Tuesday, December 15, 2009

We Remember the Holocaust


We Remember the Holocaust is written by David A. Adler and has 104 pages. This book is interesting, but has a very horrifying subject, the Holocaust. It is about a lot of the people who were alive during the Holocaust. It tells of the terrifying things that happen and went on, but some people were lucky and survived. This book is about the prejudices against the jewish people.




Prejudice is the main theme of We Remember the Holocaust. The book tells how hitler and his followers discriminated against the Jews. The Nazis had so much hatred, that they were determined to kill all Jewish people. They treated the Jews horribly and put them in camps to be killed. They had strict rules for Jewish people that were unfair and cruel. The 104 page book, We Remember the Holocaust, is a heart wrenching book written by David A. Adler.




The Invention of Hugo Cabret


The Invention of Hugo Cabret is very well-written by Brian Selznick and has 530 pages in it. It is about a young boy named Hugo who's father died in the year 1931. He ends up staying with his alcoholic uncle who teaches him how to steal, since they have no money, and teaches him how to work clocks. Hugo ends up running away 1 day when his uncle doesn't come back home. Hugo has to learn to do things on his own. In this book Hugo is independent.

Hugo is very independent in The Invention of Hugo Cabret. He has no parents or money so he has to steal in order to survive. He is staying on his own and has to work the clocks since his uncle disappeared. One day after his father died, Hugo found a robot that he decided to keep. He tries to figure out a way to fix it. He does this by stealing mechanisms from the toy shop. These are all different ways to show that Hugo is very independent.