News Article

BBC News - Armenian 'genocide' dispute: Readers react


I think the audience would be citizens of Turkey, France, or Armenian, or U.S. I think the purpose of this article is to inform the citizens of what was happening in the world today. The claim would be that Armenia says that up to 1.5 million people died when they were forcibly deported to the Syrian desert by Ottoman Turks in 1915-16. The evidence to support this claim would be that there was an Armenian Genocide  in 1915 and the Armenian people were thrown out of there homes in 1915.
This article connects to my book because just like the Armenian people were forced out of there homes the Jews were forced out of there homes as well in the holocaust of 1933 when Adolf Hitler won the election in 1932.

All But My Life

The Dayton Regional STEM School
1724 Woodman Dr, Kettering, OH 45420
February 17,2012

Gerda Weissmann
Bolkenhain, Germany


 Dear: Gerda Weissmann my name is Cire' Copeland and I am writing this letter to inform you on how i felt when you made the decision to not stay in Sosnowitz. 


I was very confused when you decided to turn down Abek's families invitation for you to come live with them. I thought you were going to accept the invitation since you knew how much they sacrificed getting that working permit for you.I didn't understand your reasoning for turning down the invitation. Even after your friend Iise told you to go, not to pass up the opportunity.


I think even if you would have accepted the invitation you wouldn't  have had to marry Abek. If you would have just explained to him that you didn't love him and that you didn't want to hurt him by marrying him. I think he would understood and still wanted to be apart of your life as a friend.


Sincerely,


Cire' Copeland

English Blog 1:Dehumanization

Dehumanization is when one group denies the humanity of another group and makes the victim group seem less than human. One specific example of dehumanization is on p.26 when Gerda and Mr. Pipersberg were walking through the streets and they came across a sigh that said "Dogs and Jews Not Allowed To Enter". This would qualify as dehumanization because they are saying that Jews are lower down and dirtier than dogs which is why they write dogs first and Jews last.Another example is when Gerda was talking about how she knew author was writing with restraint because he knew that many prying eyes would read his letters before they got to his family. This would qualify as dehumanization because the censor people would open up the Jews mail and read it to make sure they weren't writing anything they weren't  supposed to but they didn't read any Germans mail.