https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl en-us 2023-02-19 18:23:46 UTC 2023-02-25 01:30:30 UTC hello@padlet.com aeranti2 https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2487694897 I chose this book because it seemed very interesting. I always wanted to know more about how brutal the concentration camps during WW2 were. I also wanted to know how badly the Jews were treated by the Nazis during those few years. ]]> 2023-02-19 18:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2487694897 aeranti2 https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2487712938 Zloty - The basic unit for money in Poland. I know this because in context, the Germans are invading the homes of Jews and robbing them of valuables, I also know that nations have different currencies so I assumed that zloty was the Polish currency.

Annexed - Add territory to one's own territory. I know this because they use the word invade in the same sentence. "He's already annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia and now he invades Poland!" I also already know that Germany took over Austria and Czechoslovakia during World War 2.

Greatcoat - A long heavy overcoat. I know this because Nazis were famous for wearing long gray coats.

Untrodden -Not having been walked on. I know this because in the book at that moment, it was the middle of the night and no one walks in the middle of the night and I know that snow leaves trails if someone walks on it. 

Liquidate - To eliminate through violence. I know this because when it says the town had been liquidated they also say that it was empty but full of dead bodies that Yanek and his other prisoners had to clean up. ]]> 2023-02-19 19:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2487712938 aeranti2 https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2487713025 One of the two most important plot events is when Yanek's last family member, his uncle, was killed in the Plaszow Concentration camp. When his uncle was killed, no one was left to help him or take care of him. After his uncle's death, he was having a hard time coping with his new situation, but he eventually learned to become more independent. This independent mindset helped him through the rest of the events that unfold throughout the book. 

The second most important plot event is when he was tattooed with his prisoner number. When he was tattooed with prisoner number B-3087, he had officially lost almost all his identity and humanity. He looked like every other Jew in the camp, malnourished and dead inside.]]> 2023-02-19 19:07:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2487713025 aeranti2 https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2487713087 The main themes of this book are identity and dehumanization, but also that nothing can take away who you truly are. You can see the 2 themes of identity and dehumanization in the title of the book, Prisoner B-3087. This title shows you that someone's identity is just a number, this loss of identity shows dehumanization. As the story of the book progresses, you can see the main character, Yanek, loses his identity and humanity during his journey. For example, at the beginning of the book his family had to give up their flat and live on the roof of the building so they could be safer. Then, Yanek had to lose his parents during one of the many deportations in his town. After Yanek himself was deported to a concentration camp, he not only loses his hometown but he also finds out that almost all of his family members were killed by the Nazis except for his Uncle. When his Uncle dies he has no family left. From all the back-breaking work and limited rations, he doesn't even look like how he used to be when he was still in his hometown and with his family. Finally, when Yanek was tattooed with prisoner number B-3087, he lost all of his identity and humanity. Though, after losing so much, he is still Yanek Gruener, a Jew. ]]> 2023-02-19 19:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2487713087 aeranti2 https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2487713208 On page 69, Yanek's Uncle says, "We must all go and line up to be counted. Remember: You are no one. You have no name. You do not speak, you do not look at them, you do not volunteer for anything. You work, but not so hard they notice you." This dialogue is very important because it helped Yanek endure all 10 brutal concentration camps, this dialogue is referred to many times throughout the book. This quote also refers to the theme of identity and dehumanization, Yanek has to strip away all his personality so that he can survive.

On page 11, Yanek's Father says, "Let them take everything. They cannot take who we are." This is very important because throughout the whole book Yanek is always losing something of his, but at the end of the book after surviving all the suffering from the concentration camps, he is still part of the Gruener family and is still a Jew.]]> 2023-02-19 19:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2487713208 aeranti2 https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2490429518 "If I had known what the next 6 years of my life were going to be like, I would have eaten more. I wouldn't have complained about brushing my teeth, taking a bath, or going to bed at eight o'clock every night." The author drops the reader in Krakow, Poland in 1939. At this time of the story, the reader is teased about the events that are to unfold during the rest of the story. I think this is a good opening because it hooks the reader and makes the reader curious about what is to come.]]> 2023-02-22 00:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2490429518 aeranti2 https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2494446069 Simile - "You look like a movie star, Yanek" It means that Yanek looks like he could be an actor in a movie.

Onomatopoeia - "There was a big BOOM, and my mother's teacups rattled in their saucers" This means that there was a huge explosion or a powerful impact near Yanek's house.

Metaphor - "They marched in their smart gray uniforms with their legs locked straight and thrown out in front of them the way ducks walks." This means that the Nazis were marching like ducks. 

Hyperbole - "I glanced at my mother, but she was 1 million miles away." This means that Yanek's mother was very far from him.

Simile - "They would get rid of us like so many old pairs of shoes." This means that the Nazis are carelessly killing the Jews in the concentration camps.


]]> 2023-02-25 00:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2494446069 aeranti2 https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2494458401 One connection that this book had with another article was that it showed the burning of synagogues. For example, on page 12 it describes Yanek and his father watching a synagogue burn in the middle of the night from their flat. In https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/holocaust
it also explains how "Synagogues were defiled and burned." 

Another connection that this book had with another article was the use of the slang word 'muselmann' to refer to Jews in concentration camps who were suffering from exhaustion and starvation. You can see this many times in Prisoner B-3087, for example on page 82 it says, "Muselmanners were different in the way they breathed through their mouths , in the way they dragged their feet when they walked - if they could walk." You can also see this in https://religionresearch.org/closer/2015/05/04/muselmann-the-jews-who-became-muslims-in-auschwitz/
where they explain that "Muselmann was used by prisoners and guards to refer to a concentration camp prisoner who has been reduced to no more than a shadow by starvation, exhaustion, and hopelessness."

A final connection that this book had with another article was the use of Amon Goeth in the Plaszow concentration camps, both texts displayed that Goeth killed randomly and that Goeth had trained dogs to kill Jews. For example, in Prisoner B-3087, it says "The SS officer stopped in front of the prisoner beside me and suddenly commanded his dogs, 'Attack! Attack! Kill the Jew!'" You can also see this in https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amon-Goth
it says, "...he also killed randomly and capriciously...the dogs-Great Danes trained to kill prisoners on command..."]]> 2023-02-25 00:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2494458401 aeranti2 https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2494459746 2023-02-25 00:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2494459746 aeranti2 https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2494473469 I think one of the moods for this book is suffocation. You can see this mostly in the beginning of the book when the Nazis restrict most of what Yanek used to do. For example, the Nazis first took away his education and his ability to go to the theater or get books from the library. After that they build a wall around his town. Then they force them to share their home with other Jews. They then take away his family's valuables. Then they finally take away his family.

I think another mood for this book is pain and suffering. For example, he had to do back-breaking work for so many hours with little food. He also had to endure the toxicity of the Nazis, they sometimes made him and other Jews do work just for the fun of it. He also had to see so many people die in front of him and keep a straight face so he wouldn't die himself.

I think the final mood for this book is sorrow and depression. You can see this when he loses everything he has. For example, he had to lose all of his possessions and family members before he was even 14. He also had to clean up his own apartment complex after it got completely liquidated by the Nazis. He has to endure everything without anyone to help him get through it]]> 2023-02-25 01:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aeranti2/qma7rdlmy1tez6sl/wish/2494473469