"Homesick"
I've lived in the ghetto here more than a year,
In Terezín, in the black town now,
And when I remember my old home so dear,
I can love it more than I did, somehow.
Ah, home, home,
Why did they tear me away?
Here the weak die easy as a feather
And when they die, they die forever.
I'd like to go back home again,
It makes me think of sweet spring flowers.
Before, when I used to live at home,
It never seemed so dear and fair.
I remember now those golden days…
But maybe I'll be going there again soon.
People walk along the street,
You see at once on each you meet
That there's a ghetto here,
A place of evil and of fear.
There's little to eat and much to want,
Where bit by bit, it's horror to live.
no one must give up!
The world turns and times change.
Yet we all hope the time will come
When we'll go home again.
Now I know how dear it is
And often I remember it.
9.3.1943. Anonymous
Very creative butterfly! I like how have multiple different textures with many meanings. I like how you showed the author's old home (happy) compared to her new "home" in Terezin (sad/dull). The one recommendation I have is putting the poem so I can see where your ideas are coming from. Otherwise I was really intrested in your comparisons, great job.
ReplyDeleteHey Evie. Great job on your butterfly, you could tell it took you some time to do. I like how you used different materials to create your butterfly and to develop the theme and mood of your poem. I like how you emphasized the trees to represent the author's way of life; living and barely living. I like how you compared the author's two 'homes.' I thknk it was a great idea to include the feather inside the body, and I liked your explanation of the cotton balls and pink feather. What did you use to make your buttefly. Lastly, great job to include your poem in your blog like James suggested. Great job.
ReplyDeleteHey evie. Nice job with your butterfly. I liked how you had two sides to your butterfly to represent two sides of your poem. I like how one side represents the past and the other the present/future. I also really like the entrance to the camp. And the "Work sets you free." I don't 100 hundred percent agree with James because I can see where some of your ideas are coming from but it would be nice to see where your ideas are coming from.
ReplyDeleteYour butterfly is very creative and put together. All of the symbolism and designs make sense with the poem. I also like how you included your poem to help the reader. You can really tell the butterfly and the analysis took you a long time and a lot of hard work. However, it was worth it because you did such a great job.
ReplyDeleteHey Evie. To start I would like to say that I admire how creative you got in making this butterfly. You incorporated a lot of different materials that enhance the butterfly altogether. I also liked the variety of colors that you used. I also think you did a nice job in explaining your tags. The fact that you used textual evidence really helps the explaination. You can definetly tell that you put hard work into making this butterfly and, just like Lillian said, it was worth it because the butterfly turned out great.
ReplyDeleteHey Evie. I can tell from the look of your butterfly that you spent a lot of time for this project. I really like how you added a lot do different textures to your butterfly on both sides. I also like how you separated the good and the bad side. I also like how you added the darker colors and the brighter colors on different sides. Overall great job!
ReplyDeleteHullo Evie, first of all I really liked your butterfly just creatively. I like the amount of contrast that you immediately see between the two sides of your butterfly. I thought it was very creative of you to use multiple colors and textures to contrast each other. You can really tell that you spent a lot of time and effort working on this. Another this I liked about your post was that you included your poem so we could reference it from your butterfly. I also like your use of the propaganda film for primary source.
ReplyDeleteI thought that this butterfly was really good and you obviously spent a lot of time on it. One thing that I thought was really good was the separation between the two sides. If you did not know what the poem was about and you looked at this butterfly you could tell.
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