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Sunday, June 9, 2013
Chapter 13
Chp.
13Respond to one of the
following:
pp.
100-101—Why does Alex become angry with Freddy and Henryk?
Alex feels sick for a few reasons. Alex just shot and killed two people and that would make anyone sick and he is only a kid. Most kids don't kill anyone or anything and Alex might feel ashamed that he did. Then seeing Freddy and Henryk pulling dead bodies and getting their clothes was probably really disturbing. Alex also wanted to cry and when anyone holds in feelings it can make them weak. It also might make him sick to see someone hurt because they're bleeding and vulnerable. These are some reasons why Alex might have become sick. ~Sonia N
Well why alex started to feel sick is because they kept climbing and all of a sudden he started crying.So maybe all the emotions he had just came out .All of a sudden thats why he felt sick and why he was crying.Well for me this is just i guess of what i think but i still dont know if i am right or wrong.
Alex feels starts to feel sick after he shoots and kills the German soldier because what he just did started to sink in. Alex shoots the man without thinking he just uses what his father told him “ I had done everything with technical proficiency exactly as he had taught me, without thinking or feeling a thing” Though by killing this one man, who had an evil heart, he saved two mans life. Killing someone is a great weight on you, you just ended another persons life. In the beginning Alex wasn't thinking about what he had just done because he was focusing on the two men, but now that his mind is not occupied. What he has just done is now clear in his mind and the shock of it is settling in which causes him to shake and start crying. Alex ened another persons life just on instinct. -Anna.J
Alex feels sick because he shot/killed two people. Alex feels sick because of that because he has never shot anyone. And he might be so scared that he shot some one that he feels sick. Then he has to clean up the mess he made (the people he killed). So the dead people might look very disgusting so he gets very sick.
Alex started to feel sick because he shot the German soldier. Even though the German soldier had an "evil heart", the guilt of killing someone hangs on unless you are heartless cold blooded person meaning you have no mercy which Alex is not. Killing someone is hard to let go of because even though they are bad they might have a family that cares about the person and the person cares about his/ her family. Once Alex thought through about what he done the guilt of killing someone got to him and he started crying. Alex killed a German man without thinking it through. -Vanessa Y.
alex is feeling sick because he just KILLED two people and he never KILLED two people before and theres blood everywhere and they sufford a painful death, he feels bad.
I think Alex feels sick, because he just killed and hid a German soldier. I don't believe that Alex had killed someone before, so it was frightening for him. Also, he saw lots of blood. That could have also made him sick, or feel sick to his stomach. Sometimes when a person is nervous or scared, they feel sick and not well. This is probably what Alex is feeling.
I think Alex feels sick because he just killed a german. I know that the germans killed so many but Alex would still feel sick because he now has blood on his hands. This feeling that Alex has is called guilt and that is why he is sick, because he feels guilty.
Alex starts to feel sick because, he shot someone. This was his first time shooting at someone, so it made him feel sick and scared. It had just sunk in that he shot someone and it was getting overwhelming for him. As a result of this he started to feel sick. This is the reason I think Alex suddenly started to feel sick
I think that Alex gets so sick because he had a chance to realize what he had done and been through. Alex realized that he just killed a man. I think he is also upset that he did not care that the man was dead. It is upsetting when you do not care about some one. When you kill someone, for any reason you end up feeling bad in the end. Alex felt bad that he did not feel bad, which in a way is feeling bad about killing the man.
Alex suddenly felt sick for many reasons. The main reason I think he felt sick is because he had just shot and killed a German soldier. Even thought the soldier was "evil" there still is guilt in killing someone. To make matters worse even more guilt was put upon hime when he helped hide the soldier. I think the puddle of blood he saw made hime even more guilty. Imagine if you just killed someone. Would you feel sick? I would.
Alex is most likely feeling sick due to the fact he just killed some one. He's mentally scarred and disturbed, especially after one of the two men he saved undressed the dead German for his clothes. He also saw lots of blood, and it probably came to him this was his own doing. The two men pestered Alex with a lot of questions too, which could've given him a head ache. I really don't think Alex has an illness, and he should get some rest and not think about what he did.
Alex was angry at Henryk and Freddy. He was angry because they did not believe him about his life and home. Freddy asked Alex “What do you take us for?”; and Alex replied, “If I didn’t trust you, I wouldn’t have taken you up here.” Freddy, then annoys Alex even more by asking him again, “Then you’re really here by yourself?”; this made him angry. Alex has told Freddy, and Henryk several times that he lives by himself. But, they keep egging him on. Since Freddy and Henryk were annoying Alex with repetitive questions, he was angry with them.
I disagree with you; your main claim is that because of the repetitive nature of their questions, Alex got annoyed. Yet, they had only asked a few questions. Also, the story said that Henryk was angry when he asked “What do you take us for?”, not Alex.
Alex is angered by Freddy and Henryk for good reason. He knows that he is far from a child, yet they are still treating him as one. They refuse to believe that he built the hideout and knows what he is doing, just based on his age. The judgement and refusal to believe him is very annoying and very ageist. Just because he is of the age most would be considered a child, he is not mentally a child, and even if he was, he would still be capable of great things.
I think Alex all of a sudden fells so sick is because of shock. After you kill someone or shoot someone you might go into a state of shock. Alex was I think experiencing some of the symtoms of shock. Some of these symtoms he was experiencing were rapid and shallow breathing along with clammy hands. In the book it did not say any of these symtoms but I am inferring he had them.
I think that Alex feels sick because he shot a german. Alex probably felt sick from smelling and touching the dead mans blood. Or he could have been sick from not eating enough. There are many posible ways that Alex could have felt sick.
Alex felt sick that afternoon when he met Freddy and Henryk. There are many reasons why this could be.
1.) Alex just saw someone get killed and "fall to the ground slowly like a rag doll," and then had to clean up after him. For a child, this might be really hard to see a dead person who is all white and bloody, even though he said he didn't care about him dying. It might have been the sight that hurt him.
2.) Alex saw Freddy taking the clothes off the officer. Although it might be "normal" for a person like Freddy because he has experienced war longer than Alex, it wasn't to Alex. The text said Alex tried hard not to look, so obviously it was disgusting to him.
