Dear World War Veterans,
I have just finished reading Army Boys on German Soil/Our Dough Boys Quelling the Mobs. There are four main characters. Frank, Tom, Bart, and Billy. Frank is the commander of the group. He has a quick mind and fast reflexes. Tom is a fearless soldier. Bart and Billy are brave and all of them are good companions.
One night when the four boys were outside, shots were fired at them. The ducked and saw people going into an ally. They followed, but when they went in they saw none there. One of them turned on a flashlight and shots started firing at them. They ducked and went back to base. They told their Colonel about what happened. Frank wanted to investigate the next day in the morning, but was but on a mission to go get supplies with the 37th.
They went the next day. When they were going up a mountain, it was heavily snowing and to make it worse, Bart fell and sprained his ankle. The Lieutenant said catch up with him later. When they continued they lost there way and ended up at a castle. They rested there with Bart at watch. He heard German voices and woke up his friends. Frank heard that they were making a plan to get back control of the camp the boys were. They arrested them and took their firearms which they were not supposed to have. They left the next day only to find a German squad requesting the hostages. They said no, captured a soldier, and started a firefight. More Germans came in, but the 37th came out the trees and saved the boys. They were greeted with warm faces at the camp.
They returned to hostages to the base, but on the way met on of their friends. A pilot named Dick Lever. They said hi and continued. They when reached the base Frank and Bert investigated the ally. They found a trapdoor in the floor, but could not investigate any further because there was a fire nearby and people would see them. They wanted to see it the next day but there were drills and new regulations. The Lieutenant said they were going to Berlin, and while sweeping the houses Tom got captured. They returned back only three people. When they went to the ally again, they went down the trap door and found many rats attacking them. They retreated up the ladder on the the surface.
Later, they found a American Prison camp and found Tom there. They were going to execute them and told the to dig their own graves. Tom's hands were tired and they cut the string to make him shovel.That was a bad choice because once he got the shovel he hit one of the soldiers then the other. They other prisoners joined in, but the 37th came in guns ablaze. The Germans retreated and Tom was with his comrades again.
When Frank had time he went down the trapdoor again and found a German doctor who hated the Americans. He read the newspaper then threw it on the floor. In the small room had many veils of medicine. The newspaper's headline said mysterious disease kills more Americans. He gets his friends and they told the Lieutenant. H gathered men and place two at the entrance of the ally. The rest went down the trapdoor and found even more Germans. The doctor laughing and boasting that he killed so many Americans, and is planning to kill more. The soldiers burst into the room and arrested everyone.
Later the treaty was signed that ended WWI.
A student/reader,
Alexander Yan
Monday, February 20, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Reader's Journal #23 Historical Fiction 2-13-12
Dear Holocaust Survivors，
I have finixhed reading the book "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry. This book is about the Jews in WWII and how other people like friends helped them. The book starts with two girls running， Annemarie and Ellen, down a street. Annemarie's little sister, Kisti was being left behind. When the two girls reach the corner, two German soldiers tell them to halt. They ask them questions and laugh at how Kirsti is angry. The let them go and tell them to stop running. They the day after that, Ellen stays over for the night, and her parents are taken away by Peter, Annemarie's almost brother-in-law, but her sister was hit by a car before they could marry. Ellen was a Jew and had to hide from the Nazi soldiers. In the night, soldiers came and asked Annemarie's parents where where were the Rosens, Ellen's family. They went to search the house, but Ellen was wearing a gold necklace with the Star of David on it. Annemarie tore it off before the soldiers found out.
