Marco Corona
Ms. Bosch
English Honors 10
12 January 2009
Journal Entry’s
1-10
Pg. 8
“Moshe the Beadle came running to our house. ‘I warned you,’ he cried and without waiting for a reply, he fled.”
Reflection:
I was surprised with Moshe, for in the beginning Moshe was a great person, a lively person one could have said, however when he returns, he is truly dead inside himself. Moshe was a cheerful man and a man that had a faith so powerful that it did not matter who intervened or put him down he was happy and that was what was important.
11-20
Pg. 13
“Then he understood. He got out of bed and with automatic movements began to get dressed. Then he went then he went up to the bed where his wife slept and touched her brow with infinite tenderness; she opened her eyes and it seemed to me that her lips were brushed by a smile. Then he went to his children’s beds and woke them swiftly, dragging them from their dreams. I fled.”
Reflection:
The reason why I chose this quote was because it showed the affection and tenderness of a family, more so because the father had an idea of what they were going to confront. Another factor was that the father was strong enough to stick with his family instead of hiding trying to forget to not suffer what he felt he might suffer along with his family. I also chose the quote because it shows how family, is all the Jews had, anything else would have been of less or equal importance.
21-30
Pg. 24
“Once more the young men tied her up and gagged her. They even struck her. People encouraged: Make her be quiet! She’s mad! Shut her up! She’s not the only one. She can keep her mouth shut...”
Reflection:
I chose this quote for I wanted to show wrong of it was of the Jews to do that to the poor women. Supposedly, the woman was mad, according to the Jews on the bus. The Jews go by the Old Testament, they do not believe in the New Testament. The Old Testament is important for the prophets in the stories, so if the Jews believed so much in their God during that time they might have realized that it is hypocritical of them and almost ironic to be considered a Jew, and say that you have no faith in prophets, or visions sent from the unknown.
30-40
Pg. 31
“Father,’ I said, ‘if that is so, I do not want to wait here. I’m going to run to the electric wire. That would be better than slow agony in flames.’ He did not answer. He was weeping.”
Reflection:
The reason I chose this quote was because it shows how the Father cannot stand to watch his only son die, he does not weep for his coming death for that of his sons.
41-50
Pg. 40
“Yes, my mother’s had news from your family. Reizel is very well. The children too...”
Reflection:
The reason why I chose this quote was to show how Elie’s has still not completely changed and still is not dehumanized. His uncle Reizel had told Elie that the only thing that was keeping him alive is knowing that his family is okay. Elie did not wasn’t to see his uncle kill himself or give up faith, so he obviously lies to him.
51-60
Pg. 52
"I had watched the whole scene without moving. I kept quiet. In fact I was thinking of how to get farther away so that I would not be hit myself. What is more, any anger I felt at that moment was directed, not against the Kapo, but against my father. I was angry with him, for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s outbreak. That is what concentration camp life had made of me."
Reflection:
The reason why I chose this quote because it shows Wiesel how dehumanized once more, he starts changing the way he feels about his father. He starts losing respect and at times does not honor his father. It struck me the way Wiesel talks about his father; it almost angered me.
61-70
Pg. 65
“This day I had ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation, on the contrary. I felt very strong. I was the accuser, god the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone-terribly alone in a world without God and without man.”
I chose this because this is a result of the dehumanization. First physically the Nazi’s physically destroy the Jews chances of survival, and later destroys them mentally so that those who do survive live in fear.
71-80
Pg. 72
“These were terrible days. We received more blows than food; we were crushed with work. And three days after he had gone we forgot the Kaddish.”
Here in the quote indicates that the Jews like Wiesel don’t care of friends dieing, the way they felt I believe is either you make it or you don’t the ones that fail or give up die. They felt no remorse for the pass of their good friend, Akiba Drummer. Farther and farther into the novel they stop caring, the dehumanization process is almost finished.
