Lit circles

Discussion 1: illustrator: light in darknessImage result for light in darkness

 

Discussion 2: connector: when the Jews were in a train car, it makes me think of malls and of all the people and how Closter phobic it makes me feel.

When the woman was going through a mental break down she would scream “Fire! I see a Fire! I see a Fire”. It made me a little anxious reading that because it made me think of like a horror movie of someone almost being possessed.

 

Discussion 3: literary laminator:      “we were brought some soup, one bowl of thick soup for each of us. I was terribly hungry, yet I refused to touch it.”

– this shows us the difference from now in the novel to future in the novel. Right now he is still the spoiled rich kid he was, nut soon he will learn that he has to eat to survive and will literally eat anything.

 

Elie said “yes, my mother did hear from them. Reizel is fine. So are the children”

Elie had not heard anything, but he decided that the most important thing in the concentration camp was hope, so Elie gave Stein hope.

 

Discussion 4: summarizer: first the Jews are forced to watch some hangings of their own peoples, then many of them were moved into different groups. It was selection time, all of the Jews were very frightened because if they were selected they would be sent to the chimney, in the end neither Elie or his father were selected, however Elie was moved to the very hard labour group and it sucked.

 

 

Discussion 5: researcher:

 

The Jews were forced to walk atleast 20km in the freezing cold knee high snow, and then were stuffed in a train car, where many died.

At least 3,000 prisoners died on the Gleiwitz route alone. Approximately 9,000-15,000 prisoners in total died on death marches out of Auschwitz’s camps, and those who did survive were then put on freight trains and shipped to other camps deeper in German held territory.

in every one of these train cars there were 100 prisoners.

 

Discussion 6: illustrator: Ellie no longer recognizes himself.

.Image result for elie wiesel looking into mirror

He was not justified

Imagine, walking into the grocery store, being petrified of your environment. Imagine, being so nervous that your heart was pounding at 100 beats per minute. Imagine having to hide your possessions deep in your pockets because you don’t know what is going to happen. Imagine, feeling a sense of relief because of the man with a badge, you reach for your wallet. Imagine getting killed because of someone who is supposed to protect. In the short story, identities, by WD Valgardson, the protagonist is portrayed as a wealthy middle-class man, who needs to go to the grocery store. However, the antagonist, who was the police officer wrongfully shot the protagonist. It is a police officer officers’ job to protect innocent people from violence, and harm. A police officer needs to be sure he is doing the right thing before acting. First off, the police officer was inexperienced with his training, and did not know what he was doing. What the police officer should have done is wait to see what the man was reaching for, instead of assuming the worst. Secondly, the man felt a sense of relief and security as he saw the police officer, however the police officer was just as frightened as the man had been. “When he turned part way around and recognizes the uniform, he does not feel fear but relief”. In this passage of the short story it shows that the man is calm and not agitated in any way, therefore the man was zero threat to the police officer. Thirdly, the police officer didn’t give any notice that he was going to shoot. A normal police officer would have given the man a chance by telling him to put his hands up or get on the ground. The officer could have even used a taser if he felt threatened enough. Finally, shooting someone with no evidence that they did a crime, and taking their life cannot be justified, even if the inexperienced cop was scared of his surroundings.

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