Dawn Chapter 6 Study Questions

CHAPTER SIX

1. What is ironic about the meaning of Elisha's name?

         It was the name of a prophet that restored life and Elisha is taking it

2. What does Elisha think the next day will bring him?

         He thinks his body will be weighed down by his life and Dawson’s death

3. Why does John Dawson understand Elisha better than any human being?

         There is a special bond between them because Elisha will be the last living soul Dawson will see.

4. What two burning sensations does Elisha feel?

         The pistol in his pocket and every sentence John Dawson spoke were the two burning sensations that Elisha felt.

5. Whom does Elisha picture when he tries to picture David Ben Moshe?

         John Dawson, he is the only man he knows and has seen that is condemned to death.

6. What experiences did Dawson's artistic hands make Elisha think of?

         He thought of the story Stephan told him, where Stephan’s five fingers were cut off in a duration of five days by a surgeon who had an artist’s hands.

7. Is he right in saying, "Now our only chance lies in hating you, in learning the

necessity and art of hate"?

         I think he is right because hating him is the only way Elisha will be able to cope with killing the man.

8. What is the meaning of, "I've killed Elisha"?

         The Elisha that he was at the beginning of the novella was gone because that person became a different Elisha, a murder.

9. What does he hear his mother say to him?

         He hears him say “poor boy, poor boy”

10. Explain the last line of the novel.

         He had killed his old self when he killed John Dawson. Before he only saw dead people’s reflections in the windows, so that symbolizes that he is dead.

Dawn Chapter 5 Study Questions

CHAPTER FIVE

1. What does Elisha imagine that the room is filled with?

         The dead People

2. What does the beggar tell Elisha about this night?

         That it is the night of many faces

3. What does the little boy tell him?

         That they are there to watch him become a murder, causing them to become murders

4. Why is it significant that it is the boy who speaks?

         Because he is Elisha before the holocaust

5. How did John Dawson react when told he would die?

         He smiled, stating that his stomach had already told him

6. Why does Elisha not want to see Dawson eat?

         Because he was afraid

7. What problem does Elisha think is worse than fear?

         Elisha does not want to laugh because of something John Dawson does

8. In what way does Ilana say that war is like night?

         “War is like night, it covers everything”

9. What other observations of war does she make?

         “We say that ours is a holy war, struggling against something and for something… Against the English for an independent Palestine.” “These are words, and because of these words, we kill.”

10. After the war ends, what does Elisha think will remain?

         That once he became an executioner, he would always be one and always be branded a killer

11. What does he think the silent dead do?

         Judge him

12. What does he say the freedom nation is built upon?

         He said the freedom of the nation is built upon a foundation of dead bodies.

13. Elisha says he is not a murderer but an idealist. How is this true?

         He chooses life instead of death

14. In what way did he, as a youth, try to follow any idealist dream?

         While in their youth, Elisha and Yerachmiel tried to purify their souls enough to bring the Messiah to Earth.

15 What do the presences symbolize as far as what makes a man?

         They symbolize that a man is made up of many different people that helped him become whom he was.

16. What does the revolver symbolize for Elisha?

         It symbolizes Elisha and all of the people that made him who he was, which will turn all of them into murders.

17. Why does he say that in an hour everything will be different?

         Because in that hour he will make himself and all of the dead around him murders.

Dawn Chapter 3/4 Study Questions

1) They said that because they kill us, we must kill them. They think that killing the enemy is justified because they followed the rules that led to their fall. They truly believed that God would have been on their side if they could find out his opinion. 

2) He did not know the men he had killed, and he was in a group so he couldn’t linger on the though of the dead very long. Because he will look into John Dawson’s eyes as he executes him, it will be a more personal experience. The image of the man will forever haunt Elisha, and, at age eighteen, he will stop being a freedom fight and become a murderer.

3) It seems like they say it as a kind of motto, trying to prove to themselves and Elisha that the horrible things they have to do are okay.

