Tolerance

Tolerance= The ability or willingness to allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.

I can be more tolerance by just keeping comments to my self and accepting people for who they are. In my own words I think that being tolerance means to accept others that believe in different things that are different from you. For example being a vegetarian. I have a vegetarian friend and I accept her being a vegetarian and she accepts me eating meat. Not being tolerance is like my friend forcing me being a vegetarian or the other way around.

Is It Night or Day?(Summary&theme) BLOG#2

In my last blog of "Is It Night or Day", we met a young 12 year-old Jew girl, Edith.  Edith is moving from Germany to America because of the terrible things that are going on in Germany 1938 , to Jews.  And she will be doing this all  by herself. Now that she moved from Germany to America, Edith has now have to fit in America. With school, friends,food,and jobs etc. Edith also worries about the larger issues of what she has to face and over come,but she also worries about every 12 year old girl worries about: clothes,boys,etc.  When she is in america she writes a lot of letters to her parents and her best friend Mina. Mina soon replies back saying that in Germany its been getting worst for Jews.  What will happen to Edith in america? Will she be able to get sponsors  for her family?  Will she be able to find her sitter in America?


In my book " Is It Night or Day", has a lot of themes in clouding, war, and life changes but one that really stood out was discrimination. I think that discrimination in the theme of my book "Is It Night or Day" because in the book Mina, Edith friends always sends her letters about what has been happening in Germany. For example she says "Your family was forced to leave your home in the village three weeks ago. Now they are living in an apartment building in Darmstadt with six other Jews from nearby villages, an SS guard watches the apartment day and night and sometimes the six of them must do work at local factories." This is important because it shows how in  Germany its been changing since she left from America. It also shows how she needs to find money and sponsors in order to get them out of Germany before something worst happens.

Is It Night Or Day(Summary&Conflicts) Blog #1

In my book " Is It Night Or Day”, we meet a twelve-year old girl Edith. Her family has been living through some tough times. This book takes time when Hitler was taking over Germany and other people who weren't German were discriminated; for example, Jews, homosexuals, Gypsies, and Disabled People. Edith never knew what was going on. The only thing she knew is that nobody like her and that her sister, Betty, moved to America. One day the discrimination became worse. Jews weren't able to go to public places. Like pools, cinema, or ride their bikes. So Edith parents knew that it was a sign, Vati and Mutti, were discussing on what they should do and where they should go, but the problem was that Vati mother never wanted to leave. She says," I was born in Germany and I will die in Germany." This was a big problem because if she wouldn't leave then so wouldn't Vati. So for know Vati plans is to take Edith to America. Would she ever see her parents again? Who would she live with?
In my book there is a lot of conflicts but one that really stuck out was external conflict, Man Vs. Society. I think its man vs. society because the book takes place during the time that Hitler was a live, so it was tough for Edith family since she was a Jew. For example in the book it says,"Mr. Lutz the man who owned the small movie theater just two blocks from our house, wouldn’t let me in. “Not today” he snapped, “Not tomorrow. Never, never again.” This is important because it shows how Jews were left out because of their religion. Another example is another public place where Edith would always go to, the pool. In the book it says, “Even though we were still living comfortably in our own house, a sign had gone up at our local swimming area: Jews not welcome here.” This is important because it’s another example on how unfair the Jews were treated.

Hope Was Here ( Summary&Theme)

In my last blog about "Hope Was Here", I talk about the background of the 16 year old waitresses, Hope, and her aunt, Addie, which moved from Brooklyn to Wisconsin. So far the boss G.T. (Gabriel Tomas) runs for mayor. G.T. Addie has so far has tried so hard in the job she has changed some recipes in the restaurant and had amazed G.T. They soon get together and so does Hope and the cook, Eddie. First she rejected him because her mother always told her to not date the cook but then wanted to test it out. The book takes place in the present. What will happen to G.T. would he win the election? What will happen to the couples? What would happen to G.T cancer?


