1. apathy (page 99): noun. absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
I woke from my apathy only when two men approached my father.
2. inert (page 99): adjective. having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance.
His body remained inert.
3. dregs (page 100): noun. dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
The days resembled the nights, and the nights left in our souls the dregs of their darkness.
4. ensued (page 101): verb. to follow in order; come afterward, esp. in immediate.
In the wag on where the bread had landed, a battle had ensued.
5. mauling (page 101): noun. a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
Men were hurling themselves against each other, trampling, tearing at and mauling each other.
6. emaciated (page 101): adjective. marked by emaciation.
And the spectators observed these emaciated creatures ready to kill for a crust of bread.
7. grimace (page 101): noun. a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
8. ashen (page 101): adjective. ash-colored; gray.
His eyes lit up, a smile, like a grimace, illuminated his ashen.
9. vitality (page 101) noun. exuberant physical strength or mental vigor.
An extraordinary vitality possess them, sharpening their teeth and nails.
10. lament (page 103): verb.to feel or express sorrow or regret for.
The lament spread from wagon to wagon.
-Michelle Xia! (:
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Summarizer Chapter 7
Chapter 7 yo!
They are now on a train and on the ride dead corpse are thrown out. Some of the officer tried to throw Elie's father off but Elie stopped them. Ten days without food drives everyone crazy. when they got food, hungry people stampeded over them, hard to get enough food. When they reach the final destination, only little people left on this never-ending trip.
-Precious Opal
They are now on a train and on the ride dead corpse are thrown out. Some of the officer tried to throw Elie's father off but Elie stopped them. Ten days without food drives everyone crazy. when they got food, hungry people stampeded over them, hard to get enough food. When they reach the final destination, only little people left on this never-ending trip.
-Precious Opal
Monday, April 5, 2010
Blockälteste.
This kept reappearing in the book and I was confused, so I wanted to research it's meaning. This is what I found:
-Block elders
-Senior block prisoner
-Blockälteste "Block elders." Usually Germans, they were put in charge of the barracks by the SS.
Buna Concentration Camp.
In the story, they were relocated to a different concentration camp called Buna. I wanted to research this camp and compare it to Auschwitz. When I researched it, I realized it actually was a smaller section of the larger Auschwitz camp. This sub-camp existed from 1942-1945. Most of the people who were in this sub-camp were Jewish, but they all haled from different countries, having approximately 10,000 prisoners there in 1944.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
4/2/10 Discussion
Happy Spring Break Guys! (:
So, it's my turn to write for the discussion, however, we don't have school. I decided to post an entry where we can talk about what we have read and about your roles.
Here are some interesting things I'd like to bring up.
Chapter 5: I can't believe what has happened to his foot when it's all covered in puss and even after Elie was told to rest and let the wound heal, he would endure the pain for his father!
Chapter 6: I still am disgusted by his foot. I wonder if Elie can walk now. And the violin boy, Juliek! I can't BELIEVE HE'S DEAD! ):
When I was reading Janet's post, I felt that she brought up a good point, about how 'night' was a symbol for all the bad happenings. Maybe the book is called 'Night' symbolizing a terrible part of Elie's life. What do you guys think?
Also, how do you think his writing is? Is it hard to understand? Is my vocabulary words helping you?
-Michelle ! (:
So, it's my turn to write for the discussion, however, we don't have school. I decided to post an entry where we can talk about what we have read and about your roles.
Here are some interesting things I'd like to bring up.
Chapter 5: I can't believe what has happened to his foot when it's all covered in puss and even after Elie was told to rest and let the wound heal, he would endure the pain for his father!
Chapter 6: I still am disgusted by his foot. I wonder if Elie can walk now. And the violin boy, Juliek! I can't BELIEVE HE'S DEAD! ):
When I was reading Janet's post, I felt that she brought up a good point, about how 'night' was a symbol for all the bad happenings. Maybe the book is called 'Night' symbolizing a terrible part of Elie's life. What do you guys think?
Also, how do you think his writing is? Is it hard to understand? Is my vocabulary words helping you?
-Michelle ! (:
Friday, April 2, 2010
Passage #6--Father-Son Bond
page 86-87
I soon forgot him. I began to think of myself again. My foot was aching, I shivered with every step. Just a few more meters and it will be over. I'll fall. A small red flame...A shot...Death envelope me, it suffocated me. It stuck to me like glue. I felt I could touch it. The idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me. To no longer exist. To no longer feel the excruciating pain of my foot. To no longer feel anything, neither fatigue nor cold, nothing. To break rank, to let myself slide to the side of the road...
My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me. He was running next to me, out of breath, out of strength, desperate. I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his sole support.
page 91
"Oh God, Master of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahu's son has done."
This passage shows a bond between him and his father. Elie wants to die, but he keeps on living for his father- not wanting to leave his father alone. There were sons that mistreated and abandoned their fathers, but Elie doesn't want that to happen to him. Throughout the story, he mentions how he doesn't want to be separated from his father. For example, Elie decides not to rest his wounded foot and instead goes with his father in the evacuation to someplace else.