4) They relived what it had felt like to face death and escape from its clutches, and the realization that John Dawson has no means of escape finally sunk in.

Plus, in Gad's instance, it may have brought on the awareness that because of what Elisha is going to do the next morning, David Ben Moshe, the man who had saved his life, will die, and he cannot do anything to prevent it.

5) Ilana called him "Poor boy" the same way that Catherine had done when she realized he was dead inside. 

6) That when you kill someone, it makes you a killer for life.

7) already posted on my blog.

3/4 #7

He doesn't want his family to think he is a murder.

He is making excuses. His silence is his Judge, and they are judging him because they are his silence.

Dawn Summary to Page 44

1) A summary of the book up to page 44.

      First Elisha states that "Tomorrow... I shall kill a man" and then questions who this stranger is, what he does and how he acts. He flashes back to a time before the holocaust when he is talking to a beggar about night. The man says that night is purer than day, and when you can see a face in a window that day has passed into night. Every night Elisha looks to see when night moves into day. Later he says that all of the people he sees in the window are dead, so it terrifies him when he sees himself in the window the night after he learned he was to kill a man the next day. He is an 18-year-old holocaust survivor who was liberated from Buchenwald by Americans. When they offered to send him to his old home, he refused, saying that there was nothing left for him there. They asked where he wanted to go and he said that he didn't know. They sent him to Paris, where he met Gad. When Elisha answered his door, Gad told him that he knew everything about Elisha. After inviting himself in, Gad asked for his future, then stated that he was a messenger.He said he would make his future "into an outcry... An outcry first of despair and then of hope. And finally a shout of triumph." He went on to talk about the Movement, and asked Elisha to join them; Elisha agreed. It returns to the present when Ilana is addressing John Dawson's mother on the radio. He flashed back to when he first killed a man, but he was in a group so it doesn't have as deep of a meaning. On the night before the execution Elisha, Joab, Gideon, Gad, and Ilana talk about how death saved their lives. Dead people surround him, the people who created who he was, egging him on to become a murderer, to make them murders also. Ilana said "poor boy" to Elisha, causing him to flash back to his time with Catherine, a lady who likes hitting on people who are death. She said that often and the two words and it still haunted him. The ghostly little boy was him before the holocaust and tried to persuade him to bring John Dawson food. When he finally agrees, Gad races down the stairs instead. Ilana chants "poor boy" and begins to cry.

2) A PREDICTION about what you think will happen.

I believe that the book will continue on to the execution. Because of the English's belief that the Jews are lying, I think that they will continue on with the killing of David ben Moshe to call the Jew's bluff. To prove them wrong, Elisha will still be forced to kill John Dawson, changing himself forever. No longer will he be Elisha the holocaust survivor, but Elisha the murderer. I don't think that he should be called a murderer because he isn't doing it because of a personal hate, but because of an obligation to the movement.

3) What you would do if you were in Elisha's situation.

      Elisha has no choice as to whether he wants to be John Dawson's executioner or not. If I were in his situation, I would have no other options than to go through with the execution or abandon everything I had come to known in Palestine. I'd probably end up following through with execution rather than escaping. Since I would have already gone through the Holocaust, I would not be able to leave behind my life once again. I believe that it would be horrible to be forced to kill another man just because his allies would soon be doing the same to someone from my side. 

Sentence Combining

A) John owns a hat. John loves to wear hats. John's girlfriend likes to see John in cowboy hats. John's hero is John Wayne.

Like John Wayne, his hero, John's girlfriend likes to see him in cowboy hats; he likes to own hats and loves to wear them.


B) My shoes are Nikes. My Nike shoes are designed to play tennis. My Nikes have air soles. I like their weight.


My Nikes, shoes that are designed to play tennis, have air soles; I like their weight.

Dawn Chapter 1/2 Study Questions

1) I believe the crying child represents innocence, which was lost when Elisha went through the holocaust.

2) When you can see a face at the window, which is when day becomes night. It is better for thinking, dreaming, and loving. At night, everything is more intense and true. The beggar says that words spoken in the day take on a new and deeper meaning.

