One interesting thing about the book is the viewpoint. It really does show how a dog would view the world and our culture. It shows how alien our customs and way of life can seem to something not used to them, and the slow learning process involved with assimilating. It also shows how the dog's world works, with hierarchy and play.
I'm still wondering how and why <PROTAGONIST> (Toby/Bailey) was resurrected. There doesn't seem to be a particular reason for it yet. One important thing though: If it happened to him, does it happen to other dogs? Other animals? Humans? There's a lot of thinking to be had there.
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1. Some of the similarities between Night and Boy in the Striped Pajamas are that they both accurately convey the general response to the Holocaust: the public's unknowing, the soldiers' motivation or indifference, and the horror of the few who knew fully of it.
Some of the contrasts are that the camp Schmuel is in seems to be more generally forgiving than the ones Elie went through, with less harsh punishments and easier work. Of course, this could just be because of a lack of information, as the movie focused mainly on the perpetrators and onlookers of the Holocaust, not the victims. 4. I enjoyed the book more, because even though the movie can show what the Holocaust was like, it's the kind of thing where using your mind to fill in the pictures can give you a better understanding, if anything emotionally, of the event. The writing is much better at conveying things like emotion and the timescale. MEMORY MOMENT:
Page: 91 After Eliezer told Rabbi Eliahu that he didn't know where his son had gone, he remembered that he saw his son intentionally drifting away from Eliahu during the march, probably because he thought of his father as a burden. ELiezer hoped that he would never feel that way towards his own father. This memory was probably important because it gave Eliezer someone to contrast with, and helps him set the goal of always staying faithful to his father. CONTRASTS & CONTRADICTIONS: Page: 106 As Eliezer is looking for his father, after they reach Buchenwald, he briefly thinks about abandoning his father, as he was a burden. He immediately feels ashamed, because he wanted to stay faithful to his father, unlike Rabbi Eliahuś son. Eliezer probably felt this way because his father was very hard to take care of and keep in good spirits, and he wondered about how much easier it would be to leave him. AHA MOMENT: Pages: 98 - 99 During the train ride to Buchenwald, after seeing his father freezing and close to death, Eliezer suddenly realizes that he has no more reasons to live, besides his father. This changed the story because Eliezer lost nearly all hope, and clung on to his one last beacon, his father. Without him, Eliezer would probably have just accepted and welcomed death very quickly. If, through some strange manipulation of the government, I suddenly became the president, three top priorities I would have would be to raise the funding for NASA, better the relations with some of our nearby nations (notably Mexico), and increase the budget for national healthcare.
One of my main priorities would be to increase the funding for NASA. Although they are still prominent, they just aren't what they used to be, somewhat due to a lack of funding. Space not only has many opportunities for research, but is useful for global access to networks (SpaceX´s internet satellites, anyone?) and tourism. Another one of my priorities would be to further our relations with other nations, especially Mexico. America plays a large part in the economies of many other nations, and vice versa. Two large countries that we trade with are Mexico and China. I would want to try to become more friendly with them so that trade will be able to be conducted for a long time. This could also turn into gaining more allied countries. Another one of my large priorities would be to increase the budget for national healthcare. Medical bills can be very expensive, so insurance can cover them, but healthcare is becoming less accessible for people. Increasing the funding could allow people with lower incomes to still afford it, which in turn allows them to afford medical practices. The article we are analyzing is about 8 different skills that everyone should have going into college. Although the tips it gives may be useful, there are many other that I feel are more important, but are probably a bit too specific for a more general article like this.
Anyways, The skills that this particular article chose to emphasize were:
Although I feel there are better options for the list, I agree that these are important. Some of the things I am already fine at, but most of the skills are ones I need to work on. Over winter break, I had an eventful first week, but the second week was relatively quiet.
For the first few days of break, my grandparents were here. We went to a lot of restaurants for assorted meals. On Christmas eve, we had a small mini-christmas with them, since they were leaving before the actual holiday. I got some computer peripherals, two games, a shirt, and enough money to purchase a laptop. Most of the rest of break was very uneventful. I pretty much just played video games. On New Year's Eve, we stayed up to see the year roll over, and played some games together as a family. Overall, I had an eventful winter break, where my grandparents came for Christmas and we stayed up for New Year's. If I could live in a video game, I'm going to go for the standard choice and pick Minecraft.
One useful yet bizzarre reason is that physics is mostly ignored. Gravity is a constant to only certain objects, and is otherwise ignored. Any object can be picked up, and in doing so, loses all mass, and has reduced volume to the point of being nearly negligible. The universe itself, although limited in things, is virtually infinite, allowing for anything to be renewable given enough effort. Another reason is that anything can be assembled with little to no effort. Creating new objects requires only a small set of resources to be combined. This process doesn't require any energy, and has no byproducts, which eliminates any concerns about pollution or anything of the sort. Gathering resources is also incredibly simple. The only thing barring the collection of some materials is what material your tools are constructed from, but the materials come in distinct tiers, and each can be reached using the previous. This makes gathering minerals simple. Most plant life can be easily duplicated within a small timespan, without any energy requirements. Finally, and possibly most importantly, death is not permanent. The only downside to death is dropping everything you were carrying. This removes the usual bar for advancement in human history, and eliminates the only inevitability we have. There are some other small reasons for choosing Minecraft, such as the obvious presence of magic, and the ease of construction, but they aren't important enough for this blog. In short, if I could live inside of a video game, I would choose Minecraft, because of the lack of conventional physics, the ease of assembly and gathering, and the lack of death. I am thankful for a large variety of things, but a few notable examples are modern medicine and
One of the most important things I am thankful for is the current state of medicine. Vaccines, medical care, and even your standard over-the-counter medicines are allowing humans to disregard one of the most prominent causes of death in many areas. This greatly increases both the lifespan of a given individual, and also the general comfort of life, since most diseases are not great to have. Another important thing I am thankful for is globalization. We can have anything, from anywhere, within short periods of time. Not long ago, it was extremely difficult to get things from far away, especially on separate continents. As technology has advanced, we can now ship things over seas, or transport by air, from nearly anywhere on Earth. We can eat any fruit we want year-round, and the only cost to them being out of season is increased price. Most materials are processed extremely far away from where they are used. Most items are produced in countries where wages are lower, which cheapens the cost for us (I'm just going to gloss over the issues over there). I am thankful for medicine and globalization, because they have greatly increased the quality of life in first-world countries. Now, I didn't sit up for hours and watch the election. I didn't care much about it. In fact, I probably would have forgotten what day it was on if I wasn't constantly reminded by my friends. So, this post is written from the viewpoint of somebody who didn't care much about the election itself.
Trump being elected wasn't what I was expecting. Most of the assorted political sites that I saw with election forecasts generally put Clinton with a moderate lead. Of course, I hadn't see anything very recent to the election (within the day itself), but I had just kind of assumed it stayed the same. I was kind of shocked by the election, because even though I would constantly joke with friends about wanting Trump to win, I hadn't expected him to actually do it. I don't like the ideas he has, among some of the more popular examples being the border wall with Mexico. I feel like he's too xenophobic to be a good president, but at this point only time will tell how that ends up. I didn't really like the election in general, because after Bernie stopped running, the rest of the options didn't seem very good to me. Although I didn't want Trump to win, I wasn't very happy with Clinton, so it just seems like a lose/less lose situation. At this point, I'm just waiting for January to see what sort of new things will happen. |