--Janet :]
I soon forgot him. I began to think of myself again. My foot was aching, I shivered with every step. Just a few more meters and it will be over. I'll fall. A small red flame...A shot...Death envelope me, it suffocated me. It stuck to me like glue. I felt I could touch it. The idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me. To no longer exist. To no longer feel the excruciating pain of my foot. To no longer feel anything, neither fatigue nor cold, nothing. To break rank, to let myself slide to the side of the road...
My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me. He was running next to me, out of breath, out of strength, desperate. I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his sole support.
page 91
"Oh God, Master of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahu's son has done."
This passage shows a bond between him and his father. Elie wants to die, but he keeps on living for his father- not wanting to leave his father alone. There were sons that mistreated and abandoned their fathers, but Elie doesn't want that to happen to him. Throughout the story, he mentions how he doesn't want to be separated from his father. For example, Elie decides not to rest his wounded foot and instead goes with his father in the evacuation to someplace else.
--Janet :]
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Summary Chapter 6
CHAPTER 6!!! OMG 3 more D:
As the prisoners march, people who are too slow, the SS officers guards fire on them. After they have gone almost 40 miles, they are finally allowed to rest. They are told to stay at this shed where there was not much woarmth. Elie soon falls asleep until his father wakes him up; and forced to leave the shed. As soon as they get outside, they see no one and go back in. Inside all they see are frozen corpse and others trying to get sleep to go and walk again. Then Rabbi walks in looking for his son. But he finds out that he had seen him running away from his father. He was good to see that even though he didn't know what was going on and where he was, he didn't give him up on finding him.
Then the march begins again. Then the snow falls and many start to fall dead. Finally, they get to Gleiwitz where they were told to sleep in s asmall barrack. They had to sleep on top of each other. Elie thought that he was going to die because of the man on top of him. Then he heard his friend, Juliek's violin. When he wakes up he finds Juliek dead and his violin crushed.
-Precious Opal
As the prisoners march, people who are too slow, the SS officers guards fire on them. After they have gone almost 40 miles, they are finally allowed to rest. They are told to stay at this shed where there was not much woarmth. Elie soon falls asleep until his father wakes him up; and forced to leave the shed. As soon as they get outside, they see no one and go back in. Inside all they see are frozen corpse and others trying to get sleep to go and walk again. Then Rabbi walks in looking for his son. But he finds out that he had seen him running away from his father. He was good to see that even though he didn't know what was going on and where he was, he didn't give him up on finding him.
Then the march begins again. Then the snow falls and many start to fall dead. Finally, they get to Gleiwitz where they were told to sleep in s asmall barrack. They had to sleep on top of each other. Elie thought that he was going to die because of the man on top of him. Then he heard his friend, Juliek's violin. When he wakes up he finds Juliek dead and his violin crushed.
-Precious Opal
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Rosh Hashanah.
Another holiday that was spent in the dreaded concentration camp was Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah is also known as the Jewish new year. Like the American new year, the Jewish New Year is a time to reflect on old mistakes from the previous year and taking the initiative to start anew, making changes for the new year. This day is a day of no work, spending most of your day in the synagogue [the Jewish place of worship]. A popular thing to eat on this holiday is bread or apples dipped in honey. They eat sweet food as a symbol of their wish for a sweet year.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Word Watcher Chapter 6
1. faltering (page 85) verb. to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.
But he marched without faltering.
2. parch (page 87) verb. to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
3. famished (page 87) adjective. extremely hungry
Chilled to the bone, our throats parched, famished, out of breath, we pressed on.
4. jostled (page 88) verb. to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely
Hundreds of prisoners jostled one another at the door.
5. reeling (page 89)
noun. a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
verb. to wind on a reel, as thread, yarn, etc.
My head was reeling.
6. ordeals (page 90) noun. any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
Despite the ordeals and deprivations, his face continued to radiate his innocence.
7. trod (page 93) verb. a pt. and pp. of tread
People trod over numbed bodies, trampled wounded faced.
8. charred (page 95) verb. to burn or reduce to charcoal
His charred past, his extinguished future.
9. poignant (page 95) adjective. keenly distressing to the feelings
Next to him lay his violin, trampled, an eerily poignant little corpse.
10. shawls (page 96) noun. a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, esp. by women, about the shoulders, or the head and shoulders, in place of a coat or hat outdoors, and indoors as protection against chill or dampness.
We threw blankets over our shoulders, like prayer shawls.
11. feebly (page 93) adjective. physically weak, as from age or sickness
"Yes..." he said feebly.
-Michelle (:
But he marched without faltering.
2. parch (page 87) verb. to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
3. famished (page 87) adjective. extremely hungry
Chilled to the bone, our throats parched, famished, out of breath, we pressed on.
4. jostled (page 88) verb. to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely
Hundreds of prisoners jostled one another at the door.
5. reeling (page 89)
noun. a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
verb. to wind on a reel, as thread, yarn, etc.
