when Amir travels back to Pakistan he meets up with Rahim Khan he is very sick.Rahim Khan found Hassan in 1986 he was married Ali was killed by a land mine. Rahim Khan handed amir a picture of Hassan he was living under the taliban, in the picture he wrote he wanted to see Amir. When Hassan and his wif were at home they were shot dead refusing to leave.Hassan had a son,Rahim Khan tells amir that him and Hassan were half brothers. Amir was ferious at his dad for stealing his brother and Hassans life. he then decided to go to Kabul to save his nephew. he enters Kabul and he is shocked by the poverty and begging kids. Sohrab was adopted and taken to Ghazi stadium. Amir set up an appointment with the official,it was Assef. they faught for saharab and Amir one!

when Amir and Baba flee from Pakistan to america they end up in a California city called Fremont. there they begin thier lives, Baba and Amir at first do not fit in at all. to Amir this was just a place for amir to bury his memories he said, but for Baba his was a place to mourn his memories. At the age of 20 Amir graduated from highschool. After the graduation Baba gets drunk and he has Amir drive hime home. as they pull up they he see's a car and its for Amir. and his dad tells him he can use it for college. Amir upsets Baba when he tells him when he goes to college he wants to major in English. when Amir meets Saroya, he begins to court with Saroya. he Stops flirting because her dad does not aprove of them. then Saroya secret comes out and she is not pure. Baba has lung cancer.Amir and Saroya get married. then Baba dies. and Amir writes his first story in 1988.

days after the tournament Amir and Hassan arent realy friends. At first Hassan avoids coming into any sort contact with Amir. Eventualy Hassan tries to be friends Again but Amir pushes Hassan away. Baba starts to lighten up and him and Amir are doing very well they have no problems at the moment. Until one day Amir just cant stand Hassan, Amir asked his dad if he ever considered replacing the old servants and getting new ones. Baba told Amir if he ever said anything like that evrer again that he would Beat Amir. From there Baba and Amirs relationship went down hill. Amir dislikes Hassan so much he tried to start a pomegrant fight with him to see what would his reactions be. Like the loyal person Hassan is instead of retalieating, Hassan hit himself with a pomegrant. When Amir turned thir-teen Baba through a big party for him. everyone was invited even Assefs family. Assef teased Amir by giving him a autobiography on Hitler.

on the day of the kite tournament Hassan and Amir are partners, Amir flies the kite And Hassan goes and grabs them after they fall(the kite runner). so as there in the tournament Amir does really good flying the kite. in fact he did so good that he was the last kite standing, and when your the last kite standing that means you are the winner of the tournament. when the kite finnaly falls Hassan goes after the kite so he can bring it back. As Hassan brings back the kite he runs in to some trouble. he runs into Assef and two of his friends chaseing Hassan into an allie, and as thier in the alley Amir was looking for Hassan and the kite,he see's Hassan but he just hieds behind a wall he doesnt say a word or try to help Hassan. Assef rapes Hassan while the others hold him down. Amir then runs awayleaving the scene.after Hassan gets raped Amir finds him and amir plays like he didnt see anything. Amir gets the Kite and he gives it to Baba, Baba is extremely happy Amir and he embraces him with love.

poor Amir and poor hassan! both of them struggle deeply in there own ways. Amir struggles to find a true friend, someone who is not a servant just a friend. Because Amir becomes really irritated by hassan because he is to loyal to Amir. he gets really jealous of hassan because he thinks his dad likes him more. for example when he over heard one of there conversation. Baba and RaRahim Khan were talking about how Amir is not becoming a man, he cant stick up for himself he always has to get Hassan to srick up for hime. Hassan is the exact opposite of Amir. because hassan is very kind luving and generous. in most kids eyes i would say that hassan is the perfect friend. Hassan trys hard to regain there friendship but amir is very unhappy with amir.