In my book "Hope Was Here" there is a lot of themes through the book but one them that really stood out was hope. I think its hope because in the beginning of the book she changes it to Symbolizes her positive outlook on life. I know this because in the book she says, "People expect thing from Hopes that they don't expect from Pattys and Lisas and Danielles. People expect hopes to be cheerful and positive". This proves why she choose to name her self Hope because in her life she proves endurance and she looks forward in her life when there is a difficult situation. This is the reason why I think the theme is hope in my book “ Hope Was Here”

Hope Was Here ( Summary & Conflicts)

The new book that I am reading is called “Hope Was Here”.  I barely started reading so, I don’t know that much. We first meet a 14 teen girl who starts off as a waitress in Brooklyn.  When she turns 16 her and her Aunt move to Mulhoney, Wisconsin. Whenever she left a place she would always write  “HOPE WAS HERE”. It’s how she says good-bye to places. Hope changed her name form Tulip to Hope because she didn’t like that name and because it made her feel terrible about her mom since she left her with her sister, though she visits sometimes. Once they got to Wisconsin they had to find a job. Hope found a new dinner where she can work at with her aunt. The man they were going to work for had leukemia and needed help fast. This book takes time in the present. What do you think would happen to hope’s new job? What would happen to the man?

The first few pages that I read from in my new book “Hope Was Here” had a lot of conflicts. One conflict that stuck out was an external conflict, MAN vs. Society. When hope was born she was very fragile because she was born too early, “two pounds and two ounces” she said.  Hope had a lot of difficulties in the first few months of her life. For example in the text its said “I kept on gasping for air, like I couldn’t get the hang of breathing. I couldn’t eat either; couldn’t suck out of a bottle”. This shows how difficult it was for her. Due to her fragileness, her mom didn’t want to take care of a baby so she left her with her older sister, Addie. The good thing is that Addie always wanted baby though she couldn’t have one.  In the book it says that she, “three miscarriages and her no good husband”. This is important because Addie was desperate for a baby while Hope’s mom wasn’t. Anyway, Addie never gave up on Hope and Hope never gave up on her.

The Pregnancy Project ( Summary & Character traits)

In my last blog of “ A Memoir: The Pregnancy Project”, I talk about how we meet a girl named Gaby and her complex family. They grew up in a small city in Washington and moved to another city in Washington later in Gaby’s teen years. This book takes place in the present.  Now that I finished the book, I can tell why the name of the book is “ The Pregnancy Project”.  So one day Gaby was assigned a project for her senior year and she kept on thinking about it. What would she do, “ Visit foster kids? Volunteer at an agency?”. Until next class period, Science, they were talking about DNA, genes and babies. That’s when she thought,  “ I would fake my pregnancy.” She decided to tell a handful of people to tell them that she faked her pregnancy . For example, she will tell her mom and her boyfriend etc. So through out the book she records people reaction, how she feels, and how people are treating her differently. Every body watches her belly get bigger and bigger. Then she reveals the truth. What is peoples reaction?

I my book the “A Memoir :Pregnancy Project”, we get introduce to a young girl named Gaby. I think that Gaby is a Brave and Inspiring to the public. I think she is brave because she does something that nobody would ever want to experience. She would have to put up with the sayings that people would tell her. I know this because in the text it said, “It was a lot harder to brush off than I thought. I grew defense it’s a lousy feeling to walk around all day knowing that people are gossiping about you, judging you predicting you have no future because you were stupid. I couldn’t help take things personally. These were my friends.” This shows that it took bravery to fake your own pregnancy. I think that she is also inspiring because she gave the public some very great advice to people who are actually pregnant or have a friend or family that is pregnant and have to put up with this. I know this because in the text it says “ Knowing you might be faced with strong criticism from your peers could have been enough to persuade you not to attempt such a feat, but apparently you recognized the value in such a project and willingly played the role of a pregnant teen in order to draw attention to the plight of many teens who in reality them selves in this really difficult situation.” This shows very inspiring saying that she said for teens with a pregnancy situation.