aloud to be outside after 6pm.
2. Moishe is taken and left for dead.
3. Many restrictions on the jews
4. Moved to ghettos.
5. The soldiers moved in with Jews.
6. Lost valuables
7. Forced to wear a yellow star.
8. Moishe warns the JEWS. they dont listen
9. German Army Enters city.
10. Gestapo enter the ghettos
11. News announcements on the radio.
12. Elie's Father had a look of horror on his face after the meeting
    

Holocaust

What do i know about the Holocaust?

The Holocaust is extremely depressing.
Jews had to wear stars as identification and were placed in ghettos
jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and mentally disabled people were also targeted.
They ould be transported in cattle cars and placed in concentration camps
Victims were killed, raped, experimented on, and treated horribly in the camps.
Killing consisted of gassing, shootings, cremating, etc.
Killings also existed in ghettos
Krystallnaucht was the burning onf the synagoge "night of the broken glass" many jewish windows shattered
Jewish people has less rights than others Nurembuerg race laws
Jewish children removed from schools
Hitler wanted a perfect race
Hitler was a JEWish man
Mr. Mengele experimented on people and twins basically just killing them in a horrible manor.
The Jewish people were the ones who were persecuted.
Most forced to work and live in chambers where noone could fit.
Their beds were just platforms.
Thousands of people died in this.
Im sure i could think of more. I dont know.

The Lottery Thesis

Mrs. Hutchinson is illustrated as a dynamic character in “The Lottery” through her dialogue, external conflict, and the drastic reactions she takes within the story.

The Chrysanthemums

Prereading - None

Plot - Elisa is planting the flowers, when a wagon comes by. A man comes out and talks to her she gives him the chrysanthemum sprouts. She gives him some pans to fix and he leaves in the wagon, she goes and takes a bath, gets all ready and pretty, sees that the plants are on the ground, ruined.

Questions - Why did she overreact over the flowers?

Why did e get rid of the flowers?

Quotes - "It was an old-spring wagon, with a round canvas top on it."

"She put on the dress which was a symbol of her prettiness

Chrysanthemums:

-self-esteem

-hope

Collective: angsty, rowdy, technologically advanced, bad, rebellious, dramatic, lazy

Women in 1930's: obediant, submissive to men, reserved, quiet, unintelligent, place in the home

Setting: Salinas Valley, Late 1940's on a small farm.

-Grey Flannel fog of winter.

-Black Earth

-bathed in cold sunshine

Characters- woman, loves her husband, but narrow and unexcited.

-lonely, hardworking, strong in mentality, enthusiastic about planting and gullible.

Tinker- Hustler, good salesman, cajoles Eliza to offering him work

Henry Allen- Flat character, puts effort into his work, boring, likes to attempt to pamper his wife.

Conflicts=

P vs. P Eliza vs. Tinker

P vs. Society Eliza vs. Society

P vs. Self Eliza vs. Self

Plot Line=

Climax- Eliza sees the Chrysanthemums on the side of the road

Symbols=

Chrysanthemums- hope, self esteem

Planter Hands- her strength

POV= third person limited [see into elizas thoughts]

Themes=

People who dont believe in themselves trust people easily.

A society can affect us as an individual

A collective identity can hinder a persons actions

Thesis-

Explicit= articulate on every line of an argument

Implicit= less direct

Basic Thesis= Thus, Eliza's perspective on life parallels the lifeless setting of “Chrysanthemums” through the diction of the setting, Eliza's internal conflict and the symbol of the chrysanthemum.

The Lottery

The Lottery

By Shirley Jackson

Pre-reading

What is justice? 

In my opinion, justice is what's fair. It's making sure everyone has the right to the same things

List Traditions you have with your family:

cutting down a Christmas tree

Plot/Reaction

Describe the community/town in this short story.

WEIRD

What happened to Mrs. Hutchinson? Why?

mrs. hutchinson was stoned. Like...literally, the town took a pile of rocks and just go ape and thug life her. Its pretty intense. They end up killing her for a good harvest. How her death is related to food idk but whatever

setting- very life like, alive.

children- collecting stones, participating boistrous play, represents innocence

men- congregating, discussing rain, tractors, takes, smiled rather than laughed.