New York Times:China’s Economy Growing at a Breakneck Pace

To day Chinas economy went up 11.9 percent rewriting the record books to the fastest growing country in over a decade. When asked how they grew so fast china replies by saying that they did massive trades, new factories, roads, bridges, and real estate. I think that it’s very coincidental that the leading supplying country in the war in Darfur is china, and all of a sudden the leading supplier is now the leading country growing economically. Not only are they a leading supplier for the war in Darfur but also the war on global warming and pollution. I think that they are the leading country economically for the wrong reason. i think its safe to say that there leading economicaly because alot of there money and oil come straight from sudan. And in return the money that they give is exchanged for weapons that they send and those weapons are used to kill innocent tribal people. so think twice befor you call china a "leader".

new york times:Sudan: Underground Lake Could Ease Darfur Crisis

Water in Sudan! To day researches at Boston University found an extra source of water in western Sudan. It appears to be a lake about the size of Massachusetts or the popular lake Erie. This new water source can be a big help on the crisis in Darfur. At night girls go fetch water from pales far out of their native Darfur village. Boys don’t fetch water because they are high at risk of being murdered, while the girls go out because they wont be killed they’ll be raped! And that’s a dreadful decision that the mothers of these children have to face. A Geologist team has made a plan to add 1,000 Wales to be dug for farmers, and herders to cease the problem of competition over scarce resources, which in this case its water.

New York Times:Japan Quake Kills at Least 6 and Injures Hundreds

Earth quake hits Japan hard! Today at 12:50 a 6.8 earth quake hit japan, and it killed 6 people. But also this earth quake injured 700 people and left some people homeles with no shelter. Aftershocks could be felt for several hours after the quake, including a large one at 3:37 p.m. that was as far away as Tokyo. Not only did the earth quake cause damge to people but also Japan senerie. The second earth quake of the day was rated at 6.6, it caused minor tsunamis and it split roads and streets in half, the earth quake hit so hard that it seemed to have knocked over a local train off of the train tracks. thats not all, it caused a very expensive high speed bullet train to be shut down of service. Power lines for electricty and gas were cut off, and water supplies were cut off to thousands of local homes. Nuclear reactors at power plants in the affected area were shut down automatically, but the quake caused a small fire at an electrical transformer at the nuclear plant in Kashiwazaki. This earth quake was devastating, it shows that earth quakes can happen anywhere if japans not really known for there deadly earth quakes no tellin were the next one will hit

The Power Of One

The last chapter! Chapter 24 was disapointing, its like good just went straight bad. Innocent peekay becomes a grizzly man. Despite the dangers of the job Peekay says he does it for the money. He takes a brake from School and boxing. But he still does rugby for his mining company. As Peekay gets older he meets alot of old faces such as his childhood enemy the Judge! realizes its the judge because he can tell by the Swaztica sign on his arm its him. the Judge comes running at peekay. Peekay remembers all the traing hes done his whole life has been ment for this moment. He does the Gel Piet 8 punch combonation the judge falls to the floor covered in blood, brandy, and vomit. Then he uses the Solly Goldman 13 punch combonation by now the judge is uncucious. Peekay pulls out Docs pocket knife and he carves the letters "PK" over the Swaztica symboll. Peekay then leaves the bar into a night of a full moon. The End!

The Power Of One

Peekay is turning negatives into positives by gambaling verse nieghboring schools in rugby and boxing morrie and peekay win over 400 pounds. with the bright idea of peekay becoming welter-wieght champion of the world he hire a professional trainer the only trains withe professionals, but with the talents of peekay Solly Goldman is willing to work with peekay. Off top Solly Goldman compliments Peekays boxing style, but he gives him a mouthful of constructive criticism. Peekay is blown away that just in one sparing match Solly Goldman already analyized his boxing Game. Peekay wins the Eastern Transval champion ship. After heading home from the championship, Peekay learns that Doc is very ill. Before seeing anyone else Peekay heads to Docs Cottage to see how is he doing. But Doc assures that it is not time for him to become an "African Crystal".

The Power Of One

Peekay is growing up! Peekay is now fifteen and things are changing. as Doc says Peekay is know in love. His sexual appetite is growing heavely everyday. He is now becoming very money motivated by opening up "Boardeers Bank" in his school with co-worker Morie on his side it was an emmediate success. As a boxer he is becomig very cocky of his self, while going undefeated he and friends are always betting on his fights hoping to win. He became so money motivated that he and Morrie have taken miss Bornstien notes and they published them and they are now seeling the bokks in class as history books. My things Have changed Peekay!

