The Marymount Literary Connection serves as a forum for students to further discuss the literature they read both at home and at school.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Grade 8: Zlata's Diary (Due before class Monday, March 14th)
Find the golden line! Choose a sentence or passage that stands out to you as very important. In one COMPLETE and WELL-WRITTEN paragraph, explain why it is significant.
The golden passage I found in “Zlata’s Diary” is on page 108 and it is the following: Why on earth don't those “kids” come to some agreement? They really are playing games. And it's us they're playing with.”
I believe that these are three very powerful lines, which show how right children can be sometimes. The other “kids” only desire glory and fame. They are not thinking of the consequences they cause and the sadness they are not aware of (or don't take it under much consideration). Children die every day because of shelling and inheritances built in one life are being destroyed. Who can protect the innocent and will finally do something? Even an 11-year-old girl acts very seriously now despite her age. She is the one who lives the war and comprehends it the most. She is the one who will have images of danger in her mind forever. She is the one who will never forget! Zlata that doesn't know anything about politics understands that everything happens for nothing and that they (the citizens of Sarajevo) are the victims. To sum up, I think that the “kids” have to stop acting like this and end the war.
"The streets aren't the same, not many people are out, they're worried, sad, everybody rushing around with bowed heads."
This sentence is significant because it sums up what she writes about in her diary. She writes about how everything has changed. People don't go outside because of their fear of getting killed. People hurry to get to the place they need to go because the longer they stay outside, the more chances are of something happening to them. She also mentions that all the shop windows have been broken and looted and that trees are being cut down. This result of the war affects people because their home for so many years is being taken away from them overnight. Seeing such horrible things happen to their hometown makes the people sad in so many different ways.
During our reading assigment i found the entry of October 14 1992 a clue entry or passage. This is because it clearly shows how she is suffering but is happy about small thing for exaple she is extremely happy about the gas going back on "THE GAS IS BACK ON! YESSSS!" Another example could be of her suffering she doesn't feel happy to live with candles and without light "I lit it with a heavy heart."
"Five months. Five months of brutal agression against the independent, sorvegian state of Bosnia and Herzegovina" pg.70
I personally think this is the golden line in Zlatas diary because it summerizes all the pain Zlata is feeling for the war. By this quotation, it is easy to perfectly view how the war is devastating all her life and all it's surroundings. "Brutal agression" is a really harsh way to describe the war in the state of Bosnia. with these two words it is easy to rafigurate Zlata's anger and depression.
I think the golden line of this part of the book is "But then I remember the war, winter, hunger, my stolen childhood and I feel like going." because Zlata is right, her childhood was stolen, she lives in a country of hunger caused by the war, and she feels like she wants to give up. First of all not only her childhood, but also millions of other children's childhood was stolen because of a useless stupid war. Many lifes were given away for what? For a split between some countries? I don't think the price pays it. The war cause a lot of hunger also, which cause even more deaths, which made the situation even worse for everybody. No wonder why she felt giving up, but she knew she had to survive, for herself and for the rest of the world, by the diary she wrote.
Hi I think the golden passage is on page 50/51. It is important because it will stick in Zlata’s mind because it would be one of the scariest moments in her life. It is also important because it reminds you that anybody can die in war not just friends and other people but family too. Those are the reasons t why this is the golden passage. Bye
Hello Ms. Gelso I think the golden line is where it says:85 "The "kids" are negotiating. Will they finally negotiate something? Are they thinking about us when they negotiate, or are they just trying to outwit each other, and leave us to our fate?". This is the golden line because all of the attacks are happening and she is scared and sad because of what is going on. The leader might be getting into an agreement or a disagreement. This passage shows us how desesperated Zlata is because of the war. She is having several ideas of what their leaders are discussing and wishing to have her life as how it was before. Pg.85
I think the golden line of this part of the book is "Mimmy I've noticed i don't write to you anymore about the war or the shooting. That's probably because I've become used to it" I think this is the golden line of this part because it means the world was so long, and exhausting that it became a routine, "if you can't with them join them". They've tried everything within their power, but nothing will fix this war, it is all in the government's hands.
Hi everyone! I think the golden passage from this book is "I will try to get through this, with your support, Mimmy, hoping that it will all pass and... that I will be a child again, living my childhood in peace."
I think this passage really shows how she felt during the war.She is saying that she hopes to get through this difficult time with her mother's support. She wishes to live her childhood again but in peace. I really feel bad for her because what she faced in her childhood is just unimagined by us. This teaches us how we should be thankful for what we have before asking for more. Thanks for reading !
@ Halla I really like your passage and I totally agree with you that people get scared of getting out of their houses and they don't have an idea what is going to happen to them the next second. The affects of this war destroyed people, homes, lives and a whole nation
"The streets aren't the same, not many people are out, they're worried, sad, everybody rushing around with bowed heads."
This is, in my opinion the most important quote of the last pages we read, because it makes us understand that this war is becoming a serious thing. Citizens are afraid to go out and relax, because they know that in any moment something could happen to them. They lived their life in a stressed and feared way. There is no more freedom in the streets and in the families. It was even hard to find food to survive! As a conclusion, this is the golden sentence because it describes and expresses what Zlata wants to let us know about the war and her period of life.
