Life is Beautiful

     The movie we watched in class was called Life is Beautiful connects to the holocaust because it is about a Jewish Italian man that marries a German lady, and they have a child together and are sent to concentration camps. This movie shows you how they tried to make the best out of the situation because the man tried to make it fun for his young son, because he did not know what was going on. The events that were similar between the movie and the readings we did in class were that the Jews that were older, diasabled, or too young were sent off to the gas chambers because they were useless and not good enough to work. In both types of medias, the Nazis told the Jews that they were going to shower and that they would get their clothes afterwards, but in reality they were being put to death. The reason for this was because it was a pyscological effect on the Nazis, so they wouldn't feel guilty.
     The tones are different because in the movie it includes a bit of humor to lighten the mood, but it also includes a depressing mood because it shows you what the Jews had to go through and the feeling really hits you hard. In the readings we did the tone was much more depressing because the poems we read gave off a lot of emotion and it expresses what they had to go through. The main reason I felt more sad towards the poem was because they were written by kids my age and it is hard to think that someone so young could go through something so traumatic and depressing. The moods were similar because they were both upsetting and both medias show how the Jews were treated and how they felt.
     Life is shown as beautiful in the film because it shows that you should make the best out of bad situations. For example, in the movie when the man was sent off to a concentration camp with is five year old son, the dad tried to cheer the son up by saying it was game and in order to get points they must follow the rules and whoever had the most points won and got to go home. He did this because his son didn't know what was happening. The dad basically sacrificed his life because his son was too young to work he would have been killed, but the dad couldn't go through with that so he hid him from the soldiers. This was one of the most heartwarming moments but also the most stressful moments of the movie because it showed how much the dad cared about his son but I was apprehensive because I did not want them to get caught. This showed hoaw life is beautiful because if you spend your life in worry, it is only going to make you miserable and miss out on all the things going on around you. Like the dad could have been all depressed but he decided to make the best of the situation because he wanted to see his son happy. Another example of how life was seen as beautiful was that hope was never lost. The dad never lost hope that maybe one day this would all be over and he would go home with his wife and son. Even when others started to lose hope and say they were all going to die, he told them not to think like that and to be positve. This movie shows you that you should appreciate the things you have and never take things for granted because in a split second, everything can be taken away from you.

Thoughts ln nonfiction books

     I don't really like to read nonfiction books but the one I did read was called, The Seasoned Life by Ayesha Curry. This book is a recipe book but about half of it is a little bit about herself and her life as the wife of NBA star, Stephen Curry. This is a very phenomenal book because not only does it teach you recipes, but it also includes why she decided to become a chef and a little bit about her relationship with her husband. One thing I found interesting was that close friends and relatives say that they are very down to earth and humble and I feel like that is hard to be if you are very well known and out there. I actually think that it is better to be down to earth when you are very successful because it shows that even though you have a good life, that you don't like to rub in people's face.

     I really like this book because I want to be a chef when I am older and she really inspires me to follow my dreams and not let people bring me down. This book has special meaning to me because it is a signed copy that I got when I met her on September 22, 2017 (I wrote a blog about this already).  I was very apprehensive about it because I did not know whiat to say. To me Ayehsa Curry is a good role model for young girls because she shows that you do need people to tell you how good you are to feel accomplished, as long as you achive your goals and do what's good for you, that is enough.

Two Way Street

     The book that I read is called Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt and it is about a girl named Courtney and her ex boyfriend named Jordan and how they have to go on a road trip together. This story goes back and forth between both of their sides of the story. They just graduated high school and are both off to the same college and since they are no longer a couple, there is some awkward tension. Its too late to call off the trip so Courtney goes along but plans to not speak to Jordan at all. She thinks that they broke up because he met some random girl, but there is a secret that will change everything. Courtney tries to emphasize the point on why she will never have feelings for him again but deep down, she still loves Jordan and vice versa, but neither will admit it because they think the other one doesn't feel the same.

     I really like this book because I think it was very relatable in the way the author made the characters talk. The way their conversations were made it seem much more realistic because it was how teenagers actually spoke and acted. I also liked it because it was very easy to comprehend for a story that had two perspectives going on at once. This was a fast paced book and it kept you wanting to read more. I literally could not put the book down, I finished it in three days! My favorit quote was, "Because, let's face it - no matter how much you tell yourself you're over someone, your heart knows the truth." I can relate with this quote because I have feelings for someone that is my best friend and sometimes I feel like I don't like him anymore but then I hang out with him and I get all werid and my feelings are out of control. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes a realistic teen fiction book with a little romance and mystery because this book has it all. It is very relatable and it causes suspense with the whole secret Jordan has against Courtney.

   

The Butterfly Project

Theresienstadt's Hospital 

Once, happier people lived here
in the gray building.
Now, death moves silently toward those other creatures,
those with typhoid, who moan and writhe
in their own diarrhea,
who lie here and don’t understand
why they are being fed bread and margarine.
I enter and become silent.

“You shiny new doorknobs,
you pretty painted walls in the bright ward,
can you make up for the stench of excrement?
Can you appease the hunger of those who are ashamed of their underwear,
and brought here to die,
day by day?’

The paint looks at me
and doesn’t answer.
“Why? I don’t understand why!”
It seems the doorknob would say,
when it opened for me,
a free soul, with a full stomach.
“I can tell you
and then you will come to me!”

Life has no rewind button

   
     I regret many things in my life but the one I regret the most is not choosing wisely on who to be friends with. Recently I found out that someone who I thought was one of my best friends, really was just being fake. She would talk about me behind my back and when she was with me, she would act all sweet. She has noticed I was acting diffeently around her but I don't know if I should tell her I know. She has caused so many problems and that has caused me to have problems with others. Whenever I would tell her something important, she would turn the conversation into her own problem, but then she goes and tells others that I am the one who is always making things about myself. I have suggested that she should tell me about her and how she is doing, but things seem to keep turning to me. Right now I still talk to her, but I'm debating on whether or not to tell her that I know what's going on. What do you think I should do? I just don't want to make a decision because I am being subjective and ruin everything.