They went to their Uncles house. He owned a boat and since they were in Denmark, they were close to Sweden, a country free from the German occupation. One night many people came to the house and brought a casket. That night Ellen's parents with Peter came back and Ellen was overwhelmed with happiness. They waited, nut Germans came and asked why were there so many people in the house． Ｔｈｅｙ ｓａｉｄ ａ ｆａｍｉｌｙ ｍｅｍｂｅｒ ｈａｓ ｄｉｅｄ， ａｎｄ ｉｔ ｉｓ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｃｏｓｔｏｍ ｔｏ ｈａｖｅ ｔｈｅ ｆａｍｉｌｙ ｇａｔｈｅｒｅｄ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｄｅａｄ ｐｅｒｓｏｎ．Ａｆｔｅｒ ｔｈｅｙ ｌｅｆｔ， Ｐｅｔｅｒ ｌｅａｄ ａ ｆｅｗ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｂｏａｔｓ ｗｈｅｒｅ Ｕｎｃｌｅ Ｈｅｎｒｉｃｋ ｗａｓ ｗａｉｔｉｎｇ．Ｂｅｆｏｒｅ ｔｈｅｙ ｌｅｆｔ，Peteｒ ｇａｖｅ Ｍｒ． Ｒｏｓｅｎ ａ ｐａｃｋａｇｅ． Ｈｅ ｓａｉｄ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｖｅｒｙ ｉｍｐｏｒｔａｎｔ．Ｈｅ ｌｅｄ ｓｏｍｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｏｕｔ， ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ ａｆｔｅｒ ａ ｍｉｄｎｉｇｈｔ， Ａｎｎｅｍａｒｉｅ＇ｓ ｍｏｍ ｌｅａｄ ｔｈｅ Ｒｏｓｅｎｓ ｏｕｔ．Ａｎｎｅｍａｒｉｅ ｗａｉｔｅｄ ａｎｄ ｆｅｌｌ ａｓｌｅｅｐ，ｂｕｔ ｗｈｅｎ ｓｈｅ ｗｏｋｅ ｕｐ ｈｅｒ ｍｏｍ ｗａｓ ｓｔｉｌｌ ｎｏｔ ｔｈｅｒｅ．Ｓｈｅ ｓａｗ ｏｕｔｓｉｄｅ ｈｅｒ ｍｏｍ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｆｌｏｏｒ， ａｎｄ ｗｈｅｎ ｓｈｅ ｒｅａｃｈｅｄ ｈｅｒ ｓｈｅ ｓａｉｄ ｓｈｅ ｍｕｓｔ ｈａｖｅ ｂｒｏｋｅ ｈｅｒ ａｎｋｌｅ．Ｗｈｅｎ Ａｎｎｅｍａｒｉｅ ｈｅｌｐｅｄ ｈｅｒ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｈｏｕｓｅ， ｓｈｅ ｓａｗ ｔｈｅ ｐａｃｋａｇｅ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｆｌｏｏｒ． Ｈｅｒ ｍｏｍ ｔｏｌｄ ｈｅｒ ｔｏ ｐｕｔ ｔｈｅ ｐａｃｋａｇｅ ｉｎ ａ ｂａｓｋｅｔ ｕｎｄｅｒ ｓｏｍｅ ｆｏｏｄ ａｎｄ ｂｒｉｎｇ ｉｔ ｔｏ Ｕｎｃｌｅ Ｈｅｎｒｉｃｋ． Ｗｈｅｎ ｓｈｅ ｗａｓ ｇｏｉｎｇ， ｓｈｅ ｍｅｔ ｓｏｍｅ ｓｏｌｄｉｅｒｓ ｗｉｔｈ ｄｏｇｓ． Ｔｈｅ ｄｏｇｓ ｗｅｒｅ ｔｒａｉｎｄ ｔｏ ｓｎｉｆｆ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｏｕｔ．Ｔｈｅ ｔｏｏｋ ｓｏｍｅ ｂｒｅａｄ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｂａｓｋｅｔ ｇａｖｅ ｉｔ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｄｏｇｓ ａｆｔｅｒ ｔｈｅｙ ａｓｋｅｄ ｈｅｒ ｗｈａｔ ｓｈｅ ｗａｓ ｄｏｉｎｇ．Ｔｈｅｙ ｔｈｅｎ ｓａｗ ｔｈｅ ｐａｃｋａｇｅ ｏｐｅｎｅｄ ｉｔ ｏｎｌｙ ｔｏ ｆｉｎｄ ａ ｈａｎｃｋｅｒｃｈｉｅｆ．Ｔｈｅｙ ｌｅｔ ｈｅｒ ｇｏ．