3.) Alex is sitting in a room and talking with a man that has a bullet in him, and is bleeding bad. For some people, even people that I know, are grossed out at the sight of blood and bleeding. Alex may be one who feels this way,
4.) Alex saw Freddy sticking and hiding the officer in a garbage can! This may be really hard for someone Alex's age to watch.
5.) Alex just let random people into his house, and what would father say?
Obviously, Alex is feeling mixed emotions about this whole ghetto thing.
In chapter 13 Alex saves the lives of two men. After his heroic action Alex feels very sick. I believe this is due to the fact that he did not think before acting. Alex's father always told him "Thoughts and felling were for afterwards." Alex did this with perfection, but afterwards when all the thoughts and feelings came crashing in on him, he could not stand it. He had just killed a man! This traumatic experience is something no child should ever go through. Feeling sick, and sad just shows that he is human. Guilt is something that no one can evade forever. Alone in the depressing ghetto, with no one to care for him, or give him love, Alex faces everything that I can not even imagine. Emotions should flow out of him, but bottled up in him for so long they make him sick. -Maddie A
Alex get's angry at the men for two reasons. One reason is that he had risked his life to save the men. Also he had saved the men from death so the shouldn't of questioned him. In conclusion I think that what Alex did was heroic and very brave. For the second question I think he got sick because he had just kiled a man. It's not something you do every day so it was uneasy
I believe that Alex getting irritated and angry at Freddy and Henryk for one simple reason.Alex was angry at Freddy and Henryk because they didn’t believe that Alex was by himself ,or that he made the hideout by himself. This got Alex pretty frustrated and angry that they didn’t believe that he had been by himself all that time.
I think that Alex feels so sick for 2 reasons. I think that he's sick because maybe the food he found doesn't have as much vitamins or nutrients he needs for his body. Also maybe all those feelings inside of him, he can't take it anymore and really needs to let it out badly. All those anxiety of his parents got to him and he really, really miss them dearly.
Alex was angry at Freddy and Henryk for many reasons. First, they didn't think that Alex actually survived on his own because he was a kid, even though he actually did it. Secondly, Alex saved the men's lives, so Alex was mad when they thought that he was just a kid and questioned him.
I think that alex feels sick because he has just killed someone, and that would make anyone sick. also, one of his group is wounded badly, and was not prepared for any of this
I think these are the reasons why Alex feels so sick: He had just killed someone, which would obviously make someone sick because you know that you just murdered someone. Also, it might of been sickening to see, like when he saw the Nazi nacked and blood all over the floor which is disgusting. So that might of made him sick. Furthermore, he encountered a lot of experiences that might of been painful. These experiences might of been trapped inside of him and then he had to let it out, so he felt sick first, then he cried. So this is why I think Alex feels sick
Alex felt sick for 3 reasons. One way is that he didn’t think before he acted. He shot the German soldier without thinking about the consequence if another soldier saw what he did. Another way is that a lot of things are happening and he misses his parents really badly. There are many things that were hard for him to handle. There was too much for him. The last way is that he had to touch the German soldier. His body was full of blood and maybe he didn't like the sight of blood.
One is that Alex killed a german soldier. Alex had not seen the blood and gore of it all before and he was quite disgusted of it causing him to maybe be sick. Another reason why is because of the stress. Too much stress can give you a headache and maybe get more severe later but Alex needs a rest. Another reason is that he could be homesick. He misses his old house and his parents badly so he could feel a "Knot" in his stomach about it. The last reason why something have might have caused Alex to be sick is Henryk. He could spread the germs by his sickness causing Alex to get sick.
Those are possible reasons why Alex could have got sick
I agree with you. It could definitely make you sick if you killed someone. Stress can also be very tiring and make you feel sick. However, Henryk was wounded, not sick, so he couldn't have gotten infected by Henryk.
I think that Alex felt sick for a few reasons. First of all, he had just taken someone’s life, and although that may not seem like a big deal during such a big war, Alex had killed someone. That’s extremely scary, and although Alex had seen plenty of people being abused during the war, Alex may have never dreamed that he would actually kill someone. Although Alex says he doesn’t feel afraid “It wasn’t as though I’d been afraid,” he still must be nervous, not knowing what the Germans would do to the Jews, and also not knowing what they would do to Alex if they found out that he had actually killed someone. Killing someone and taking their life, whether they’re innocent or not, isn’t easy or fun.
Alex is feeling sick because he is startled by the fact that he just killed a person (a quite dramatic especially for children). "Like his father had advised him - Save your emotions for after the kill..." Ben W.
I think Alex is not feeling well because he killed a man and Alex never hurt someone let alone kill someone, and Alex is feeling down and he is having strong emotions about what he did. I think Alex is feeling sick because Henryk has a fever and is getting that fever from him causing him to be sick. Alex might be thinking of his action too much and that is putting an empty feeling in his stomache causing him to not feel well. - Emma Mac
Alex was angry with Freddy and Henryk for a few reasons. They weren't trusting him about having stayed alive for two months on his own, and pestering him with incessant questions about it. They were doing this even though he had just saved their lives, which they also didn't believe at first. This made him angry because they were treating him like a small child even though he had shown them that he had been acting by himself for a long time.
Alex was sick. He was sick because of the dead German Soldier. The dead person made him sick because of the rotting smell and/or the blood everywhere. Even the feeling of a dead person near you that YOU killed can make you feel queasy and sick to the stomach. Alex is 12 years old so for a 12 year old to experience this its very traumatizing and hard for a kid to get over it. This MUST be dead
Alex was sick. He was sick because of the dead German Soldier. The dead person made him sick because of the rotting smell and/or the blood everywhere. Even the feeling of a dead person near you that YOU killed can make you feel queasy and sick to the stomach. Alex is 12 years old so for a 12 year old to experience this its very traumatizing and hard for a kid to get over it. This MUST be traumatizing.
Alex was sick. He was sick because of the dead German Soldier. The dead person made him sick because of the rotting smell and/or the blood everywhere. Even the feeling of a dead person near you that YOU killed can make you feel queasy and sick to the stomach. Alex is 12 years old so for a 12 year old to experience this its very traumatizing and hard for a kid to get over it. This MUST be traumatizing.
