Final Post: Because if Romek

1) I thought the most horrifying part of the book in "Because of Romek" was the part when the guard thought the guy ate some of his important valuables, and that the guard had to take a knife and stab threw his buttocks ripping all the flesh and bones away from his body, making him scream horribly. I thought that was terrible, disturbing, cruel and horrible. He did not just do that to 1 person he did it to several people and there was not even 1 important valuable in them. So he did it for nothing. I think he did that just because he thought it might of been fun for him. I thought this was horrible because it is frightening seeing someone with a knife come toward you and stick that knife through someone’s skin ripping him apart section at a time. It is not just scary and frightening to him it is scary and fighting of the people around him, because that could be happening to them to. Another thing that scared me was when they were asking for the blue file to Romek, but Romek did not know, so the tortured him to death. I thought that was terrible. Sticking fire in his mouth and in his eye. Pulling on his tongue until it fell out. Kicking him until the wind got knocked out of him. Opening his mouth until his flesh ripped apart. That is all terrible at least David got it easy and someone spoke up and saved his life. I thought that was terrible to. There were so many more things I could say about this that I thought was horrifying and terrible.

2) The job that David Faber gets when he was in the Krawinkel Concentration Camp was feeding the dogs. It helped him survive because he was able to eat some of the dogs food and biscuits. He also gave a couple to his friends. This was an easy job for him because all he really had to do was feed the dogs and that got him out of the other hard work he had to do. The first time he had to feed the dogs, he was afraid of them because they are trained to bite people. But sooner David Faber became friends with them and so did the dogs, so he was not much afraid of the dogs. But then later he was taken away for that job.

3)Bergen-Belsen's concentration camp is the worst concentration camp that David Faber has faced. It was terrible for him ti stay there. The rooms smelled like urine and there were dead bodies everywhere and many sick people. Because of that he got the disease called typhus where there is to much water in his stomach and not much food. If he eats to much at a time he could die, and he almost did die. His job was to carry dead people to the furnace so the could be burned and there he could earn a little soup. But later on it was not just soup, it was soup from bodies the cut up.

4) He was proud in that he survived the Holocaust and he was a miracle child. All of his family died but him. God wanted him to stay alive for him to tell the story of what happened in the holocaust. He was also very proud that he survived it to tell the story and made his promise to his mother that he would survive this to make it here were he is now. God wanted him to stay, that is why he did not get killed. And many people helped him survive by getting him easy jobs, giving him hints on how to stay away from the guards and also how not get hit harder by the guards. That is 1 of his proudest moments.

5) David Faber's book, Because of Romek, should be required reading in all middle schools, high schools, and universities because all students need to learn about the horrors of the Holocaust. They need to know about this so they could appreciate what they have right now. The people in the holocaust did not get freedom like us. There lives were miserable until the holocaust was over. They got beaten and killed every single day. They had to worry about themselves because everyday that could of been there last day to live on earth. For us we do not get beaten or killed everyday. Thankfully we don't. We don't get torchered like they do and we do not get shot or torchered if we accidentally did something wrong. In the holocaust they saw there families and friends die. For us we see them everyday and we should appreciate that we are still alive today. I also reccomend this book because it talks about how the Nazis were so cruel to the Jews in the Holocaust. They respected them badly and called them mean names and laughed at them when they were slowly dieing. The holocaust was cruel and horrible and that is why I wish that everyone should read "Because of Romek".

Extra Credit: Renaissance Project

Here is a picture that I drew of Desiderius Erasmus! (Click On Picture if you want a clearer image of my drawing!)





























Here is the picture that I based my drawing on!

Extra Credit: Renaissance Project

This is a blog about my character Desiderius Erasmus. This blog site will tell you about events and books he made when he was growing up.

http://factserasmus.blogspot.com/

Project Reflection: Renaissance Project!

Name: Trenten Smith
Class: Ms. Interlandi
Date: June 4, 2008
Letter: A
Project: Renaissance Project

Purpose: The purpose of the Renaissance Project was to learn about a Renaissance character. We had to study his/her family life, education, important dates, accomplishments, experiences, jobs and many other important topics. We also had to learn what the Renaissance clothes were and dances so we could be ready for the Renaissance Ball. We also had to learn about the importance of Florence in the early ages of Renaissance. We also learned about the arts, literature, science and mathematics and also learned about famous Renaissance figures. Like Dante, Michelangelo , Leonardo de Vinchi and many more.

What I Learned: Some of the topics I learned in the Renaissance Project was that I learned about the Black Death. The Black Death was a tragic experience in Renaissance times. The Black Death all started by fleas. The fleas lived on rats. And rats got onto ships. And also traveled along Silk Road. It then moved along to Europe and people then got the terrible disease. There were 3 things that could happen to you if you got the Black Death. The first disease of the Black Death is called Pneumonia disease. In this disease plague attacks the lungs ending up coughing yourself to death. The 2nd one was called Septicemic disease. In this disease plague traveled through the bloodstream and the victim ends up choking on its own blood. The 3rd one is called Bubonic disease. In this disease the victim will start to swell and have delirium's. Ends up swelling to death. This was the most common disease of the Black Death. Some other things that I learned in this project was about my character Desiderius Erasmus. Some facts about him was that he was one of the best humanists in the early 1500's. He was also a great writer, scholar and teacher. Erasmus wrote many famous books like "The Praise of Folly" & "The Christian Knight". He also wrote the 1st ever Greek text book. He also had the best education a kid could ever get and was invited to many Monastic schools when he was growing up. I have TONS more facts about him. I wish I could do more!

Reflection: I thought this project was very fun to do. I liked who my character was in this project and was very exciting to learn about him. I thought that every one's character was unique in its own way. I thought the ball was very exciting to do. I felt like a Renaissance in my baggy shirt. I think I could have done better in this project was to do a little more extra credit work on this project. I did not do that much. But I had plenty of time to do so. All in all I thought this project was great and liked this project all the way to end. It was fun knowing about the problems and what Renaissance wore and danced like. This project was GREAT!

Artifact: For my artifact I was hoping to put my PowerPoint about Desiderius Erasmus on my blog!

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