81-90
Pg. 82
“ Make an effort Zalman… Try…’ ‘I can’t…’ he groaned. His trousers lowered, he let himself sink down. That is the last picture I have of him. I do not think it can have been the SS who finished him, because no one had noticed he must have been trampled to death beneath the feet of the thousands of men who followed us. I quickly forgot him”
Reflection:
I pulled this quote out because it struck me how Elie was able to do that. It brings to my attention how people are so self-mined, including myself.
91-100
Pg. 94
“Throw out all the dead! All corpses outside!’ The living rejoiced. There would be more room. Volunteers set to work. They felt those who were still crouching”
Reflection:
The Jews became familiar with the dead corpses and at times rejoiced to the death of some Jews that way there can be more room and space for themselves in the wagons. The quote shows how far the dehumanization has driven them to result to extreme savagery.
101-110
Pg. 101
“But at the same time this thought came into my mind. ‘Don’t let me find him! If only I could get rid of this dead weight, so that I can use all my strength to struggle for my own survival and worry about myself.” This completely struck me. He did exactly what he asked god to not let him do. The actions are just as bad as the intentions.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Questions
Marco Corona
Ms. Bosch
English H. 10
7 January 2009
Questions for Night
1) Wiesel's childhood home, Sighet, a town in northern Romania near the meeting of the Hungarian and Ukrainian border.2) A system of esoteric philosophy developed by rabbi’s, reaching its peak in the Middle Ages and based on a mystical method of interpreting the Scriptures.3) A.Elie was trying to find truth, he believed he would find truth through God or the cabala, the truth he was looking for was one that explains why things thing happen.
B.Young Elie was ignorant for he always thought inside the box, he always felt that whatever is going to happen to him it were to happen in Sighet, he was wrapped up in his own little world and would hardly speak his mind, he feared the unknown and when his parents were not there for him to depend on he fell apart.
4) A. Moshe the Beadle is a significant character, for in the novel it almost seemed as though Moshe was a foreshadowing of how all the Jews were to behave. He was a strong believer and then later he steps back like a coward. He represented something symbolic to me he represented man.
B. The admonition that Moshe gave Wiesel was prophetic in the sense that you shouldn’t worry about other’s life but your own for if you intervene with someone’s life it can ruin your life and there’s, he also warned the people after his escape to run away to flee before the Hungarian police come and destroy their lives.
5) A. The people of Sighet refuse to believe what Moshe has to say; the people feel as though Moshe were to be exaggerating, some even thought he had gone mad.
B. The people won’t listen to him because they think that Moshe has gone mad.6) Madame Schachter is a woman who was taken away from her family from the city of Sighet and also a woman who had visions of torture, she is similar to Moshe for he warned yet no one paid any attention every one thought he was mad, just like the prophet Noah, the man whom built Noah’s Ark.7) Consider this passage on pg. 32; “Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desires to live. Never shall I forget those moments, which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God himself. Never.”8) A. The context of the passage is explaining that these images are dehumanizing young Wiesel. These images are ones that are engraved in your memory, you will never forget, thus Wiesel implies he rather die then live with those memories.
B. Young Elie feels as the though he had just awoken to reality and feels that if that is truly reality then, there is no God.9) A. Wiesel at first believed strongly in God, but during his time in the concentration camps he felt at times, the lack God’s presence and how if there was a god he was not doing a good job.
B. Wiesel is probably most angry with God, when it is New Years Day and there was a religious ceremony, him amongst the other Jews question him and his abilities.10) The word night means darkness therefore in darkness you cannot find a clear path, thus night represents Wiesel being lost trying to find a way out to seek truth and light.
11) Surely Night is a slim book but the book as it is truly grand and to add anything else would just be considered fluff. Power does not come from, but from heart, and as we can see Night had heart. 12) Night is a memoir of a tragedy; to me it is not both for the Jews did not receive a plaque or award in recognition of the tragedies they went through. The award they received was freedom, they had it before, and so when they return home all their time at camp was just wasted horrific time.
