I wanted to learn more about the author. I began researching and one of the first interesting facts I found was that Ann Clare was also deaf. She also grew up in Long Island with many family and friends that were American Jews. Her grandmother escaped from Turkey during an Armenian Genocide. Her story is very inspiring. After researching, I glad I had decided to find out more about the author. Learning about her story just adds more to the story of Paula.
I found this interview to be very interesting. I decided to search and found another website about the author. Check out the following to learn more about Ann Clare LeZotte:
“Grandmother said, “All the suffering, All the casualties
This is the worst War the word Will ever know.”
I prayed to God, our Lantern in the dark That is would be so.” page 101
While reading this I see faces of all the live that were lost during World War II. I also think of the light, GOD that will protect those who are faithful because of the promise in Revolution.
I am the connector for this section. I would like to connect the plot of Poor Kurt wearing a disguise for survival. In literature, many characters have worn a disguise in order to survive. Many of these stories have a character cross dressing (as we see in 12th Night(She's the Man) with Viola dressing as her twin brother or even the Disney version Mulan, a girl dressing as a man to fight in the army.
For Poor Kurt, he decides to dress in a manner that in society makes him invisible. In most social settings, it is the poor and homeless that are most overlooked. In big cities such as NY, the streets are lined with the homeless, and most people never take a second look. In Robin Hood with Kevin Costner, there is a scene where he dresses as an old begger man even going as far to rub manure on himself to keep people away and from looking to close at him. After all, we don't see what we don't want to see.
I am the Discussion Dircetor this week. To sum up this story I found this quote on page 80 that seemed to me to put everything into focus, "The road we had traveled together, couldn't be understood by another. There are times in life when everything seems to stetch ahead of us and time, slows down, almost like a dream." This strategy that happened in our history has tried to have been "silenced" but all those lost lives have not gone unforgotten as Hitler intended. This quote compares life to a dream and at times this is the only way many people can deal with the harsh realities they face. How do you think the people who stood for Hitler and participated in these types of masacres would feel today about how society views disabilities? I think we as society have come a long way but still have a good ways to go to help meet the needs of those who face disabilties.
I am the investigator for this week. I decided to investigate more information about the author, Ann Clare Lezotte.
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I wanted to learn more about the author. I began researching and one of the first interesting facts I found was that Ann Clare was also deaf. She also grew up in Long Island with many family and friends that were American Jews. Her grandmother escaped from Turkey during an Armenian Genocide. Her story is very inspiring. After researching, I glad I had decided to find out more about the author. Learning about her story just adds more to the story of Paula.
I found this interview to be very interesting. I decided to search and found another website about the author. Check out the following to learn more about Ann Clare LeZotte:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20081013/NEWS/810130166
Ann also has a Facebook page if you are interested in adding her as a friend. :)
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ReplyDelete“Grandmother said,
“All the suffering,
All the casualties
This is the worst
War the word
Will ever know.”
I prayed to God, our
Lantern in the dark
That is would be so.”
page 101
While reading this I see faces of all the live that were lost during World War II. I also think of the light, GOD that will protect those who are faithful because of the promise in Revolution.
I am the connector for this section. I would like to connect the plot of Poor Kurt wearing a disguise for survival. In literature, many characters have worn a disguise in order to survive. Many of these stories have a character cross dressing (as we see in 12th Night(She's the Man) with Viola dressing as her twin brother or even the Disney version Mulan, a girl dressing as a man to fight in the army.
ReplyDeleteFor Poor Kurt, he decides to dress in a manner that in society makes him invisible. In most social settings, it is the poor and homeless that are most overlooked. In big cities such as NY, the streets are lined with the homeless, and most people never take a second look. In Robin Hood with Kevin Costner, there is a scene where he dresses as an old begger man even going as far to rub manure on himself to keep people away and from looking to close at him. After all, we don't see what we don't want to see.
I am the Discussion Dircetor this week. To sum up this story I found this quote on page 80 that seemed to me to put everything into focus, "The road we had traveled together, couldn't be understood by another. There are times in life when everything seems to stetch ahead of us and time, slows down, almost like a dream." This strategy that happened in our history has tried to have been "silenced" but all those lost lives have not gone unforgotten as Hitler intended. This quote compares life to a dream and at times this is the only way many people can deal with the harsh realities they face.
ReplyDeleteHow do you think the people who stood for Hitler and participated in these types of masacres would feel today about how society views disabilities? I think we as society have come a long way but still have a good ways to go to help meet the needs of those who face disabilties.