I agree with Ben and Cal because He didn't care for the German soldier being dead (as Ben said). Still, it might not be the soldier himself that Alex is "sick" about. It could just be the fact that he killed a man that made him sick (as Cal said). Both of you make good points about his "sickness".
Alex feels sick for some things that just happened. First off he killed a man and that probably shocked him a little. Another reason could be that he saw the pool of blood and it might have made him sick by seeing fresh blood. Also, when Freddy stripped the man of the clothing he turned away and that could have made him sick by seeing a dead, naked man. Alex got sick for many reasons. ~Josh C.
Josh- I agree because killing a person is a very shocking thing and can make people feel sick. Also, I like how you mentioned the blood, which was something I forgot. I think this was a very good response.
He feels sick because he saw the dead body and for a young child like Alex seeing a dead body for the first time can make you feel really weird and sick in the stomach. Also the blood and the body itself could make you really sick. Also in the situation he is in it can be overwhelming.
In chapter 13, after Alex shoots the German soldier and drags him into a house, he feels sick. I think he feels sick because he killed someone, and the realization of that fact is finally setting in. When Alex first shot the soldier, he couldn't afford to waste time with emotions because, as he said in chapter 13, “Thoughts and feeling were for afterward. If you had them while aiming, your hand would shake. And then you would be the one to die.” After he shot the soldier, Alex still had a lot of problems on his hands, so he didn’t have time to really think about it. But soon the guilt started to set in, and the realization of what he had done hit him. Alex started to feel sick because he finally registered that he had shot someone. He had killed the German soldier.
I think the reason Alex felt so sick was because he had just killed a person. He came to realize what was actually happening to him and around him. Sam S
In chapter 13 Alex feels sick. There are numerous reasons why Alex may feel sick. My thought is that since in chapter 13 he kills a german that might have been the cause. This could have affected him because he had not had to use the pistol until now. And since he actually killed someone with it he may feel a bit frightened that he killed someone and that he did that with his own gun. -Daphnee-Anne G.
I think that one of the reasons Alex suddenly feels so sick is that it is finally dawning on him that he killed a man.
In the text, after he kills the nazie, he thinks about what his father said, to react after it happens, because otherwise, you will get shaky, and you will end up dying.
It may also be that one of the men he encountered and was about to go and tend to was bleeding, and the blood made him feel sick.
Also, In the book, he thought he may have been crying because he had all of those tears held back inside of him, and after he cried he felt better.
Those are a few reasons that I think Alex may have felt sick. Emma MEM
Alex feels sick because of the actions he committed. After he understands that he shot a Nazi with his pistol, and KILLED HIM, Alex becomes sick by the thought of what he has committed. Also, seeing all the blood and the dead body and look at the soldier made him feel very uneasy. Because, I mean, it feels PRETTY weird when you kill someone.
Alex feels sick because he just killed a man. Whether or not it’s a Nazi, it’s murder. He is coming to sense of what goes on around him in everyday life. No one feels perfectly fine after they kill someone. Alex can’t believe what he’s just done, what he’s capable of doing. Yeah, the thought of how powerful you are can make you feel uneasy or sick inside. Like his father said, “Thoughts and feelings were for afterward. If you had them while aiming, your hand would shake. And then you would be the one to die.” Alex let all of his emotions flow out, and along with crying, he started to feel sick inside from what he’d just committed.
Alex feels sick because he had just killed someone. He is only 11 years old so actually killing someone must weigh pretty heavy on him. Also, when he sees the body, the dead body, of a man that HE had just shot he must be pretty disgusted. He also may have became sick simply because everything was too much for him to bear. Him killing a man might have been the final straw to trigger his emotions. Survival has made Alex do somethings that he never would have dreamed of doing, and that alone could make him sick to his stomach
I think Alex suddenly felt sick because, maybe he got really nervous when he shot the gun at the German soldierBecause , maybe he couldn't believe he shot a German soldier. Also maybe he is nervous to go against the German soldiers and he's probably scared to die.~Sarah S.c.
Alex suddenly felt sick for a few reasons. Alex just shot and killed someone and that would make anyone feel sick. Another thing that could have made Alex feel sick was the blood from the man's wound. Like his father said, “Thoughts and feelings were for afterward. If you had them while aiming, your hand would shake. And then you would be the one to die.”
Alex feels sick because he has just shot and killed someone. This is pretty gruesome as well as there is a lot of blood and shooting going around him. Alex isn’t used to this gore and feels sick from all the blood and shooting. Also, it is pretty sickening that the person he killed, was dragged away, stripped, and hidden in the rubble. -Elon L.
Alex was getting angry with them because they were asuming he was helpless and completly dependent. for instance, when they asked who biult the hideout, Alex said he did and they did not believe him. Alex replied in an annoyed tone of voice. through out these two pages they continued to not believe him even after he helped them escape from the German.
I agree with this. Everyone assumed that children would just stand back and watch. They also knew that a common child in the warsaw ghetto would not survive for several months. They also thought he was lying because lies were common in the ghetto, they didn't trust him yet.
I agree because it was so common in the warsaw ghetto that people lied. They also couldn't believe that a 12 year old boy could build a hideout so elaborate.
Alex feels sick because before he just killed someone and there was a lot of blood and a lot more stuff going around him and he also was disgusted from the blood of the soldiers wound.
I think Alex feels sick because he just killed someone and I think that would make anyone sick especially because he's a child.I also think he was sick because because he saw Freddy and Henryk take away and hide a bloody body.
Alex becomes so sick because he just killed someone it was necessary but it shouldn't feel right.It's not like Alex is gonna feel good about it even in this time.
Alex becomes sick because one main reason. He didn't like blood or death. He had just killed two soldiers, and had to hide their blood, and he had seen Henryk's wound. I know that I would feel sick if that happened to me too!
