Thursday, February 8, 2007

Reading Chapter 2: Fire


Madame Schachter is beaten while riding with the rest of the Jews in the cattle cars, people think she is mad as she screams “Jews, listen to me! I can see fire! There are huge flames! It is a furnace!” With these words we get a glimpse of what the future holds for these people. In 15 sentences describe the worst possible place that you have ever been or that you could imagine yourself in. Remember that this will available for the rest of the class to see so if you want to keep something private this is not the forum for it.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

One of the things im most afraid of is that my parents would die. I dont really have much connection with either one of them but i love them both. If both of my parents died i would have to go live with one of my sisters or brothers. I would hate living with anyone other than my parents cuz then i wouldnt be able to do whatever i want to do. No one would be able to treat me like my mother or father. I would probably be emotionaly broken but then eventually i would get over it. I would hate my parents to die because i dont think i have enjoyed my parents enough. I have a lot that i would like to enjoy with my parents.

Anonymous said...

If I have to imagined myself in a worsted place were they are going to tried me bad i will imagined me in a war. I think that's the worsted place someone could be in because you see the people that you love suffer. I have two little brothers that I love a lot and I don’t imagined them crying for food, or being trusty and could not be able to give them what they want. Plus me I would not like to see people died in front of me I would not tacked. Plus I will feel bad if I have to lose someone I love for just a war. I haven’t been a war but I will not like to be in one I think is the worse place you could be in. Seen people suffer or in pain it would be not cool.

Anonymous said...

If i had to describe the worst possible place for myself to be in, it would probably be to be stranded alone. If there were people around and they don't speak english, i'd get really stressed and not know what to do. I get really stubborn and i really suck at directions. Being stranded would be bad at my part, basically because i hate being in enviorments that im not used to. Im not really good with money either so i'd probably end up spending money on food instead of looking for a place that can get me home. I don't like traveling alone either so i'd be really emotional at times. People like to stare, so i'd probably get into a couple of fights on my way home. I get stressed easily.

Anonymous said...

I would not want to be in a situation were I was in a robbery at a bank. First because I wouldn't want a gun put to my face. I wouldn’t want to be shot if I wasn’t following there rules. Another one is not shooting another person for one of the bank robber. I wouldn’t want to be robbing the money for the bank robbers. Or if one of another family members had to shoot me because they had to. Or if I had to shoot one of there family members. Another one is When one of the robbers had to put me out with the police and say that I am one of the bank robbers or that they would kill you if you wouldn’t do that for them. Or if I had to drive for the bank robbers and drive them to an other place. Another is if they tell me to walk out and shoot the police. Or put a bomb on me and walk out the door and scare every one. had to go in the back to get the money for the bank robbers. That’s way I wouldn’t want to be in that situation because I want to die that way.

Anonymous said...

The worst place I’ve bin in is los Vegas.
When I went there it was summer and my dad the smart one wanted to drive there.
Inside the car the air was hot the sun was hot my dad was complaining about the weather.
We were on the car for 8 hours because my dad just wanted to get there .
My little brother was jumping up and down and screaming it was so annoying.
On the way their we probably stopped several times to use the restroom and to get some candy.
When we got their it was getting dark out so my dad rented a hotel to stay for the time that we were going to be their.
After that we went to circus circus and me and my brother went to the arcade to play some video games for a while.
After a few game and walking around for a while we went to sleep.It was fun until I woke up and walked out side into the heat wave of Vegas

Anonymous said...

The worst possible place for me would probably be like trapped somewhere where there is very little oxygen or like maybe somewhere where it includes being under water with no light to see what could be in there. either that or to be sent to another country by my self where i wouldn't be able to understand things or in another country where there is very little food and i wouldn't be able to survive.

Anonymous said...

Nobody can imagine the pain that the Jews had to overcome. I thought that this event was very unfortunate. If a certain type of people were sent to concentration (including me), it would be hell. I would have no idea what to do, actually I would probably commit suicide just to get it over with. Being strong is all good, but I think that people would get tired of life and it gets so bad to the point where they’ll end their own life. So I think that suicide is an easy way out, because to me the more you live, the longer you're waiting to die. That is my opinion.

Anonymous said...