Ｗｈｅｎ ｓｈｅ ｈａｄ ｒｅａｃｈｅｄ ｔｈｅ ｂｏａｔ， Ｕｎｃｌｅ Ｈｅｎｒｉｃｋ ｗａｓ ｒｅｌｉｅｖｅｄ． Ａｆｔｅｒ ｈｅ ｃａｍｅ ｈｏｍｅ， ｈｅ ｔｏｌｄ ｈｅｒ ｔｈａｔ Ｐｅｔｅｒ ｈａｄ ａｓｋｅｄ ｓｏｍｅ ｓｃｉｅｎｔｉｓｔ ｔｏ ｃｏｍｅ ｕｐ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｃｈｅｍｉｃａｌ ｔｏ ｍａｋｅ ｄｏｇｓ ｌｏｓｅ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｓｅｎｓｅ ｏｆ ｓｍｅｌｌ．They ｆｏｕｎｄ ｏｕｔ ａ ｗａｙ ａｎｄ ｐｕｔ ｉｔ ｏｎ ａ ｈａｎｋｅｒｃｈｉｅｆ．
Ｗｈｅｎ ｔｈｅ ｗａｒ ｅｎｄｅｄ ｔｗｏ ｙｅａｒｓ ｌａｔｅｒ ｅｖｅｒｙｏｎｅ ｉｎ Ｄｅｎｍａｒｋ ｗａｓ ｃｅｌｅｂｒａｔｉｎｇ．Ａｌｌ ｔｈｅ Ｊｅｗｓ ｗｅｒｅ ｍｏｖｉｎｇ ｂａｃｋ ｉｎｔｏ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｈｏｍｅｓ ａｎｄ ｃｈｅｅｒｉｎｇ． Ｏｕｔ ｏｆ ｔｈｉｓ ｈａｐｐｉｎｅｓｓ， Ｐｅｔｅｒ ｈａｄ ｄｉｅｄ． Ｈｅ ｗａｓ ｄｉｓｃｏｖｅｒｅｄ ａｎｄ ｗａｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｒｅｓｉｓｔａｎｅｃｅ． Ｔｈｅｙ ｅｘｕｃｕｔｅｄ ｈｉｍ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｓｑｕａｒｅ ａｎｄ ｂｕｒｉｅｄ ｈｉｍ ｔｈｅｒｅ．
Ｔｈｉｓ ｓｔｏｒｙ ｉｓ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ａ ｒｅａｌ ｓｔｏｒｙ．
Aｎ American,
Alexander Yan
I have finixhed reading the book "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry. This book is about the Jews in WWII and how other people like friends helped them. The book starts with two girls running， Annemarie and Ellen, down a street. Annemarie's little sister, Kisti was being left behind. When the two girls reach the corner, two German soldiers tell them to halt. They ask them questions and laugh at how Kirsti is angry. The let them go and tell them to stop running. They the day after that, Ellen stays over for the night, and her parents are taken away by Peter, Annemarie's almost brother-in-law, but her sister was hit by a car before they could marry. Ellen was a Jew and had to hide from the Nazi soldiers. In the night, soldiers came and asked Annemarie's parents where where were the Rosens, Ellen's family. They went to search the house, but Ellen was wearing a gold necklace with the Star of David on it. Annemarie tore it off before the soldiers found out.
