Bianca's Blitzkrieg ch2/3

"In the afternoon, they made us line up. Three prisoners brought a table and some medical instruments. We were told to roll up our left sleeves and file past the table. The three "veteran" prisoners, needles in hand, tattooed numbers on our left arms. I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name" (Wiesel 52).

Significance: In my English class we're reading Night, a story that is told by Ellie Wiesel and his experience in the Holocaust. This quote shows how he has being treated and how the Nazis numbered their workers. He no longer had a name he was just a number. It help explains the plot because the idea of going to a camp to work was no longer an idea, it was now a reality. He wasnt living his own life anymore. He got told everything, like his name, what to do, and when to do it. He had to follow the rules or else he would've gotten killed. 

Bianca's Blitzkrieg

"TWO GHETTOS were created in Sighet. A large one in the center of town occupied four streets, and other smaller one extended over several alleyways on the outskirts of town. The streets we live on, Serpent Street, was in the first ghetto. We therefore could remain in our house. But, as it occupied a comer, the windows facing the street outside the ghetto had to be sealed. We gave some of our rooms to relatives who had been driven out of their homes"(Wiesel 11).

Significance: I'm my American studies class, were reading Night by Ellie WieselIn. Based on the quote written above, i can connect the ghettos to today's world. Today, their are buildings that are run by the government for people that don't have the money to provide a home to their family. In the story, their is also buildings that are created by the Nazi government, for Jewish people to live in before they were shipped to concentration camps. The difference between the building that were run by the Nazi government was that they were in bad condition, while the ones today are in better conditions and are created to help families. In the story, living with random people or living in other peoples houses, was considered normal, while today it's not very common. The first chapter really explains the setting of the story, which is mainly the ghettos, where the Jews were put to live. 

Great Gatsby Pre-Rdg

    Some people think that having money leads to happiness. Do you agree? Why or why not? What are the advantages or disadvantages of being wealthy? 

To some people, money can cause happiness for them. Going shopping and wasting money on useless things makes them feel good. In my opinion, money does not lead to happiness. Money can purchase lots of material things like purses, shoes  and clothes but it can't buy a healthy life, or family. Even the richest people suffer from dangerous diseases or sicknessess, and can't buy a new healthy life. They can spend billions of dollars on surgeries and go to the best doctors in the world but their health can't be fixed. Although there is disadvantages to being wealthy like the ones I just explained, there is some advantages too. Some advantages of being wealthy, is not having to worry about rent or being short on money, to buy groceries or any of those necessary things. Which are the most important, especially if you have kids. Giving your kids everything they need is more than enough. Even if you don't have kids, you still need to maintain yourself with a stable lifestyle.Their is lots of bills that need to be payed once you're an adult, That is why going to college and becoming succesfull is key. If you are succesful then you are most likely wealthy in life, and can provide a better life for yourself and or for your family. 

Dances With Wolves esaay

Jenny Pina

January 12, 2015

Dances With Wolves essay

      Many may argue that the movie, Dances With Wolves, directed by Kevin Costner, is historically inaccurate. In fact, they are incorrect. Dances With Wolves, is an accurate film that shows how men delt with injuries by using their knowledge of folk medicine and shows the relationship between the whites and the violent Indians.

      As a matter if fact, in one of David Dary's story's, titled Mountain Man,Heal Thyself, shows how folk medicine was being used. The story tells about a man with the name of Hugh Glass, who was attacked by a grizzly bear. Hugh almost died, but with his knowledge about folk remedies he was able to save himself. "...Glass rolled over onto a rotting log and let the maggots eat the infection out of his back (Dary). Glass and other mountain men had to come up with their own ways of treating themselves in case of an injury. In this case, Glass believes that if he let maggots crawl on his back, they would eat away his infection. Historically, this is one way that men saved themselves. Others used herbs and buffalo skin thongs. Some men even wished for their leg or arm to get cut off to stop further infection. For example, In the beginning of Dances With Wolves, their is a scene where a man was shot in the leg/foot area and two men took him to treat him. These men were not experienced and were not familiar with germs. The men used their bare hands to touch the wounded mans injured foot and blood to treat him. When they were finished they simply just rinsed there hands in water. Just like how Dary's story historically explains how men used their knowledge in folk medicine, this is another way that men did, to save other men, in emergencies shown, in Dances With Wolves.

      Similarly, the relationship between whites and violent Indians was shown both is Dary's story as well as in Costner's film. In Mountain Man,Heal Thyself, there is a tribe of Apache Indians who confronted Thomas L. Smith, telling him to leave the area in what is now Colorado. Indians were the americans fear which is why, "Smith agreed to leave the area, and when he caught up with his fellow trappers a few days later he learned that the groups leader, Sylvesters Pratte, had been killed by Indians." (Dary) Smith then was shot in the leg, the bullet truck him just about the ankle which shattered his bones. He fired his gun and in result, their was nine Indians dead including the one who shot him. The apachee Indians were violent to Smith without a particular reason. In the film, a batch of Pawnee Indians showed up to where Dunbar and Timonds were. The Pawnee Indians wore paint on their face, long feathered earrings on their ears and rode on their horse violently and yelling. One of the Pawnee indians shot 3 arrows directly to Timonds body which killed him. After Timonds was completely dead, the Pawnee who killed him scalped him and raised it as a victory. It's clear to see that the Indians were violent and vicious people to the Americans, which is why white men feared them.

     

      As a final point, Dances With Wolves, is definetly an accurate film because it shows the historical aspects of white men's medicine and the relationship between the whites and the unfriendly Indians.

                                                            Works Cited

Dary, David. "Mountain Man, Heal Thyself." American History 43.5 (2008): 56. MAS Ultra - School           

                Edition. Web. 12 Jan. 2015.

   

Living like a Transcendentalist

I decided to give up using my hot tools, (flat iron, curling wand, and blow dryer) for the day. Typically I straighten my hair about once a week during the school days and usually both Saturday and Sunday on the weekends because I usually always have something to do. I think this might be challenging because I'm so used to doing my hair and makeup on weekends that if I don't it's going to feel so out of place. My hair is naturally wavy and puffy so I feel like I always have to do something to it no matter what, but it looks like I'm going to have to deal with it today! Every morning during the weekend the first thing I do when I wake up and shower Is do my makeup and hair for the day. This time I did very minimal makeup because I would feel strange if I did full on makeup but not having my hair done nicely. I was really tempted to do my hair especially because I had a family party going on and I always like to get dolled up for events. Once I got to my family party my cousin saw me and was so shocked that my hair was up in a bun! Her hair was all pretty and curled and I felt like mine wasn't! Although I could of used lots of different methods to get heartless curls, those take way too long! After this experience I learned that lots of girls including myself care much more about there appearance and looking nice rather than enjoying the place where they're at. Half the time Ill be fixing my hair or touching up my makeup. Now that all of these type of curling wands, flat irons, and wave tools are invented it tempts females to want use them.