Thirteen: A Demented Old Rat Until one day at dusk the air raid sirens sounded again and Anna grabbed the stars and slipped one into Willy's pant pocket. The streets were a trail of people. Outside in the distance, the children watched and could see smoke rising from the tops of buildings. This time, they ran to the Kaufmann's reinforced underground room which was right across the street. And a peculiar tone pursued them down the steps and filled the room. At the bottom of the stairs Mrs. Kaufmann rested against the banister with her arms folded and a smoldering cigarette butt hanging out from between her two thin lips. Her frazzled hair stood in a disheveled bun and her white blouse was speckled with mud. "I'm scared. I think this time …show more content…
it is real." Mrs. Kaufmann whispered into Miss Muller's ear as they descended. "It will be all right." Miss Muller whispered back. Everyone sat on the floor huddled together and watched as an old short stooped over man slowly lower himself carefully onto the floor across from Miss Margot. Anna noticed that in the underground room shadows, he resembled a toad. He had a fringe of fluff around the sides of his head and a few greasy strands brushed straight back on top. And when he leaned forward and spoke, she caught a strong whiff of menthol. "Good evening Miss Muller." "Good evening Mr. Schulz." Miss Muller responded nervously her eyes filled with terror. "I heard you had visitors. Please won't you introduce me?" He asked with a menacing snicker. "Of course," she said and quivered with fright, "this is my niece Anna and my nephew Willy." "And what about him who is he?" Mr. Schulz inquired and pulled one of his crooked winkled fingers out of his trench coat pocket and pointed it at Joseph. "Who is he?" "He's my grandson ...," and then she hesitated for just a moment, "Peter." "That's surprising I never knew that you had a grandson. In fact, I never even knew that you had a daughter?" The demented old man hissed and forced a smirk. Miss Muller had begun to feel faint and furiously reached out and seized Willy's hand as she strived to keep up the facade, "Not a lot of people know but yes I have a daughter. We don't see each other very often." "It's very nice to meet you Peter and what's your last name son?" He shot back. Miss Muller quickly answered, "Vogt." "Where does he live?" He challenged.
"He lives in Hamburg with my daughter and her husband." She replied weakly. Before Mr. Schulz could ask any more questions Miss Margot suddenly interrupted and with a sweet smile inquired, "And how is your daughter Mr. Schulz? Did she get married?" "Oh yes," he said as the look in his small squinty watery eyes changed, "she married a fine strong good-looking German doctor. Doctor Heim you may have heard of him yes? He's a renowned scientist who works very closely with our beloved Fuhrer. He's helping our great county to win the war. They make such a splendid couple. She is now a proud member of the National Socialist Women's League and provides refreshments at train railroad stations to all our brave boys. Someday soon I hope they'll have an ideal Aryan ..." An infant's sudden high-pitched shriek interrupted Mr. Schulz and distracted everyone else. Mr. Kaufmann who had been silently standing completely erect by an old rusted washtub unexpectedly bellowed, "Shut that kid up." The infant's mother tried to still it with a bottle. And Willy turned to Miss Muller and whispered "you're squashing my …show more content…
hand!" Moments later the ground shook the underground room violently, the lights dimmed, and they could faintly hear bombs crashing all around them. Everyone held their breath for a long time awaiting the distant siren that finally unleashed and trickled into the little underground room. "We're free! We can all go home now." Someone in the crowd yelled and at that the mass slowly oozed out of the room and back into the dark streets. Still shaking, they followed the pack and filed back outside into their murky world and ran though the fog and ash to their still standing structure. Inside the parlor, everyone sat around stunned into muteness and remained that way for a while. But as the weeks passed and the weather improved Mr. Schulz was forgotten and life went back to the way it was before his intrusion. Fourteen: Sunshine A beautiful butterfly landed on Anna's fairy tale and basked in a bright wedge of yellow sunshine that had trickled in through the tiny basement window on that fine August afternoon. The site lifted the children's spirits and the words that Joseph was preparing to read to Willy that