New York Times:Life Shrinks for a Former Liberian Leader Now on Trial

Life indeed shrinks for former liberian leader Charles G. Taylor. While he faces charges of war crimes and crimes against hummanity, Charles G. Taylor's flashy life has been taken away. From nice white suites, estravagent homes, to nice cars. Its a big change to Mr. Taylor now cooks his own food, does his dishes, reads newspapers and receives prison issued pocket money. He is allowed to spend two hours in the yard and to work out in a gym. Herman von Hebel, the court administrator, said Mr. Taylor had two cells, “one where he sleeps and one where he keeps his paperwork.” He has access to a computer, a television and a DVD player. It might sound like alot but its two steps back from his flashy life, living like this is not only devastating to Mr. Taylor but also isolating. With the crimes and horrible acts he camited its safe to say he deserves it!

New York Times:Suicide Bombers Kill 49 in Pakistan

On Sunday July 16 suicide bombers killed 49 people in pakistan including 16 U.S soldiers. The attack included two cars that one hit the front of the convoy and the other one hit the back. With this attack it damaged more than 30 shops in the nearby erea, and that doesnt include the 6 houses this attack went through. And according to a witness a cowincidential motorcycle was left in the area full with explosives, and it was set off by someone with a remote. Later on that day a suicide bomber set off a bomb that was strapped to his vest, this attack alone killed 12 police offers, and 16 candidates that wanted to puresue the job of a police officer. with these attacks in mind it honest to say that there is signs of breakdowns of the peace agreements, that were made last september between the government and leaders in the North Waziristan tribal region.Militants are now distributing a document that breaks the truce, complaining that government forces had attacked a suspected militant hide-out area.

The Power Of One

Peekay is now in the finals of the boxing tournament he wins a great victory. But he looses with an injured ear, that his pastor teases and makes front of him about. Peekay is know getting older and times are changing, his mom is getting worse she complains about simple things like the acne and pimples on her face. But she deeply wishes and hopes that Peekay will become a reborn Christian again. As Peekay gets older as Doc says he is falling in love with Mr. Bornstein’s granddaughter. She gives him Latin lessons and test to make sure he is paying attention. One day she gives Peekay a hint by telling him to stay after class and she tells him that he can call her same for short in private. She then challenges him into a game of chess, but little does she know Peekay is an extremely well chess player, so when they play he annoys Sam. With the war ending Doc becomes a really happy man with a chance of freedom. But he has bigger problems with Smit being promoted to captain Doc is having a hard time dealing with him.

New York Times:Cultural Flashpoints North of the Scalp

White powdered wigs have been worn for about three centuries now. But on January 1, 2008 things will change. Britain’s most senior judge, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, announced on Thursday that, starting Jan. 1, the wigs would no longer be worn in most trial courts; neither would gowns. This is a very controversial topic in the Britain world, in court all of there lives they have known one thing and one thing only, that you were powdered wigs and you have to were a gown. And for this to just suddenly change it’s devastating to most people. The wig has been around since the 1600, and back then they symbolized a representation on the British legal system. But lord Phillips was just simply annoyed, by the smelly and hot wigs. and he didnt think about himself but he also thought about the government and how they spend 3,000 dollars a piece!

New York Times:Trail Blazers Agree to Buyout With Steve Francis

Pack up your bags Steve Francis your headed to Portland! Steve Francis after one year was traded to portland in a trade with zack randolf. Steve Francis signed for a 34 million dollar contract for 4 years. this year portland will have a better chance at the playoffs with additional players like Greg Oden and tyson chandler, "the future is very bright" says portland Trail Blazers owner.

New York Times:Nash Shows Young Guards His Way of Doing Things

On July first Steve Nash held a point guards basketball camp for the top 32 college point guards in the nation."He mainly went over the fundamentals, but he went over it in a way that I had never herd before." said Darren Collison, junior at UCLA. Nash displayed some of his many talents such as rolling of a pick, and the simple things such as cutting to the basket without the ball. " Its the little things that got me better", said Sherron Collison 5-11 guard out of Kansas University. D. J. Augustin, a 5-foot-11 sophomore at Texas says “He’s easy to talk to,” he said. “He’s not one of those superstars who has to walk around with a bunch of bodyguards around him. He’s just a regular guy, the kind of player who wants to be approached.” With that in mind the camp was a succes.