Ms. Bosch
English H. 10
7 January 2009
Questions for Night
1) Wiesel's childhood home, Sighet, a town in northern Romania near the meeting of the Hungarian and Ukrainian border.2) A system of esoteric philosophy developed by rabbi’s, reaching its peak in the Middle Ages and based on a mystical method of interpreting the Scriptures.3) A.Elie was trying to find truth, he believed he would find truth through God or the cabala, the truth he was looking for was one that explains why things thing happen.
B.Young Elie was ignorant for he always thought inside the box, he always felt that whatever is going to happen to him it were to happen in Sighet, he was wrapped up in his own little world and would hardly speak his mind, he feared the unknown and when his parents were not there for him to depend on he fell apart.
4) A. Moshe the Beadle is a significant character, for in the novel it almost seemed as though Moshe was a foreshadowing of how all the Jews were to behave. He was a strong believer and then later he steps back like a coward. He represented something symbolic to me he represented man.
B. The admonition that Moshe gave Wiesel was prophetic in the sense that you shouldn’t worry about other’s life but your own for if you intervene with someone’s life it can ruin your life and there’s, he also warned the people after his escape to run away to flee before the Hungarian police come and destroy their lives.
5) A. The people of Sighet refuse to believe what Moshe has to say; the people feel as though Moshe were to be exaggerating, some even thought he had gone mad.
B. The people won’t listen to him because they think that Moshe has gone mad.6) Madame Schachter is a woman who was taken away from her family from the city of Sighet and also a woman who had visions of torture, she is similar to Moshe for he warned yet no one paid any attention every one thought he was mad, just like the prophet Noah, the man whom built Noah’s Ark.7) Consider this passage on pg. 32; “Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desires to live. Never shall I forget those moments, which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God himself. Never.”8) A. The context of the passage is explaining that these images are dehumanizing young Wiesel. These images are ones that are engraved in your memory, you will never forget, thus Wiesel implies he rather die then live with those memories.
B. Young Elie feels as the though he had just awoken to reality and feels that if that is truly reality then, there is no God.9) A. Wiesel at first believed strongly in God, but during his time in the concentration camps he felt at times, the lack God’s presence and how if there was a god he was not doing a good job.
B. Wiesel is probably most angry with God, when it is New Years Day and there was a religious ceremony, him amongst the other Jews question him and his abilities.10) The word night means darkness therefore in darkness you cannot find a clear path, thus night represents Wiesel being lost trying to find a way out to seek truth and light.
11) Surely Night is a slim book but the book as it is truly grand and to add anything else would just be considered fluff. Power does not come from, but from heart, and as we can see Night had heart. 12) Night is a memoir of a tragedy; to me it is not both for the Jews did not receive a plaque or award in recognition of the tragedies they went through. The award they received was freedom, they had it before, and so when they return home all their time at camp was just wasted horrific time.
Essay
Marco Corona
Ms. Bosch
English Honors 10
5 January 2009
Dehumanization
In the autobiography Night, written by Elie Wiesel, there exists many gruesome and unjust events, this causes for the prisoners of the concentration camps change drastically on how they view the world. Here Wiesel looses his entire family and questions daily if there is a god. Wiesel when young thought if God was almighty and if he were so great why could not he liberates his people. It is not only Wiesel; Rabbis lost their faith with God too. At the start of the autobiography, Wiesel is enthusiastic about his father; it shows that he loves him dearly, yet later in the autobiography he grows angry at times with his father. At times he looses respect for him as well, yet loves him enough to not tell it to his face. Life was a strong theme in the autobiography it shows that life is a beautiful life and we should not take it for granted; we should appreciate our life and our lifestyle. At the beginning of the autobiography Wiesel stepped into the camp at Auschwitz, he saw the crematory and all the dead corpses and thought that death was horrendous, but after a while he takes death as normal and as if it were okay that it happens regularly. Wiesel deprived of his human abilities, innocence, and or qualities, was shaped into a person in which he would have looked down upon as a child growing up in Transylvania.