day presented a promise of a joyful tomorrow. He began after he had wiped the lenses of his eyeglasses and cleared his throat. "Far away in a pleasant valley where wildflowers bloomed after warm summer rains, there once lived a little black caterpillar named Harry. All day long Harry munched on wildflowers and slowly became larger and stronger. And as he grew, he watched colorful butterflies float by gracefully and soon he realized that he too wanted to fly. So one day he decided that he would. And so he ran to the end of the leaf that he was standing on and rapidly lifted all sixteen of his little legs high into the sky. But he simply drifted downwards and landed with a splat on his belly. The next day, he scampered to the end of the leaf and flapped his tiny feet, only this time he fell to the ground with a thump. Harry wearily climbed back up the bright green flower stalk and onto his leaf and sat down quietly to think. After a while a charming little pink and white butterfly fluttered through the air and landed gracefully on his leaf. He briefly paused, his pondering and ran over to her and hopefully inquired, "Please tell me can you teach me how to fly?" She gazed warmly into all twelve of his eyes and answered, "Regrettably I can't teach, but I can show you. Follow me!" And she led him over to a beautiful sweet smelling honeysuckle vine that was hanging from a shrub and was filled with tiny white and yellow flowers. "Now," she said, "quickly spin a bed and fasten it the vine." After he had finished, she declared, "Jump in and get comfortable and take a nice long nap." "That's it?" Harry questioned, "That's all I have to do to fly?" "Yes that's all." She replied and with poise flew away. So Harry climbed in and almost immediately he fell asleep. When he woke, he had no idea how long he had slept. But, when he stepped out of his bed and stood on his leaf inhaling fresh, fragrant air he knew that something was different. And before long he discovered that he was no longer a caterpillar with sixteen little legs. Instead he was now a magnificent butterfly with bright multicolored wings that resembled peacock feathers. He was so happy with his new wings that he ran to the end of the leaf and soared off through the pale pearl sky freely wafting about in the gentle breeze. As Joseph ended Anna's story he and Willy look up and caught Anna making silly faces and it made them laugh. Joseph and Willy made several silly faces back but luckily before things could get to far out of hand the door was opened and the smell of delicious roast, sauerkraut, and dumplings wafted in. Miss Margot walked in and handed them all plates and cheerfully announced, "I have your dinner. It's special because we're celebrating Anna's sweet sixteenth birthday." Anna smiled and they quietly sung her happy birthday. Later as she lay there in the dark next to Willy she felt a soft kiss on her cheek and as she opened her eyes Joseph whispered, "Happy birthday." She felt her heart leap wildly around in her chest. Attempting to control her breathing she smiled excitedly and murmured, "Thank you. Fifteen: Shadows The basement door flew open and ladies rushed in blissfully beaming, "We heard that the war is almost over and soon everyone will be freed." Willy jumped up excitedly and ran over and pulled them close.
Joseph, who was still feeling rather ill sat and clapped his hands and coughed twice. And Anna smiled happily and dropped her pen and declared, "I can't believe that we've survived in your basement for so long. It will be such a pleasure to feel the sunshine on my shoulders again." Then she stood up and began to twirl around, and around. Midway through her third twirl a violent tremor tossed her to the floor. Then there was another shake and a loud crash as a squad of German soldiers kicked in the front door. Once the soldiers were in they marched around in their black boots making a click clack sound on the wood floors as they searched everywhere. Everyone held their breath and listened as the soldiers opened squeaky doors and then slammed them shut, door after door until finally they entered into the tiny room, casting a shadow across the group of five that were huddled closely together. Four were on their feet and other remained seated. The tall SS officer who was in charge smiled at them displaying his yellowed teeth and mocked, "We are making merriment yes?" Then he pointed to them squinting his devious hate filled blue eyes and demanded, "What are your names?" Everyone gave their name and he frowned at Joseph and through clenched teeth snickered, "You come with me!"