They went to their Uncles house. He owned a boat and since they were in Denmark, they were close to Sweden, a country free from the German occupation. One night many people came to the house and brought a casket. That night Ellen's parents with Peter came back and Ellen was overwhelmed with happiness. They waited, nut Germans came and asked why were there so many people in the house． Ｔｈｅｙ ｓａｉｄ ａ ｆａｍｉｌｙ ｍｅｍｂｅｒ ｈａｓ ｄｉｅｄ， ａｎｄ ｉｔ ｉｓ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｃｏｓｔｏｍ ｔｏ ｈａｖｅ ｔｈｅ ｆａｍｉｌｙ ｇａｔｈｅｒｅｄ ａｒｏｕｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｄｅａｄ ｐｅｒｓｏｎ．Ａｆｔｅｒ ｔｈｅｙ ｌｅｆｔ， Ｐｅｔｅｒ ｌｅａｄ ａ ｆｅｗ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｂｏａｔｓ ｗｈｅｒｅ Ｕｎｃｌｅ Ｈｅｎｒｉｃｋ ｗａｓ ｗａｉｔｉｎｇ．Ｂｅｆｏｒｅ ｔｈｅｙ ｌｅｆｔ，Peteｒ ｇａｖｅ Ｍｒ． Ｒｏｓｅｎ ａ ｐａｃｋａｇｅ． Ｈｅ ｓａｉｄ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｖｅｒｙ ｉｍｐｏｒｔａｎｔ．Ｈｅ ｌｅｄ ｓｏｍｅ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｏｕｔ， ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｎ ａｆｔｅｒ ａ ｍｉｄｎｉｇｈｔ， Ａｎｎｅｍａｒｉｅ＇ｓ ｍｏｍ ｌｅａｄ ｔｈｅ Ｒｏｓｅｎｓ ｏｕｔ．Ａｎｎｅｍａｒｉｅ ｗａｉｔｅｄ ａｎｄ ｆｅｌｌ ａｓｌｅｅｐ，ｂｕｔ ｗｈｅｎ ｓｈｅ ｗｏｋｅ ｕｐ ｈｅｒ ｍｏｍ ｗａｓ ｓｔｉｌｌ ｎｏｔ ｔｈｅｒｅ．Ｓｈｅ ｓａｗ ｏｕｔｓｉｄｅ ｈｅｒ ｍｏｍ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｆｌｏｏｒ， ａｎｄ ｗｈｅｎ ｓｈｅ ｒｅａｃｈｅｄ ｈｅｒ ｓｈｅ ｓａｉｄ ｓｈｅ ｍｕｓｔ ｈａｖｅ ｂｒｏｋｅ ｈｅｒ ａｎｋｌｅ．Ｗｈｅｎ Ａｎｎｅｍａｒｉｅ ｈｅｌｐｅｄ ｈｅｒ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｈｏｕｓｅ， ｓｈｅ ｓａｗ ｔｈｅ ｐａｃｋａｇｅ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｆｌｏｏｒ． Ｈｅｒ ｍｏｍ ｔｏｌｄ ｈｅｒ ｔｏ ｐｕｔ ｔｈｅ ｐａｃｋａｇｅ ｉｎ ａ ｂａｓｋｅｔ ｕｎｄｅｒ ｓｏｍｅ ｆｏｏｄ ａｎｄ ｂｒｉｎｇ ｉｔ ｔｏ Ｕｎｃｌｅ Ｈｅｎｒｉｃｋ． Ｗｈｅｎ ｓｈｅ ｗａｓ ｇｏｉｎｇ， ｓｈｅ ｍｅｔ ｓｏｍｅ ｓｏｌｄｉｅｒｓ ｗｉｔｈ ｄｏｇｓ． Ｔｈｅ ｄｏｇｓ ｗｅｒｅ ｔｒａｉｎｄ ｔｏ ｓｎｉｆｆ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ ｏｕｔ．Ｔｈｅ ｔｏｏｋ ｓｏｍｅ ｂｒｅａｄ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｂａｓｋｅｔ ｇａｖｅ ｉｔ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｄｏｇｓ ａｆｔｅｒ ｔｈｅｙ ａｓｋｅｄ ｈｅｒ ｗｈａｔ ｓｈｅ ｗａｓ ｄｏｉｎｇ．Ｔｈｅｙ ｔｈｅｎ ｓａｗ ｔｈｅ ｐａｃｋａｇｅ ｏｐｅｎｅｄ ｉｔ ｏｎｌｙ ｔｏ ｆｉｎｄ ａ ｈａｎｃｋｅｒｃｈｉｅｆ．Ｔｈｅｙ ｌｅｔ ｈｅｒ ｇｏ．
Ｗｈｅｎ ｓｈｅ ｈａｄ ｒｅａｃｈｅｄ ｔｈｅ ｂｏａｔ， Ｕｎｃｌｅ Ｈｅｎｒｉｃｋ ｗａｓ ｒｅｌｉｅｖｅｄ． Ａｆｔｅｒ ｈｅ ｃａｍｅ ｈｏｍｅ， ｈｅ ｔｏｌｄ ｈｅｒ ｔｈａｔ Ｐｅｔｅｒ ｈａｄ ａｓｋｅｄ ｓｏｍｅ ｓｃｉｅｎｔｉｓｔ ｔｏ ｃｏｍｅ ｕｐ ｗｉｔｈ ａ ｃｈｅｍｉｃａｌ ｔｏ ｍａｋｅ ｄｏｇｓ ｌｏｓｅ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｓｅｎｓｅ ｏｆ ｓｍｅｌｌ．They ｆｏｕｎｄ ｏｕｔ ａ ｗａｙ ａｎｄ ｐｕｔ ｉｔ ｏｎ ａ ｈａｎｋｅｒｃｈｉｅｆ．
Ｗｈｅｎ ｔｈｅ ｗａｒ ｅｎｄｅｄ ｔｗｏ ｙｅａｒｓ ｌａｔｅｒ ｅｖｅｒｙｏｎｅ ｉｎ Ｄｅｎｍａｒｋ ｗａｓ ｃｅｌｅｂｒａｔｉｎｇ．Ａｌｌ ｔｈｅ Ｊｅｗｓ ｗｅｒｅ ｍｏｖｉｎｇ ｂａｃｋ ｉｎｔｏ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｈｏｍｅｓ ａｎｄ ｃｈｅｅｒｉｎｇ． Ｏｕｔ ｏｆ ｔｈｉｓ ｈａｐｐｉｎｅｓｓ， Ｐｅｔｅｒ ｈａｄ ｄｉｅｄ． Ｈｅ ｗａｓ ｄｉｓｃｏｖｅｒｅｄ ａｎｄ ｗａｓ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｒｅｓｉｓｔａｎｅｃｅ． Ｔｈｅｙ ｅｘｕｃｕｔｅｄ ｈｉｍ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｓｑｕａｒｅ ａｎｄ ｂｕｒｉｅｄ ｈｉｍ ｔｈｅｒｅ．
