Shakespeare is known to be one of the best writers of all time. Some find it hard to believe that he actually wrote all of those plays, poems, and sonnets on his own. I believe that William Shakespeare did indeed write sonnets, poems, and plays, but there is a lot of evidence to show that he didn’t. Although some believe that Christopher Marlowe creating the writings, there will never be a true answer to whether it was Christopher or William Shakespeare who created the writings. I think that William Shakespeare is the authors of all of his playwright, therefore Christopher Marlowe is did not help William Shakespeare create his writings.
English 10
“Shakestory – Much Ado About Nothing”
Protected: Bard on the Classroom Reflection
Non-Fiction Advertising Analysis
The commercial I have chosen is by the brand, “Aveeno”. The commercial was released in early March of 2014. The brand “Aveeno” is trying to sell their lotion, which goes on about how they are able to reduce brown spots within 4 weeks if you intend on using the product daily. Aveeno also says one will have healthy looking, radiant skin if you use the product. Aveeno is trying to sell their product to women who suffer with dry or damage skin. Aveeno’s product is not specifically used for lotion, Aveeno has lot’s of options, whether it’s eye cream or daily moisturizer they have it all. Some aural techniques that this commercial is using is having a women narrate the commercial. The commercial also includes have a celebrity star in the commercial which makes one want to buy the product even more. Some visual techniques that this commercial is using is incorporating is having natural colours, and making their product the spotlight of the commercial. This Aveeno commercial is applying to ethos. I know that it is ethos because they are using a celebrity to help sell their product, and make it seem like it is the best of the best. Having a celebrity model the product will help increase the buyers of the product because some people may idolize the celebrity who is selling the product. One of the advertising persuasive techniques that is being used in this commercial is transfer. They are using transfer because they are using positive words and saying how good their product is and how it will benefit one. The last advertising persuasive technique that is being used is Magic Ingredient. They are using the Magic Ingredient technique by saying they have “Active natural soy formula”.
Information Fluency
3 strategies that can help determine how reliable a webpage’s info is by looking for
WEBSITE CREDIBILITY
- Three ways to find a reliable webpage is by looking for who is the author of the website. Another way that can help figure out if the page is reliable is looking to see if there is a contact page. Lastly investigate the page, and see if it looks suspicious.
EBSCO DATABASE
- Go to the Riverside website, and click Library. After clicking that then enter your school username and password. Once you have logged on and have gained access, press click here. Then you are able to see the library’s databases. You are also able to look at magazine.
WORKS CITED:
SESSION REFLECTION:
- One thing have learned from taking in this experience is how to be able to find a fake site on the internet. With using these 3 steps, they will defiantly help benefit you.
Holocaust Memoir
I was sitting on the couch in the place I call home. Here I live alongside with my mother, father, and sister. We lived as just another average Jewish family in the Holocaust, who did not have human rights. One night, while I was in a deep slumber, I heard a loud knock on the front door of my house. I was taken back because I was not sure who it could’ve been. All of a sudden the door of my house was kicked down. I was snatched away from my family. I lost the most important individuals that one could ever consume in their life. After being sent and separated away from my family, I found myself in a concentration camp all alone. Not knowing where I was, I discovered that this place was where Jews lives remain at threat. My life had already been taken away from me, and so had my family. I was able to make it past the first 2 weeks of concentration camp. I woke up one night, not able to breath. I thought I was just having an anxiety attack, but it was much worse. I started coughing, and coughing, until I realized I was coughing up blood the whole time. I jumped of fear, seeing the sight in front of me. I did not know what was happening to me. Was I going to die? Do I have a disease? All of the question I had, yet I had no one to ask. I had no one to talk to, and no one to heal me. This is what the rest of my life is going to look like – I thought to myself. I took one last deep breath taking in what I just experienced. I have been separated from my family, lost my freedom and had become very ill. Suddenly, it all went black. I was finally dead.
Analysis
This story is able to fit the World War 2 because, most people suffered losing a loved one or even losing their whole family. A great amount of Jews struggled to get help, whether it was education wise, or illness wise. In the story I talk about how this induvial got very ill. This was very common that a lot of people got ill because doctors did not have the medicine to help cure the sickened Jews. Another reason why this story can fit World War 2, is because it talked about how the concentration camps, and what they do to you, such as make you become very ill.