In the autobiography Night, starts off with Wiesel wanting to learn the cabala, this therefore proves that at one point in time Wiesel wanted learn the ways of life and to learn how to cherish one’s life. Wiesel states that when he was young he wanted to learn the cabala, he says, “ One evening I told him how unhappy I was because I could not fid a master in Sighet to instruct me in the Zohar, the cabalistic books, the secrets of Jewish mysticism” (Wiesel 3). Wiesel is dehumanized, for something that attracted him so much, being religion, suddenly fades away and is turned into doubt, confusion, and his faith grows weak towards God. Wiesel at times would feel as though life has no point throughout the book Jews question god as does Wiesel to the point where they constantly loose faith I can support this evidence with a quote, “This day I had ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone-terribly alone in a world without God and without man”(65). Wiesel constantly lacks faith in the book among with his fellow Jews, in this quote it shows the drastic change that Wiesel made from wanting to learn God’s ways to lacking faith in him, he says, “My mind was so invaded that by this realization-there was no more reason to live no more reason to struggle”(93).
At first, Wiesel looks at his father as his mentor and as his guidance councilor, he has an admirance towards him, for he has wisdom, we can see this in a quote from the autobiography. “ His eyes gleamed with desire. I told him that I had to ask for my father’s advice”(52). Wiesel expresses that he has a great admirance for his father; from the previous quote, we can see that clearly Wiesel does admire his father. Wiesel shows that he is dehumanized once more, he starts changing the way he feels about his father. He starts losing respect and at times does not honor his father. We can see these actions take place in the middle of the written autobiography, he states, “What is more, any anger that I felt at that moment was not directed, not against the Kapo, but at my father. I was angry with him, for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s outbreak. That is what the concentration camp life had made of me”(52). Wiesel’s father was being brutally hurt, yet instead of feeling sympathy towards his father all he felt was anger.
The theme of life was stressed throughout the whole book it was definitely a major theme and probably one of the most important themes of all. At first Wiesel was a bit ignorant on the fact that he ignored how good he had life in Sighet compared to life in the concentration camps. It does not take long for Wiesel to think of suicide, however it does take Wiesel a long time to realize that life truly is beautiful. At first death was a big deal for Wiesel but after time Wiesel thought of death as normal He worried less of death but worried more of maintaining a good grip on life. In this coming quote, we can see that in the beginning Wiesel was afraid of being around death, this will help me explain and discuss how he was dehumanized by the concentration camps, Wiesel states, “Father,’ I said ‘if that is s, I do not want to wait here. I am going to run to the electric wire. That would be better than slow agony in flames”(31). The previous quote I will use as evidence to prove that Wiesel was deprived of his innocence and deprived of his natural rights, being that he is human he should have, among the rest of the Jews be entitled to those rights. This next quote shows how once Wiesel thought the decaying bodies were revolting rather than normal, a person was trampled right beside him yet he was at ease, he stated, “That is the last picture I have of him. I do not think it can have been the SS who finished him, because no one had noticed he must have been trampled to death beneath the feet of the thousands of men who followed us. I quickly forgot him”(82). The Jews became familiar with the dead corpses and at times rejoiced to the death of some Jews that way there can be more room and space for themselves in the wagons. This quote will show how far this dehumanization has caused them to result to extreme savagery, according to the autobiography, “Throw out all the dead! All corpses outside!’ The living rejoiced. There would be more room. Volunteers set to work. They felt those who were still crouching”(94).
The men that passed away in the concentration camps gave up their faith many times during their lives, yet in the end they all resulted believing in their god and believing that there a little piece of heaven is expecting them. The Germans could have dehumanized these poor men, but in the end, they die knowing that they will go to heaven. The men in Germany try to win but are unsuccessful in the end; in dehumanizing these human beings because no matter what, most of the men rather die than live one more day in the concentration camps because in death at least you are at piece.
Wiesel, Elie. Night. Bantam. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 1960.
