I think it is beneficial to are learning if we read both amuse and night. I think we should read both because they both show different parts of the Holocaust and both show it in much different ways. However if only one of the books was to be read i think that it should be Night for one main reason, comics seem to make the death camps a happier feeling and makes them seem not as bad as they in fact were. while in Night with no comics the tradgities were more easily conveyed
In the very beginning of Night Moshe the beetle was very well liked in the city were eli lived. however after he came back and told the town of Gestapo and all the people who were murdered there he became an outcast and everyone thought he had gone mad. Someone even said about Moshe "He's just trying to make us pity him." Moshe had ended up being right about the germans and people wished they would have left the small town and fled to somewhere safe. I Believe that if only one book is to be read it should be Night because it better teaches us about the terrible things that happened in germany than Maus did. Also Night has an amazing quote showing just how much the camps changed people and close the survivors were to the brink of death"From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me."

Since Maus was a comic book it didn't show as well how terrible the Holocaust was because comics can not show the terrible things that happened, the bodies in crematoriums, hundreds of people packed into a single train car fighting for a scrap of bread, or people who were hung hanging still half alive. However night did. I think the reason Maus couldn't is because it made people into animals which i think makes people not believe the things actually happened in the severity that they did. This quote from Maus did however leave a lasting impression on me to how horrible the camps were"We knew the stories- that they will gas us and throw us in the ovens. This was 1944… we knew the stories. And here we were.” This quote shows that although amuse did show the holocaust in quite the same way night did, it still did a pretty effective job of doing so thats why i recamend both books.One thing that both of these books showed us is that no matter who you were before the death camp, that doesn't matter anymore everyone has almost the same odds of getting killed, no matter your will to live or anything else, you will probably die a terrible death in the death camps.

Also, Both Maus and Night were similar in many ways. They were both similar because they were similar because they were both about the holocaust but they were also similar in much different ways as well. In Night and Maus Both Vladek and Eli lost someone who they were very closed to during the book. In Night Eli looses his father, who was the reason Eli tried to survive, and in Maus Vladek looses Anja. Both of these deaths were similar in that they were both caused by the holocaust. Anja, Vladeks first wife in Maus committed suicide because of the holocaust, and in Night Eli's father died of illness because of the brutal conditions he and many others faced.

       There were many scenes throughout Restrepo that helped me visualize what i had been reading in Fallen angels better.One scene is when they just lie around the hooch when they rant patrolling in Restrepo they had a dance party and i had no clue what they did in fallen angels. a second scene is when in battle a soldier in Restrepo dies one soldier starts balling and that helped me see what they did in fallen angels. a third scene is when just giving me an opportunity to see how small the bunkers really are in war gave me a better visualization of fallen angels. a fourth scene is when the Restrepo soldiers would talk to the locals to get them to try and cooperate that helped show the troubles they went through in fallen angels. a fifth scene is when members of both resptrepo and fallen angels loved killing people and did it for revenge. a sixth scene is how some members in both didn't like to kill anyone at all and they just wanted to survive. a seventh example is when they fined out how soon they are going home how much there mentalities change. an eighth scene is how members in both have nightmares and have trouble sleeping because of the devastations they have seen and experienced. a ninth scene is in fallen angels the soldiers often shot but didn't know were the person was they were shooting at and this seemed to happen a lot in Restrepo also. a final example of this is how during down time they try to find ways to have fun and it showed how in restrepo they found fun in the little things.
        Both restrepo and fallen angels showed many similarities about war. The main idea bin both of these is how bad war really is. In both Restrepo and fallen angels the soldiers go through awful battles and other things that will change them as people forever. one example of this is you never know who will be the next to die and it could even be you. this happens in Fallen Angels when Jenkins dies and it happens in Restrepo when Restrepo dies. The soldiers will never forget the fallen and there memories will stay with them forever. Also war also has some upsides to it. Manly it brings the members of the hooch very close like brothers. the reason for this is every day you have to trust them with your life because if you don't it could get everyone killed. This happens in Restrepo when they all tease the cook and when they have a dance party in the hooch. It is shown in Fallen Angels when peewee and perry rant close in the beginning and at the end they are like brothers.

Please list 10 ways you can improve your essay scores

1.   put more effort into creating a better, more completethesis 6. widen my vocabularay to add details
2    make a bettter, more direct point                  7 work on grammer and know when to use commas
3.   pick better quotes that explain my poing well   8. make my conclusion recap and conclude my paper
4. explain the quote and make a connection to the point   9.elaberate my points better so people can better understand them
5.  be less repetative in my style of writing             10. conclude each of my body paragraphs with a concluding sentance

Please write any 15 thoughts about the book Slaughterhouse-5.  For each thought, please refer to a specific part of the book that generated this thought (for instance, “It was funny” receives no credit; “It was funny when he described the Tralfamadorians” receives full credit).