In the book “The Island on Bird Street”, by Uri Orlev I think Alex felt sick because he just found out Bolek was a pole. First of all, Alex just found out that someone he trust was a pole (Polish) and he just “bursted out crying” he just “couldn’t keep it in anymore”. He just realised what his mother said was wrong about trust. Secondly, when he was “shaking inside, and the shaking kept getting worse” he was breaking down slowly. After keeping in “all those tears wanting out” he had to release them eventually. Plus, Polish are killing people and he trusted someone that kills his people. It is very emotional for Alex. He has been by himself for two months. Lastly, Alex just killed a man. I am just a year older than Alex. If I even think about killing someone I get the shivers and just get a really sad feeling. Thats just thinking about it. Seeing a body that has no more life because of you thats too big of a thought for an eleven year old. As you can see it makes sense why Alex felt sick.
It was certainly no secret that Alex felt quite sick on page 104 and previous pages. First, Alex had “fired [a gun] quickly three times” and the German soldier “dropped to the ground slowly” which DEFINITELY seemed to frighten him! It is ALWAYS really hard to realize and know that you just killed a person, good or bad, because it doesn’t feel right--and you might feel upset. This absolutely could have caused Alex’s emotions to go crazy and make him feel quite ill. In addition, Alex was probably very disgusted by seeing a “puddle of blood” from the dead German soldier that they were DRAGGING away. I know that I would feel very nauseous if I saw a bloody, dead person! I would be so creeped out, and this is exactly how Alex felt sick--his world has turned upside down over the past few months! Lastly, Alex had also witnessed Henryk’s wound. He later realized that he would have to make a plan and risk his life yet again to get him a doctor for help. I could not cope with all of the stress Alex has been going through, and since he is going to have to travel to the doctor, he could have gotten very nervous and anxious, making him feel sick. In conclusion, Alex had many things going on in life that caused him to feel unwell. He was shaken up by shooting the German, the puddle of blood, the wounded man, and the fact that he would have to go to the doctor and risk getting caught again. I don’t blame him for feeling sick and nervous because I would too!
Alex feels sick because he just shot a German not just once, but three times. A kid shouldn't be killing people even if it is an enemy. To have someone die because of you must be a traumatizing experience.
I agree with bennett because he wrote almost the same thing as me also kids shouldn't have a gun in the first place and just like i said I dont think people are gona be happy to kill anything.
I think Alex feels sick because of the traumatic experience he just went through. The traumatic experience was when he shot the German officer. A young child should not go through the trauma of shooting someone even if it is for a good cause for example saving Henryk's life. If I were to shoot someone I would probably through up or be sick like Alex was. Also, Alex saw lots of the German Officers blood which most likely made him even more sick, and I would be sick to if I saw all that blood. Last, I can infer that Alex is already very sickened by the events of the Holocaust so when he saw the dead body of the German officer it triggered a big effect on Alex because he is already very sickened so it just mad it worse. In the end Alex felt sick because of the when he shot the German officer.
Alex was annoyed because even after he saved their lives they seemed reluctant to believe that he lived alone and made the shelter himself. He saved them and cared for them and they kept asking him if he lived alone. They denied that he went through this just because he is a child.
I think that one of the main reasons that Alex feels sick is because of how overwhelming this point in time is. I know that if I were in his position I would probably break down. For a 12 year old boy living alone in an abandoned house, he is pretty strong then when Freddy and Hendryk and he was in the position when he had to save their lives it was overwhelming. He had the pistol for a sense of security and actually having to use it not one, but two times, to me seems very overwhelming. ~Morgan B-W
Alex is angry at Henryk and Freddy for many reasons. One reason is that they brought a German soldier with them who shot Henryk. Another reason is that he couldn’t go to the uprising. Another reason is that he needs to get a bandage for Henryk. These reasons show why Alex was angry.
Alex is suddenly feeling sick because he had just killed a solider with a gun. Alex also just saw a lot of blood and gross things, and the fact that he had taken someones life sickend him.
Alex feels sick for a few reasons.
ReplyDeleteAlex just shot and killed two people and that would make anyone sick and he is only a kid. Most kids don't kill anyone or anything and Alex might feel ashamed that he did. Then seeing Freddy and Henryk pulling dead bodies and getting their clothes was probably really disturbing. Alex also wanted to cry and when anyone holds in feelings it can make them weak. It also might make him sick to see someone hurt because they're bleeding and vulnerable.
These are some reasons why Alex might have become sick.
~Sonia N
Sonia, he only killed one man. Just pointing that out.
Delete-Iman S
I agree with you Sonia. If I killed someone, no matter who, I'd feel really sickly. That wold be a really bad experience for a kid!
Delete- Lily M.
I agree because everyone would feel bad if they killed someone.
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Sonia, I agree I would feel really bad and sick along with many others.
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I agree with you Sonia. Emma MEM
DeleteWell why alex started to feel sick is because they kept climbing and all of a sudden he started crying.So maybe all the emotions he had just came out .All of a sudden thats why he felt sick and why he was crying.Well for me this is just i guess of what i think but i still dont know if i am right or wrong.
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I agree with Shanaiy that he cried because of all his built up emotions. Surviving on your own is a big burden.
Delete~Casandra G.
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ReplyDeleteAlex feels starts to feel sick after he shoots and kills the German soldier because what he just did started to sink in. Alex shoots the man without thinking he just uses what his father told him “ I had done everything with technical proficiency exactly as he had taught me, without thinking or feeling a thing” Though by killing this one man, who had an evil heart, he saved two mans life. Killing someone is a great weight on you, you just ended another persons life. In the beginning Alex wasn't thinking about what he had just done because he was focusing on the two men, but now that his mind is not occupied. What he has just done is now clear in his mind and the shock of it is settling in which causes him to shake and start crying. Alex ened another persons life just on instinct.
-Anna.J
I agree with Anna that some people have a slow reaction to big situations.
Delete~Sonia N
I agree because seeing someone hurt and to have actually hurt someone, or to take their life, is a huge deal and very scary.
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~Isabela G.
DeleteAlex feels sick because he shot/killed two people. Alex feels sick because of that because he has never shot anyone. And he might be so scared that he shot some one that he feels sick. Then he has to clean up the mess he made (the people he killed). So the dead people might look very disgusting so he gets very sick.
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I agree with you Joyce that it is very disgusting to look and clean up after dead people.
Delete~Sonia N
I agree with Joyce. Killing someone is scaring especially when it is your first.
