The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Ch. 17- 20

Chapters 17 and 18 start with Bruno overhearing mother and father talking about going back to Berlin. And they both decide that the kids and mother should go back to Berlin and the father must stay because of the camp. Also in these chapters it tells that Bruno doesn't really care if they go back or not. It also says that Samuel's father is missing and he doesn't know where he is. So both boys decide to go and look for him on Samuel's side of the fence.

Chapter 19 and 20 is starts with Bruno changing into the stripes pajamas and going into the camp. When they turn up with no clues to find Samuel's father Bruno decides to go back to the house when they are both sent on a march, which no one returns back from. They are both walked up some starirs woth other people into a dark room. Then Samuel apologize to Bruno but bruno doesn't her it amont the noise. When chaos broke out. and then silence. But among it BRuno never let go of Samuel's hand even after death. Then in chapter 20 it is just about how no on know where Bruno when to. Until father goes to where they find Bruno's clothing and realize that he could get under the fence and then connects the dots to find out that he probally was killed in the camp. I have to say thought that this ending is just weard and creepy. But also very sad.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Ch. 13-16

In chapters 13 and 14 it starts off with life as usual for Bruno with the occasional visits to Samuel. A bit later Lt. Kolter is with Bruno and his family and having dinner. When Kolter asks for some wine. But when Pavel went to fill his glass the bottle slipped and fell into Kolter's lap and completely dumped on his lap. Then Kolter got up and doesn't reallt say what happens next. Chapter 14 Bruno kept going to the fence to talk to Samuel. Most of this chapter is really not anything exepct that Bruno lies to his sister about not knowing Samuel and saying that he has in invisiable friend.

Chapters 15 and 16 satarts with Bruno apologizing to SAmuel for lieing about knowing him. After that it is just normal life until the mother fids out that the kids have lice and need to get treated. Gretil uses a shampoo to get them out and Bruno gets his head shaved. Over all these chapter aren't doeing anything execpt setting up for the climax.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Ch. 9-12

Chapters 9 and 10 are about Bruno wanting to explore but having nowhere to explore. So he decides to go to the fence that his parents said not to. When arriving at the fence he finds a boy names Samuel. So he decides to talk to the boy. After introducing himself and getting to know him he goes back to his house for dinner and not to get in trouble.

Chapters 11 and 12 start to talk about how Bruno's father got the job at the camp. It talks about how they Fury came and was really rude to him and his family. After the explanation he goes back to his friend Samuel. Where he then asks him why he is on the other side of the fence. And Samuel comes up with an answer that he is on that side because he is a jew and the soldiers hate jews.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Ch. 5-8

In chapter 5 it starts off with Bruno listening to his father talking to some of his men about discipline and other things to do with the camp "Out-With". After the men leave Bruno goes down to his dads office to talk to him. When he get down there he starts talking to his dad about the move to the new house. Saying that it was a bad choice an they should move back. But his father disagrees with him. So the argue for a while going back and forth. Once the argument ends Bruno storms out of the office angry.

In chapter 6 Bruno talks to the maid about his father saying he is dumb. Right after he says that the maid yells at him saying that his father is very kind and to never say that. So Bruno says that he doesn't get how she can say that. So the maid tells him about what his father did for her when she was young and didn't have a job. Once she explained it to Bruno he said that he never knew that and was sorry for saying that.

Chapter 7 Bruno makes a swing to pass the time. After making it he starts to push him self off the tree but he was going too high. So he fell off the swing. His leg got caught on the swing though so Bruno was dragged across the ground scratching up his arm and knee. The butler ran over and helps him into the house where he cleaned and patched up his cuts. Right then his mother got home. So she sent Bruno upstairs to tell the butler that if anyone asks she cleaned him up.

Finally chapter 8 says why Bruno's grandmother is angry at his father. There really isn't much to this but it says that she feels it is her fault that Bruno's father is a nazi because she dressed him up like oone when he was young. And now that he is a real nazi she hates him for doing all of the things he does to the jews.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Ch. 1-4

The book starts out with Bruno coming home to see his family packing. He is slightly angry that a maid for his family is packing his stuff and might find his things that he keeps for himself in the back of his wardrobe. He then asks his mother why are we packing. His mother tells him that they are packing because his father got a new job and are moving to a new house to make his job easier to commute to. So for a while it talks about how he loves his house and why he wants to stay. So he finally starts to pack. They finally leave the house and arrive at the new house. Bruno doesn't like the house because it is small with nowhere to explore. While he is unpacking his sister comes in and talks to him.When she goes away he looks out the window and looks to see what there is. After looking out he goes to his sister and talks to her about what he saw out the window. When she asks what he means he just walks to his window and she follows to see. When they look out they see the yard and a very tall fence with barbwire at the top of it. Past that there are people in stripes "pajamas" walking around covered in dirt. They think that the people are just poor and don't know why they are there. My reaction to this is that it is sorta funny that they have no idea that the people are in a concentration camp.