Hello every one I think the most important passage in the book is on page 39 it is, I put my fingers in my ears to block out the terrible sounds. I think this is the Golding line because it shows how she is affected by the sounds of guns and bombs outside. She wants to get away from the fact that there is a war going on and in this little line she has show it to us. I also think this line is important because it gives you an image of how bad it was for a littlie girl to have try and get away from the war so badly that she puts her fingers in her ears so she can not hear the gruesome unspeakable and vicious sound of guns and bombs. Hope you like the vocabulary words at the end
"The streets aren't the same, not many people are out, they're worried, sad, everybody rushing around with bowed heads."
This sentence is very significant because this shows that war is very violent and nobody wants to go out because they are worried that something is happening to them. It is important because she writes about war and how war is changing people.
Hello Everyone! In the book, Zlata’s Diary, I think that one of the golden lines of the story is: “All around Vodoprivreda there were cars burning, people dying, and nobody could help them. God, why is this happening? I’m so mad I want to scream and break everything!” I believe that, that section in the book is a crucial one because it shows the frustration, anger, and sadness of Zlata. Inside herself, she probably feels useless and miserable after seeing these horrifying scenes in the streets. It isn’t easy for a young girl to witness and live through all of this. Initially, she is a studious, happy, and confident child. Then after, because of this brutal war, her life turned into her worst nightmare. Her friends are dying, her mother is crying. She lost connection to the rest of her family and people are dying in her town, right in front of her house. In that last line, “I am so mad I want to scream and break everything,” she is visibly furious about this war and doesn’t know how to let all her anger out. If her mother is depressed then the poor girl is practically forced to fake a smile and pretend like everything is okay so that her mother thinks that she is doing fine and that she doesn’t have to worry about her. Zlata can’t help feel and express a mixture of joy and sadness when she leaves her country. For example when she leaves her town for Paris, she rejoices at the idea of leaving all the pain and gruesome scenes behind her. But she is saddened about leaving the people she loves and cares about. It is hard to leave one’s loved one behind, but in some circumstances one has no choice. She wanted to take everything with her but because of the war and the limited luggage she could take, she could not. Like she stated later: “I wanted to take everything, because I was equally fond of everything, but it wouldn’t all fit into one suitcase. I had to choose. It was hard and it was sad, but at least Bimbilimbica and Panda were lucky- I only just managed to cram them into my suitcase.”
Hello Ms Gelso and fellow classmates,
ReplyDeleteThe golden passage I found in “Zlata’s Diary” is on page 108 and it is the following: Why on earth don't those “kids” come to some agreement? They really are playing games. And it's us they're playing with.”
I believe that these are three very powerful lines, which show how right children can be sometimes. The other “kids” only desire glory and fame. They are not thinking of the consequences they cause and the sadness they are not aware of (or don't take it under much consideration). Children die every day because of shelling and inheritances built in one life are being destroyed. Who can protect the innocent and will finally do something? Even an 11-year-old girl acts very seriously now despite her age. She is the one who lives the war and comprehends it the most. She is the one who will have images of danger in her mind forever. She is the one who will never forget! Zlata that doesn't know anything about politics understands that everything happens for nothing and that they (the citizens of Sarajevo) are the victims. To sum up, I think that the “kids” have to stop acting like this and end the war.
"The streets aren't the same, not many people are out, they're worried, sad, everybody rushing around with bowed heads."
ReplyDeleteThis sentence is significant because it sums up what she writes about in her diary. She writes about how everything has changed. People don't go outside because of their fear of getting killed. People hurry to get to the place they need to go because the longer they stay outside, the more chances are of something happening to them. She also mentions that all the shop windows have been broken and looted and that trees are being cut down. This result of the war affects people because their home for so many years is being taken away from them overnight. Seeing such horrible things happen to their hometown makes the people sad in so many different ways.
During our reading assigment i found the entry of October 14 1992 a clue entry or passage. This is because it clearly shows how she is suffering but is happy about small thing for exaple she is extremely happy about the gas going back on "THE GAS IS BACK ON! YESSSS!" Another example could be of her suffering she doesn't feel happy to live with candles and without light "I lit it with a heavy heart."
ReplyDelete"Five months. Five months of brutal agression against the independent, sorvegian state of Bosnia and Herzegovina" pg.70
ReplyDeleteI personally think this is the golden line in Zlatas diary because it summerizes all the pain Zlata is feeling for the war.
By this quotation, it is easy to perfectly view how the war is devastating all her life and all it's surroundings.
"Brutal agression" is a really harsh way to describe the war in the state of Bosnia. with these two words it is easy to rafigurate Zlata's anger and depression.
Hello Ms. Gelso and classmates
ReplyDeleteI think the golden line of this part of the book is "But then I remember the war, winter, hunger, my stolen childhood and I feel like going." because Zlata is right, her childhood was stolen, she lives in a country of hunger caused by the war, and she feels like she wants to give up. First of all not only her childhood, but also millions of other children's childhood was stolen because of a useless stupid war. Many lifes were given away for what? For a split between some countries? I don't think the price pays it. The war cause a lot of hunger also, which cause even more deaths, which made the situation even worse for everybody. No wonder why she felt giving up, but she knew she had to survive, for herself and for the rest of the world, by the diary she wrote.
