Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is a description of all the needs that our bodies and minds may face in our lifetime. It has the needs from physical (hunger, thirst, etc.) to emotional or mental (love, happiness, etc.). I believe that Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is correct because as I was watching it, it seemed to be relate to me in some ways. Especially the hunger need for example, when I was younger I always used to get in trouble for stealing food from the cupboards, pantry, fridge, etc. And just like the lady said in the video, one is likely to steal food when they're hungry, that's why I felt like I related to that need very well because I have stolen food from my house. Another need that I feel like I kind of relate to is the need for love and happiness. For the past month, I haven't been all too happy because of something, so when the lady in the video was talking about those needs, I felt like those related to me in certain ways. So yes, I feel like this argument is correct because of how somewhat easy it was for me to relate to the needs that were talked about in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
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In Oprah Winfrey's interview with Elie Wiesel, they talked about Elie's experience and suffering during the Holocaust. It seemed like they both went through each horrific event of Elie's Holocaust experience one by one. They talked about the food situation that they all went through like the rations of bread and soup, Elie's dad and how he tried to stay with him and not lose him and how he eventually died, and just the suffering he and all of the other Jews had in general. When Oprah had him talk about those things that happened to him at camp, Elie seemed to be quite upset because it seemed to have brought back painful memories that made him sad. It seemed like Oprah wanted to hear him talk about every single event that happened to him at camp, from when the people took him away from his home to when his father died at the camp. Oprah asked him a lot of questions about things that had happened to him and his father and other peers around them. Elie seemed a little sad during the whole interview because of the memories that were brought back to him, yet he seemed relieved that what had happened to him never killed him.
When it came to Elie being very protective over his father, that was something that I would have definitely done similarly. Except for me it would be my mother that I would be protective over since I would not have been able to be with my dad. If I were at camp, my mother, or anyone in my family, dying would be the last thing that I would want to happen because that would just kill me. I never want to experience any family member of mine, or a friend, dying, that would just be so awful to witness. Elie tried everything and in every way he could to make sure that his dad was okay and to keep him from dying. Unfortunately, his father did die, but Elie, for most of the camp time, tried every way he could to keep his father alive.
When it came to Elie getting his gold crown taken out, he tried all he could to get it postponed by claiming that he wasn't feeling well at the time. If I were in that situation, chances are I probably would have just let it happen because I don't think I would have had the guts to come up with an excuse like Elie did. Because if I were in the camp, I would try my hardest not to get on the German's bad side, so I would try to listen and obey because I would not have wanted to die. When it came towards the end of the story, when Elie knew that the end of his father's life was approaching, I probably would have maybe just let it happen, because that seemed to be what his father wanted. He wanted to be left alone to die so that he would not have to suffer any longer. But Elie didn't want that to happen because he wanted his father to keep living his life if leaving the camp was a possibility because he just wanted his father to have a chance. But his father had become to hurt, physically and emotionally, to continue on with his life so that was the reason why he just wanted it to end. And if that was what my parent wished for, then I probably would have just respected their wish and let it happen. In Part IV of "Night" a lot of action seems to be going on. Actions like: Jews getting their gold crowns taking out of their mouths, and a whole lot of hanging and death. Something that Wiesel says is, "I remember that on that evening, the soup tasted better than ever." But later he says, "That night the soup tasted like corpse." The taste of the soup relates very closely to the way he's feeling because towards the end of that part, a lot of Jews are being killed. So it seems that when he's eating at the end of the part, all he can think about is the hangings that were performed and how death is possibly right around the corner for me and that the thought of death could be haunting him. But towards the middle things seemed to be going somewhat his way, his crown being taken out of his mouth kept getting delayed by the first "dentist" and at some points he was able to work with his father so he must have been feeling alright, and probably pretty hungry, for the soup to taste somewhat good. But as the end of the part approached his feelings towards everything and the totally unacceptable deaths kept haunting him and that could have been what caused the soup to have a different taste and taste like corpse, or maybe they made the soup with the dead Jew's bodies?
