Grade 10
The Book Thief Inquiry post
Question: How does one find beauty in times of hardships
Source: the Book Thief
In the movie, The Book Thief directed by Brian Percival, beauty and perseverance are used in hard times during the Holocaust. Wonder and happiness are found through literature and words despite the horrible conditions. Liesel was taken from her family and sent to live with foster parents, only because her mother was a communist. Liesel finds beauty in the most simplistic things. During the end of the movie Death says, “Sometimes people are beautiful not in looks, not in what they say but in who they are”. Despite how people look or say there are still good people in the world even if it is filled with hate there are always good people somewhere they just may be hidden or afraid. In one scene, Liesel was with her friend Max, a Jewish man who was staying with Liesel and her adoptive parents. Max missed the world outside the walls of the damp dark basement so Liesel brought the cold satin snow from the street outside into the basement. This is an example of Liesel finding astonishment in something as simple and dainty as snow. In another scene Liesel’s father said, “Words are life” he is meaning that words can be beautiful and are all around us and beauty can be found in almost anything. Liesel is very courageous and compassionate and pushes through hardships and struggles. She will go to any length to make those she cares for happy and always prevail friendship and love.
Citations: Allen, Alyssa. “The storyteller behind The Book Thief.” ABC Melbourne – Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 12 Jan. 2014, www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2014/01/13/3924548.htm.
“The Book Thief.” Pinterest, www.pinterest.ca/MegaFrost4/the-book-thief
I did great on using proper punctuation and commas.
Next time, I will improve by staying on topic and not jumping to different things that are irrelevant to what I am writing about.
food and you
A restaurant that feels like home!
East side Mario’s is a quant and welcoming restaurant that brings a piece of Italy and New York right here in British Colombia. The atmosphere is rustic and cozy with an Italian cultural design. Twinkling lights hang from the ceiling, creating a dim cozy room along with dancing shadows on the red and white checker patterned table clothes with a burning candlelit flame in the center. As soon as ushered through the broad glass doors, the overwhelming aroma of baked bread baking to a crisp fills my nostrils. The exceptional staff is very affectionate, agile and greeting with a whole-hearted smile. The restaurant has a warm ambiance radiating from the steamy kitchen along with pots and pans clashing and glasses clinking. The cold wooden chairs are a tad uncomfortable but worth it for the delicious cuisine. The linguini and mussles Alfredo is a favourite: the creamy basil-pesto sauce coats and cradles every noodle creating the perfect pillow for fragile, steamed mussels. Another exceptional dish is the spaghetti primavera, sautéed veggies made crisp in a pan with olive oil coating the tasty veggies, then sundried tomatoes are placed on top to give a pop of Flavour. Finally, the mangled noodles are coated in rich, heavenly pesto sauce. East side Mario’s gives their twist on Italian food in a New York style. And if your feeling up to a sweet tasty treat the pizza cookie gigantico is the delicious choice for you. It starts with a fresh baked gooey, soft centered classic chocolate chip cookie with delicately placed creamy vanilla ice cream arranged on top and finally drizzled with warm chocolate sauce coating the whole treat. The price is reasonable which makes it even better. The restaurant is always lively and erupting with positivity. East Side Mario’s restaurant is just as excellent as the food!
Citations:
Limited, CARA Operations. “East Side Mario’s – Home Of All-You-Can-Eat.” East Side Mario’s, www.eastsidemarios.com/. Accessed 21 Sept. 2017.
First They Came For…
adapted from the poem by Martin Neilmoller “First They Came for the Jews” in response to the poem “danger of silence”
First they came for the immigrants
and I did not speak out
because I was not an immigrant
Then they came for the special needs
and I did not speak out
because I was not special needs
Then they came for the different races
and I did not speak out
because I was not a different race
Now when will they come for me
because i was to busy or too apathetic
to defend my sisters and brothers?
What does Reconciliation look like?
What does reconciliation look like?
What does reconciliation look like? What does reconciliation mean? Reconciliation is the restoration of friendly relations. When people forgive but never forget, and acknowledge the past but move forward. it is to not make excuses or blame others, it is to listen to what people have to say and resolving conflicts. Can reconciliation resolve and heal? And can it make up for even the worst events that occurred in history? We can find these sources in books and Canadian history where lots of forms of reconciliation occurred. I think reconciliation looks like forgiveness and bringing back lost friendships and relationships that were lost or forgotten.
citation: Pearson British Columbia | Purchase eTexts, www.pearsoned.ca/school/product/bcresources/books-available/index.html. Accessed 3 Oct. 2017.
What it means to be human
Humans want to feel included
Humans persist in difficult situations
Humans need friends and family
Humans need hopes and dreams
Humans need to communicate
Humans need to understand others
Humans adapt to different environments
Humans seek new knowledge
Humans are greedy
Humans sometimes strive to be a better society
Humans can cause conflict for power, race, nationalism
Humans can be racist and/or prejudice
The book The Outsiders is one of my favorite books it taught me about how friendship can overcome almost anything even in horrible situations. This book is about two different gangs who face conflicts with one another, Ponyboy is the main character in the story and he is in the less fortunate gang. Ponyboy’s friend all help each other through harsh situations.