1. its intresting that there are 3 plots in the book: tralfamadorians, WWII, and after war.

2. it was intresting the author used so it goes every time there was death

3. it was unusual that the author wrote about shafts pointing upwards

4. it was intresting to see that there were 7 genders on tralfamador
5.its interesting that the traufamadorians had 4 dimensions.
6. its unusual that the author used such dirty language
7.it was funny when every one got soldiers coats but billy got a civilians coat
8.it was funny when billy had to wear the silver boots
9.i thought it was intestine what the trafamadorians thought about free will.
10. i thought it was unusual that the traufamadorians thought they couldn't prevent the destruction of the universe.
11.I thought it was sad when billy's wife valencia died.
12.I was upset when lassaro killed the dog by putting shard of metal in the meat.
13.I thought it was cool that the trafamadorians thought bialys body was beautiful.
14. i thought it was funny when billy and valencia were talking about there baby fat.
15.I thought it was depressing that so many people dies in the dredson bombings



Slaughterhouse-5.
1. Time is not real

2. War is a way of life

3. death is frequent and unpreventable

4. Sex is a major aspect of live

5. time is only what you make it




Write a conversation between yourself and Billy Pilgrim in which he tries to teach you a lesson based on his own experiences.  You must explain IN DEPTH at least 3 specific events and details from the book in order to receive full credit.  This conversation should go on as long as it takes to demonstrate YOUR UNDERSTANDING of Billy’s experiences.
Conversation:
Danny: hey Billy

Billy: hey Danny have you heard about traufamador?

Danny noi haven't Billy what is it?

Billy: its a really cool place that i have time traveled to many times.

Danny: Time travel?

Billy: yeah i can travel time.

Danny: no way

Billy: yes way the trafamadorians are really nice creatures
Danny: ok your creeping me out billy
Billy: no im serious i have met them.

Danny: alright billy im sure you have

Billy:i have danny i really have.

Billy- Hey whats up Danny?
Danny- nothing really Billy You?
Billy- nothing eitherdo you know what the fourth dimension is?
Danny- No Danny what is the 4th dimension?
Billy- It's time danny the fourth dimension is time
Danny- wow thats amazing
Billy- ye i can time travel danny i have experienced this demension
Danny- wow can you show me?
Billy- no i cant but i really wish i could
Danny- ti dont believe you then billy
Billy- its true i promise
Danny- liar

Billy- Are you afraid of death Danny?
Danny-why yes i am billy.
Billy-Why Danny its just part of a cycle.
Danny-ok billy what do you mean?
Billy-i mean death is a part of live and is inevitable.
Danny-so i shouldn't be afraid of dying then?
Billy-yes Danny thats what im trying to tell you
Danny-Thanks Billy your a real keeper.

siddhartha blog

    The reoccurring theme I have found throughout Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is 
that peoples paths are always changing there is always something good that comes 
from this change. In this book Govinda and Siddhartha separate to because 
Govinda wants to stay with Gotama, and Siddhartha wants to follow his own path. 
When Siddhartha is reflecting what just happened he thinks, "He robbed me, yet 
he has given me something of greater value. He has robbed me of my friend who 
had believed in me, and now believes in him. He was my shadow and now Gotama's 
shadow. But he has given to me Siddhartha myself." (36) This quote is referring 
to Govinda deciding to follow Gotamas teachings, and that this was a good thing 
for Siddhartha to finally be able to follow his own path. Also, later in the 
book when Siddhartha was a rich merchant he decided to throw that life away and 
go live once again in the forest. Siddhartha acted on a sudden urge to leave his 
riches, which for him later on ended up being the right choice." He smiled 
wearily, shook his head and said good-bye to all these things." (84) Sometimes 
in life you have to completely change your ways like Siddhartha did in order to 
find a better path. This quote applies mostly to my life because occasionally I 
decide to do something completely different than I had done in the past, and 
sometimes this choice works well for me, but sometimes it doesn't.

Men

First quote:Macbeth: Please, stop! I dare to do only what is proper for a man to do.
 He who dares to do more is not a man at all.
Lady Macbeth: What beast was’t, then,

That made you break this enterprise to me?

When you durst do it, then you were a man;

And to be more than what you were, you would

Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place

Did then adhere, and yet you would make both.

They have made themselves, and that their fitness now.