Ｔｈｉｓ ｓｔｏｒｙ ｉｓ ｂａｓｅｄ ｏｎ ａ ｒｅａｌ ｓｔｏｒｙ．
Aｎ American,
Alexander Yan
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Reader's Journal #22 Autobiography 2-7-12 Abandoning
Dear friends,
I am abandoning Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography. It was very confusing and it kept jumping to different things. One paragraph it was his life, the next it was the publisher's clarification which didn't clarify anything. Another thing that bothered me was that when they were making the book into an eBook, they put in some wrong letters so there were random semicolons, commas, letters, and numbers.
Starting off from where I ended in my last RJ, Benjamin Franklin got a printing job after he found out the one he wanted to do was full. The boss recommended him to another person, Keimer, who I think they became friends but the book wasn't clear. He got the job then quit later because there was a job where they wrote poems and payed more. He became friends with the governor. He said go to London, there is a printing job there that payed more.
When he went to London, he found a job and worked there. He went who his friend who left his wife and two children. He taught kids to read and write in England. Then when Benjamin was going back to Philadelphia, I stopped there. It is page 134 of 422 (A RATIO!).
Your friend,
Alexander Yan
I am abandoning Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography. It was very confusing and it kept jumping to different things. One paragraph it was his life, the next it was the publisher's clarification which didn't clarify anything. Another thing that bothered me was that when they were making the book into an eBook, they put in some wrong letters so there were random semicolons, commas, letters, and numbers.
Starting off from where I ended in my last RJ, Benjamin Franklin got a printing job after he found out the one he wanted to do was full. The boss recommended him to another person, Keimer, who I think they became friends but the book wasn't clear. He got the job then quit later because there was a job where they wrote poems and payed more. He became friends with the governor. He said go to London, there is a printing job there that payed more.
When he went to London, he found a job and worked there. He went who his friend who left his wife and two children. He taught kids to read and write in England. Then when Benjamin was going back to Philadelphia, I stopped there. It is page 134 of 422 (A RATIO!).
Your friend,
Alexander Yan
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