Delete~Vanessa Y.
Alex started to feel sick because he shot the German soldier. Even though the German soldier had an "evil heart", the guilt of killing someone hangs on unless you are heartless cold blooded person meaning you have no mercy which Alex is not. Killing someone is hard to let go of because even though they are bad they might have a family that cares about the person and the person cares about his/ her family. Once Alex thought through about what he done the guilt of killing someone got to him and he started crying. Alex killed a German man without thinking it through.
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For the last sentence I meant to write: Alex killed 2 German men without thinking it through.
Delete~Vanessa Y.
alex is feeling sick because he just KILLED two people and he never KILLED two people before and theres blood everywhere and they sufford a painful death, he feels bad.
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I agree with Jonathan. Alex probably feels bad.
Delete~Vanessa Y.
Alex got mad at Freddy and Henryk because they would not stop persisting that he was not living alone. Especially when he took out the extra sheets.
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DeleteI think Alex feels sick, because he just killed and hid a German soldier. I don't believe that Alex had killed someone before, so it was frightening for him. Also, he saw lots of blood. That could have also made him sick, or feel sick to his stomach. Sometimes when a person is nervous or scared, they feel sick and not well. This is probably what Alex is feeling.
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I think Alex suddenly felt so sick because it was really hard dealing with all thats happening.
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I think Alex feels sick because he just killed a german. I know that the germans killed so many but Alex would still feel sick because he now has blood on his hands. This feeling that Alex has is called guilt and that is why he is sick, because he feels guilty.
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Alex starts to feel sick because, he shot someone. This was his first time shooting at someone, so it made him feel sick and scared. It had just sunk in that he shot someone and it was getting overwhelming for him. As a result of this he started to feel sick. This is the reason I think Alex suddenly started to feel sick
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I think that Alex gets so sick because he had a chance to realize what he had done and been through. Alex realized that he just killed a man. I think he is also upset that he did not care that the man was dead. It is upsetting when you do not care about some one. When you kill someone, for any reason you end up feeling bad in the end. Alex felt bad that he did not feel bad, which in a way is feeling bad about killing the man.
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I agree with you Jane A. I do not think Alex had fully realized what he had done in killing the German soldier.
Delete~Hayley C.
I agree with Cammi. Alex has let the reality sink in and he is now feeling what is happening.
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Alex suddenly felt sick for many reasons. The main reason I think he felt sick is because he had just shot and killed a German soldier. Even thought the soldier was "evil" there still is guilt in killing someone. To make matters worse even more guilt was put upon hime when he helped hide the soldier. I think the puddle of blood he saw made hime even more guilty. Imagine if you just killed someone. Would you feel sick? I would.
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I agree with you Hayley, if I was in his position, I would feel sick too.
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Alex is most likely feeling sick due to the fact he just killed some one. He's mentally scarred and disturbed, especially after one of the two men he saved undressed the dead German for his clothes. He also saw lots of blood, and it probably came to him this was his own doing. The two men pestered Alex with a lot of questions too, which could've given him a head ache. I really don't think Alex has an illness, and he should get some rest and not think about what he did.
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I agree with Ben B. Alex is feeling guilty. Being guilty is exactly what Alex is feeling. I think that is a great use of vocabulary.
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Section 3
Alex was angry at Henryk and Freddy. He was angry because they did not believe him about his life and home. Freddy asked Alex “What do you take us for?”; and Alex replied, “If I didn’t trust you, I wouldn’t have taken you up here.” Freddy, then annoys Alex even more by asking him again, “Then you’re really here by yourself?”; this made him angry. Alex has told Freddy, and Henryk several times that he lives by himself. But, they keep egging him on. Since Freddy and Henryk were annoying Alex with repetitive questions, he was angry with them.
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I disagree with you; your main claim is that because of the repetitive nature of their questions, Alex got annoyed. Yet, they had only asked a few questions. Also, the story said that Henryk was angry when he asked “What do you take us for?”, not Alex.
DeleteWillie T.
Alex is angered by Freddy and Henryk for good reason. He knows that he is far from a child, yet they are still treating him as one. They refuse to believe that he built the hideout and knows what he is doing, just based on his age. The judgement and refusal to believe him is very annoying and very ageist. Just because he is of the age most would be considered a child, he is not mentally a child, and even if he was, he would still be capable of great things.
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ReplyDeleteI think Alex all of a sudden fells so sick is because of shock. After you kill someone or shoot someone you might go into a state of shock. Alex was I think experiencing some of the symtoms of shock. Some of these symtoms he was experiencing were rapid and shallow breathing along with clammy hands. In the book it did not say any of these symtoms but I am inferring he had them.
-John S.
I think that Alex feels sick because he shot a german. Alex probably felt sick from smelling and touching the dead mans blood. Or he could have been sick from not eating enough. There are many posible ways that Alex could have felt sick.
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I agree with you Kelley. A lot of people dont like the sight of blood.
DeleteEmily E
Alex just killed someone and he saw all the blood and him not moving, and his stomach could have been churching.
ReplyDeleteBen K
Alex felt sick that afternoon when he met Freddy and Henryk. There are many reasons why this could be.
ReplyDelete1.) Alex just saw someone get killed and "fall to the ground slowly like a rag doll," and then had to clean up after him. For a child, this might be really hard to see a dead person who is all white and bloody, even though he said he didn't care about him dying. It might have been the sight that hurt him.
2.) Alex saw Freddy taking the clothes off the officer. Although it might be "normal" for a person like Freddy because he has experienced war longer than Alex, it wasn't to Alex. The text said Alex tried hard not to look, so obviously it was disgusting to him.
3.) Alex is sitting in a room and talking with a man that has a bullet in him, and is bleeding bad. For some people, even people that I know, are grossed out at the sight of blood and bleeding. Alex may be one who feels this way,
4.) Alex saw Freddy sticking and hiding the officer in a garbage can! This may be really hard for someone Alex's age to watch.
5.) Alex just let random people into his house, and what would father say?
Obviously, Alex is feeling mixed emotions about this whole ghetto thing.
~Emily E
In chapter 13 Alex saves the lives of two men. After his heroic action Alex feels very sick. I believe this is due to the fact that he did not think before acting.