Book Rank

Here is the list of the books that i would like to reed in order from wanting to read to not really wanting to read:
1. The Boy in Striped Pajamas
2. Black Hawk Down
3. Go Ask Alice
4. To Kill a Mockingbird

Ch. 21 Response

Chapter 21. This chapter is OK in my opinion. It is sorta boring most of the time. I found it very interesting that through out the hole chapter he was fighting the urge to burst out and fight or kill. That tales some real self control. Because i know that if I was in that position and I was put through all that he was I would probably not be able to control my self.

The buss ride also is very strange. How the solders make them get off for no apparent reason and sometimes make them pay because they feel like it. It is just wrong that they did that. But you can't really do anything about it because it has already happened.

The ending to me was not all that good. I mean, I like some ending rather then how he ended it. But i also find the ending to be very good, in how he uses a story that has a question with a almost imposable answer to make you think. If i had to answer that question i would not kill the monkey but put it in a cage because that wouldn't kill it but i still wouldn't be left alone, like it said that if you didn't shoot it, or leave it alone, it would kill your mother. But the answer he gave at the end i feel is probably the best answer possible for that situation

Ch. 19 & 20 Response

Chapter 19 was a chapter that was a bit comical. The fact that he did not know what a elevator was, was kinds funny. Then when he just stood there and waited for the doors to open i felt almost embarrassed for him. I was happy to find out that he was going to the UN, even though it was obvious that he was going to go. I also like the fact that when the interviewer asked if he has anything else to addd he said hat he was just wondering why the man was smialing.

Chapter 20 was a very happy chapter. When he first found out how cold it is and about snow was sorta funny. The discrpition he used in to say how cold it was in New York was deeply detailed. I found it a bit weard that he pictured New York as a place where people shot other people and got away with it. Towards th end of the chapter he was saying how he was going to miss the city was sad. In how he thought he will most likely never see it again. His final quote in the chapter to me felt reassuring that even if he died someone will know his story and will pass it on for other to know. In all, I liked these chapters because they showed how our parts of the world were very different. I am almost sad for this book to end. I really don't want it to end because it is so good. This is mostlikely my favorite book i have ever read.

Ch. 17 & 18 Response

Chapters 17 and 18 are some very joyful and happy chapters. Chapter seventeen starts out with the nurse "bribing" Ishmael with Coca-Cola to come into the hospital to get a check up. After talking to Alhaji and drink the soda he decides to go in and get a check up. upon entering and sitting down he looks around and see a chart with the amount of checkups each person has had. Once the nurse has taken the chart down she preforms a standard checkup. A few days later Alhaji tells Ishmael that the nurse wants to see him. So he goes and finds out that she wanted to give him a Walkman.

Through out the rest of chapter 17 he talks bout what he did in the war and how he got a few scars. He really goes in depth on hew he got a scar on he foot. The next chapter he finds out that his uncle is still alive and is close by. After getting the news he gets to meet his uncle. At first Ishmael thinks that this guy is not his uncle. But after the man hugs him and cries he finally believes that he is his uncle. Then the rest of the chapter is bout how he and his uncle bond and meet the rest of the family.

My thoughts on these chapters are that they really show that eventhough he kill numerious people he is still a kid inside and nouthing can remove that. There are a lot of examlpes of this throught the chapters. Like when he hugs his uncle back is showing that he is still compashionat for others. But eventhough he is more like a kid he still retains some of the thing he learned from the war times. Like towards the end of chapter 18. When the kids are laughing and smileing. But Ishmael still feels happy but he grew accostomed to not showing his feelings. Overall these two chapters are very different from the others in the way that there is no violence and have a happy mood.

Book Ideas

I can only think of a few books like 1984, The Giver, and Lord of the Flys. 1984 has a deep meaning that reall makes the book come to lif to me, The Giver is just plane out a good book, and i have not read lord of the flys but i always wanted to.

