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The movie is very similar to what we've been reading because it shows a lot of the same events. For example in the texts we've read it says that there were gas chambers and Jews who were worked to death which was demonstrated  in the movie when the man found all those bones or when they told him about what they do to kids. Another thing that was shown in the movie that was also shown in the articles were when the Germans thought their race was superior and when the Germans banned Jews from certain places like at the party the dad was a waiter at and the girl was saying Aryian children are superior. These examples show that the movie did a great job of displaying the horrible acts of the Germans to the Jews during the Holocaust. Not only were the actions the same between the movie and articles but also were the emotions. For instance in many of our articles it says that the Jews felt helpless, overworked, tired, and hungry, in the movie all of these feeling were shown by the J...

"Forgotten" You wanton, quiet memory that haunts me all the while In order to remind me of her whom love I send. Perhaps when you caress me sweetly, I will smile, You are my confidante today, my very dearest friend. You sweet rememberance, tell a fairy tale About my girl who's lost and gone, you see. Tell, tell the one about the golden grail And call the swallow, bring her back to me. Fly somewhere back to her and ask her, soft and low, If she thinks of me sometimes with love, If she is well and ask her, too, before you go If I am still her dearest, precious dove. And hurry back, don't lose your way, So I can think of other things, But you were too lovely, perhaps to stay. I loved you once. Good-bye, my love!

This picture is displaying propaganda because it's trying to demonstrate to people not to bother speaking out and to just stay quiet instead. This picture is probably sending this message to the Jews, Gypsies, and Disabled people since they were the main targets during this time. For example on the website titled "German Propaganda Archive" to translate the poster it says,  “Shame on you, chatterer! The enemy is listening. Silence is your duty.” This shows that the Germans wanted to silence people and control them so much that they would be afraid to speak out. Overall this poster is a exmple of the Germans trying to control and silence the people by not giving them the voice they should have.

The Fiction book I read was I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson. I'll Give You The Sun was a realistic fiction book that was beautifully written. This book was about a set of teenage twins who are very different yet so alike in a weird kind of way. Ones artsy, quiet, and very in tact with his creativity, yet, the other is more sporty, loquacious , and popular. Then something happens unexpectedly and their world seems to turn upside down. Not giving to much away, overall, this is an amazing book written in two perspectives, both perspectives telling the same story in different times, to then come together to have big realization. I think I'll Give You The Sun was a great novel that really made me think about things in a very differnt way. This book had realistic problems that anyone can go through, these problems were so interesting and awful that you may have never even thought of them. Before reading this book I thought twins were pretty cool and that it would be awe...

The Non-Fiction book I read was a autobiography titled  Bossypants by Tina Fey. Throughout the book it talked about Tina's life and how she got to where she is today. It describes her childhood and how she wasnt like a "typiocal girl", instead she was a tomboy and had to go through things on her own like her first period and her first crush. She then talks about her journey through improv and the different places she preformed like second city in Chicago. Later in the book she talks about how she started to perservere through challenges and different discriminations against her in certain skits. After she pushed through and started to get recongnized it resulted in her becoming famous. Overall this book was about Tina Fey's  journey to how she got to where she is and the steps she took to get there. I thought that Tina Fey's book Bossypants was phenominal ! It was funny, witty, entertaining, and so much more! I don't really like Non-Fiction books but I ca...

When I was about six years old I thought it would be a good idea to convince my aunt to take me to Kiddie Land. Being so young and adorable I convinced her very easily, I also convinced her to take my favorite cousin Angie! It was all very exciting and I was so happy. When we decided to leave my cousin asked me if I wanted to race to the car. My aunt being the sweet lady she is said with great profundity said it was best not to race, so I did it anyways. As we were racing it felt so great, wind in my hair, laughter all around, and being around my loved ones, it was amazing. Then something happened, I suddenly didn't feel so great anymore it was like all the sunshine and rainbows had disappeared and turned into darkness. It was in that moment that I tripped on a rabbit hole and fell face first onto concrete breaking my nose. Blood was gushing everywhere and I couldn't stop crying! I felt so stupid and so ashamed knowing that if I would've listened to my aunt this would'...