Desdemona Blog

Quiet, but Loud

Many see Desdemona as a lost young girl who only made one big decision in her life, which was not the smartest choice to make in that time period.  Many saw her as a mouse.

 

 

What people did not see was her strength.  She had great courage to make the decision to marry Othello without her father's permission.  People did not see her as the lioness she is.

 Desdemona had the courage to stand up to her father when he found out about the relationship she had with the Moor.  She said, "My noble father/ I do perceive here a divided duty" (Shakespeare Act 1).  Here Desdemona is explaining that she will always be daddy's little girl, but she loves the Moor enough to defy her father.  She is standing up for what she believes in.

Another way that Desdemona shows her boldness is when she faces Othello when he is calling her a devil.  Desdemona says, "I have not deserved this" (Shakespeare Act 4).  Right now, Othello strikes Desdemona and she does not stand for it.  She tries to reason with her husband, which is something that not many women would do if their husbands believe they did something wrong.

Desdemona is her own woman.  She stands up for herself and does what she believes is right.  Desdemona has the courage that not many people do.

 

Othello Play 

Iago Blog

A Sneaking, Lying Son of a Rat

 

 

Iago is the fake friend you have at school that convinces you to tell them all your secrets just so they can tell the rest of your school those confessions.

 

 

 

 

Iago is the one that takes credit for all of the good things he does, but when he wants to do something bad, he makes someone else get their hands dirty.  After that he runs away and pretends he had no idea what was going on.

 

 

Iago is the one person that takes what he is given, but keeps asking for more.  He is the one who abuses the power he has, but will kill for more.  Iago is the man that will destroy everything he touches, on purpose, just to get what he wants.  And in the end, he will just laugh and revel in the glory he obtained.

 

 

 

 

Iago pretends to be best friends with Roderigo, just for his money and to abuse the hold he has on him by making him do his dirty work.  Iago pretends to be Othello's loyal follower just because he wants a higher position in the army.  Iago is full of anger and hate that he tends to misplace and use as a fuel for his raging fire.

 

 

 

Iago was given the role of flag bearer by Othello, in the army, when he wanted to be lieutenant.  The flag bearer is the first to be killed in a battle, and is one of the bottom people in the army pyramid.  This is the main reason why Iago is so hateful.

 



Iago is a lying weasel that will do anything to get what he wants.  His extreme measures consist of lying, cheating, and killing.  He is a role model.  The role model that you're parents use as an example of what not to become.

 

The Entire Othello Play

About Iago

The Role of the Flag Bearer





Lear-Reading Blog-Book 9

 Red Stains

 

Liesel and Rudy go to the mayor's house, again, to steal a book.  Frau Hermann has left cookies for them, so Rudy and Liesel take them.  While they are eating them, Liesel thinks abut how she is gong to return the plate.

The story moves to Hans playing cards with his team.  One man does not like Hans and accuses him of cheating, which, as Death states, will only hurt him in the end.  Death even says, "He would die with his mouth open"(Zusak 351).

Back in Molching, Liesel goes to read to Frau Holtzapfel, but is greeted at the door by her son, Michael.  He has bandages all over him because he just got back from war where he was shot in the ribs and lost three fingers.  

Michael tells Liesel that his brother, Robert, died after getting his legs blown off.  He died in the hospital with Michael by his side.  When Death is going to take Robert, he says, "I showed up very much invited at the temporary hospital and flinched at the smell"(Zusak).

Liesel reads to Frau Holtzapfel.

The man who doesn't like Hans dies a little later on.  Hans and his team are on their way back to their camp.  The man insists that him and Hans trade places as the driver.  A tire of the truck gets punctured and they fly off the road.  Hans suffers a broken leg, but the other man breaks his neck and dies.  

Hans tells Rosa and Liesel that he is returning home, and then Liesel tells Rudy.  He is happy for Liesel, but he starts to wonder about what is happening with his own father.  

Another bombing is on its way, and everybody must go into the shelters.  Frau Holtzapfel refuses to leave her kitchen table because she is still very upset about Robert's death.  Michael goes into the shelter without her, regretting it almost immediately.  Finally, Frau Holtzapfel arrives in the shelter and Michael begs her to forgive him for leaving her behind.  

After the bombing, an enemy plane is found burning in the forest.  There is an enemy pilot dying inside the airship.  Liesel and Rudy approach the plane to see the body inside.  Death arrives at the scene to take the pilot's soul and recognizes Liesel from the train station where her brother died.  Rudy gives the pilot a teddy bear and the pilot thanks him in English.  Death takes the soul away.

 

Hans finally returns home after getting released from the hospital, and tells Liesel and Rosa all about his time at war.

Dresden Bombing- A Famous WWII Bomb Show 

Temporary Hospitals

The Book Thief

Lear-Reading Blog-Book 6

Do you want to build a snowman?

This part starts with Death talking about all of the deaths and souls that he is having to take away.  He says, "Sometimes I imagined how everything looked above those clouds, knowing without question that the sun was blond, and the endless atmosphere was a giant blue eye"(Zusak 350).

 

In book 6, it is Christmas Eve.  On this day, Liesel builds a snowman in the basement for Max.  After that, Max gets really sick and goes into a coma.  While Max is in the coma, Death comes to visit, but does not take his soul away.  

Liesel brings Max presents from the outside world, such as pine cones, a feather, and a candy wrapper.  One time while Liesel is staring at the clouds, Hans suggests that she give Max a cloud as a present.

Liesel starts reading a book called The Whistler, in hope that when she is finished, Max will wake up.  After she is finished, he still doesn't wake up, and Liesel overhears Rosa and Hans talking about what they would do if max would die.  They didn't know where they would hide the body.

At one point, Liesel and Rudy take a bike ride to the mayor's house and end up stealing another book because the window is open.  The book is called The Dream Carrier.  Death suggest that maybe Frau Hermann leaves the window open on purpose.

 

Max finally wakes up.  Rosa finds Liesel at school to tell her the news.  

Nazi soldiers start searching basements for Jews in Molching.  In the middle of a soccer game, Liesel sees them and pretends to get hurt so she can talk to Hans.  Liesel tells him before the soldiers come, but they don't have time to hide Max.  Luckily, Max heard them coming and hid, therefore, the soldiers didn't find him.  

Summary of All the Books Liesel Steals 

Coma Info

People helping Jews in the Holocaust