Ch15 & 16 Response

These chapters are violent for what they are about. It starts out with telling you about the fighting and killings he and his comrades did from ch. 14 to ch. 15. After it finishes talking about the fighting it tells you about some men dressed in jeans and shirts with UNICEF on them. He says that he sees the men talking to his leader and shaking hands with him. After they come out the lieutenant said "when I point at you, fall out and form a line by the private." Them the lieutenant goes down the line pointing to a few people including Ishmael. Ishmael says that he feels confused and doesn't know what is happening. Then he and the others selected are taken off far away to a camp for them ti recover and from the drugs and fighting. At the first camp they cause a lot of havoc. SO they are sent to another camp where even though they cause trouble the adults just say it's their fault and move on. The fact of doing this makes the boys even angrier and makes them do meaner and meaner things. While going through all of this they are going through withdrawal. All of this put together is just like a living hell for all of them. When i started reading these chapters i thought it would be boring. But by the end i was proven way wrong. These chapters are very violent.

Ch 13 & 14 Response

Chapter 13 is a very violent chapter. It starts off with him getting the day off of training and having fun playing soccer. Later there is a soldier offering him a white pill. Since he doesn't know what it is he takes it. Later they are sent off to war. This part of the chapter has very fine detail. He almost immerses you in the action of gunfire and RPG explosions. What makes this so graphic is the fact that When He was just laying their blood was spilling all over him. Then he sees his friend fly overhead and fall right on a tree stump. Shattering his spine instantly. That seemed very painful and had to be one of the most gruesome ways to die.

Chapter 14 is very short but packs a lot into it. One of the reasons that this chapter is disturbing is because they have a contest to see who can kill a man, by slitting his throat, the fastest. That is just too cruel for anyone to experience. Then the way he says that the other prisoners thrash about and fight in the arms of their executioners in pain is a mind-burning image. For not being long this chapter really packs a punch.

Ch. 11- 12 Response

Chapter 11 is an emotional chapter. From happiness to sorrow, it just takes you through every emotion. Like the way he expressed the way that the man was asking them for help but they knew that they couldn't say no. When they come upon the village is was a gruesome sight for them, to see the dead pileup like the leaves in the early morning. Then when he said that the woman and her child ran out of the locked house on fire, I could literally picture the woman running and screaming in pain from being shrouded in fire. The way he said he could see the pain and fear of death on their face was truly sad. Then when Gasemu led them out of the town at risk of his own life was very heroic of him.

Chapter 12 is interesting. Right away it starts out with a shock. The men piled up that he saw is very visual sight. Like I have said in almost all of my past blogs, this is very easy to see the men piled up with their intestines spilling out, and their skulls smashed with blood pouring out like a fountain. Even now I can see it like I actually witnessed it. Through out the rest of this chapter it gives you information that helps build a foundation for the ext chapter.

Ch. 10 Response

Chapter ten is an emotional chapter. It seems that the chapter will be just an informational chapter like chapter 8 but by the end it was so emotional. I still find it weird that you never really never find out how Saidu dies. But the fact of him dieing isn't very sad but the way he presents it in the book makes it hit you hard like running into a brick wall. It just suddenly happens, and without warning. The way how you don't know how he dies leaves it almost up to you to decide for yourself. Even though there was no violence this is one of the more emotional chapters.

Ch. 8&9 Response

Chapter eight and nine are appealing. I like how he explains the time in the jungle thinking on his pass. I find it weird how when he and his classmates meet the old man that he just gave up on life and thinks he would be a waist of the boys memories if he told them his name. I find that just sad that the man just gave up and dosen't care anymore about his life. Later on when he is describing the damage to his feet was just grose how he said that the skin was bairld hanging on, and how the bloos was just incrusted on his foot. In all theses chapters are very good.

Ch. 6&7 Response

I find these chapters very different then the last few. These chapters are dealing with his life at the village where they treat him like an outcast. And how they expect him to do the same work as they do. Even as he struggles they still expect him to do the same amount of work as a adult. The entry to chapter 7 is interesting in how it just go right into it, "The attack happened unexpectedly one night.", it just pulls you in and you feel like you have to read more. In all these chapters are different, but they still make what they are saying interesting.