(Act 1 Scene 7 Lines 50-61)

The Context: In this quote Lady Macbeth  just asked Macbeth to kill the king ,but Macbeth has said he wouldn't do so because it is not proper of a man to do so. However, Lady Macbeth thinks that if her husband did kill the king than he would become even more of a man.

The Explanation: Here Shakespeare is showing the conflicting views that both Lady Macbeth, and Macbeth have on what it takes to be a man, and what men should do. 

                                                                                                                                                                    

Quote dos:

Lady Macbeth:I have given suck and know
How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me,
I would, while it was smiling in my face,
Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums
And dash'd the brains out had I so sworn as you
Have done to this. (Act1 Scene 7 line 62-67)

The Context: In this quote Macbeth doesn't want to murder the king anymore, and Lady Macbeth is saying is wouldn't be manly to back out of of a promise.

The Explanation: Also, in this quote Shakespeare shows what he thinks a man should be like. Shakespeare thinks that in order to be a man you have to keep true to your promises. He demonstrates that when Lady Macbeth says that she would be willing to even kill her own baby if she made a promise to do so.
                                                                                                                                                              
Quote #3:
Lady Macbeth: unsex me here,
and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full, 
of dirtiest cruelty. Make thick my blood.
Stop up th' access and passage to remorse.
(Act 1 scene 5 line 48-51)

The Context : Lady Macbeth wants to become a man so she would be able to kill the king herself.  

The explanation:  In this quote Shakespear shows what men are like. He says that men are filled of cruelty but never feel remorse for doing bad things.

                                                                                                                                                                    

Quote IV: 

Macbeth, and Seyton

Bring it after me.

I will not be afraid of death and bane,

Till Birnam Forest come to Dunsinane.

(act 5 Scene 3 lines 72-74.)

The Context: In this quote when Macbeth and Seyton are talking Macbeth tells Seyton to get the armor, and bring it with them. Macbeth also tells him not to be afraid death ,but just think about going to Birman forest.

The explanation: In this quote Shakespeare tries to show that to be a man you have to be fearless even if its death that you might be facing.

                                                                                                                                                                      

The Final Quote:

 "Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damned in evils to top Macbeth."

 (Act 4 scene 3 lines 67-69)

The Content: In this quote Malcom and Macduff are in a conversation about Macbeth, and how he is the new king. They also talk about how such a horrible person Macbeth is, and how not even a devil is worse than him. 

The Explanation: In this instance shakespeare tries to show that in order to be a man you must show no mercy, and you have to be evil. 

       The recurring theme throughout the books of the Odyssey is that you should be loyal to your superiors, and you should treat everyone with respect no matter who they are. The reason these themes are important is because if the Suitors would have done these two things they would not have been killed in the end.
       First, once Odysseus had been missing for many years everyone he had once been close to gave up hope in him, and became disloyal except for a few close friends, and his wife Penelope. The traitors took advantage of Odysseus being gone, and they tried taking all his belongings, and even his wife. Then once Odysseus returns and finds out what has happened he takes revenge on the suitors with his son Tellemicus. Odysseus locked all of the traits in a room and slaughtered them for being disloyal. " Destruction is clear for each and every suitor; not a soul escapes his death and doom" (pg. 408   628-629). This shows that if you become disloyal to your superiors bad things will happen to you in the long run.
        When Odysseus returns home he want to find out who has become disloyal to him. To do so Odysseus tests everyones loyalty by being disguised as a beggar. "Off you go to bed. Ill stay here behind and test the women, test your mother." (pg. 391   47-48). Once he is disguised as a beggar he can find out who has become disloyal. The traitors treat Odysseus poorly because they don't notice who he really is, and he finds out that they didn't remain loyal. Odysseus also finds out that his wife has stayed loyal to him even with him being gone for so long. The shows the theme because if the suitors treated everyone with respect, they would have been nice to Odysseus as a bagger, and Odysseus may not have killed them in the end.
        The theme of loyalty comes up again in book 12 when Odysseus and his crew are traveling on the sea. For example when their passing the Sirens, Odysseus and his crew only survived because of the crews loyalty to Odysseus. "Soften some beeswax and stop your shipmates' ears so none can hear but if you are bent on hearing have them tie you hand and foot in the swift ship erect at the mast-block, lashed by ropes to the mast"(Pg.273, 53-57). Most crews would have wanted to hear the Sirens beautiful music which would cause them to die, however the crews loyalty kept them alive. The crew agreed to plug their ears so they couldn't hear the Sirens, and then they agreed to bound Odysseus to the ship so he still could hear the Sirens, but he wouldn't be able to leave the ship.In this instance the crews loyalty to Odysseus kept them all alive.