Miss Margot ran over and stood in front of Joseph and cried, "No, not him, he has hasn't done anything!" One of the soldiers yelled, "Be quiet and get out of the way old lady he's only being taken to a labor camp. He'll be back." Then he knocked her to the floor with the butt of his gun and squashed out his cigarette on the floor. Willy struggled to breath and became so overwhelmed that he couldn't comprehend what was going on around him. Anna dashed over and helped Miss Margot up. The officer smirked with contempt, "How very kind of you. You two might as well come with us. We need nice strong young men and women in our labor camps." "No! No! Oh my God! Please don't take them too." Miss Margot and Miss Muller wailed faintly over and over in gasping sighs. But it was too late he had already made up his mind and ordered Joseph, Anna, and Willy to collect their things, before escorting them away.
“Straining his eyes, he saw the lean figure of General Zaroff. Then... everything went dark. Maggie woke up in her bed. “Finally woke up from that nightmare. Man… I miss my brother. Who was that person that my brother wanted to kill?” she looks at the clock and its 9:15am “Crap I’m late for work!” Maggie got in her car and drove to the hospital for work.
The author illustrates the “dim, rundown apartment complex,” she walks in, hand and hand with her girlfriend. Using the terms “dim,” and “rundown” portrays the apartment complex as an unsafe, unclean environment; such an environment augments the violence the author anticipates. Continuing to develop a perilous backdrop for the narrative, the author describes the night sky “as the perfect glow that surrounded [them] moments before faded into dark blues and blacks, silently watching.” Descriptions of the dark, watching sky expand upon the eerie setting of the apartment complex by using personification to give the sky a looming, ominous quality. Such a foreboding sky, as well as the dingy apartment complex portrayed by the author, amplify the narrator’s fear of violence due to her sexuality and drive her terror throughout the climax of the
Stuttthof was very similar to Auschwitz, but the only difference was its size. Stutthof was just smaller then Auschwitz. Irene was assigned to clean the toilets in the morning by the Slovakian guard. Then she was assigned to work in the kitchen. Since Irene worked in the kitchen, she saved potato and beet peels, and used up coffee grinds to give to her mother and sister to eat. Irene’s mom was becoming sick very fast, and could not eat the food that Irene saved her. One cold and snowy day, Irene was looking for the scarf that they still owned so she could go do her work, but it was wrapped around her mother because she was cold. Olga then told Irene that their mom was dead. Their mother’s body laid along hundreds of other bodies. Later, her sister became very sick and weak, and could not walk. Irene encouraged her sister to walk, since they were the only two left. Irene was very cautious of Olga, frightened that if she could not stand at roll call, she would be taken away and killed. After the Jewish holiday of Purim in March, Olga and Irene were sent to Danzig. The Nazis kept running away from the Russians and Americans as the war was coming to an end. The Nazis were taking the Jews with them as they kept running away. The Nazis put the Jews on a small, crowded ship, as they ran away from the Russians and Americans. As they were on the ship, the Jews overheard that the Nazis would throw them overboard. Since there was a ladder on the ship, the Jews started to climb off of it, so they could escape. Olga was ahead of Irene, and as Irene was about to climb down, the SS took the ladder away. Irene fell into the water because of everyone trying to flee off of the boat. She then started to drown because she could not swim. As Irene was drowning, someone immediately saved her. Sadly, it was the SS. Everyone was forced to march. While they were marching, Irene started to notice the amount of Nazi soldier’s decline
The Williams family was the last to live in the Oklee depot. It was in bad shape after the great elevator fire in the fall of 1967. The depot probably would have caught fire if it hadn’t been for my father, my uncle and the help of the townspeople who doused the rooftop continuously while the flames roared just across the track. The windows of the depot were so hot that you couldn’t put your hand on the glass without burning yourself. The main telegraph window broke and the paint blistered and peeled.
In Mary Downing Hahn’s “The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall,” Downing Hahn shows that sometimes the best of people who deserve the best end up getting the worst. In this companion book, you will see the difference between the two main characters; Sophia and Florence. You will also find out about the setting and what dangers can go on at Crutchfield Hall. You will see what something in the book symbolizes, including the cat and the mice, and the cold. I will show you Sophia’s mind and her thoughts, and what she is planning on doing, more about her death, and possibilities of what could’ve happened.
