Author of Touching Spirit Bear, Petey, and Ghost of Spirit Bear, Ben Mikaelsen has written many novels and won many awards, “such as the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, Inc., and the Children’s Book Award from the International Reading Association, both in 1991 and both for the book Rescue Josh McGuire” (Benson, Sonia).” Mikaelsen bases his stories from mostly his own experiences. He says, ‘I can go to libraries and get a lot of my research, but I’ve never found the soul of my story in a library. Not until I was laying awake at 4:00 in the morning trying to bottle-feed a cub that was almost starved to death. In that struggle--...…
There are so many people that are part of the story, but I am unable to cover them. At the end, there is no happy ending, no hero, just a story. I recommend this to anybody interested in the Nazi regime. It shows the rise of a dictator through the lense of an outsider. Erik does a great job putting a lot of detail in without overburdening the reader.…
The author was in Germany and walked through a Jewish neighborhood and saw a huge plaque on a house. It had the history of the Jewish children and what life was like during during the time period. The plaque honored Jewish children who died with their families in concentration camps. The plaque showed that 11,400 children were deported to concentration camps. It showed how some Jews hid in various places like old warehouses, farms, or even faked their identity to be a Christian.…
The main character in the book Ben Behind His Voices is Benjamin; Ben suffers from Schizophrenia. He is the son of the author Randye Kaye. Early life for Ben was as normal a life a child could have with a single mother. Ben was warm and happy, like any other child. Ben was very well liked and he was often called often to babysit; Ben did very well in school and loved his baby sister with all his heart.…
Daniel’s Story is historically accurate because it explains how people were treated and where they were taken. I am going to prove that to you in these next couple of paragraphs. In Daniel’s story it talks about a young boy who was a Jew and got taken to many different concentration camps and survived them all. His name, was Daniel.…
Tzipora Wiesel - a lily amongst the weeds White lilies are known to be symbols of purity, which is something Tzipora seems embody. She is the youngest sister, and seems to be emotionally and mentally strong for her age, as she did not show sadness when the Wiesel’s were forced from their home. When Tzipora is still alive, Elie has hope that all that has happened could be a nightmare. That someone will rescue him. However, when Tzipora (and Elie’s mother) disappear (and are killed), Elie’s hope seems to leave him.…
Elie Wiesel a Jewish person his family was forced into Nazi death camps during WWII Wiesel survived, and later wrote the book night About his survival and being there. The Year I chose from the book is the year 1944 because so many things had happened in that timeline of the book .In the year 1944 from the book Night by Elie Wiesel In 1944, the Nazis begin focusing on the Jews.…
However, it is evident that when told first handedly, it becomes a better and more valuable source, since there's an abundance of details and real feelings, that helps the audience to understand the event more clearly. In Night, the concentration camps are meticulously explained, guiding the reader through what happens once a Jew enters those death factories. “Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.…
Unlikely Companions Did you know that Nazi Germans killed millions of people in World War II? Many were children, represented as a German boy, Bruno, and Shmuel, a Jewish boy, two fictional characters in the fable Boy in Striped Pajamas. The book takes place primarily in Auschwitz, Poland. This is an unlikely friendship for the two at the time.…
Elie’s story is unique in the sense that despite knowing of the anti-semitic events that were occurring, the people of Sighet worried little. His story provides more depth to the common knowledge of the Holocaust. Without his recorded memories of what happened, the world may never of known about these people that were taken so late into the war, and their perspective. His desire to spread his memories and inform others helps to ensure that great tragedies, such as genocide, will be prevented. Elie’s memory, coupled with his motivational drive to educate the world of the genocide, has led to a more accurate understanding of the Holocaust that will not be forgotten.…
Morris Gleitzman’s fictional novel, ‘Once and Then’ teaches us that everyone in life needs to see the world in a different way. Gleitzman shows this by using the perspective of a little Jewish boy. Felix’s dangerous, yet very meaningful journey to find his parents also shows that even though Felix is a child he can play such an important role in showing the reader what really happened. During the Holocaust, Jewish people had some hard times. Getting relocated, losing family members, but one thing we don’t know is how other people felt.…
As the essay comes to an end it becomes clearer to see that the way a child is raised can affect the decisions they will make as an adult, as one can see with Heinrich Himmler. If one has time to sit down and comprehend and examine almost each sentence an author has written this is a great read for them. Susan Griffin intertwines history and journalism in “Our Secret” and has the power to expand the way her audience…
The Chosen “The Chosen” is a novel by Chaim Potok following the friendship of two Jewish boys who grew up in Brooklyn nearing the end of World War II. Chaim Potok introduces many relationships throughout the book, this includes David Malter and Reb Saunders. Throughout the story, we begin recognizing the differences between the two fathers as well as the similarities. Reb Saunders raised Danny Saunders in silence, meaning that Reb does not speak to his own son unless they are studying the Talmud. Danny and Reb had not had an ordinary conversation with Danny since he was four years old because Reb Saunders wants to teach Danny “What it is to have a soul” (Potok, 265).…
Oskar Schindler was an early German Nazi that turned into a hero and is known for his incredibly impacting works in World War II. He is credited for saving over 1100 jewish lives and giving them the means to work for him in exchange for life. He gave a simple second chance for so many jews during the Holocaust and is recognized in the book “Schindler’s Ark” and the film “Schindler’s list” Early Life Oskar Schindler was born on April 28, 1908, in Svitavy, Austria-Hungary, which is now Moravia in the Czech Republic. He grew up in a middle class family on the outskirts of Germany and his family considered themselves Germans.…
Society’s Stereotypes Women belong in the kitchen, and Jews are cheap. African Americans are criminals, and Asians are geeks. The poor, of course, are lazy. Media portrays people from all walks of life in many different ways, painting them in ways that are not always true to reality. When watching a movie, the majority of police are white men, and most women stay home raising their children.…