- In the book, _____ reminds me of _____ because...
- The argument in this book is similar to ____ because...
Think about what you have read so far in your nonfiction book. How do ideas there connect with something else you have read about, something you have experienced in your life, something that is occurring now in our world, or something that has occurred in the past in our world? You need to avoid "group think" when you post your comment. You all have had different life experiences, so you should be able to come up with your own original idea and not simply rehash the first commenter's thoughts. You must post at least one comment consisting of a well-organized paragraph or more. Use specific details to back up your opinion. You do not need to use direct quotations unless you choose to. Neither do you need to reply to others' comments, but feel free to do so. Due Wednesday, December 19 by the end of the day. If you're having trouble finding a way to begin, consider one of the following sentence starters:
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Joshua T.
12/19/2018 04:16:43 pm
In the book,the situation that the main character is in reminds me of the book The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak due to the fact that they both show a different side of the second world war. When you usually read about the second world war, it is usually told by the perspective or from the accounts of people outside of Nazi Germany but both of these books show a different perspective from that. Both perspectives come from people that where inside of Nazi Germany during the second world war and they both show an inside view of what life was like during the war. Both of the books veer away from the soldiers accounts of war and they replace it with civilian accounts of what happened, in the book In The Garden of Beasts, it follows the Dodds family as they move to Germany as U.Sc ambassadors and the book The Book Thief follows Liesel as she live in Germany during the second world war.
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Joshua S.
12/20/2018 02:48:20 pm
In the book, William E. Dodd, the main character, tries to prove to America that Nazi Germany isn't as bad as the press says it is. This reminds me of present day America, and how often people are ignorant to the problems the country faces. For example, in the book Dodd is torn between his desire to view Germany positively and his intention to intercede for the Jews in the midst of their persecution. While going in, he had though that Germany wasn't as bad as stated, but he hadn't focused too much on his thoughts until he actually arrived in Germany. This is like how people dive head first into situations today, and come back with poor unexpected results that could have been avoided by doing some research. This also relates to how many people see America as good and that it should stay the way it is, when in reality change is what America needs. This is similar to how Dodd thinks that Germany is good and is content with its state, but then realization hits him when he actually gets there.
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Alex Mitchell
12/21/2018 09:29:26 am
The book is essentially showing the second side of the story of the second world war. It is showing it from the American perspective inside of the war. I think the book relates to talking about relationships between parents and children. If a therapist were to ask why a child wasn't sleeping the previous night, a parent might say that the child was out of control while the child might say that he had a busy day and could not sleep. Everyone has a different side to a story, and this book represents this idea very well.
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