ReplyDeleteAlex's father always told him "Thoughts and felling were for afterwards." Alex did this with perfection, but afterwards when all the thoughts and feelings came crashing in on him, he could not stand it. He had just killed a man! This traumatic experience is something no child should ever go through. Feeling sick, and sad just shows that he is human. Guilt is something that no one can evade forever.
Alone in the depressing ghetto, with no one to care for him, or give him love, Alex faces everything that I can not even imagine. Emotions should flow out of him, but bottled up in him for so long they make him sick.
-Maddie A
Alex get's angry at the men for two reasons. One reason is that he had risked his life to save the men. Also he had saved the men from death so the shouldn't of questioned him. In conclusion I think that what Alex did was heroic and very brave.
ReplyDeleteFor the second question I think he got sick because he had just kiled a man. It's not something you do every day so it was uneasy
Robert
I believe that Alex getting irritated and angry at Freddy and Henryk for one simple reason.Alex was angry at Freddy and Henryk because they didn’t believe that Alex was by himself ,or that he made the hideout by himself. This got Alex pretty frustrated and angry that they didn’t believe that he had been by himself all that time.
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I think that Alex feels so sick for 2 reasons. I think that he's sick because maybe the food he found doesn't have as much vitamins or nutrients he needs for his body. Also maybe all those feelings inside of him, he can't take it anymore and really needs to let it out badly. All those anxiety of his parents got to him and he really, really miss them dearly.
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Alex was angry at Freddy and Henryk for many reasons. First, they didn't think that Alex actually survived on his own because he was a kid, even though he actually did it. Secondly, Alex saved the men's lives, so Alex was mad when they thought that he was just a kid and questioned him.
ReplyDelete~Max T.
I agree with you Max that Alex got mad because Freddy and Henryk did not believe him when he said he survived on his own as a kid.
Delete~ John M
I think that alex feels sick because he has just killed someone, and that would make anyone sick. also, one of his group is wounded badly, and was not prepared for any of this
ReplyDeleteOops, sorry, I am Karl M-E-M
DeleteI think these are the reasons why Alex feels so sick:
ReplyDeleteHe had just killed someone, which would obviously make someone sick because you know that you just murdered someone. Also, it might of been sickening to see, like when he saw the Nazi nacked and blood all over the floor which is disgusting. So that might of made him sick. Furthermore, he encountered a lot of experiences that might of been painful. These experiences might of been trapped inside of him and then he had to let it out, so he felt sick first, then he cried.
So this is why I think Alex feels sick
-Jake G
I agree with Karl
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Alex felt sick for 3 reasons. One way is that he didn’t think before he acted. He shot the German soldier without thinking about the consequence if another soldier saw what he did. Another way is that a lot of things are happening and he misses his parents really badly. There are many things that were hard for him to handle. There was too much for him. The last way is that he had to touch the German soldier. His body was full of blood and maybe he didn't like the sight of blood.
ReplyDelete-Tina H.
Alex felt sick for many reasons.
ReplyDeleteOne is that Alex killed a german soldier. Alex had not seen the blood and gore of it all before and he was quite disgusted of it causing him to maybe be sick. Another reason why is because of the stress. Too much stress can give you a headache and maybe get more severe later but Alex needs a rest. Another reason is that he could be homesick. He misses his old house and his parents badly so he could feel a "Knot" in his stomach about it. The last reason why something have might have caused Alex to be sick is Henryk. He could spread the germs by his sickness causing Alex to get sick.
Those are possible reasons why Alex could have got sick
~ John M
I agree with you. It could definitely make you sick if you killed someone. Stress can also be very tiring and make you feel sick. However, Henryk was wounded, not sick, so he couldn't have gotten infected by Henryk.
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I think that Alex felt sick for a few reasons. First of all, he had just taken someone’s life, and although that may not seem like a big deal during such a big war, Alex had killed someone. That’s extremely scary, and although Alex had seen plenty of people being abused during the war, Alex may have never dreamed that he would actually kill someone. Although Alex says he doesn’t feel afraid “It wasn’t as though I’d been afraid,” he still must be nervous, not knowing what the Germans would do to the Jews, and also not knowing what they would do to Alex if they found out that he had actually killed someone. Killing someone and taking their life, whether they’re innocent or not, isn’t easy or fun.
ReplyDelete~Isabela G.
Alex is feeling sick because he is startled by the fact that he just killed a person (a quite dramatic especially for children). "Like his father had advised him - Save your emotions for after the kill..."
ReplyDeleteBen W.
I think Alex is not feeling well because he killed a man and Alex never hurt someone let alone kill someone, and Alex is feeling down and he is having strong emotions about what he did. I think Alex is feeling sick because Henryk has a fever and is getting that fever from him causing him to be sick. Alex might be thinking of his action too much and that is putting an empty feeling in his stomache causing him to not feel well.
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Alex was angry with Freddy and Henryk for a few reasons. They weren't trusting him about having stayed alive for two months on his own, and pestering him with incessant questions about it. They were doing this even though he had just saved their lives, which they also didn't believe at first. This made him angry because they were treating him like a small child even though he had shown them that he had been acting by himself for a long time.
ReplyDelete-Jacob B.
I agree with you Jacob that what really made Alex annoyed is Henryk and Freddy had been treating Alex like a small child.
Delete~ John M
Alex was sick. He was sick because of the dead German Soldier. The dead person made him sick because of the rotting smell and/or the blood everywhere. Even the feeling of a dead person near you that YOU killed can make you feel queasy and sick to the stomach. Alex is 12 years old so for a 12 year old to experience this its very traumatizing and hard for a kid to get over it. This MUST be dead
ReplyDeleteAlex was sick. He was sick because of the dead German Soldier. The dead person made him sick because of the rotting smell and/or the blood everywhere. Even the feeling of a dead person near you that YOU killed can make you feel queasy and sick to the stomach. Alex is 12 years old so for a 12 year old to experience this its very traumatizing and hard for a kid to get over it. This MUST be traumatizing.
