Night

Night by Elie Wiesel is about his life growing up in the concentration camps of the Holocaust. Night begins in 1941 when Elie is twelve years old. Elie along with his mother, father, sister, and many other Jews of Sighet are stuffed into cattle wagons and taken to Birkenau to be tortured. Elie gets forever split from his mother and sister. He witnesses much darkness and anguish while being stuck in this torturous place. He sees babys being thrown into a ditch into burning flames, he and his father indure severe beatings, he witnesses several hangings, he sees a boy kill his own father over some food. Elie and his father are able to survive through the selection process and not get cremated. Eventhough his father overcomes all these things he manages to fall ill and eventually die. The Germans planned to kill all the jews but their plan did not succeed because of the uprise of the resistance and American tanks came and rescued them. Elie is put in the hospital and he survives.

Darkness

"I pinched myself: Was I still alive? Was I still awake? How was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent?
This picture that I have drawn symbolizes darkness in all the people that were killed and hurt, made slaves of, and even thrown into the flames by the evil of man that put them there, cremated, made fools of, screaming and crying. The chaos in the times of the Holocaust render much darkness in the lifes that were unwillingly put to silence.

Holocaust

The Term Holocaust.... To me the term holocaust means disaster, destruction, sadness, pain, and suffering. The dictionary term for Holocaust is "A great or complete devastation or destruction, esp. by fire."

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Steven King is a very intense dramatic novel. It begins with a mother a daughter and a son on a family trip. While walking down a trail the daughter has to use the bathroom. There is nothing around except for woods. She figures it will only take her a minute and she would catch back up to her family. She would have told them but they were to busy arguing. They didn't even notice her leave. As she walks out into the woods she looks back to see if anybody can see her. She keeps walking because she don't want anybody to see her. She walks so far that she gets lost. All she has with her is her walkman and a little bit to eat. To find out if she is found, a major tragedy occurs, or if she finds her own way out, you will have to read the book.

Overcoming the Tragedys

Through all the hardships and tragedys that has happened in my moms life through the past four years she overcomes all of these and still manages to carry on. It all started with her best friend passing away. The person that she could always talk to, the only person she ever talked to passed away. She went through grief and depression and sometimes I was scared for her. The next thing that happened was her husband, my stepdad, for ten years left her. She loved him with all her heart and did not see why he would do such a thing. Neither did I. She was a great wife, and a loving mother which she still continues to be. After he left she could not pay all the bills and the house payment by herself so we lost the house. Soon after that the worst tragedy of all took place. On August 18, 2006, her son, my brother, Justin Mcmahan, died. He was in a car wreck. She was devistatated, we both were. He was twenty years of age and still had his whole life ahead of him but it was cut short. He never leaves my moms mind nor mine. Shortly after that, I became pregnant. My mom seen this as a blessing,but still yet it was going to be hard on her as well as me. To me my mom is strong and independent and still carrys on eventhough all this has happened in her life. She is my hero. She is my mom.

Prom

Prom was a blast! Everybody dancing, the music, the lights, and all the well dressed students made prom very exciting.

Living in the 1920's

Based on what I have learned about the 1920's I would not have minded living in that decade. I would have actually probably liked it.