Ms. Bosch
English Honors 10
5 January 2009
Dehumanization
In the autobiography Night, written by Elie Wiesel, there exists many gruesome and unjust events, this causes for the prisoners of the concentration camps change drastically on how they view the world. Here Wiesel looses his entire family and questions daily if there is a god. Wiesel when young thought if God was almighty and if he were so great why could not he liberates his people. It is not only Wiesel; Rabbis lost their faith with God too. At the start of the autobiography, Wiesel is enthusiastic about his father; it shows that he loves him dearly, yet later in the autobiography he grows angry at times with his father. At times he looses respect for him as well, yet loves him enough to not tell it to his face. Life was a strong theme in the autobiography it shows that life is a beautiful life and we should not take it for granted; we should appreciate our life and our lifestyle. At the beginning of the autobiography Wiesel stepped into the camp at Auschwitz, he saw the crematory and all the dead corpses and thought that death was horrendous, but after a while he takes death as normal and as if it were okay that it happens regularly. Wiesel deprived of his human abilities, innocence, and or qualities, was shaped into a person in which he would have looked down upon as a child growing up in Transylvania.
In the autobiography Night, starts off with Wiesel wanting to learn the cabala, this therefore proves that at one point in time Wiesel wanted learn the ways of life and to learn how to cherish one’s life. Wiesel states that when he was young he wanted to learn the cabala, he says, “ One evening I told him how unhappy I was because I could not fid a master in Sighet to instruct me in the Zohar, the cabalistic books, the secrets of Jewish mysticism” (Wiesel 3). Wiesel is dehumanized, for something that attracted him so much, being religion, suddenly fades away and is turned into doubt, confusion, and his faith grows weak towards God. Wiesel at times would feel as though life has no point throughout the book Jews question god as does Wiesel to the point where they constantly loose faith I can support this evidence with a quote, “This day I had ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone-terribly alone in a world without God and without man”(65). Wiesel constantly lacks faith in the book among with his fellow Jews, in this quote it shows the drastic change that Wiesel made from wanting to learn God’s ways to lacking faith in him, he says, “My mind was so invaded that by this realization-there was no more reason to live no more reason to struggle”(93).
At first, Wiesel looks at his father as his mentor and as his guidance councilor, he has an admirance towards him, for he has wisdom, we can see this in a quote from the autobiography. “ His eyes gleamed with desire. I told him that I had to ask for my father’s advice”(52). Wiesel expresses that he has a great admirance for his father; from the previous quote, we can see that clearly Wiesel does admire his father. Wiesel shows that he is dehumanized once more, he starts changing the way he feels about his father. He starts losing respect and at times does not honor his father. We can see these actions take place in the middle of the written autobiography, he states, “What is more, any anger that I felt at that moment was not directed, not against the Kapo, but at my father. I was angry with him, for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s outbreak. That is what the concentration camp life had made of me”(52). Wiesel’s father was being brutally hurt, yet instead of feeling sympathy towards his father all he felt was anger.
The theme of life was stressed throughout the whole book it was definitely a major theme and probably one of the most important themes of all. At first Wiesel was a bit ignorant on the fact that he ignored how good he had life in Sighet compared to life in the concentration camps. It does not take long for Wiesel to think of suicide, however it does take Wiesel a long time to realize that life truly is beautiful. At first death was a big deal for Wiesel but after time Wiesel thought of death as normal He worried less of death but worried more of maintaining a good grip on life. In this coming quote, we can see that in the beginning Wiesel was afraid of being around death, this will help me explain and discuss how he was dehumanized by the concentration camps, Wiesel states, “Father,’ I said ‘if that is s, I do not want to wait here. I am going to run to the electric wire. That would be better than slow agony in flames”(31). The previous quote I will use as evidence to prove that Wiesel was deprived of his innocence and deprived of his natural rights, being that he is human he should have, among the rest of the Jews be entitled to those rights. This next quote shows how once Wiesel thought the decaying bodies were revolting rather than normal, a person was trampled right beside him yet he was at ease, he stated, “That is the last picture I have of him. I do not think it can have been the SS who finished him, because no one had noticed he must have been trampled to death beneath the feet of the thousands of men who followed us. I quickly forgot him”(82). The Jews became familiar with the dead corpses and at times rejoiced to the death of some Jews that way there can be more room and space for themselves in the wagons. This quote will show how far this dehumanization has caused them to result to extreme savagery, according to the autobiography, “Throw out all the dead! All corpses outside!’ The living rejoiced. There would be more room. Volunteers set to work. They felt those who were still crouching”(94).