The New York Times:For Knicks’ Thomas, Contentment Comes Early

Thank god for Renaldo Balkman and Demetris Nichols! After last years horrible season coming off a 33-49 record the knicks really needed some new talent, and over these past couple of summer league games i think Isaih Thomas and the New York Knicks have found the answers to there prayers. after coming of a 88-65 win over china Balkman and Nichols feel extremly well about next season and changing things around. Nichols was drafted 53rd by Portland, and traded to the Knicks on draft night.Nichols said he was “very surprised” to slip so far in the draft, but added, “I think it happened for a reason.” And he vowed: “I’m going to prove a lot of people wrong, guys who didn’t pick me.”Isaih Thomas said that " there is alot of play left in the draft and rite now were crossing ou fingers and hoping for the best."

The New York times:Trying to Corner the Market on the Best Players

this articles give alot of clues and facts on how basketball today is changing. on how money is the new face of the game, mainly because of shoe deals and indorcements that they recieve from shoe companys and sports companys. and now in todays world they have basketball camps that prepare you not only athleticley but also finnacialy. for example the reeboks RBK U camp has a SAT prep class because many students today dont make it to college because of low test scores. they introduced them into the process of shoe designing, and presentations on other carrer oppurtunitys and jobs.

The Power of One

The power of one has been an amazing book, as i wacth peekay grow up it amazes. the way he comes at life and his perspective on things is far different. i really enjoy the hobbies that him his grandfather, doc, and his nanny do. the way the arthur explains it and describes the life of peekay really makes him come to life. i really enjoy the music sessions that doc and peekay share with each other, but its the guards really make me sick.

today as i read the newyork times i read a article about Bush not considering the withdraw of the troops in iraq.although besides the fact that the troops are costing us 12billion dollars a month, and with that money we sent close to a trillion dollars. and also 3,605 familys have been devasted by loosing a family member to the war.Earlier this year Bush vetoed legislation that would have set a deadline for U.S. troop withdrawals. In recent days three Republicans, Sens. Richard Lugar of Indiana, George Voinovich of Ohio and Pete Domenici of New Mexico, have announced they can no longer support Bush's Iraq strategy and have called on the president to start reducing the military's role there.

with this in mind and with all of this evidence bush doesnt no what hes doing. from loosing consent from other country bush is bascally in this for himself!

New York Times sentence official to death for corruption

today, for the second time in three month a very important official at chinas top food and drug watchdog agency is being sent to death for corruption and approving counterfeit drugs. until 2005 Cao Wenzhuang was charged with accepting over 300,000 in bribes from two pharmacetical companies.

to me i would say that death is a really hard punishment for basically stilling money,
i think that its a cruel punishment for anyone. i think the city of shanghai needs to revaluate there dicissions.

new york times

Todays reading was on the Clash at the Mosque in capital pakistan, and how shots were fired and tear gass was thrown. it all started when local students confronted government forces, because the government forces were trying to place barbed wire around the mosque. then hell broke loose as students stoll guns from the government forces and shots began to fire.

my personal opinion is that the government forces shouldnt have been there in the first place and that the kids should have never grabed the guns. and for those actions nine people died.

the power of one

the power of one the book is way different from the movie itself. the movie only shows a brief description on the little boy "pisskop". for example the movie not one time mentioned any thing about Pisskop being sercumcised. or any thing about the viour making him take a shower. but it did have some similarities. for example all the times he peed in the bed, and when the 11 year olds peed on his head.

new york times

The U.S ties Iran to deadly Iraq Attack!



The article i read to day was mainly about how the Quds force is supplying Iraq with bombs and weapons. And how the U.S is trying to cooperate with the Iraqi government so to restore security and trust. At a time Karbala attack was carried out iraqi men dressed as american soldiers with forged I.D cards. the Quds have done a numerous of attacks including the recent one. in iraq the list of problems go on for days. But it the little things and people that make it a worse place. especially coming from a horible background such as, there ex president SUdan Hussien. if the people of iraq up lift themselves by doing right and helping out other people, iraq would make a huge turn around and become a better place. Not only for themselves but the world in general, because if iraq would live better and do right I dont think that our U.S troops would be there rite now.