“We Remember – Liberation Poem”
After reading and reviewing the journal entry by Charles V. Ferree, I was able to imagine what life was like when WWII took place. This poem was based on the journal entry, and the liberating concentration camps.
(American soldier and liberated prisoners)
Source: https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/special-focus/liberation
Today is the day.
I step foot into Dachau.
I see prisoners being beating,
I see dead corpses all around me.
The site is horrifying.
I investigate the location,
Not knowing where to go,
I hear the firing of a machine gun,
Not knowing where it is to come,
I look to my left and see prisoner lined up.
Bodies pilled against one another.
While battle is still going on,
Rifles are still going off.
Here I stand,
In disbelieve,
Not able to take in what I have just seen.
“The Cage” – Historical Timeline
March 3rd, 1936 Jewish doctors barred from practicing medicine in German institutions.
History
– During World War 2, Jewish doctors were very limited as to what they were to do. The doctors were very limited to the medicine that was given, and could not help the ones in need. If one was to be very ill or injured, most of the time the doctor was not able to serve this patience and help them to their needs to make them feel healthier and improved. Having this issues lead to many deaths, and diseases.
Image
(Above is a picture of a Jewish doctor treating a patience)
Source
Application to novel
– In the short story “The Cage” by Ruth Minsky, one of the main characters Riva, suffers with a conflict of her own. She undergoes not having the nutrition and health that was needed. This triggered her bones become weak. This part of the story can connect to the History portion because Riva could not get the medicine that was needed to help make her feel better and normal again. Yet again it can associate with the History portion because the doctors were not able to cure everyone. This can be consider foreshadowing because knowing that it was hard for the doctors to cure diseases, hinted to us, the readers, that Riva’s younger brother Laibele could possible die because he was not getting the right treatment.
November 23rd, 1939 Jews in German-occupied Poland forced to wear an arm band or yellow star.
History
– The Star of David, was a cloth patch that had to be worn by the Jews at all times in public. Jews were also told to wear the Star of David so that the German Nazis were able to identify them. Wearing the Star of David was meant to make the Jewish feel dehumanized and isolated. The consequences of not wearing the Star of David in public would be a severe punishment or even death.
Image
(Here is a picture of 2 Jews wearing the Star of David)
Source
– https://medium.com/@azrielimemoirs/death-was-in-the-stars-1af2b8d80aa5#.schwo6l4d
Application to novel
– The Star of David, represents the Jewish population. As I spoke beforehand this was meant to make the Jews feel as if they are worthless and dehumanized. In the novel, Riva who is a dynamic character, discusses with her cousin Saba about being a Jew, and if she felt as if she was embarrassed or ashamed. Saba felt proud and honoured to be a Jewish citizen. Knowing that a Jew is satisfied and honoured of being one in this time period is eye opening. The star was not meant to make anyone feel worthy, it was meant to make one feel dishonoured. The novel also goes on about how if one was to be found not wearing the star, there would be huge consequences, such as death.
1938, Jews must carry id cards and Jewish passports are marked with a “J.”
History
– During World War 2, Jews were issued Identification cards. The purpose of these cards was to permanently separate them from the rest of the German population. Including German Jews, they were obligated to carry identify cards, that displayed their religion. Additional to having the identification cards, their passports had to be stamped with a red “J” that indicated that they were indeed a Jew. To be able to carry a identifying card you must be over 16.
Image
(This picture above shows the Identification cards that was used)
Source
– http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1160247
Application to novel
– Being a Jewish citizen, during World War 2, wasn’t only hard and difficult to deal with, but it was stressful. If a Jew was to go out in public, they must carry their identification cards at all times. This was just roughly some of the numerous things that the Jews dealt with. In the story wearing the Star of David was key. I found that carry the identification card was apart of the physical setting. When finding out about the identification cards in the novel, it was near the beginning of the book, so one would consider this part of the book the exposition. This part definitely showed how hard-hitting and tough it would be to be in Riva and her family’s shoes during this time period.
1939, Hitler orders that Jews must follow curfews;
History
– During World War 2, there was numerous laws produced and created. One law that stood out was how the Jewish citizens had to follow a curfew. The curfew was controlled by the Nazis, and they also had control over the hours of how long one could be out. Between the hours 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. one could not leave their home. If a Jew was to be discovered wondering throughout, they would serve a consequence.
