Milkweed is a book about a boy who is called Gypsy, Stoptheif and Jew. He becomes friends with a group of orphaned Jewish boys and lives with them. He is given a name and a backstory from Uri, who protects him. The name is Misha Pilsudski. Misha wants to become a Nazi when he gets older because of their boots but changes his mind. Misha meets a Jewish girl named Janina Milgrom, her family is forced to move to the Warsaw Ghetto. Misha eventually becomes part of the family and lives with them in the ghetto. Every night Misha slips through the 2 brick hole in the wall around the ghetto, to steal food. While Misha is stealing food he sees Uri and is warned to escape from the ghetto because trains are going to take the Jews away. Misha comes home
As plants aren’t, by their nature, very mobile they have developed a variety of ways of protecting themselves from all things herbivorous. Many have evolved spikes, stings and even just an unpleasant taste. However, many went down the route of the ultimate deterrent – being so poisonous that anything eating them was unlikely to ever do so again.
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If I had lived during the Holocaust, the hardships would include lack of shelter, starvation, and survival. To start, people struggled to find a safe shelter. The book Milkweed is about a boy who has to change the locations of his shelter to be able to survive. I know that during this time period a lot of people who were jewish were taken to concentration camps were they were forced to work and were treated harshly. Because of this people had to change the location of their shelter to escape getting caught. Additionally, people also had to face the struggles of starvation. Since hitler and his nazis were killing off a lot of people, the people who owned food stores could no longer sell food. This meant that people couldn’t get the same amount
Can you imagine seeing the glow of a blazing fire killing thousands of your people trying to set you free? Or having to crawl through a small hole to get food for you starving family. Or having to see the man that made you see and do all thoughts things. This and more happens to a little boy during his survival in the Warsaw ghetto. This is from the book milk weed written by jerry spinelli. And in this research essay we will be talking about 3 things that spinelli accurately depicts in the Warsaw ghetto.
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When trying to co-exist with the environment there contain many challenges. And sometimes as an effect of these challenges humans may harm the environment. Humanity can harm the environment in many ways. For example, dumping trash in landfills, cutting down trees, burning fossil fuels for energy, and clearing out an area for new housing and businesses. Out of the many ways that people can harm the environment, introducing a non-native species into new surroundings harms the environment the most.
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Willy is allergic to ragweed pollen and tells you that he read about a medication that could help his condition by blocking certain antibodies. However before Willy can take certain medicine to help with his condition. We must understand what exactly ragweed allergy is and figure out the best treatment for his allergy. As stated by acai.org,” Ragweed Allergy. The pollen from ragweed causes allergy symptoms in many people. These symptoms include sneezing, runny or stuffy nose, and itchy throat.” Willy allergy is very common around the United States. If you may be affected by this pollen then there are numerous solutions to control the condition of this ragweed. When Willy was reading that article he may have come by a medication named Ragwitek.
Have you ever had a day where you seemingly can’t get motivated, or even happy for that matter, no matter how hard you try? We all have off days and we all have days when we’re feeling down and sad, but for some people, those days can turn into weeks, and those weeks can turn into months, and those months can even turn into years. This in turn can lead to stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues that can make life extremely difficult for all parties involved. If this applies to you, or if you’re simply looking for new ways of enhancing your mood and putting you in a happier and more positive and productive frame of mind, then you may wish to consider consuming
Thirty percent of Warsaw’s population were Jews prior to the Holocaust, which was a staggering 350,000. However, during the Holocaust 400,000 Jews were forced to live in grotesque conditions by the Nazi regime. In the novel Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli, Misha, a young orphaned boy, befriended a group of boys living in a barn. As turmoil spread in Europe about the Nazi reign, Jewish people were captivated and imprisoned in ghettos to be isolated from the rest of the population. Ensnared to stay with his “pseudo” family, Misha, lives with the Milgroms in a ghetto. As the story progresses, different themes such as famine, disease, and death, manifest throughout the novel resembling the annexation of the Nazi party and the captivity of millions
milkweed within its body and by eating the leaf in a circle it stops the thick liquid inside from coming out and overwhelming it.
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Modern medicine and healthcare system have categorized herbal medicine as a natural remedy used when people can’t afford to purchase conventional drugs. They are perceived inferior because they cost less but the health benefits are endless. However, there have been various situations and instances that prove that herbal medicine is good for health.