Not On Our Watch final blog

Save the best for last! And that’s exactly what Don Cheadle and John Pendergrass exactly did. They taught me so much on what I can do stop the genocide or at least help out. Not only did they list ways that you can help but under those ways they also told us the audience about successful stories and how they followed the procedures and they actually made a difference. Those stories really captured my eye and my attention to actually draw me in to pay attention. But the most engaging thing in the book was the pictures. And with the pictures they gave us a brief description on what happening in the photo. That to me was the icing on the cake those pictures were not expected but they were a surprise. It sort of gave me a step away from reading and it made me more interested on the Darfur genocide. Overall I really enjoyed the book, it’s like we took a break from history and we jumped into the present. When we first got our books in L.A. I was not shore if I wanted to read, but reading these last three chapters I am extremely happy that I read. I am happy that Don Cheadle and John Pendergrass collaborated to write such an amazing book that gives you details on how to save a person, a village, and a city all in one book. Save Darfur!

camp darfur

Wednesday and Thursday was the greatest event that i did hear at high tech high! Camp Darfur was sensational! From the educational tents, to the courageous speaker that told us there life stories and there outlooks on what happening and what we can do about the Darfur genocide. And to hear the viewer’s perspective it was a feeling like no other, to hear someone to keep saying how good you did or how smart you are, it was fantastic.
My job was to work in the exit tent; it had its ups and downs. in the begging I absolutely hated that job. Not only was it cold but the students kept trying to still rubber bands and it was extremely windy. But the second day i adjusted. I taught many people many new things, I sold rubber, I got people to sign letters that are being sent to George W. Bush, and I taught many unaware people about divestment.
If I could change anything about this project i would like to have worked in my tent that I helped build and decorate. i worked so hard on that tent with my fellow partners I thought foreshore I was going to speak about the Bosnia genocide. Instead I was devastated that i could not work in my own tent.

All together that was the greatest high tech high event that I participated in yet!

Not On Our Watch

4-6 This chapter to me was a little bit like the first three chapters. The chapters talked a lot about his personal experiences and what he saw. But for the most part these chapters were good, like in the begging of the book were the narrator talks about were the root of the problems in Darfur come from. He gives us a good understanding of who is fighting who and why. He explains who the Janjaweed are in chapter four and in chapter five he talks about how the citizens are fighting against the government, and he goes into detail about how the U.S is helping and what you can do to stop the genocide. Chapter five was the strongest chapter out of all the chapters I read so far basically it puts into context the same things we talk about in class, such as china and Russia and how their aiding the Sudanese government, and the African Union and how there doing all they can. Chapter six was okay I felt the it went off topic in many places how they once again talked about different movies, and how out of no were they were discussing aids in Africa. Well the book is getting better the more I read I think chapters 4-6 were great.

reflection

Yesterday my group and I discussed the good and bad about the first three chapters of Not On Our Watch. This group meeting was a great idea for us all to get out our vision and opinions on the book, this helped me out to look at the book through different aspects of the book.

Not On Our Watch

Chapters 1-3 So far so good! I think the first chapter really pulled me into the book. What really got my attention were the experiences that they shared with us while they were in Africa. For example when they went to a refugee camp in Chad, the way they told us about the experience of the forty-two year old mom/wife, and how she lost her husband, mother, and five children to the janjaweed military. That made me feel so bad for her I wish I was there to help her in any way. Chapter two to me was very similar to chapter one they get really personal about their experiences. From the jump of chapter two they get straight to their experiences, and that’s what I love about this book. How it doesn’t beat around the book with you it jumps straight in into action. And the book also tells you how they feel. For example in chapter one John and Don both say that it is out responsibility to help out in Darfur. Just after reading the first three chapters I can really say that this book is very unique. And so far so good!

Thursday Event reflection

This Thursday event was one to remember. We started the night off by stuffing the pamphlets. Then we all were let in first, because we were given a copy of Don and josh’s brand new books that didn’t even make it to the stores yet. After about an hour of waiting the show eventually started. It was a life-changing event for me and hopefully my class too. We began the night by watching a documentary made by high school students. Not to brag or sound like we are way better, I think they should have left the documentary making up to High Tech High. Then that's when josh and don came up on stage and they began to speak about Darfur and what’s happening there. We as a class had a great understanding of what was happening in Darfur. Don and josh I think really cleared it up about what’s happening there. After they were done talking these kids from some local high school asked really obvious question that we all already new about. My opinion is that they should of let High Tech High ask the questions, because I think that we were more stronger mentally about the issues that are going on today about Darfur instead of the local high school. After about three questions from the local high school students they opened up the floor to the audience. One question from an audience member was that “what can we do to help save Darfur”? And then Don and Josh went on for about 15 minutes about ways that you could possibly help save Darfur. As one of my classmates Lucien was getting ready to ask a Question he was rudely interrupted by some odd man with a mullet, who was saying random things about Dick Chaney. The security guards eventually escorted him out. After Lucien asked his question the event was over. That night was a night to remember I personally had fun and I learned lots of things. Thank you Cortney and Ms. Alderson!