Image
(This picture is the curfew being placed and the Jews taking advantage of it)
Source
– https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005357
Application to novel
– The curfew that is order by Hitler, displays in the story a few times. Not only was one not allowed to leave their house past curfew, but if one was to be found wondering out and about, there consequences would either involve going to concentration camp, or it could even lead to death. In the story Riva’s brother Motele, sneaks out to get firewood, because their house was freezing. Riva’s brother Motele, ends up getting caught and nearly got his family taken away from him, and punished for what Motele committed. Moteles ending up confessing his actions, which lead to him getting himself a job of cleaning the toilets for two weeks. Riva’s brother Motele, is a round character, because he has a complex personality.
January 25, 1940 – Nazis choose the town of Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in Poland near Krakow as the site of a new concentration camp.
History
– Throughout the second world war, a concentration camp was established in Auschwitz, Poland. Attending the concentration camp you will be faced with working long hours, and shortage of food. Sleeping condition in the concentration camp were not well laid out. The bunk beds were on to of one another and one would find that it would be crammed. This concentration camp was by far, the largest. They established having greatest mass murder in a single location in human history.
Image
(This picture shows the opening gates to the concentration camp)
Source
– http://www.deathcamps.org/occupation/lvov%20ghetto.html
Application to novel
– Riva and her family, are transported to Auschwitz to live the rest of their life’s. Riva has been placed in a depressing environment where she has to live the rest of her life in with a handful of other women. When Riva and her brothers arrived in Auschwitz, Riva was separated from her brothers the moment they stepped on there property. Since then, Riva has not been in any sort of contact with her brothers. I found that this point in the story can be considered the climax of the story because it was very suspenseful finding out what was going to happen to Riva and her brothers. Is Riva going to see her brothers? Will she see her mother again? Can she make it out? These are all the question that one would think reading up to this point in the novel.
February 8, 1940 A Jewish ghetto is established at Lódz, Poland.
History
– The Lódz ghetto was established by the Polish Jews, and this ghetto was the second largest ghetto during World War 2. This ghetto was formed into a major industrial center, manufacturing needs for the German Nazis. While the Lódz ghetto was being established, a barded wire fence was placed around the perimeter of the ghetto. The Lódz ghetto was the last to evacuated, and the Jews that existed here had to be sent to Auschwitz.
Image
(Thousands of Jews in Lódz, Poland)
Source
– https://www.fold3.com/page/286160716_the_lodz_ghetto_1940_1944#description
Application to novel
– In the story, a ghetto was created in Lódz, Poland, which is the city Riva and her brothers live in. While reading the novel, one could definitely tell that it was very difficult for one to survive in Lódz, because it was very limited on food and freedom. Riva and her brothers are always scared that they were going to get captured, and separated from each other, and they tried their best to keep a low profile. Riva and her brothers were forced to move out of their childhood home and to move to a grocery store, which became their new home. In their new household, they were able to create a small library for the Jewish citizens. I found that when Riva and her brothers had to be evacuated from Lódz, it was the rising action because there was so much tension, and one wouldn’t know what is going to happen.
The Ghettos Portrayed in “The Cage”
After reading and reviewing chapters 5-9 in the novel “The Cage” By Ruth Minsky Sender, I have well understanding of where and when the story is taking place. Seeing that the story is taking place in the ghetto of Poland seems hard-hitting. People are placed in small areas that include a great deal of people. Throughout this period of time, hunger and disease took place. Two diseases, Tuberculosis and Dysentery broke out during this time period and it was spreading fast. There were not many doctors, but the doctors that they had didn’t have the money and medication to help cure the sick or injured ones, so most people had to suffer. People who were not sick worked long days. When the Nazis invaded the Jewish, they would search their homes and sometimes separate their families. While the Jewish people were being evacuated from their houses by the Nazis, they would be cruel, harsh, and aggressive to the Jewish. The Nazis had zero patience for the Jews. Reaching the end of chapter nine I realized how much the Jewish people struggle throughout this time period. The Jews lost so many loved ones, and as well lost all of there human rights during the Holocast.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto
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