Quote #1 pg. 22, Elli: My God. In America, time has stood still. Staggering amounts of food, consumed with apparent unconcerns. Such a glut of food and drink... taken for granted!
The signifigance is how their life was like in their home country. Elli's saying that over there there wasn't enough food to go around, but over in America there's so much food and life is so different. To Elli it seems like no one is going hungry and there is no trouble to cause pain. Elli realizes that alot of people in America have never experienced war and she knows they take a lot of things for granted.
I can connect to the story because whenever I go somewhere completely new everything always seems weird to me. Everything is different and I'm not used to the way life is like Elli feels.
Question: Is America still like this compared to other countries?3
Quote #2 pg. 28, Bubi: "We are here, safe and sound, and Shabbes is not even over yet."
The signifigance is how Elli and her family keep their culture in America. Elli and her brother, Bubi, had to walk around the city because their religion didn't allow them to drive and do alot of other things on their Sabbath. Just like how Elli had to ask the captain of their ship for them to board early because they couldn't board a ship on their Sabbath. Her family isn't going to stop practicing their religion in America, they're going to remember their old culture and keep doing it.
Character judgement, Elli: Elli seems very hardworking and cares alot about her family. It showed when she went to go talk to the captain of the ship by herself so that her and her mother could board early. I thought this was very brave and caring of her to do.
Question: What is Shabbes?
Monday, February 16, 2009
Hello, America #1
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I chose a similar quote for my 1st quote too, it had the same theme with taking things for granted in America. I agree with you when you say that when you go somewhere new everything is always weird.
I think that America is still different compared to other countries, but not as much as it used to be. I mean every country has really rich people and really poor people, so in the aspects of taking things for granted America's pretty much the same compared to other county's
I agree with you when you say that Elli is very hard working and cares a lot about her family, she seems really mature for her age.
I don't really know what Shabbes is, I thought it was just like the Sabbath.
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