dialectic journaling

Journal #1
“The student of Talmud, the children that I was, had been consumed into the flames.”(pg 34)

This is a short but simple quote from Eli. As he throws all of his clothes except for his belt and shoes into the fire he knows that he has a new life. He is now forgetting and loosing his childhood in Talmud. His pride and dignity and everything that made him happy has now burst into raging flames, and he reminisces on his childhood that is now gone. It also sounds like when he says “The child he was had been consumed into the flames” is also an indicator that he is being mature about the situation, and he is acting the age that he told the SS officer, 18.

End Reflection

Reflection

Reflection
All Quiet on the Western FrontEnrich Maria Remarque

All quiet on the western front was a great book with a slow start. In the begging I could not stand this book. Although, as they went from harmless and innocent schoolboys to killing soldiers the book was now more interesting. It was great how Remarque gave us specific details about the war. And how he built relationships with Paul and his real close friends from high school. Remarque is a great author but a few things that he could have done better was in the begging he should have grabbed our attention as the reader, instead of starting in a slow and boring place like the cafeteria it should have been on the battle field. Also as I was reading Connors blog I agree with him when he said the book had a lot of characters but they were poorly developed. As the book went on I really enjoyed it and its graphic war scenes. Would I recommend this book? Of course I would, but I would tell the person the beginning is an extremely slow beginning.

the first bomb!

Dialectic Journal 2/15
“The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts. We are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress. We believe in such things no longer. We believe in the war.”

1. This quote symbolizes that war is now a reality; this is the shaping of the “human animals”. This is the part that they are now realizing age is not important. Their young lives as school boys and friends are now over and it’s only a memory. Now they’re reminiscing on the good times they shared in school with friends and girls. And just like that it all vanished now the only thing they no is war kill or get killed.

2. Their lives are now are based and focused on the war. Is this rite? Of course not, these young men have a lot more to live for then a war. They were on the rite path they went to school and they had a future. Their idiotic teacher persuaded them into making the biggest mistake of their lives. Not only does the war isolate you from the real society, and take away your friends and love ones it also takes away many of their rights. This interest me because its awful how there government knows that this is a problem and their killing off a generation, but they still insist on fighting this war.

"Human Animals"

Thursday, February 8, 2007

All Quiet On the Western Front 1-4
"At the sound of the first droning of the shells we rush back, in one part of our being, a thousand years. By the animal instinct that is awakened in us we are led and protected. It is not conscious; it is far quicker, much more sure, less fallible, than consciousness. . . . It is this other, this second sight in us, that has thrown us to the ground and saved us, without our knowing how. . . . We march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers—we reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals."
Why would Paul characterize himself and his comrades as "human animals"?
Your task: Discuss the meaning of this quotation and the experiences the boys are enduring internally. In addition to your posting, comment on one other student's post.


This is a very strong quote that has obvious meaning to me. When Paul says, "At the sound of the first droning of the shells we rush back, in one part of our being, a thousand years. By the animal instinct that is awakened in us we are led and protected. “At the sound of the first droning of the shells we rush back, in one part of our being, a thousand years. By the animal instinct that is awakened in us we are led and protected. This segment from Paul’s quote is already giving the meaning away. It’s stating that when Paul and his comrades entered into the war and saw all of the blood being shed, they thought kill or be killed. Basically they lost the mentality of humans gained the mentality of animals. And that’s were the saying of “human animals” comes into play, by them being humans with the mindset of animals. When looking at this situation you would think how could they kill other human beings with no hesitation or no remorse? As soon as they entered the war they were trained like animals and they killed like animals. There once innocents is now lost in the replace of the brutal, violent, and disturbing animals that they have now become. They been dehumanized so bad that now there acting the same way towards there friends. Their dear friend Franz Kemmerich is a victim of their horrific behavior. While he is laying on his deathbed Paul and his friends can only think about taking his yellow leather boots, so they stick around and wait for him to die and they take his boots. They were once friends but now Franz was just a young man with a nice pair of boots that the “human animals” used him for.