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Alex was sick. He was sick because of the dead German Soldier. The dead person made him sick because of the rotting smell and/or the blood everywhere. Even the feeling of a dead person near you that YOU killed can make you feel queasy and sick to the stomach. Alex is 12 years old so for a 12 year old to experience this its very traumatizing and hard for a kid to get over it. This MUST be traumatizing.
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DeleteI agree with Ben and Cal because He didn't care for the German soldier being dead (as Ben said). Still, it might not be the soldier himself that Alex is "sick" about. It could just be the fact that he killed a man that made him sick (as Cal said). Both of you make good points about his "sickness".
Delete-Becca L.
Alex feels sick for some things that just happened. First off he killed a man and that probably shocked him a little. Another reason could be that he saw the pool of blood and it might have made him sick by seeing fresh blood. Also, when Freddy stripped the man of the clothing he turned away and that could have made him sick by seeing a dead, naked man. Alex got sick for many reasons.
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Josh- I agree because killing a person is a very shocking thing and can make people feel sick. Also, I like how you mentioned the blood, which was something I forgot. I think this was a very good response.
Delete~Derek K.
He feels sick because he saw the dead body and for a young child like Alex seeing a dead body for the first time can make you feel really weird and sick in the stomach. Also the blood and the body itself could make you really sick. Also in the situation he is in it can be overwhelming.
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Will K.
Alex is getting sick because he saw dead bodies and the fact of him dying is going through his head.
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I disagree with Jon P because it wasn't the bodies, it was the fact that he killed someone
DeleteSam S
In chapter 13, after Alex shoots the German soldier and drags him into a house, he feels sick. I think he feels sick because he killed someone, and the realization of that fact is finally setting in. When Alex first shot the soldier, he couldn't afford to waste time with emotions because, as he said in chapter 13, “Thoughts and feeling were for afterward. If you had them while aiming, your hand would shake. And then you would be the one to die.” After he shot the soldier, Alex still had a lot of problems on his hands, so he didn’t have time to really think about it. But soon the guilt started to set in, and the realization of what he had done hit him. Alex started to feel sick because he finally registered that he had shot someone. He had killed the German soldier.
ReplyDelete-Maya W
I think the reason Alex felt so sick was because he had just killed a person. He came to realize what was actually happening to him and around him.
ReplyDeleteSam S
I agree with you Sam. It is because he reacts.
Delete- Jason Alpert-Wisnia
I agree with you Sam, he is realizing the circumstance he is in and feels sick from the killing and blood.
Delete-Elon L.
In chapter 13 Alex feels sick. There are numerous reasons why Alex may feel sick. My thought is that since in chapter 13 he kills a german that might have been the cause. This could have affected him because he had not had to use the pistol until now. And since he actually killed someone with it he may feel a bit frightened that he killed someone and that he did that with his own gun.
ReplyDelete-Daphnee-Anne G.
I think that one of the reasons Alex suddenly feels so sick is that it is finally dawning on him that he killed a man.
ReplyDeleteIn the text, after he kills the nazie, he thinks about what his father said, to react after it happens, because otherwise, you will get shaky, and you will end up dying.
It may also be that one of the men he encountered and was about to go and tend to was bleeding, and the blood made him feel sick.
Also, In the book, he thought he may have been crying because he had all of those tears held back inside of him, and after he cried he felt better.
Those are a few reasons that I think Alex may have felt sick. Emma MEM
I agree with you Emma. The weight to carry that he killed a man may be too much for an 11 year old to carry.
Delete-Becca L.
Alex feels sick because of the actions he committed. After he understands that he shot a Nazi with his pistol, and KILLED HIM, Alex becomes sick by the thought of what he has committed. Also, seeing all the blood and the dead body and look at the soldier made him feel very uneasy. Because, I mean, it feels PRETTY weird when you kill someone.
ReplyDelete- Jason Alpert-Wisnia >:-)
Alex feels sick because he just killed a man. Whether or not it’s a Nazi, it’s murder. He is coming to sense of what goes on around him in everyday life. No one feels perfectly fine after they kill someone. Alex can’t believe what he’s just done, what he’s capable of doing. Yeah, the thought of how powerful you are can make you feel uneasy or sick inside. Like his father said, “Thoughts and feelings were for afterward. If you had them while aiming, your hand would shake. And then you would be the one to die.” Alex let all of his emotions flow out, and along with crying, he started to feel sick inside from what he’d just committed.
ReplyDelete~Derek K.
I think Alex fell sick because he just killed someone with his pistol and this is the first time he really killed someone with it.
ReplyDeleteAngela Liu
Alex feels sick because he had just killed someone. He is only 11 years old so actually killing someone must weigh pretty heavy on him. Also, when he sees the body, the dead body, of a man that HE had just shot he must be pretty disgusted. He also may have became sick simply because everything was too much for him to bear. Him killing a man might have been the final straw to trigger his emotions. Survival has made Alex do somethings that he never would have dreamed of doing, and that alone could make him sick to his stomach
ReplyDelete-Becca L.
I think Alex suddenly felt sick because, maybe he got really nervous when he shot the gun at the German soldierBecause , maybe he couldn't believe he shot a German soldier. Also maybe he is nervous to go against the German soldiers and he's probably scared to die.~Sarah S.c.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Sarah. I would be scared to die, too--especially in a time like that.
Delete-Abigail D.
Alex suddenly felt sick for a few reasons. Alex just shot and killed someone and that would make anyone feel sick. Another thing that could have made Alex feel sick was the blood from the man's wound. Like his father said, “Thoughts and feelings were for afterward. If you had them while aiming, your hand would shake. And then you would be the one to die.”
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I agree, Bella! Your great quote helped me to understand.
Delete-Abigail D.
Alex feels sick because he has just shot and killed someone. This is pretty gruesome as well as there is a lot of blood and shooting going around him. Alex isn’t used to this gore and feels sick from all the blood and shooting. Also, it is pretty sickening that the person he killed, was dragged away, stripped, and hidden in the rubble.
ReplyDelete-Elon L.
I agree, Elon. I would feel terrible if I killed someone, no matter who.
Delete-Abigail D.
Alex was getting angry with them because they were asuming he was helpless and completly dependent. for instance, when they asked who biult the hideout, Alex said he did and they did not believe him. Alex replied in an annoyed tone of voice. through out these two pages they continued to not believe him even after he helped them escape from the German.