This story is quality of attention because it's about a tragic event in our history. Moishe the Beadle is one of the many Jews whom were taken to concentration camps during the holocaust. Moishe the Beadle was a poor man, and in the story it says that the rich people didn't like the poor at this point in time, but he seemed to be an exception. He presence seemed to bother no one. What makes this story significant is that it explains in very good detail what a Jew, like Moishe the Beadle, had to go through during the time of the holocaust. The pain and terror that they had to experience and the death that was just around the corner for most of them. In part one of the story, the trip to the concentration camp with the Hungarian police and the Germans was torturous and exhausting for them as they made them run when they were already exhausted and thirsty and dehydrated. Moishe the Beadle explains in great detail a lot of what was happening so far in the story.
Part 1Confusing Vocabulary:
shtibl- a place used for communal Jewish prayer penury- extreme poverty; destitution waiflike- a homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child billeted- lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian's house or other nonmilitary facility jubilant- feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph antechamber- a small room leading to a main one phylacteries- a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law surreptitiously- kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of conflagration- an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property farce- a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrousy improbable situations What's Happening? The Jews are being taken away from their homes by the Hungarian police and the Germans. Questions/Thoughts There was some points where it was said that the current event that was happening at a moment wasn't scary or something was a joy. How so? "To Build a Fire" by Jack London is a story that contains naturalism. Naturalism is an extreme form of realism, naturalism in fiction involves the depiction of life objectively and precisely, without idealizing. However, the naturalist creates characters who are victims of environmental forces and internal drives beyond their comprehension and control. Naturalistic fiction conveys the belief that universal forces result in an indifference to human suffering. "To Build a Fire" is a story about a man who is away from camp in the wilderness with his dog and the problem in that situation is that it is the middle of a harsh winter and the weather is painfully cold. About 75 degrees below zero to be exact. What makes this story a naturalist story is that the man and his dog battle so badly with the cold, they are victims of the environmental force that is way beyond their control.
"The Sneetches" is an example of an allegory because, in my opinion, it kind of represents bullying. An allegory is a work with two levels of meaning, a literal one and a symbolic one. In such a work, most of the characters, objects, settings, and events represent abstract qualities. Personification is often used in traditional allegories. As in a fable or parable, the purpose of an allegory may be to convey truths about life, to teach religious or moral lessons, or to critcize social institutions. In "The Sneetches", the sneetches with the stars on their bellies are mean to the sneetches without the stars on their bellies by saying that they can not join in to the events that they are doing, like lounging on the beach, playing on the beach, and having bonfires. They think that they are not good enough, and the parents of little sneetches teach their children not to like them as well. They always never include the starless sneetches and they always leave them alone in the cold and darkness. The sneetches with the stars on their bellies represent the bullies and the sneetches without the stars on their bellies represent the bullied.
"The Terrible Things" is a story that symbolizes an allegory. An allegory is a work with two levels of meaning, a literal one and a symbolic one. In such a work, most of the characters, objects, settings, and events represent abstract qualities. Personification is often used in traditional allegories. As in a fable or parable, the purpose of an allegory may be to convey truths about life, to teach religious or moral lessons, or to criticize social institutions. "The Terrible Things" is allegorical because it represents the Holocaust. The terrible things are supposed to be the Nazis and the forest animals are supposed to be the Jewish people. The terrible things would invade the forest animals' land and take them all away; just like how the Nazis invaded the Jewish peoples' land and took them all away as well. The Terrible things seemed to be stronger than the forest animals so that was why it was so easy to take them away; the Nazis must have been stronger than the Jewish people as well so that must have been why they were easy to take away. In the end of "The Terrible Things", there was one forest animal that did not get taken away by the terrible things; just like in the real world, there must have been Jews that were able to hide and not be taken away by the Nazis. Over all, "The Terrible Things" represented and symbolized the Holocaust.
"The Second Coming": http://www.potw.org/archive/potw351.html Symbols: Blood-Dimmed Tide, Spiritus Mundi
I feel like "blood-dimmed tide" represents an edge that is no longer an edge, and I feel like "spiritus mundi" represents a spirit of inspiration. In the poem, he talks a lot of opposites, like the "blood-dimmed tide" is loosed and "spirtus mundi" is an image that now troubles his site. |
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