3) Before all of the people he saw in the window were dead, so when he saw his own face it symbolized that he was also dead emotionally.

4) John Dawson, Because the English had captured and were going to execute David ben Moshe, Technically execution is a form of killing, but I don’t think that Elisha is a murder. He is being forced to kill Dawson whether he wants to or not, so I agree with the statement “we are not murders” from his point of view.

5) Maybe at the time the story takes place, but not every person who was English was violent. That would be an incorrect statement to represent the entire population. Certainly there were many English that felt that violence was right, but not everyone.

6) Because although he had probably already killed someone in battle, he was not comfortable being the only one partaking in the execution.

7) Because he doesn’t want to do what he has to, but he accepts that it is what he must to get Palestine a better place.

8) After the holocaust, Elisha did not want to return to his old home because there was nothing left for him there. When asked where he wanted to go, he stated that he didn’t care. He was sent to a youth camp in Normandy shortly after arriving in Paris from Buchenwald.

9) A detective or adventurer

10) Because he had asked for Elisha’s future, Elisha believes he is a messenger. Elisha asks him to sit and Gad does not, like In the Hassidic legends, where the messenger is always standing.

11) Before the Jews were the ones cowering in fear because of the Nazis, so when they were the ones causing others to tremble, it was surprising for Elisha, who thought that the Jewish people were the underdogs.

12) Death has a thousand eyes, and so does night. I think he believes that he is death because he says: “night has a thousand eyes, which are mine.” This statement probably means that Dawn will be centered on Elisha’s killing of people and his struggle with himself to chose weather being death is good or bad.

Dawn Questions (Due Wednesday)

1 paragraph each (at least)

1) brief book summary so far
2) what will happen next?!
3) what would you do?

practice

1) The bear was big. The bear broke open the garbage. The bear ate the left over pizza. Dan's father shot the bear. Dan cried.

When the large bear broke open the garbage and ate the left over pizza, Dan’s father shot the offensive creature, causing his son to cry.

2) Espionage is the secret collection of intelligent information. The history of espionage goes back over two thousand years. Espionage was started in China by Sun Tzu.

Espionage, a secret collection of intelligent information, has a history going back to over two thousand years ago to its start in China by a man named Sun Tzu.

vocab List 3

Conjectural- expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence, ADJECTIVE

Poignant-  keenly distressing to the feelings, ADJECTIVE

The girl's violent conjecture about her ex-boyfriend caused her to be placed in solitary confinement.

The poignant 5-year-old kept yelling obscenities until the self-consious babysitter burst into tears.

Imperative- absolutely necessary or required, ADJECTIVE

Reiterate- to say or do again or repeatedly, VERB

It is imperative that I pass this test, otherwise I will be forced to retake 9th grade.

The child reiterates his state of hunger so often that the babysitter stuffs 7 cookies 

Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird

Similes:

“Looks like a plastic spider web”

“Granddaddy tall and silent and like a king”

“But it really it looked like the crystal paperweight Granny kept in the parlor”

“Like I was a gift on a tray”

like it was a just a sack flown into by mistake

Like a sudden and gentle bird

Like it was a calabash cut for sharing

Metaphors:

“Go tell that man that we ain’t a bunch of trees”

“With rocks all in his jaw”

“She was on the back porch, Granny was, making the cakes drunk”

“The tall man with a huge camera lassoed to his shoulder was buzzin our way”

“Engines in his feet and motors in his hands”

“Smilin up a storm”

Allusions:

Bingo- The dog’s name, also a children’s song

Goldilocks- A children story, referencing the camera men waltzing into their yard without permission

 Food Stamp Act- 1930’s, the great depression

Talking Secretive like they found a native- an allusion to B movies like Tarzan

The wolf man: Little Red Riding Hood

Symbols: The Chicken Hawk is Like Granddaddy and Granny Cain because they come to each other’s rescue.

