independent reading 2

Letter to the author:

The story the boy in the striped pajamas is one of the books I have read in a while. The story shows me from a different point of view from the holocaust instead of the victims it shows me about family members from a Nazi solider. I would have never thought that is how it is especially from a little boy. Even though the book is fiction I still have learned a lot about the holocaust even though I have already learned about it in school. I would recommend this book to anyone especially people who don’t like reading would find this book enjoyable. When I read the book I expected it to be about killing everyone and the little boy hate everyone not become friends with the boy from the concentration camp and want to help him get out of there. It was a very shocking book that I have read; I can read this over and over again. I cannot wait to see movie see if it’s how I pictured it when I read the book. Bruno is my favorite character in the book he is a nice boy and does not let what his dad believes make him who he is. The beginning of the book was not how I thought it was going to be it started off very weird and I was confused it did not seem like it was in Germany it just seemed like any other family who was moving until the General scared the little boy when he was bad mouthing his dad’s job.

Thank you for sharing this very good book. 

Independent Reading 1

Setting: The setting of The boy in the striped pajamas is in 1942 in Germany during the Holocaust. The son of a Nazi officer lives in luxury in a house next to a concentration camp. Yes, the setting does matter because if it was taken place somewhere else in a different time period it would not have the same meaning while reading the book as it does. In my opinion it makes me want to read it from a little boy's point of view during the holocaust instead of being from 2000 in modern day Germany. The setting affects the characters because the little boy does not understand why is moving all the time for his dads job he has no idea about a lot of things till he meets a little boy in the concentration camp. 


Point of view: In the story the little boy Bruno is the narrator of the story, he is part of the action that happens in the story. At first he does not know what the other characters are thinking because he first comes home to people moving everything to move for his fathers job and hates it. He does not have a distinct personality he is one of the main characters in the story. 

Own comment on an article PLN 4

The 2012 draft had a lot of players to choose from a lot of teams have made dumb decisions on who they have picked. The New England Patriots on the other hand made very good descion on the two players that they drafted last night. A defensive end from Syracuse and Line backer from Alabama cannot get better than that, making an explosive defensive should be the key to making another trip to the superbowl this year without any mistakes in the running game and being outscored by a team who was 9-7.  The other people the Patriots drafted were not big names but all defensive players who are just going to be a shadow possibly for the starters now. I strongly think that they should of picked a quarterback so Tom Brady can be a mentor to since he is not young and his career is coming to an end closer than people think. He can't be in the NFL till hes 40 years old and pull a Brett Farve. I feel like they are going to try and pull an Indianapolis Colts, go from being such a good team to one win a whole season to get the number one pick who is a rookie in the NFL and still have a bad season? Risking to be a bust. I think the Patriots should have put more thought into the draft this year.

Comment on an article pln3

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/blog/rob-rang/18817267/projecting-the-draft-new-england-patriots
 The NFL draft is tonight and there are so many good players entering the draft this year. The New England Patriots have a offence that can run, catch, and receive for many yards in a single play or even a game but there are two sides in football teams that matter the side that can get touchdowns and the side to make sure the other team does not get very far. Like everyone says " defense wins championships" as you can tell the patriots have lost to the same TWICE in the past 2 superbowl's. The lack of defense during the running game is terrible that is why I agree with this article because they're all defense players who have had awesome college years. The reason the patriots have been successful drafting is that they manipulate teams so well and get so many extra picks every year. They'll do well this year because again they've taken advantage of the dumber teams in the league and gotten so many extra picks. If they get these top picks a Line backer and corner back, they will be in the 2013 superbowl!

The Patriots got some good picks in the draft last night Dont'a Hightower, 265 inside line backer from Alabama who is a 4 year starter and a 2 year captain. He was very surprised he was chosen by the Patriots he says because they did not show much interest and rarely talked to them during pro days and the combines. He is going to be a great attribute to the defense playing backer with Mayo, Spikes and Ninkovich just to name a few. He is explosive off his feet and rarely gets misdirected which is shown on his scouting report. Patriot fans should start getting their apparel now because this guy is going to go far in his career which it already is before he hits the field with a good contract.

Go Pats!

I am going to start writing about the New England Patriots and about the players. The reason I want to write about them is because I am a fan. I am going to write about them using twitter by following the official players, Espn broadcasters and New England bloggers.

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Pre essay

I am going to write about the story "nightlife". The theme that I am going to write about is how the war has made Rat crazy. The elements I would use are character, setting, plot, symbol, and theme.  The setting of the story is in Japan. The character I would use is Rat Kiley because he shows crazyness when he shoots himself in the foot. 

Blog 18 Night life stockings style

2-3 The main character in the chapter Stockings is Henry Dobbins. Henry Dobbins is a bigger set guy who takes pride in fighting for his country, he feels like a hero. The item he carried throughout war was his girlfriends pantyhose because it was his "good luck"  charm and would also take him to his spiritual world.


The main character in Style was a fourteen year old girl with black hair and brown skin. Who Azar and Henry Dobins saw dancing outside of her house with no shoes and her eyes closed on her toes. They always wondered why she was dancing maybe it because her families house got destroyed and now the family is dead and burnt badly. Physically nothing was being carried in this chapter.


The main character in Night life is Rat Kiley. A few words about Rat Kiley that Mitchell Sanders has been saying was he "lost his cool" while he has been working on the platoon which only moved at night for two weeks they have been living the night life.The routine was simple during those two weeks, sleep during the day  and at dusk put their gear on and move out at night, they worried about getting cut off from the rest of the unit.  Rat Kiley finally hit a wall he couldn't sleep during the day instead he would picture how the guys would look dead even without arms. Rat Kiley noticed he was losing his mind he ended up shooting himself the next morning, he took his boots and socks off, and doped himself up, shot himself with a round right in the foot.

4. The type of bravery that the stories convey is that in style the little girl doesn’t care about what Azar thinks of her dancing. 

The type of bravery shown in night life is that Rat Kiley was not happy with the idea of going to Japan and shot himself in the foot.

The type of bravery shown in stockings is that Henry Dobbin’s girlfriend broke up with him and even though he showed sadness for a little while, he eventually just used his stockings for comfort.

5. Some men love war because like the narrator describes Dobbins in the chapter Stockings, “Dobbins felt the pull of superstition, and he believed firmly and absolutely in the protection power”.

6. The style of writing in all of these stories the narrator explain what is going on in the present.

7. I think that Henry Dobbins has changed a lot.  Henry Dobbins has changed because before he was a man that gave short worded responses, had no patience, and wasn’t understanding. Now, he stood up for the little girl that was dancing when Azar was making fun of her. 

8. What I can use to make my presentation a solid, coherent, in-depth, and challenging presentation is use the book for my information. Considering, half of the class has not even purchased the book yet, it will be challenging for those students because sometimes information from the book isn’t on the internet.

9. I will ensure that the audience participates attentively throughout the presentation by making the presentation 100% visual and not lecturing my classmates. Also by making up a game such as a crossword puzzle relating to my chapters.

2). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEgUUTkqRRQ

 How the activities that my group uses will benefit the other students is that with more hands on activities it was get their attention as well as keeping them interested. Before we present, everyone should read chapters: Style, Stockings, and Night Life.