Salt to the Sea Quotes/Literary Devices 8th period by Mrs. Harlin https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2 Choose one of your quotes from last night's homework or the figurative language homework from Monday. Type in the full quote, the pages number, the literary device, and its significance. Then, choose TWO of your classmates' quotes and write a thoughtful response (NOT "I agree" or something like that) en-us 2021-04-09 17:16:54 UTC 2021-04-09 19:47:19 UTC hello@padlet.com sledgcla0001 https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337465 "They would crowd into her belly and she would give birth to their freedom." This is personification of the Wilhelm Gustoff, and it outlines their plans to get to freedom once they get off the boat. It provides hope to the characters that they're on their way to freedom.]]> 2021-04-09 19:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337465 “War had bled color from everything, leaving nothing but a storm of grey” I think this quote is signficant because it acts as a symbol of what has gone on during the war. https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337498 2021-04-09 19:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337498 katinhay000 https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337742
  • The shoe poet said,” ‘We all have a door that waits. I know that. I accept it. But the children. That’s what I struggle with.’ He shook his head. ‘Why the children?’” (Sepetys 237). Children are still suffering for actions that were not their own. They are innocent in this world, and yet, they still have to suffer.

    • ]]>     2021-04-09 19:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337742     https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337746 “ How much for the kid?” “He's not for sale”. “Everyone has a price”. “But clearly not everyone has a soul”.

    ]]>     2021-04-09 19:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337746     “Before this war is over, all men will have an opportunity to reveal their true selves.I welcome that opportunity.” https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337956 In the face of an emergency, we will either rise up to be brave and help someone in trouble or choose to be a coward and save only ourselves.

    ]]>     2021-04-09 19:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337956     “ ‘I wept because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet’ ” (Sepetys 197). The war cost many people so many things-some mental and some physical. Shoe Poet is very wise, and while he and others were waiting to board the ship, she said this to remind everyone to be grateful for what they have because it might be more than someone else has. https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337985 2021-04-09 19:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337985 “What was she talking about? The war would end. We would all go home. Wouldn’t we?” (Sepetys 102). Joana questions herself on if she will actually go home during the war. It introduces the concept that not everyone will survive the war, including Joana. https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337993 2021-04-09 19:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401337993 “Death hath a thousand doors to let out life; I shall find one. We all have a door that waits. I know that. I accept it. But the children. That’s what I struggle with...Why the children?”(237) https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401338054 2021-04-09 19:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401338054 “Hitler said KdF brought opportunity for everyone, all were equal. But how could all be equal if some were favored?”(Sepetys 217). Emilia thinks this. She is polish so she is a minority to the nazis. She is not equal at all though Hitlers eyes. This is very relevant in today's world. So many people say that they believe that everyone is equal but they treat other people as minorities. Black people and Asian people and many other ethnicities have been treated poorly for centuries and it is just now coming to light. https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401338205 2021-04-09 19:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401338205 “But how could all be equal if some were favored?”(Sepetys 217). https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401338559 Emilia is Polish so she is a part of the "inferior race". The KdF claims its an organization giving equal opportunities but it actually favors certain races. This is seen in our world a lot today where certain people groups, races, religions, etc are favored while other are treated unfairly. ]]> 2021-04-09 19:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401338559 ”The ice ached and groaned, like old bones carrying too many years, brittle and threatening to snap at any moment”(Sepetys 137). That is an example of personification and its significance is that due to the bullets the ice path continues to crack and will most likely fall apart completely forcing the group to try and find another path. The use of personification was for the reader to have a clear idea of how fragile the ice path is. Which is helpful because if the ice is being given the human quality of old bones then the ice path is truly shattered and weak. The impact is that the group is now very nervous and cautious because the ice has the potential to break similar to old bones. https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401338626 2021-04-09 19:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401338626 "His silence was elastic, slowly curling a rope around her neck." Page 119; personification ortizcar001 https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401338683 Right here was the moment that determined whether Joana's group would be able to board the Gustloff or not. Had they figured out Ingrid was born blind, a very different outcome would’ve taken place.]]> 2021-04-09 19:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401338683 ¨´What´s beautiful,... is that she had beaten this war...death and destruction all around...Yet amidst all that, life has spit in the eye of death´¨(Sepetys page 275). In this excerpt the Shoe Poet is talking about Emilia's baby, but I think we can apply his thoughts to our own lives. In our own wars- whatever they may be- we go through struggles and destruction. But if we keep fighting we can beat our wars. We come out on the other side we will be ¨beautiful¨, not for our looks, but how we have triumphed over the storms of our lives; how we have kept going even though it is not the easiest route. herbeema000 https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401339473 2021-04-09 19:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401339473 “The polish girl’s pink hat bobbed like a candy egg amidst hundreds of grey faces all so tired and drawn, they looked like boiled meat”(124 Sepetys). The grays are supposed to paint an ill picture, with one vibrant, pink hat standing out from it all. It is almost like hope, how out of the endless darkness there is the little glimmer. saxenran000 https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401339668 2021-04-09 19:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401339668 https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401340125
  • “I wanted to stay locked away from the pain and destruction. I didn’t want to be strong. I didn’t want to be the smart girl. I was so very tired. I just wanted it all to be over” (Sepetys 224).
  • In life, sometimes it is easiest to put up a front and pretend everything is okay. During WWII (or the pandemic for those living in these times), it is easy to push away one’s own emotions because of the recognition that others have it so much worse. However, like Joana, it is important to feel everything instead of just pushing it away.

    • ]]>     2021-04-09 19:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401340125     “Death hath a thousand doors to let out life; I shall find one. We all have a door that waits. I know that. I accept it. But the children. That’s what I struggle with...Why the children?”(237) The Shoe Poet feels bad for all the children who cannot board the ship. He feels bad that he got on, but they were left behind. https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401340153 2021-04-09 19:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401340153 ”Obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken” (Sepetys 279). dillihan001 https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401341333 2021-04-09 19:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401341333 "I became so good that after a while the lines blurred between my truth and fiction" (Sepetys 147). https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401342058 It is hard for Emilia to truly express herself because she's so used to acting happy. She cared more about her father's happiness than hers.]]> 2021-04-09 19:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401342058 "I didn't respond. Small hairs on the back of my neck lifted in warning. This guy wasn't a sailor. He was a sociopath in training" (Sepetys 280) coopezac001 https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401342857 2021-04-09 19:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401342857 blacklil001 https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401349596  “Afred, these people are very important. They have papers. I’m going to help the doctor, but these people must be taken to the same ship I will be on. Do you understand” (Sepetys181). The special “community group” consisting of Joana, Eva, Florian, Emilia, the shoe poet, Klaus, and prior Ingrid give an entire new meaning to community. The separate characters push each other forward, feeding off of each other’s talents--and sometimes encouragement. Without everyone together they most likely would not have gotten this far. ]]> 2021-04-09 19:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401349596 “She was completely overcome with fear, consumed by pain” blacklil001 https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401376715 There are situations in life where you feel that you are staring death right in the face. It is immensely challenging to “get through the storm” and understand truth. Fear can be a paralyzing matter; it threatens and suffocates those who are bound by its grasp. There are thousands of fearful things in this world that create pain inside a person (emotionally, physically, mentally, etc…)]]> 2021-04-09 19:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kelly_harlin/tdn7ehotikzasbd2/wish/1401376715