The title is “Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird” mean that it is impossible to recreate family hardships.

Dialect:

"stompin"

 "me and cathy"

"I squinch my eyes open..."

 "swingin"

"makin movie pictures"

"aunty"

"nuthin”

Description of Granddaddy Cain:

He is tall and quiet like a king

He has white hair

He wears oilskin and boots

He will do anything to protect his family.

Description of Granny Cain:

She likes to have her own space

She is polite and sophisticated

She hates cameramen

She gets annoyed very easily

They have moved 4 times because she becomes angry with someone there.

Vocab List 3 post 2

Ensued- to follow in order, come afterward, VERB

Imperceptible- very slight, gradual, or subtle, ADJECTIVE 

After I failed my math final, a screaming lecture from my mother ensued.

The Imperceptible leaning of the plane went unnoticed until an elderly woman realized that the plane was slowly turning upside-down. 

Appease- to bring to a state of peace, VERB

Apathy- absence of emotion, passion, or excitement, NOUN

I appease my mother by cleaning the house until it is spotless.

My Apathy towards sports was shown when I refused to go to volleyball practice and beat up Zoe for nagging me about not joining the team.

Vocab List 3

Appease- to bring to a state of peace, VERB

Apathy- absence of emotion, passion, or excitement, NOUN

Ensued- to follow in order, come afterward, VERB

Imperceptible- very slight, gradual, or subtle, ADJECTIVE 

Peremptory- leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal, ADJECTIVE

Undulations- an act of undulating, a wavelike motion, NOUN

Imperative- absolutely necessary or required, ADJECTIVE

Reiterate- to say or do again or repeatedly, VERB

Conjectural- expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence, ADJECTIVE

Poignant-  keenly distressing to the feelings, ADJECTIVE

The Split Cherry Tree Journal

PROFESSOR HERBERT:
Professor Herbert wore a gray suit of clothes. The suit matched his gray hair. He is a teacher at the high school. Has an incubator in his classroom.

DAVE: He was the he is a teenager  He wears nice school clothes and cares about his education. He helps pa with the chores 'atter' (ha ha) school. Of 10 other children, he is the first to attend a high school.

PA (LUSTER) SEXTON:
Pa’s eyes danced fire. His face was getting red. The red color was coming through the brown, weather-beaten skin on Pa’s face. He has an Old-Fasioned personality and raised 11 children. Wears overalls, big boots, a blue shirt, and a worn out black hat. He has very long legs and is large compared to Professor Herbert, who was already big in Dave's opinion. He didn't know what a germ was and never went to highschool. he has gnarled hands because of the farm work. He is 65 years old.

MA SEXTON: 
She is a peace-keeper, but she couldn't convince Luster to not bring the gun to school. Although she said it would embarrass Dave and they could be sued, Pa still refused to act civilly. She had 11 children. She was about Pa's age.

FARM:  It has seven cows, nineteen cattle, four mules, twenty-five hogs and a well. it is 6 miles away from the farm and Dave has to walk the entire way. No electricity.


SCHOOL: High school, Nonexistent when Pa was a kid. 6 miles away from school. Mop-able floors. It has black boards in the classrooms. 


Metaphor: 
His eyes danced fire.

Simile:
1) He looked like a leaf turned brown on the tree among the tree among the treetop filled with growing leaves2) I was shaking like a leaf in the wind.



Dialect: thick southern accent. Dave's dialect is slightly more sophisticated than Pa's.
1) “Send you to high school and you get too onery fer th’ buzzards to smell!”
2) "Why did you haf to stay atter school?"