our class is the total opposite

Nelson made a really interesting comment on his blog. He wrote... "Today, during class we had a class discussion about All Quiet on the Western Front and war in general. We talked about different aspects of war, we talked about WWI, WWII, Desert Storm, and wars in general. After the discussion I came to the computer to write my reflection (about a subject that I already forgot) and Lucien told me that he was pretty annoyed about the fact that everytime we talk about war it goes back to past crimes and leaders. He told me that he was pretty annoyed about us not talking about wars NOW; it always goes back to Alexander, it always goes back to Hitler; WWI. Me, I believe he is right in the sense that war is NOT a thing of the past. War is currently waged in the Middle East, and in Africa, but for some reason we talk about Hitler and not Bush (or the US senate for that matter). We talk about the Holocaust and not Darfur, and even though the Holocaust was bigger, Darfur is present. And even though history is important; I believe that the present is more so."Do you agree or disagree???


In our class I think its way different. In our last seminar the topic was the Christmas truce and how it affected World War one, then in a blink of an eye we were discussing the war in Iraq. Then we talked about how bush is an illiterate person. I think its great but sometimes like Lucien I get really annoyed. Its basically the total opposite of what the period 2 goes through. They talk about the past and we don’t, we talk about the present. Even during all quiet on the western front we still managed some how to talk about Bush. Maybe we should have seminars together to balance it out.

Seminar Thursday, February 22
Make sure you allocate time in advance to prepare for this!!!Our seminar will be focused around the central question:Read the packet on WWI, review your journal entries from All Quiet on the Western Front, review your notes, and specifically read the Christmas Truce articles and answer the seminar prep-questions. You will be partnered up with your playwrite partner (inner and outer group mode

The Christmas truce was a sign that people can get along under the fiercest and most brutal conditions. Not only did the country’s share cigarettes, play cards, and play football, the most manliest soldiers song Christmas carols with each other. As the Germans started off the truce they gave the British some chocolate cake, with a note saying proposing to give the British a concert and for them to cease fire. Then surprised British accepted the offer, they returned the offer by giving the Germans tobacco. All of a sudden the Germans started singing Christmas songs and British joined in and from there the Christmas truce went all through different trenches.

The soldier

The character that I am playing is a newly engaged 25 year old German man.He left his wife and his new born babe back home. He stays in touch by writing letters back home. He stays there doing the same routine everyday of seeing dead bodies, and shooting guns, and throwing grenades. He sits and reminisces on the good times that his family shared. He just waiting for the day for the war to end.

Monologue: Damn whats gotten into Himmelstoss? Why is he acting this way? I beat its from those dreadful trenches. Wow this is proposterous he even gave me extra food, and now he is talking about easing the work load, I could get use to this.
(The next day) Krop and Leer were going to get in so much trouble for crossing the canal. How many girls are there going to be? "Three I said" said Leer. Then krop said "I hope you boys been work in on your French. That's when I said ovwa beautiful and she replied to me as "poor boys". later that night i gatherd some food and we swam back over there in my boots. Damn was it cold!
(The next day) Things are finally starting to look better, I'm being sent home. When I get home things are the same moms still has cancer and things are still bad.

Legacy of the French Revolution

After Napoleon abdicates in 1814, the revolution is officially over, and Louis XVIII is crowned King of France. Can you believe it? The monarchy returns!!! In light of our investigation of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, evaluate the legacy of the French Revolution. Do you believe it was a success or a failure?

Besides the fact that napoleon and his people killed 40,000 people in twelve months. Napoleon just wanted to better his country; he did so by conquering many European countries except for Sweden, and Portugal. Although you can’t say that killing 40,000 people is a success, you can’t say that killing innocent and neutral people is a success, and he was beheaded because his own people thought that he was crazy, how is that a success? Napoleons main goal was to fight for and get rid monarchy. Although he did for twelve months but when he was beheaded Louis XVIII came into power he then returned France into a complete monarchy. You could say that napoleon had twelve months of success.