Holocaust Novel The Devil Arithmetic #2

    Jdyn Ross
Blog #2/Assignment


     The "Devils Arthemetic," is about a young Jewish girl who doesn't quite understand her family's past and her roots. She finds Jewish Holidays very boring and traditional just like most teenagers. She also thinks they are unappreciative for she takes great pride in her religion and the hardship the Jews had to face. She is mysteriously transported to the past and ends up in a concentration camp. The concentration camp is where she experiences hardship, makes new friends and looses some of them at the sametime. However this is where she also learns of her family history and begins to understand her roots and all they had to go through.


       They are the people who don't speak up when needed, they just sit around and just don't care because it's not there problem. But eventually it could become your problem. These people are bystanders, up-standers are the people who try to help, and make change or difference. Just like with the Nazis, they were tired of how they treated them and there friends and family. So they spoke for themselves. Some succeeded some didn't. If I was put into this situation I honestly would mind my own business. Because If I try to help and speak up. I could possibly make it worse for myself or my friends and family.   

Worker Rights Assessment "Sweatshops"

              As I read the article By Natalie Nold, a senior at Mekeel Christian Academy, I started to notice how bad things were for other people. Sweatshops are a terrible thing. They happen all over the world and you might not even know it. Example Nike, Nike has Bangladesh workers working under "unfair conditions".  Such as low pay, bossy owners, and buildings that aren't safe. 

In my poem “The Sweatshop” I realized that these people are going through such a tough and unfair labor. The 1st person point of view really got me thinking “What if I was doing this? What if we were treated that way?” reading poem compared to article, there was no competition. The poem was way more descriptive and detailed. They gave amazing evidence to show what life was like for them and why it was a bad thing. Overall this poem was great and gave me a good understanding of what sweatshops were like.