Please listen! Why won’t you just listen to me
“Jews, listen to me! That’s all I ask. No money. No pity. Just listen to me!”-Moishe
Being in that situation where Moishe went through something tragic and terrible and trying to tell people that something is happening and they just don’t believe him and think Moishe crazy or either trying to have people feel pity for Moishe. Moishe basically turned into a train wreck saying and think to himself that he felt crazy, crying all the time and just wanting people to believe in him. At that moment it really struck me with lot’s of emotion and anger as if I was there and nobody would listen to what I was trying to tell them, but i wasn't there
For some reason I felt his pain i felt what he had to go thru like when I was young. If I got in trouble my parent’s they would never listen to my side of the story and i’ll be trying to tell my mom and beg for them just to listen to me hear out what i got to say. They never did get the real truth it made me feel crazy it make’s me feel look crazy and no one can understand me like they would never understand. I felt as if I was Isolated from other my voice of word doesn't count or doesn't matter.
When this happens to me it makes me feel discounted, like I had no value. Of course we all have value!
ReplyDeleteWhen the emotional dust from this sort of experience settles, I try to learn something from it. What could I have done differently? And maybe, who am I not listening to, because tbey could be as frustraed as I am.
Posted by Bob Cohn
I know that feeling when you are reading a story, and you can feel exactly how the character feels. Why is Moishe trying to tell them, and has he done something before that made the other people not listen to him? I love how you connected the passage to your personal life. I know that moment when all you want is your parents to listen to you, but it their eyes you're wrong no matter what. Some time if they just listen to you everything would be so much better, and the conflicted would be solved. When no one listen to me it makes me feel like I don't exist because no one is hearing me out.
ReplyDeleteGood connection! I definatley feel that many kids our age don't get to show their side of the story, and you connecting this to the text really makes me think! Nice word choice as well, putting isolated in your sentence gave me a real understanding on what you mean. Good joob, keep it up!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for commenting on my page this is our last time we are gong to be able to do stuff like this and i'm glad to read you guys comments and see that you can understand where i'm coming from with my personal connection and just wanted to say to all helpers and peers thank you and good bye
ReplyDeleteI agree with Annie! you really do have good connections.!! I like the quote you picked it had a lot of meaning.! and You had a lot to say about it.!
ReplyDeleteI can understand how you felt when Moishe the Beadle was ignored. It's difficult reading stories like these because one can make plenty of connections that bring back sorrow or gloomy memories. The frustration for Moishe must have been terrible. He was trying to warn the people, and his grief only got worse after realizing that everyone thought that he had gone mad. I also liked your connection because it's partially true. Parents aren't understanding at times, and you feel isolated or ignored just like how Moishe felt. Moishe only had the strength to return because he wanted to warn Elie and the people in Sighet about what was going to happen. Who wouldn't be frustrated when you sacrificed time and effort only to be ignored?
ReplyDeleteI can relate. Sometimes when we try to talk to people about something so far fetched, they don't give us time to explain about the situation and we're left feeling useless and start to question the far-fetched idea. Moishe just wanted to be heard and was merely warning his people. Moishe's frustration only goes to show that if you keep going and don't give up on what you are trying to speak out about, you can prevaile because Elie and the people in the Sighet were warned. Communication is important. I sometimes think to myself while reading Night for English class, if the people were to have believed the early "mad men" talking about the crematoriums, some of them might have been saved?
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