Women- stant by mens side, speak and gossip

Mr. Summers- participates in the community/leader, devoted to activities.round faced jovial man.

Mr. Graves- helps with the lottery

Tess- jovial, very dynamic character

Point of View- third person objective

Conflicts- Tess vs. Society

Exposition- town center, june 27th, people are congregating at the town square, waiting for my summers to come with the black box

Climax- tess wins the lottery

Rising Action

- all heads pick out of the black box

- bill picks a dot

-tess goes ape

- all of the family picks out of the box

Falling action- the people pick out stonesand encircle her

resolution- tess yells it isnt fair and the villagers pillage her

Foreshadowing- the year went too quick for a villager- they collect stones in the beginning- everyones nervous

mr.graves

irony- the lottery, was expected to be a good thing

Themes- tradition should be questioned

speak up to injustices, even when they arent happening to you

By the Waters of Babylon

By the Waters of Babylon
Author: Stephen Vincent Benét

Prereading:
Do you believe we process information too fast?
No, at this point in time I like the convenience of our technology. I also get the chance to communicate with may dad who's in afghanistan. Without this technology the communication barrier would be much harder and slower to overcome.

What's you view on technological advancements?
My view is that technological advancements only help our world, the only problem is they aren't equally distributed.

Plot/Reaction (include summary):
First person
People of the hills:

• strict
  
• Spiritual
• polytheistic
• hunter/gatherer society
• primitive
• still read and write the old writings

Forest People:

• forgot old writings
• eat grubs from trees
• priets don't wear white robes
• animosity w/ people of the hills

list places that the protagonist visits on his journey out east/

List two questions you have:

how did the world end itself?

Is anyone left behind?

1 Quote

Harrison Bergeron

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Prereading: What is eternity?

Eternity is the whole big picture of time, it never ends.


Plot/Reaction:

1. who is harrison bergeron?
The son of George and Hazel bergeron, a rebel against the 2081 Government.

2. how does harrison challenge the government's handicap program?
Harrison is extremely gifted, making it hard for the government to disable him. He also says he's done with the government.

Questions: 2 questions you have
1. Whats the point of the weights?
2. Could this actually happen?

Quote: one significant quote that reveals something important.

"Harrison Bergeron, age fourteen," she said in a grackle squawk, "has just escaped from jail, where he was held on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. He is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous."

This gives a basic idea of what the government is like at this point in itme.


E-book page 21

Some Handicaps:
Masks
Radio Transmitter
sandbags/birdshot
chains
hardsire
red rubber nose
shaved eyebrows
speech impediments



Plot Line
Exposition: Harrison is in Jail, parents are disabled, its 2081 and everyone is equal

Rising Action: Harrison breaks out, he's on tv, he say's hes the emporer, diana walks in

Climax: Harrison is shot

Falling actino tv turns of, hazel and george dont remember it,


Quote Sandwich

Claim: The community at this point in time is very unfair, and communist.

He tried to think a little about the ballerinas. They weren’t really very good – no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. They were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. George was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn’t be handicapped. But he didn’t get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts.

Quotation Sandwiches

In the initial pages of this short story, Tom Benecke's avaricious nature drives him to follow the yellow sheet of paper on the ledge of his apartment.

When thinking of what Tom could possibly do to retrieve the paper, his mind goes wild with ideas. Then he thinks he could leave it there and redo the work. He quickly realizes that it would take forever and not be nearly good enough to get him the raise he wanted.

"For many seconds he believed he was going to abandon the yellow sheet, that there was nothing else to do. The work could be duplicated. But it would take two months, and the time to present this idea was now, for use in the spring displays. He struck his fist on the window ledge. Then he shrugged. Even though his plan was adopted, he told himself, it wouldn’t bring him a raise in pay—not immediately, anyway, or as a direct result. It won’t bring me a promotion either, he argued—not of itself."