The men that passed away in the concentration camps gave up their faith many times during their lives, yet in the end they all resulted believing in their god and believing that there a little piece of heaven is expecting them. The Germans could have dehumanized these poor men, but in the end, they die knowing that they will go to heaven. The men in Germany try to win but are unsuccessful in the end; in dehumanizing these human beings because no matter what, most of the men rather die than live one more day in the concentration camps because in death at least you are at piece.
Wiesel, Elie. Night. Bantam. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 1960.
Marco Corona
Ms.bosch
English H. 10
7 January 2009
Vocabulary
1. Prostrate-to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
2. Interlude- an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
3. Reprieve- to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
4. Rations- a fixed allowance of provisions or food, esp. for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
5. Dysentery- Pathology. An infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic.
6. Robust- strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
7. Quarantine- a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
8. Apathy- absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
9. Humane- characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, esp. for the suffering or distressed.
10. Grimace- a facial expression, often ugly or contorted that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
11. Nocturnal- of or pertaining to the night (opposed to diurnal).
12. Livid- having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
13. Pious- having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
14. Interminable- incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
15. Wizened- withered; shriveled: a wizened old man; wizened features.
16. Morale- emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., esp. in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.: the morale of the troops
17. Infernal- hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot
18. Refuge- shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.
19. Oppressive- burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king or oppressive laws.
20. Expelled- to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country
Ms.bosch
English H. 10
7 January 2009
Vocabulary
1. Prostrate-to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
2. Interlude- an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
3. Reprieve- to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
4. Rations- a fixed allowance of provisions or food, esp. for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
5. Dysentery- Pathology. An infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic.
6. Robust- strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
7. Quarantine- a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
8. Apathy- absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
9. Humane- characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, esp. for the suffering or distressed.
10. Grimace- a facial expression, often ugly or contorted that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
11. Nocturnal- of or pertaining to the night (opposed to diurnal).
12. Livid- having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
13. Pious- having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
14. Interminable- incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
15. Wizened- withered; shriveled: a wizened old man; wizened features.
16. Morale- emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., esp. in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.: the morale of the troops
17. Infernal- hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot
18. Refuge- shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.
19. Oppressive- burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king or oppressive laws.
20. Expelled- to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country
Monday, August 11, 2008
Date: 11 August 2008
Entry:#36
Reflection:
At the end of the novel Okonkwo chose the option to commit suicide so he hung himself. The reader has learned through out the novel that Okonkwo is a fighter whom does not accept defeat. He had to options accept his defeat and be turned in to the British courts, the people Okonkwo blames for everything and the people that he most hates or kill himself. It’s obsvious Okonkwo would accept anything other than defeat and humiliation.
Entry:#36
Reflection:
At the end of the novel Okonkwo chose the option to commit suicide so he hung himself. The reader has learned through out the novel that Okonkwo is a fighter whom does not accept defeat. He had to options accept his defeat and be turned in to the British courts, the people Okonkwo blames for everything and the people that he most hates or kill himself. It’s obsvious Okonkwo would accept anything other than defeat and humiliation.
Date: 11 August 2008
Entry:#35
Reflection:
Okonkwo killed that man out of anger and despair. It wasn’t like he didn’t know there would be consequences to his actions but he believed his people would aid him and support him all the way even to war. It wasn’t until after he had killed the man that he realized his people would not support him and that he was on his own against a great empire.
Entry:#35
Reflection:
Okonkwo killed that man out of anger and despair. It wasn’t like he didn’t know there would be consequences to his actions but he believed his people would aid him and support him all the way even to war. It wasn’t until after he had killed the man that he realized his people would not support him and that he was on his own against a great empire.
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