...f frustration in Willy for his lack of success by depicting with a descriptive language the homes surrounding the house: "solid vault of apartment houses" another proof of the house's and the family's fragility.
Occurring in 1942, the Germans believe they have built an ‘escape proof’ camp in which they plan to house their most troublemaking prisoners. What they do not realize, is that they have put all of their greatest masterminds in one place and allowed them to speak to one another. If unable to escape, the prisoners believe it is their job to make the German officials pay as much attention to their confinement as possible and away from other military expenditures. Unlike previous escape plans from the past, Royal Air Force Squadron Leader, Bartlet, plans a massive escape of 250 men through a series of tunnels.
Others weep for the ones lost. They then got prison clothes that were ridiculously fitted. They made exchanges and went to a new barracks in the “gypsies’ camp.” They waited in the mud for a long time. They were permitted to another barracks, with a gypsy in charge of them.
Annie Filban was 12-years-old when her and her family moved into an old house in Wendell, North Carolina. Her parents found this house for a very reasonable price, but it wasn’t just because the house was old. It was soon discovered that her parents had purchased a home that was part of the Underground Railroad. Not only did it have a deep history, but also the last tenant had recently died in the home. So, her family moved into their new home.
It was a village on a hill, all joyous and fun where there was a meadow full of blossomed flowers. The folks there walked with humble smiles and greeted everyone they passed. The smell of baked bread and ginger took over the market. At the playing grounds the children ran around, flipped and did tricks. Mama would sing and Alice would hum. Papa went to work but was always home just in time to grab John for dinner. But Alice’s friend by the port soon fell ill, almost like weeds of a garden that takes over, all around her went unwell. Grave yards soon became over populated and overwhelmed with corpse.
4 workers back to back had to push carts all day long up the hills and bring them back down that were dangerous because they didn’t have brakes Joseph explained it that people got killed and beaten up everyday he was aware to not mess up because they will beat you till you’re no good to them and they would take you away and finish you off. One day Joseph was pushing a full barrel up the hill and a Ukrainian guard was passing by and decided to pick on Joseph and hit him right on top of the head with a stick Joseph began to cry telling the guard “ I was pushing with all my strength. I was careful to do exactly what they wanted, but you could not be safe.
silent entrance, so as not to disturb the child, scares the mother violently and she
Corrie had become sick with the flu and was lying in bed when she heard the buzzer, which was a signal that the Nazis had come. On that day Corrie and her family were arrested and taken to prison in Germany. The conditions of the prison were too gruesome(QA) for Corrie’s father to handle. #2After 2 weeks of being in prison, Corrie’s father died of malnutrition. Corrie and Betsie went through many trial and questionings but never forgot that God was watching over them. Corrie and her sister were sent from the prison to a camp where they worked and were under the watch of guards, who were like hawks looking for their prey. The ten Boom sisters didn’t remain at the camp, but were sent to the worst women's concentration camp in Germany. While they were in the concentration camp, they observed(SV) numerous deaths and dreadful beatings. Corrie and Betsie read from their bible to all the women in their housing shack, and would lead the women in prayer and worship. #3Sadly, after only a few weeks in the camp, Bestie became ill. Bestie was moved out of the housing shack where Corrie was staying and was taken to the appalling hospital. Bestie died not long after being brought to the
The next morning Anton would get ready for school where he would start walking down the small pathway made of pebbles, there would be a mysterious pair of students stalking behind him, Anton would not notice until one of them jumps on Anton as the motion of him being tackled. Anton and the stranger would fall to the ground, Anton would quickly take a glance as he would seem to be ready to fight back but he then notices that they were all his friends that just wanted to do a quick jump. “Marie! You scared me half to death!” Marie would giggle as she helps herself off the ground as Christoph helps Anton up as well. “Well, Anton you shouldn’t be walking in the woods without being on guard! There was a guy murdered here after all!” Anton would laugh awkwardly “Where did you hear that?” Christoph responds “It’s not true, I made that part up” They would all then let out a small chuckle after the long awkward