Tom's quick reasoning shows how frustrated, and fixated on the reward that lies ahead. This later causes him to risk valuable things for money.
In the short story we find that Tom Benecke doesn't think about the consequences of his actions.

Here we find Tom just acting on impulse when the paper flies out of the window, He doesn't really have a plan of action, other than retrieving the sticky note.

On a sudden impulse, he got to his feet, walked to the front closet, and took out an old tweed jacket; it would be cold outside. He put it on and buttoned it as he crossed the room rapidly toward the open window. In the back of his mind he knew he'd better hurry and get this over with before he thought too much, and at the window he didn't allow himself to hesitate.

His carelessness not only reduces his chances of retrieveing the paper, but it also puts his life in danger

Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket

Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket
By Jack Finney
October 8, 2008

Pre-reading: Priorities

1. Family 2. Collin (Boyfriend)/ Friends 3. School 4. Extracarricular Acvtivities 5. Personal Happiness/ Health

Plot Summary:

Toms Beneke is a man who is trying to gain superiority and success within his company. He starts working on a project that would show how effective a display would be for the company. The information gathered is recorded on a single sheet of paper. This information took months to gather. On the night that the story takes place his wife goes to a movie and invites him, he declines to work on the project. Oddly enough, the paper which contains all of the information flies out of the window and is stuck on a ledge outside. He decides that the only way to retrieve the paper is to climb onto the ledge and get it. Once he's on the ledge he realizes what a flawed plan it is. He shakes and panics. In this state of panic he thinks about the past few months and realizes how much he's been ignoring his family. He then decides to climb back to the window, but he bumps it shut. He can't open it without falling, so he tries to get peoples attention. He fails at this and decides to punch the window. He sets the paper down with the pencil on top of it. The paper flies out of the window and he laughs and heads out the door to find his wife.

Quotes: "Very slowly, sliding his forehead down the trough of the brick corner and bending his knees, he lowered his body toward the paper lying between his outstretched feet."

"He saw, in that instant, the Loew's theater sign, blocks ahead past Fiftieth Street; the miles of traffic signals, all green now; the lights of cars and street lamps; countless neon signs; and the moving black dots of people. And a violent instantaneous explosion of absolute terror roared through him. For a motionless instant he saw himself externally--bent practically double, balanced on this narrow ledge, nearly half his body projecting out above the street far below--and he began to tremble violently, panic flaring through his mind and muscles, and he felt the blood rush from the surface of his skin"

Group 8: Sammy and Sergio

Theme

1. Don't get so caught up in events that you forget about your family.

2. Don't put yourself in a dangerous situation for something that isn't worth the trouble.

Plot line:

Exposition: Tom Beneke writes the paper, and we find the importance of the paper, hes in his house, but the paper flies away.

Rising Action: he goes out to get the paper, he's stuck on the ledge, scared, the window shuts.

Climax: grabbing paper, punches window.

Falling action: jumping into the window, the paper flying away.

Resolution: him finding his wife. and going on with his life

BrainStorming

Explain in a paragraph the basic premise of the incident in your life you will be writing about.
One day a group of friends and I gathered at my house. We decided to go adventuring in the woods. We were imitating the acts of Bear Grills. We crossed an overflowing creek, ran from friends throwing rocks at us, and then climbed a cliff.

Start the intro here, give the first few sentences you will begin with
As we sat in my living room, we grew more lethargic by the second. Collin shot up with, “Let’s get out of here!” We all gathered in the basement and collected boots, sweatshirts, and rushed out the door. We were on our way to our escape, the woods.
List major events that will wake place in your incident
1. Cross an overflowing creek.
2. Have a rock war.
3. Run aimlessly through the woods.
4. Climb a cliff

Wrap up in a few sentences how you anticipate your incident ending. Think full circle here.
And as we walked home, I was content. I was able to know I could really trust these people when thrown into a rough situation, and to watch who’s around before you throw rocks. This was a truly amazing experience.

English Comic

Adverbs: Intensifiers.