The Lady or the Tiger Ending

When Father found out I was seeing someone below our class, he almost had a stroke. To him, honor and dignity are more important than anything else, including me. I begged for forgiveness, but the evil man showed no mercy and set up a trial for six days later.  I pressed guards and servants for information about the doors and the tiger, but especially the lady. My heart stopped when I learned who she was: Melissa, a beautiful servant who worked in the palace kitchen. The morning of the trial, I snuck into the kitchen with a dagger, but she was nowhere to be found.             “She must have already left,” I muttered and ran the two miles to the stadium. By the time I took my seat by my barbaric and evil father, the trial was about to begin. My love came forth towards the stands and bowed before my father, his eyes never leaving mine. Before choosing a door, he looked at me. Quickly, I signaled him to the right. He hesitated before opening the heavy wooden door. The stadium gasped, then cheered when the maiden strolled out, smiling broadly. His face turned white as a sheet, then red with anger. Did he actually think I would kill him? Should I have? I wouldn’t have been able to watch my love be torn up right in front of me.

 Father allowed me to congratulate the new couple, but I know that he just wanted to see me in pain. Father reached out to shake my love’s hand, but he refused to take it. Again, the stadium hushed, pained whispers permeate the tense air. Father slowly lowered his hand, the grin erased from his face.  Then all chaos broke out. My love turned towards father and punches him in the side of his skull and in his wheezing throat. He falls to the ground, never to move again. As guards converge towards us, people pour down from the stands, fighting back. Melissa turns towards me with a dagger taken from the grip of a dying guard. She clumsily swings towards me, but trips over Father’s body.  Falling, she drops the knife and it skids to my feet. Without hesitation, I turn and stab her, making sure the wounds are fatal.

Eventually, the fight ends, the peasants claiming victory. We kill off all other officials and begin creating a new government where trials are based on truth and facts, not luck and trickery. As for my love, we married soon after the battle and are now ruling as King and Queen. We deserted the castle and live in a small cottage in the center of the village. I’m glad that this whole thing happened, though. Without it, our country would still be suffering under the rule of my father. 

Person vs. Self

Vocab 2 post 4

Implore- to beg urgently piteously, VERB

Indulgently- Tolerant, ADVERB

I implored the officer to help me, but he refused, saying I was in perfect condition and needed no assistance.

The man indulgently allowed his teenage daughter to go out with the rebel quarterback.

Fortunado's Monologue

I never expected to die like this. Montresor and I haven’t always gotten along, but this is drastic, even for my over-emotional friend. On the up side, if there is one, I have time to think over all of the events of my short successful life: the day I opened my first vineyard, where I met the lovely Mrs. Fortunato, the mother of my three beautiful children. I hope my death doesn’t hurt them; they should try to live on without me. I hope Montresor knows what’s coming for him, though. In half a century, the man will pay, and it won’t be pretty.

***

Montresor showed up just as I finished my eighth glass of wine. He mentioned he had purchased a cask of amontillado. I had hoped that I would be able to buy it off of him, but kept that piece of information to myself.  After we descended down the steps to the catacombs under his mansion, he kept babbling about the walls and giving me wine. I gave him the motion of the masons, but the man did not understand. I accused him of not being a mason, but he jokingly showed me a trowel concealed under his cloak. Thinking it only a comedic gesture, I continued. By this point, I was suspicious of the vast amount of time we had spent underground.

“It’s just inside here!” We approached the opening, but all I saw were chains. Before I could react, Montresor had me locked to the stone. I watched in horror as he started walling up the opening, I was sure this was a joke, but he tells me otherwise.

“For the Love of god, Montresor!” I cry out.

“Yes, for the love of god!”

I let out a blood-curdling shriek and for a short moment, I saw compassion flash across my murder’s face, but it disappeared in an instant. He dropped the torch through the remaining crack in the wall and then sealed my fate with one last small brick.

By Rosalie

Vocab 2 post 3

Repose- the state of being at rest; rest; sleep, VERB

Fetter- a chain or shackle placed on the feet, NOUN

My state of calming repose was interrupted when my golden retriever jumped on the couch, causing me to fall onto the ground.

The prisoner cursed when he tripped over the heavy fetter locked on his ankle.

The Cask of Amontillado Questions

Note: I don't have the monologue posted ; I'll do that tomorrow or the next morning.