Ch. 3-5 of Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

These chapters are really good in how he immerses you in the chaos of the raid. It felt like I was was standing there seeing all of the people running by in terror screaming while guns rang though out the village. In the chapters he is sneaking in to Matta Jong it was so tense that I didn't want to put the book down. I was surprised though that the rebels just joked the whole time about death and the killing of people. I could almost feel the gut wrenching feeling just waiting to see if you arn't found and live or you ge discovered and die.

Ch. 1&2 of Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

I find this very vivid detail. This is some of the most gruesome writing I have ever read in a book. It seemed as if i was really there witnessing the event and it is very deep. While reading the part where he was walking through the village and seeing the dead pile in the streets like they fell from the sky was some of the most descriptive writhing I have ever read. In chapter 2 i didn't get it at first but towards the end it mad more sense that he i still having dreams today.

Ibo people response to the white people

This all starts when the first white man came to a village on an "iron horse." When the man came the villagers consulted the oracle to see what they should do. The oracle told them to stop the white man because more would come if he is not stopped. So a little bit later the villager kill the white man. After killing the man a force came in a destroyed the village. Later the white men started to move from village to village. They eventually get to the village that Okonkwo lives in and starts to command the people to follow their belief. When the white people want to build a church they tell them to build it in the evil forest. When the finish the church the white people start to convert the exiled and take in twins left to die in the in the forest. After a bit of time the white people kill a python, which resembles the earth god, so the Ibo people get very angry. They evnetualy get revenge by chasing away and beating the white people that come into the village to get water and other materieles for easter. Then everything starts to go wrong once Mr. Brown leaves from a sickness. When the new preist comes in he says that the people need to eather believe or just go away. On man that converted named Enoch unmaskes a spirit during a cermony. Killing the spirit he commited the highest offence. The christian fear for his life and hide him from the Ibo. During the time he is being hidden the Ibo burn down Enoch's house and the church. All in all the Ibo hate the British for the most part because they did bring trading post and rare items. On the other hand the British think of the Ibo people as animals. They think they are savage, crazy, and primitave.From this view the Birtish treat the Ibo people like dirt. Kicking them around and making them do what ever they want.

Okonkwo Post

Some of the female virtues that Okonkwo refuses to acknowledge is the compassion for his daughters and sons, the fact that his wives live him, and that he care about what happens to the to people. This affects his life because he does not care about others so he gets in trouble for being heartless. Even though his wives love him he beats them, so when he beat his second wife during the week of peace he is cursed then since he does not care about the other people he is not liked by the god so he is cursed even more. So all of this leads to the downfall of his farm and house. Since all of this happens he denies that he has female virtues. This is really one vicious circle.

Opinion on Okonkwo

Okonkwo is very different from others in the story. He is very determined to be successful rather than his father. His father Unoka is very lazy and has massive debt. Okonkwo is very easy to make angry. He has a short temper and will hit any one that doesn't comply with him or gets in his way. He even hits his wife if she disobeys him. I my opinion his a rude, inconsiderate, jerk. Even though he care about his family, that doesn't give him permission to beat them. So what i am saying is that personaly i don't like this mean side of him but i like his determined side to do well in the settlement.

Article Blog

This article is a good idea because the reputation is on the line when a fellow student posts a lie of a deep secret on the Internet and everyone finds out. This way they can see what anyone posts about them and stop it before it starts. This can also help the teachers. Because than if a student finds something about a teacher on the Internet that might hurt them they can tell someone or stop it before it starts. This also can be bad because the thing a person posts might just be a way to vent and they could get in trouble for something that was suppose to not hurt anyone. In all it is just what the university wants to do with this problem. This is what I think of this article.

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1. The last meal I had at a restaurant was a Hamburger.

2. Mosquitoes are something I intensely dislike.

3. The full moon is cool.

4. Dude is one of my favorite local expressions.

5. Sometimes it's best to just relax.

6. Iron Man is the best movie I've seen so far this year!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to go to the stage crew orientation, tomorrow my plans include playing video games and Sunday, I want to relax!

Poem Blog

Last year in 8th grade i got to know some of the really quiet kids in my class. Well it turns out that they are as loquacious as everyone else in the class and are only quiet during class. When you see them in class they never talk, but as soon as they get out of class they talk like none other. It is amazing how well they control their talking. When i was proven wrong it was nice to know this, that they still converse outside of class. And once i got to know them more i learned that they also talk about some cool stuff like what they find interesting. Well in all your opinion is not always right and you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover.