In Memory to My Mother

I chose the poem In Memory to my mother, I chose this poem because I thought it was a really powerful poem. The part of the poem that painted a picture in my mind was mainly the part that said "Where is your grave" it paints a picture of a lonely gravestone, in the middle of a field. I also thought that the questions at the beginning of the poem was a great way to start the poem. Something that makes the poem seem gloomy is a " a rainy autumn day" This gives the impression that the day was already quite gloomy, and it adds to the desperation of the situation. "Your eyes as green as emeralds" was a simile that I found in the poem, it makes it seem as if the girl was analyzing her mother deeply as she was taken away. Another simile was "Silent like a stone.". " It pierced my heart and made it dry is one of the metaphors in the poem. "Those dizzy eyes" is another metaphor. I wondered when it said that the mother pressed something into her palm, what it was that had been pressed into her palm, the mood of this poem was very depressed, and sad and heartbroken. I was a little confused where it said about a nightmare that was true, because I was not sure if here she was dreaming or not. When it said that countless lips whispered help but didn't make a sound it meant that no one listened to the pleas for help. " O No, It can't be told" This is sort of like the saying a picture is worth a thousand words, or seeing is believing/understanding. A part of the poem that really stood out for me was the first part, " Where is your grave?Where did you die? Why did you go away?" Because it sounds like a young girl who can't understand why anyone would do anything that cruel, an can't understand why she was forced to endure this torture, and she is stricken with grief that her innocent mother has been taken away. The only personal connection I could make to this terrible thing is in a nightmare, when I was little I was always haunted by horrible dreams where a masked figure came and took my mother away and I always woke from these nightmares crying ( was only 5 or 6 ). Of course that is nothing to what happened to Sonia Weitz, but its the closest personal experience I have. This poem made me feel heartbroken, and I was really sad for Sonia Weitz, and it made me imagine what it would be like to lose my own mother in the own way, and it made me even sadder.

How did Hitler take control?

Did you ever wonder how Germany allowed Hitler to take control? There were two main reasons that allowed Hitler to take control, they were- a huge depression, and of course anger at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler had a wonderful opportunity to get people to vote for him in 1923. There was a hyperinflation( which means all of their money became almost worthless) and everyone was desperate. Hitler told them that if they voted for him, the country's economic situation would become better,so many people voted for him out of desperation, but in the 1928 elections the Nazi's still only received about 2% of the votes . Then there was the treaty of Versailles . This was a treaty signed after Germany lost the first world war. It forced Germany to pay for all of the damage done by the war and many other things. Many Germans thought that this treaty was unfair and humiliating. Hitler told them that he also thought it was unfair too,and if they voted for him,he would abort the treaty. Of course,some people realized that Hitler was crazy and did not vote for him,but they were not enough,Hitler became Chancellor of the Weimar republic in 1933, because the Weimar republic was worried that Hitlers new percent of 33% of votes would rise if they did not do something aboutit.When the old president died,Hitler became leader of Germany, and took all of the necessary steps to ensure that he did not lose his position, and he enforced many new rules that eventually led to the second world war.

The Nuremburg Laws

In Nazi Germany, the Nazi's introduced a new set of laws called the Nuremburg Laws. These laws were to restrict Jewish people from doing certain things and to make them easy to identify. Under these new laws, anyone with 3 or 4 Jewish grandparents was defined as a Jew, even if they themselves were Christians. Some people who had forgotten the religion of their grandparents found themselves being called Jews. The Nazi's also began to "aryanize" Jewish businesses, making them "pure" and Jew-Free. This meant that Jewish workers were no longer allowed to work in the shops, and their shops were taken over by Nazi's. Jewish doctors were only allowed to treat Jewish people, and Jewish lawyers were no longer allowed to practice law. Anyone who was Jewish was not allowed to sell to non'Jewish people. Also, Jewish people like all other Germans, had Identity cards, but now Jewish Identity cards needed a big red J stamped on them to show that they were Jewish. Then those that did not have very Jewish sounding names were issued a new middle name- Sara for girls and Israel for boys.

The Law for the Protection of the Hereditary Health of the German People was a law that made sure Aryans did not poison their offspring;s blood with Jewish blood. All would be married couples had to go to the health office and make sure they were fit to marry the other person. Anyone attempting to marry someone bad was breaking the law

Treaty of Versailles

Is the Treaty of Versailles fair or unfair to Germany?

It is unfair, because although Germany started the war, the Allies continued to draw it out, they never had a big deciding battle, just lots of little ones over a long period of time. Also, the entire Treaty is just unfair apart from some parts. "Germany surrenders all her rights and titles overseas."- This is extremely unfair, Germany did not even use her overseas titles in the war, why should they be taken from her. " Germany will pay for all damages done to the civilian population
and property of the Allied Governments. [The figure was later set at
$33 billion]" This isone of the only fair parts to the Treaty. Since they caused the damage, they should have to pay for it, if not only with money, then with other resources. All in all, Germany should not have started the war, but the Treaty is still a little bit unfair to Germany, and I think that some of the people who wrote the treaty, just wanted revenge on Germany, which is unfair, but understandable.

Religion Statement Response.

Moral actions positively contribute to a society. I agree with his statement, If you listen to the morals in stories, and apply them to real life, you will make other people happy. The morals that you are taught are meant to help you understand what to do, and what is right. If you listen to morals and use them, other people will notice the good that you do, and decide that they want to be like that to, and be happy and make others happy by righting their wrongs and such. Once the whole community is using the morals as guides, it will be a much happier place.

This I Believe

Amy Tan is a Chinese-American novelist. She believes that she can contact ghosts. She thinks this because after her mother died, she saw her moms face, magnified and sparkling smiling at her. She also says that she gets inspirations, and does not know where they come from. For instance, one time, before her mom died, Ms.Tan wrote a book about a woman who died. Her mom read it and said that that was just what had happened to her grandmother, except for that the questions of her grandmothers death were answered. I think that this is extremely interesting because that means that she could contact some ghosts. If I could contact ghosts I would be scared to stay alone, but Ms.Tan says that the ghosts bring her joy love and happiness, so I think that she is not scared. I was not really touched by this essay, but I thought that it was really cool because she described how her mom kept telling her to contact her grandmother but she could not, but when her mom died she could contact her. So all in all the belief in this essay was in ghosts.

50 word summary of chapter 8 perseus

Chapter 8 -Love at first sight.

Perseus is flying back to king Polydectes' court when he sees a beautiful prinncess chained to a rock. He loves her immediately and asks her to marry him. She accepts so Perseus saves her from the sea monster by killing it, and he sets her free. He marries her later.