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DeleteI agree with this. Everyone assumed that children would just stand back and watch. They also knew that a common child in the warsaw ghetto would not survive for several months. They also thought he was lying because lies were common in the ghetto, they didn't trust him yet.
DeleteMatt G
I agree because it was so common in the warsaw ghetto that people lied. They also couldn't believe that a 12 year old boy could build a hideout so elaborate.
DeleteMatt G
Alex feels sick because before he just killed someone and there was a lot of blood and a lot more stuff going around him and he also was disgusted from the blood of the soldiers wound.
ReplyDelete-Richie
I agree, Richie. I never like seeing blood in movies, so I couldn't believe seeing so many wounds in real life!
Delete-Abigail D.
I agree Richie if I saw all the blood i would be sick
Delete-Dylan J
I think Alex feels sick because he just killed someone and I think that would make anyone sick especially because he's a child.I also think he was sick because because he saw Freddy and Henryk take away and hide a bloody body.
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Delete~Edward A.
I DEFINTELY agree, Edward. I would certainly have been creeped out if I saw two people drag away a dead, bloody soldier!
Delete-Abigail D.
Alex becomes so sick because he just killed someone it was necessary but it shouldn't feel right.It's not like Alex is gonna feel good about it even in this time.
ReplyDeleteNick T
I agree, Nick. I wouldn't feel good if I killed someone in any situation either!
Delete-Abigail D.
Alex becomes sick because one main reason. He didn't like blood or death. He had just killed two soldiers, and had to hide their blood, and he had seen Henryk's wound. I know that I would feel sick if that happened to me too!
ReplyDeleteMatt G
I agree with you, Matt. I would definitely feel sick as well.
Delete-Abigail D.
In the book “The Island on Bird Street”, by Uri Orlev I think Alex felt sick because he just found out Bolek was a pole. First of all, Alex just found out that someone he trust was a pole (Polish) and he just “bursted out crying” he just “couldn’t keep it in anymore”. He just realised what his mother said was wrong about trust. Secondly, when he was “shaking inside, and the shaking kept getting worse” he was breaking down slowly. After keeping in “all those tears wanting out” he had to release them eventually. Plus, Polish are killing people and he trusted someone that kills his people. It is very emotional for Alex. He has been by himself for two months. Lastly, Alex just killed a man. I am just a year older than Alex. If I even think about killing someone I get the shivers and just get a really sad feeling. Thats just thinking about it. Seeing a body that has no more life because of you thats too big of a thought for an eleven year old. As you can see it makes sense why Alex felt sick.
ReplyDeleteSivan A.
It was certainly no secret that Alex felt quite sick on page 104 and previous pages.
ReplyDeleteFirst, Alex had “fired [a gun] quickly three times” and the German soldier “dropped to the ground slowly” which DEFINITELY seemed to frighten him! It is ALWAYS really hard to realize and know that you just killed a person, good or bad, because it doesn’t feel right--and you might feel upset. This absolutely could have caused Alex’s emotions to go crazy and make him feel quite ill.
In addition, Alex was probably very disgusted by seeing a “puddle of blood” from the dead German soldier that they were DRAGGING away. I know that I would feel very nauseous if I saw a bloody, dead person! I would be so creeped out, and this is exactly how Alex felt sick--his world has turned upside down over the past few months!
Lastly, Alex had also witnessed Henryk’s wound. He later realized that he would have to make a plan and risk his life yet again to get him a doctor for help. I could not cope with all of the stress Alex has been going through, and since he is going to have to travel to the doctor, he could have gotten very nervous and anxious, making him feel sick.
In conclusion, Alex had many things going on in life that caused him to feel unwell. He was shaken up by shooting the German, the puddle of blood, the wounded man, and the fact that he would have to go to the doctor and risk getting caught again. I don’t blame him for feeling sick and nervous because I would too!
-Abigail D.
Alex feels sick because he just shot a German not just once, but three times. A kid shouldn't be killing people even if it is an enemy. To have someone die because of you must be a traumatizing experience.
ReplyDeleteBennett E
I agree with bennett because he wrote almost the same thing as me also kids shouldn't have a gun in the first place and just like i said I dont think people are gona be happy to kill anything.
DeleteNick T
I agree with Bennett because that is so true that Alex shouldn't be shooting anyone at his age!
ReplyDelete~Kelley
I think Alex feels sick because of the traumatic experience he just went through.
ReplyDeleteThe traumatic experience was when he shot the German officer. A young child should not go through the trauma of shooting someone even if it is for a good cause for example saving Henryk's life. If I were to shoot someone I would probably through up or be sick like Alex was.
Also, Alex saw lots of the German Officers blood which most likely made him even more sick, and I would be sick to if I saw all that blood.
Last, I can infer that Alex is already very sickened by the events of the Holocaust so when he saw the dead body of the German officer it triggered a big effect on Alex because he is already very sickened so it just mad it worse.
In the end Alex felt sick because of the when he shot the German officer.
-Dylan J
Alex was annoyed because even after he saved their lives they seemed reluctant to believe that he lived alone and made the shelter himself. He saved them and cared for them and they kept asking him if he lived alone. They denied that he went through this just because he is a child.
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I think that one of the main reasons that Alex feels sick is because of how overwhelming this point in time is. I know that if I were in his position I would probably break down. For a 12 year old boy living alone in an abandoned house, he is pretty strong then when Freddy and Hendryk and he was in the position when he had to save their lives it was overwhelming. He had the pistol for a sense of security and actually having to use it not one, but two times, to me seems very overwhelming.
ReplyDelete~Morgan B-W
Alex is angry at Henryk and Freddy for many reasons. One reason is that they brought a German soldier with them who shot Henryk. Another reason is that he couldn’t go to the uprising. Another reason is that he needs to get a bandage for Henryk. These reasons show why Alex was angry.
ReplyDeleteDerek C.
Alex is suddenly feeling sick because he had just killed a solider with a gun. Alex also just saw a lot of blood and gross things, and the fact that he had taken someones life sickend him.
ReplyDelete~Audrey