I found this picture when I was looking for images of inhumanity. It reminded me of Juliek and it might actually be, so I thought I would share it with you.

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I just want to say something about inhumanity. The human race has committed so many atrocities towards each other that it would almost make more sense to say that it is humane to murder, steal, rape, et cetera. Inhumanity would imply that the things being done are out of the ordinary for humans but anymore death and poverty is so common that it would be very unlike the human race to help other humans out or at least be kind to one another. So, it would make more sense if inhumanity meant that we were being nice to each other. I'm mostly just rambling because studying the Holocaust makes me angry with people who can kill other people and not lose any sleep over it. I'll get back to the assaignment now.

In "Night" Elie has a hard time accepting God's silence. He can't keep his faith when he believes that God is all knowing and all seeing but isn't doing anything about the horrors of the Holocaust. The silence also represents the silence of the prisoners. No one did a lot to speak up or to rebel against what was happening. The monkeys speak no evil, see no evil, and hear no evil. They think that if they ignore the evil in the world then it will go away but this isn't the case. If the evil is ignored then it will just have a chance to grow and become more powerful. Elie said in an interview with Oprah that just because he went through the Holocaust it doesn't make him care less about the evil in the world it just makes him want to do more to stop it. He would be completely opposite of the monkeys.

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At the beginning of "Night" Eliezer has a very strong faith in God. He even goes out of his way to find a teacher to help him study his faith. As the story goes on though, he begins to question why and how the other Jews are still keeping their faith with everything that is going on. The picture shows a Jewish rabbi studying. If Elie didn't have to go throught the Holocaust he may have ended up being a rabbi because he did at one point have very strong religion. He even would cry when he prayed. So, this picture could have been a picture of Elie's future but his belief in a benevolent God was wiped out by the atrocities that the Nazis committed. (Picture from: www.aloha.net)

'Sup everyone? My name is Jessica. I'm a senior in high school right now. I plan to go to college for biomedical engineering. I don't think I can tell you where though just in case some creeper tries to track me down. I'm not that worried about it but I signed a paper that said I couldn't give any personal information away. I don't know if saying what college I'm going to is personal but I don't want to find out by having my blog deleted. Anyway, I have a dog named Spike. We were told that he is a beagle-cocker spaniel mix but I think that he's actually a cocker spaniel-coon dog mix. My favorite band is Chiodos. Umm... I don't like macaroni and cheese or hot dogs especially not when they're mixed. I like to draw and paint. My favorite person is Leonardo da Vinci. I like musicals. My favorite musical is either "Sweeney Todd" or "Phantom of the Opera." And last but not least my favorite color is green. So, that's a little bit about me. I hope you weren't too bored reading it.

(Pictures: Chiodos and Skull by Leonardo da Vinci)

Hello everyone,
I'm back! I'm not in speech this time though. This time around I'm in novels. Right now we're reading "Night." It's pretty good. A little depressing, but good. Well I'm going to go help other people get their blogs set up. Until the next time I get around to posting something. Toodles!

End of Semester Thoughts

Well everyone, I have enjoyed having speech with all of you. It was a lot of fun. I was still nervous before every single speech though. I don't understand that. I know everyone in here so I shouldn't have been that nervous. I really missed everyone on the final day that we didn't have this class. I got to lunch and saw Ashleigh and Kaycie and I remembered that we hadn't had speech. I was really bummed out and it ruined the rest of my day. Since I won't be in here anymore I probably won't publish anymore posts because I'll forget my password. I'm going to miss this class and everyone in it but hopefully I'll have other classes with some of you next semester. So I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy HAM SANDWICH!!!

Transfer Advertisement

Here is an transfer advertisement for Rock the Vote. There aren't any words but you can clearly see that Christina Aguilera is supporting her country by trying to get people to vote. I would say that this ad mostly targets young women who listen to her music and mothers or just parents in general. If you have kids then when you see the baby you will think of your kids and want to make the world a better place for them to be, so hopefully you will end up voting.
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Emotional Advertisement

This advertisement is supposed to scare people which will make them not want to smoke. It is using an emotional approach by making them aware that cigarettes can cause death. People in general fear death so they will not want to smoke if they really read this ad.
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Testimonial Advertisement

This is a pretty common testimonial that we probably all have seen, but just in case you didn't know it is for Subway. This man claims that he lost weight by staying on the Subway diet. When the commercials first came out the guy wasn't famous but after he did the Subway commercials he became famous. He still does the commercials and people really do believe that he lost weight because of Subway.
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