Montresor and General Zaroff believe that the murders they committed were justified. Montresor kills Fortunato because he had insulted him somehow, whereas General Zaroff kills people for sport because he was a “god appointed’ hunter. General Zaroff’s opinion is that people were created for him to hunt, and he was just doing his duty.  Montresor wants respect from people and would do anything to protect his family honor. Both men are well educated, enjoy fine wine, and are civilized, if you forget about the whole murder part… General Zaroff lives on a secluded Caribbean island in his mansion so he can hunt in private. Montresor lives in a mansion in Italy among the richest of wine connoisseurs.

            Fortunato was a very trusting person, so Montresor took that to his advantage and lead him down the stairs into the catacombs. Fortunato’s judgment was impaired, but even a totally toasted person should be able to realize that it was taking an awfully long time to get to the cask of Amontillado that Montresor had mentioned. He didn’t think that anyone could despise him, and his naivety was his downfall.

           Fortunato and Montresor both are appreciate a glass of fine wine. While Fortunato forgets anything unpleasant, Montresor holds grudges. They both are wealthy, living in mansions with vast catacombs and wine cellars. The men are both civilized and live for respect from others.

Person vs. self

vocab 2 post 2

Virtuoso- the virtuoso offered to teach his musically challenged brother, but he rejected him, intimidated by his advanced piano skills.


Acost- The officer had to acost the criminal to find out where he hid the body.

Vocab List 2 - Post 1

Preclude- To preclude the affects of of being punished, Evan did his chores before his big date with Sally.

Impunity- The governor's political power granted impunity for his murder crimes.

Vocabulary Words #2 =D

VOCABULARY 2

Preclude- to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of something; make impossible, VB

Impunity- exemption from punishment, NOUN

Virtuoso- a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field, NOUN

Accost- to confront boldly, VERB

Repose- the state of being at rest; rest; sleep, VERB

Fetter- a chain or shackle placed on the feet, NOUN

Implore- to beg urgently piteously, VERB

Indulgently- Tolerant, ADVERB

Rapt- deeply engrossed or absorbed, adjective

Appropriation- taking something for ones own use usually without the permission of the owner, NOUN

Reprehensible- deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy,adjective

Banish- To expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree, VERB

Immolate- to sacrifice, VERB

Innocence Plea (I don't know what to call it...)

Screaming, laughing, hunting, barking, and copious amounts of blood are the only things I remember from the horrible nights I spent on Ship Trap Island. Whitney told me he found me passed out in silk sheets, covered in both General Zaroff’s and my own blood. He declared I was lucky to be alive, for there was a four-inch-long cut along the side of my face. Unfortunately, I was not lucky enough, for I am being charged for the death of General Zaroff and Ivan, his servant.

The judge rambles on about the consequences of murder and the charges that are against me. After what feels like decades, the attention of the courtroom turns towards me.

Clearing my throat, I begin, “ I do not remember much of my time on the island, but I do recall the conversation General Zaroff had with me the first night I was on the island. He informed me of his ‘new game’ which consisted of shipwrecked crewmembers. He said he trained the crewmembers to get in near-perfect physical condition for the hunt. He then gave them option of participating or being tortured by Ivan. That night when I slept, they locked me in. The next afternoon, I was given the choice of being beaten to death or hunted. I chose the second option. I don’t remember anything until I…” I hesitated, unsure if I could state it out loud. “Until I killed him.” After I finish describing the bloody battle to the courtroom, the judge takes his time rereading my file. The Jury hands him a small slip of paper that has my fate summarized into one word. After a long period of time, the Judge starts to speak.

“Mr. Rainsford, the Jury finds you guilty for the murder of General Zaroff and his servant, Ivan. The jury has decided that you will receive the death penalty as punishment. Case dismissed.”

Gossamer and Palpable

Gossamer- Afraid of the copious amounts of gossamer and it’s inhabitants, I avoided the attic as much as possible.

Palpable- My mother always books vacations where the palpable air is so thick, I have to take my inhaler as soon as we get out of the airport.