The term "Holocaust"

Holocaust - To me, holocaust is a dreadful thing that harms people, any kind of people. The fact that most people know the holocaust and some have experienced it proves the devastation and the emotional rollercoaster ride they went through just to survive.

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Author - Elie Wiesel is an amazing work of art to me. He survived the war, overcame death when it was staring him straight in the face. Now he is a fellow citizen of the U.S. and has devoted his time to help those in need everywhere. With many awards given to him, including the Nobel Peace Prize, Elie is a legend and a symbol of humanity at it's best.



Symbolism - In the book, Night, Elie Wiesel is a Jew in a concentration camp during WWII. One day he spots the overseer of the camp with a polish girl and is caught. The next day he is punished by getting lashes from a whip. the picture up above symbolizes that and portrays darkness to the book.

Taking It Easy

My Bama, (grandma) is an amazing person who does good for others even though is not well herself. The past few years she has had to get two knee replacements and have surgery on her head. She's a trooper though! She always smiles and has something nice to say about someone. Even in her seventies, she helps neighbors around her with small jobs like helping in the garden or home decor.

She goes through life now knowing she can take it easy. She has all kinds of wisdom and love to spread around. She is the one person I can talk to about anything or anyone. She has everything and nothing at the same time, in which I mean everything she owns now is not as important to her as the essentials she had when starting her family. I love my grandma and everything that she stands for.

PROM IS HERE!!!

The day for girls to look their best and the guys to wear formal and appealing suits is here. Yes, prom is a day for juniors and seniors (mostly seniors) to enjoy the night and shake their tail feathers! To me, it's a night to try something new. My first prom is only a few days away and I feel nervous and excited at the same time. Everyone is going to look amazing and the atmosphere will be just right. I hope to enjoy my time there and hope to see some familiar faces as well.

St. Patrick's Day

It's St. Patty's Day folks and you know what that means; you wear green you're home free, and if you don't then expect the leprechauns to pinch you when you're not looking! Hahaha. But, all in all, St. Patrick's Day to me is just another day that I am alive and that I progress further in my lifetime goals. The whole pinching tale is just a bunch of laughs and meant to be harmless. I consider this day another average day for me.

The True Life to the American Soldier.

"What is it like to be in a different country, fighting a war that seems to never end due to global terrorism?" Have you ever wondered that? It's hard to imagine everthing that goes on in Afghanistan or Iraq where you could be fine and dandy one minute and the next minute you're under pressure when the Taliban has sent a suicide bomber to your humvee, or your base, or even your best bud who keeps you sane. A movie called " The Hurt Locker" came out recently to win six oscars. SIX!!! The movie explains the life of a soldier willing to put all that he has out in the open to disarm bombs and to relieve stress caused by the Taliban. Here is a site that shows clips of the movie and what goes on.

The Kite Runner

Always be kind to others and they will show kindness back. "The Kite Runner" expresses that vividly throughout the story when two kids growing up in a small village in Afghanistan encounter changes and challenges in life. The author details every sentence with emotions and imagination to the climax and goes beyond, ending with sorrow, happiness, a little confusion, and finally some imagination to help conclude what might happen at the end.

In " The Kite Runner", Amir, a young son of a wealthy and well respected man in the village befriends his servant, Hassan, a Hazaar who is loyal to his master and best friend to the very end. While competing in the annual kite tournament, Amir and Hassan encounter challenge that only one overcomes and one brushes it away to hit him later in life even harder than it did to begin with. Soon after Amir and Hassan lose their friendship and part ways when Amir and his father flee Afghanistan to America to live a better life. There, in America Amir faces his destiny and must relive everything he left behind.

The style of this read is a variety of different sentences and complex imagination. One who reads " The Kite Runner" will feel every emotion thrown out by the author and will have sympathy for what those who live their daily lives in Afghanistan. The theme expresses commitment to being a friend and to hold up to that status.

To conclude, "The Kite Runner" is an amazing book that shows what goes on in third - world countries and how things are delt with over there. I highly advise anyone to read this book to understand if the priorities in their lives are worth any good meaning to them.

Give a Boy a Gun

Have you ever wanted something to happen so bad, you risk your life and others to make sure it occurs? In the book "Give a Boy a Gun", two boys who are picked on for their appearance, their personality, and their decisions take drastic measures to prove a point. During their tenth grade year at a school dance, they take over with guns in hands and bullets blazing. Their names are Brendan and Gary.

The author of "Give a Boy a Gun" expressed every detail and put total commitment to this story by gathering information on friends, family, teachers, and students about the two troubled teenagers and what went down that night at the school dance. Each chapter grows more and more in suspense and questions when they will crack. Right down to the very end, the theme is quite out there in which bullying is prohibited and saying that you should always be kind to others, otherwise you will recieve the same treatment later in life whether it be while you're still alive or in the afterlife.

In resolution, "Give a Boy a Gun" is spiritually and emotionally uplifting in how we should deal with kids who are troubled and how to stop school shootings before they ever start. Anyone who reads this book, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did and pass it on to spread the word.