The worst place and thing that I can imagine is being left alone with my thoughts. Each of my thought ,including the good ones, carries a hidden trail that leads me to deep thought. The deep thought leads to thoughts of revelations or of painful thoughts of the past. Missed chances or the action of the past pelage my mind and some times lead me to shut down. The thoughts of revelations and conclusions I have, have come to shaped me to the person who I have become. Each thought a glance of greatness or the shallow life that I created when I spent the time these past years. I no longer fear death in this world but the after life presents a terror that also has presented some role in the forging of my character. I feel I have to leave more good in this world than I have brought evil and atrocities I have committed. I know that this is impossible but it seems to keep me in check as far as my moral compass is concerned.
Another fear is the fear of the inability do anything, alive conscious and unable to move or talk. More than likely the fear exist I have run out of time to set things right or plead one more time for forgiveness. Thought my fears greatly effect me this is no way close to the horrid things that happened to the people in the concentration camps have faced so this is in no way to be even compared to each other.

Anonymous said...

The worst situation that I would not want to be in, is to be pregnant of twins. The reason that this would be my worst situation is because taking care of two takes a lot of responsibility it would take a lot to do for them to get the best. Especially for young teenagers that are actually in a situation like this one that most of the time teens quit school to take care of their kids. This is something that I wouldn’t want to happened . At this point I only think about the future so that if I ever get to this situation I would be well prepare when I get the chance to be a parent I would probably be done with school and my career.

Anonymous said...

I think the worst place to be is on a cross to be burned. It’s the worst because if you think about it you just roast. Well first they beat you and curse you out. Then they hang you up to be burned. Imagine if you knew you were being burned. The thought of being burned would be rolling through your mind the whole time. You’re fighting and struggling to get free. Just the fight hurts because you’re banging your head against what ever you are tied up on and bust your head open. So there it is your head is busted and the ropes around your arms and everything are burning through your skin because of the fight. So you’re all busted up and your arms and legs are ripped up and the thought of being burned is killing you. So they start the fire. Everyone is there throwing rocks at you and you’re in so much pain you pass out. They lower you to the fire and your flesh is being burned. You don’t notice it but you’re already dead.

Anonymous said...

The worst place that I could be in would be that Id be in a house with about three other people. We all don’t know how we got there. The last thing you remember was going to sleep on your bed. We wake up in what looked like a basement the lights just kept flickering. Loud screams echoed down the stairs every one panics. They all feared the thing or person that was up stairs. All the screaming stopped blood dripped down from the sealing. Loud thumps that sounded like a persons with heavy boots was walking around. Suddenly the noise stopped every one was quiet waiting the lights went out. The door knob sounded like was starting to turn then the door swung open all you could see was a tall wide shouldered mans shadow. The shadow revealed what seemed to be a butcher knife that still was dripping droplets of what we thought was blood. He slowly began to walk down the stairs step by step. The stairs screeched as he came toured us the lights went on and we began to run two of them made it to the door . I tripped and the dude behind me fell on top of me. I fainted and awoke in my room it was just a dream.

Anonymous said...

I think that the worst place that I could be in is to be in a room by myself fool of rats or cockroaches. The reason why I think that this would be the worst place that I could be in is because first of all if I am alone in a room by myself their would be nothing to do . I don’t think that I couldn’t be in a room with nothing not even music to listen to I would probably go crazy. I know that I would also get really gross out of by the rats because rats are nasty and I’m scared of them. I think that anyone that gets stuck in a room with no windows would go crazy and start imagining things. I have never been in a room with no windows or nothing in it for days and I have definitely never been in a room with rats. I would definitely go psycho if I am stuck in a room with rats because every time that I see I rat I get really scared and start screaming I really hate rats. I feel sorry for the people in the book because I know that they probably feel so nasty because they haven’t taken showers for days. I know that if I was Madame schanchter and I would have been in her position that they separate my family from me I would be going crazy like her. I think that it is sad how much suffering Hitler did to Jews. I know that he didn’t only make them suffer physically but also mentally because he didn’t only not feed them and not give them water and not let them shower and have to be in a hot room but he will also separate them from their family's. I know that if I would be a Jewish person I would hate Hitler for life and I would try to make his life miserable.

Anonymous said...

I think that the worst thing that could happen is being in a house or a place that is on fire. I guess I am scared of burning to death. I think that it would be more painful than anything else. It would always be a slower death. I cant imagine my skin just burning . I think that it would hurt to much. I also think that just seeing yourself burning everywhere is scary. If it hurts a lot when I get burned trying to cook imagine when your whole body feeling that way. I think that I would just panic if I was in this situation. If I didn’t have a way out of that house or place I wouldn’t know what to do. I think that I would go crazy. I don’t even like to think about it.