Hi
ReplyDeleteI think the golden passage is on page 50/51. It is important because it will stick in Zlata’s mind because it would be one of the scariest moments in her life. It is also important because it reminds you that anybody can die in war not just friends and other people but family too. Those are the reasons t why this is the golden passage.
Bye
Hello Ms. Gelso
ReplyDeleteI think the golden line is where it says:85
"The "kids" are negotiating. Will they finally negotiate something? Are they thinking about us when they negotiate, or are they just trying to outwit each other, and leave us to our fate?". This is the golden line because all of the attacks are happening and she is scared and sad because of what is going on. The leader might be getting into an agreement or a disagreement. This passage shows us how desesperated Zlata is because of the war. She is having several ideas of what their leaders are discussing and wishing to have her life as how it was before. Pg.85
I think the golden line of this part of the book is "Mimmy I've noticed i don't write to you anymore about the war or the shooting. That's probably because I've become used to it" I think this is the golden line of this part because it means the world was so long, and exhausting that it became a routine, "if you can't with them join them". They've tried everything within their power, but nothing will fix this war, it is all in the government's hands.
ReplyDeleteHi everyone!
ReplyDeleteI think the golden passage from this book is "I will try to get through this, with your support, Mimmy, hoping that it will all pass and... that I will be a child again, living my childhood in
peace."
I think this passage really shows how she felt during the war.She is saying that she hopes to get through this difficult time with her mother's support. She wishes to live her childhood again but in peace. I really feel bad for her because what she faced in her childhood is just unimagined by us. This teaches us how we should be thankful for what we have before asking for more.
Thanks for reading !
@ Halla
ReplyDeleteI really like your passage and I totally agree with you that people get scared of getting out of their houses and they don't have an idea what is going to happen to them the next second. The affects of this war destroyed people, homes, lives and a whole nation
"The streets aren't the same, not many people are out, they're worried, sad, everybody rushing around with bowed heads."
ReplyDeleteThis is, in my opinion the most important quote of the last pages we read, because it makes us understand that this war is becoming a serious thing. Citizens are afraid to go out and relax, because they know that in any moment something could happen to them. They lived their life in a stressed and feared way. There is no more freedom in the streets and in the families. It was even hard to find food to survive! As a conclusion, this is the golden sentence because it describes and expresses what Zlata wants to let us know about the war and her period of life.
Hello every one
ReplyDeleteI think the most important passage in the book is on page 39 it is, I put my fingers in my ears to block out the terrible sounds. I think this is the Golding line because it shows how she is affected by the sounds of guns and bombs outside. She wants to get away from the fact that there is a war going on and in this little line she has show it to us. I also think this line is important because it gives you an image of how bad it was for a littlie girl to have try and get away from the war so badly that she puts her fingers in her ears so she can not hear the gruesome unspeakable and vicious sound of guns and bombs.
Hope you like the vocabulary words at the end
"The streets aren't the same, not many people are out, they're worried, sad, everybody rushing around with bowed heads."
ReplyDeleteThis sentence is very significant because this shows that war is very violent and nobody wants to go out because they are worried that something is happening to them. It is important because she writes about war and how war is changing people.
Hello Everyone!
ReplyDeleteIn the book, Zlata’s Diary, I think that one of the golden lines of the story is: “All around Vodoprivreda there were cars burning, people dying, and nobody could help them. God, why is this happening? I’m so mad I want to scream and break everything!”
I believe that, that section in the book is a crucial one because it shows the frustration, anger, and sadness of Zlata. Inside herself, she probably feels useless and miserable after seeing these horrifying scenes in the streets. It isn’t easy for a young girl to witness and live through all of this. Initially, she is a studious, happy, and confident child. Then after, because of this brutal war, her life turned into her worst nightmare. Her friends are dying, her mother is crying. She lost connection to the rest of her family and people are dying in her town, right in front of her house. In that last line, “I am so mad I want to scream and break everything,” she is visibly furious about this war and doesn’t know how to let all her anger out. If her mother is depressed then the poor girl is practically forced to fake a smile and pretend like everything is okay so that her mother thinks that she is doing fine and that she doesn’t have to worry about her.
Zlata can’t help feel and express a mixture of joy and sadness when she leaves her country. For example when she leaves her town for Paris, she rejoices at the idea of leaving all the pain and gruesome scenes behind her. But she is saddened about leaving the people she loves and cares about. It is hard to leave one’s loved one behind, but in some circumstances one has no choice. She wanted to take everything with her but because of the war and the limited luggage she could take, she could not. Like she stated later: “I wanted to take everything, because I was equally fond of everything, but it wouldn’t all fit into one suitcase. I had to choose. It was hard and it was sad, but at least Bimbilimbica and Panda were lucky- I only just managed to cram them into my suitcase.”