My head was reeling.
6. ordeals (page 90) noun. any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
Despite the ordeals and deprivations, his face continued to radiate his innocence.
7. trod (page 93) verb. a pt. and pp. of tread
People trod over numbed bodies, trampled wounded faced.
8. charred (page 95) verb. to burn or reduce to charcoal
His charred past, his extinguished future.
9. poignant (page 95) adjective. keenly distressing to the feelings
Next to him lay his violin, trampled, an eerily poignant little corpse.
10. shawls (page 96) noun. a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, esp. by women, about the shoulders, or the head and shoulders, in place of a coat or hat outdoors, and indoors as protection against chill or dampness.
We threw blankets over our shoulders, like prayer shawls.
11. feebly (page 93) adjective. physically weak, as from age or sickness
"Yes..." he said feebly.
-Michelle (:
Word Watcher Chapter 5
Hi, you guys! Again, if there are any vocabulary words that I didn't cover, please comment on my post with those vocabulary words and I'll search them up for you. (:
1. agitated (page 66) verb. to move or force into violent, irregular action
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the last day of that cursed year, the entire camp was agitated and everyone of us felt the tension.
2. ailing (page 66) adjective. sickly; unwell
Why do you go on troubling these poor people's wounded minds, their ailing bodies?
3. benediction (page 67) noun. an utterance of good wishes
Thousands of lips repeated the benediction, bent over like trees in a storm.
4. furnaces (page 67) noun. a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam
How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, our mothers, our brothers end up in the furnaces?
5. mystic (page 67) adjective. involving or characterized by esoteric, otherworldly, or symbolic practices or content, as certain religious ceremonies and art; spiritually significant; ethereal.
And I, the former mystic, was thinking: yes, man is stronger, greater than God.
6. lament (page 68) verb. to feel or express sorrow or regret for
I was no longer able to lament.
7. Atonement (page 69) noun. satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.
The Day of Atonement.
8. Veritable (page 70) adjective. being truly or very much so
Back then, Buna was a veritable.
9. reprieve (page 70) verb. to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
Then we would know the verdict: death or reprieve.
10. emaciated (page 73) verb. to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.
A poor emaciated Jew questioned him anxiously, his voice trembling.
11. crucible (page 74) noun. a container of metal or refractory material employed for heating substances to high temperatures.
All that mattered was to be far from the block, far from the crucible of death, from the center of hell.
12. veiled (page 75) adjective. not openly or directly expressed; masked; disguised; hidden; obscure
He looked at me with his tired eyes, veiled by despair.
13. plodded (page 75) verb. to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge
All day, I plodded around like a sleep walker.
14. dysentery (page 78) noun. an infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic.
Next to me lay a Hungarian Jew suffering from dysentery.
15. knell (page 84) noun. the sound made by a bell rung slowly, esp. for a death or a funeral.
The death knell.
16. exodus (page 84) noun. a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people
We had to await the exodus of the fifty-six blocks that preceded us.
-Michelle! (:
1. agitated (page 66) verb. to move or force into violent, irregular action
On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the last day of that cursed year, the entire camp was agitated and everyone of us felt the tension.
2. ailing (page 66) adjective. sickly; unwell
Why do you go on troubling these poor people's wounded minds, their ailing bodies?
3. benediction (page 67) noun. an utterance of good wishes
Thousands of lips repeated the benediction, bent over like trees in a storm.
4. furnaces (page 67) noun. a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam
How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, our mothers, our brothers end up in the furnaces?
5. mystic (page 67) adjective. involving or characterized by esoteric, otherworldly, or symbolic practices or content, as certain religious ceremonies and art; spiritually significant; ethereal.
And I, the former mystic, was thinking: yes, man is stronger, greater than God.
6. lament (page 68) verb. to feel or express sorrow or regret for
I was no longer able to lament.
7. Atonement (page 69) noun. satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.
The Day of Atonement.
8. Veritable (page 70) adjective. being truly or very much so
Back then, Buna was a veritable.
9. reprieve (page 70) verb. to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
Then we would know the verdict: death or reprieve.
10. emaciated (page 73) verb. to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.
A poor emaciated Jew questioned him anxiously, his voice trembling.
11. crucible (page 74) noun. a container of metal or refractory material employed for heating substances to high temperatures.
All that mattered was to be far from the block, far from the crucible of death, from the center of hell.
12. veiled (page 75) adjective. not openly or directly expressed; masked; disguised; hidden; obscure
He looked at me with his tired eyes, veiled by despair.
13. plodded (page 75) verb. to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge
All day, I plodded around like a sleep walker.
14. dysentery (page 78) noun. an infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic.
Next to me lay a Hungarian Jew suffering from dysentery.
15. knell (page 84) noun. the sound made by a bell rung slowly, esp. for a death or a funeral.
The death knell.
16. exodus (page 84) noun. a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people
We had to await the exodus of the fifty-six blocks that preceded us.
-Michelle! (:
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