Prejudice is an ongoing issue that, although not as noticeable as it was in past years, is still around. Never will a disabled person be able to get down a street without attracting at least a few stares. Never will a different person have as many friends as others, never will they be treated the same. Today the most common prejudices we find are usually against the disabled and those with different religions. About sixty years ago the most common type of judging was for the Jewish belief which led to the beginning of world war two.
A young Jewish girl goes to the park to play on the playground with all the other children. The yellow star upon her chest made her proud and brave, but the other children didn’t seem to think so. Their eyes seemed glued to her six sided death trap as she walked up to her other friends she was supposed to meet there. The girls were over in the corner, talking, they waved her over and they spend the afternoon chattering. All of the girls friends were Jews because nobody else even wanted to be, as their looks of disgust as she walked by made that all too clear. Those children were taught to hate the Jewish religion and all of the type, taught to hate their best friends if they happened to bear a star, taught to be a bunch of jelly brained robots, being the person they never thought they could be.
I feel bad, not only for the Jews at that time, but also the children who were forced to give up their best friends and closest relatives because somebody threatened them. I would hate my parents if they made me do that, but only later would I realized that they were being forced to. Segregation was also an issue brought up by prejudice, but that was only a small issue compared to the all-world-consuming holocaust which lasted about twelve years and brought the whole world under. Even though I hate the holocaust and all the deaths it caused, I wouldn’t go back to change it if I could because it taught us an important lesson, that even the worst of events can have a silver lining, even if you can’t seem to find it.
I really like your introduction.It was creative and I liked the facts. The sentence was my favorite.You may want to include an authors note for your next piece.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you said jelly brained robots. Not only did I like that, I liked the whole piece.
ReplyDeleteYou bring up a lot of really important, serious issues, and that is great. It clearly demonstrates the way you are reading, reacting to the text in a meaningful way.
ReplyDeleteYou should make sure we know as readers, what the text is that you are responding to. In other words, what book is this, and where is the evidence that this is what the book really wants you to think about? You have those bits of information here, but it could be made clearer.
The descriptive word choice and details of the star, the other children, and what the adults had been telling their children at the time really shows strong through your entry. It states that facts while also telling and expressing how you feel about the holocaust. The way you told us about the way the children looked at the Jewish child in "disgust" really tugs at the heart strings, and makes it easier to imagine what it would have been like if we where that child. And I agree, I would definiatly hate it if my parents taught me to hate another human being but because we differ in religious beliefs. Thank you for opening my mind and opinion on the effects of the holocaust even more.
ReplyDeleteThat was a great piece you wrote. The silver lining was from a commercial and I liked that you used your resouces. I agree that the holocaust was a terrable thing, but we've learned from our mistakes.
ReplyDeleteThis was really good. I've seen other people getting made fun of because they are different, and a lot of the time it's not their fault. I love the descriptive vocabulary you used.
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