Summary Of ' I Am Joshua '

The day of celebration was a Saturday late afternoon into late evening. I was in eighth grade and my whole graduating class called my Bat Mitzvah ‘the party of the year’ Everybody was there to celebrate my becoming an adult. I remember I woke up Saturday morning at the break of dawn with my heart racing. I got up as fast as I could and got ready. From upstairs in my Grandmother’s (Oma’s) House, I heard

Typhus is a disease that went through the concentration camps. The disease is spread by lice which is a bug that lives in hair usually on the head. (Auschwitz Voices pg.60) Most children were affected by the overcrowding which made it easier to catch typhus and they frequently died from it. Almost 30 percent of the population of Warsaw was packed into 2.4 percent of the city’s area which caused there to be enormous amounts of overcrowding which made it easier to contract diseases.(www.ushmm.Org) It can cause inflamed vessels, which in turn can cause a dramatic drop in blood pressure as well as internal bleeding. (www.share.com) Typhus, in particular was rampant and prisoners were marched out of the camps and into the ghetto for mass disinfections. Disinfection baths were established in certain areas like on Balonowa Street. (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)

What happened on the day you were born? On my birthday, September 25, 2001, lots of interesting things happened. I am 14 years old, and I am an eighth grader at Haubstadt Community School. Now, I am going to tell you about some of these events.

Typhus is a disease that is caused by rickettsia bacteria. Typhus has many symptoms like an onset of fever, chills, headache, and some the flu symptoms that usually appear about 1 to 3 weeks after being infected. About 5 to 9 days after symptoms start, a rash will start and spread throughout the body. Typhus is transmitted from lice, fleas, and rodents to humans. There are two very affective antibiotics to treat this disease called doxycycline

It was April 1st a day before the US declared war on Germany. It was a regular day at my houses. That day I didn’t do much but I had no idea what soon would happen. It was later that day when I was getting ready for bed. That morning I woke up not knowing what was happening. It was a few hours later when my dad got home from work and told us that the US had declared war on Germany. He said that his boss had gotten a call from his friend in Washington. He said that the president had gave a speech to congress. I was surprised the US had stayed neutral for a long time.

Typhus is transmitted by parasites, such as fleas or ticks (Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia). Again, this disease has similar symptoms to the plague in minor cases, including fevers, headaches, chills, and maculopapular rashes (Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia, Jonas). In major cases, such as in the typhus epidemic, it can affect the brain, heart, lungs, and kidneys, similar to how the plague does (Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia). Unlike regular typhus, epidemic typhus had a high mortality rate (Macmillan Encyclopedia). A high mortality rate paired with similar symptoms of fevers, headaches, and rashes, leads to the conclusion that this could also be the cause of the plague, except for one small thing. Like smallpox, neither of these diseases yielded a product in the dental pulp examination mentioned in the second paragraph. So although all the symptoms provide a good argument as to why this could be the cause of the plague, it may not be, as the experiment proved it to be

The commoners enjoyed the security the wall provided and soon forgot about the outside world. But, the outside world didn't forget about them, especially the

I had no idea the people like from behind the wired fence, had been fighting for their

October 30, 1997. I was born on a Thursday morning; the day before Halloween. Aside from the fact that it is the day before a festive holiday, I want to know who else shares a memory with me on October 30th. I have grown up to believe on my birthday, the world revolves around me, but at this moment I’m going to stop and look at the bigger picture. The events, music, and people are my main focus rather than my birthday. I’m going to expand my learning to not only a specific year, but a specific day.

August 10, 2006, I had my first birthday! I don’t really remember what i got, but i know i ate the cake. I had a fun birthday, i got a small birthday spank, a tiny pinch, and i could kinda start talking. My brothers picked me up and played with me.

As time had passed, his pride faded like the sheen on his uniforms button. He remembers when killing innocent people was acceptable; all of that was lost and gone, like times of peace between the people of Germany. Lost like the many soldiers lives who fought in the terrible conflict. With a great shame on his face he came down the stairs to sit next to his cowering wife listening to the wireless. It was no surprise that they were barely acknowledging each other, for earlier that day they had been

I saw no one. Not a living person was near the cliff. No one could see me if I just walked through the barrier undetected. My gut told me to go back, and get my friends, that I shouldn’t go through the barbed wire gates without someone by my side. But my head was stronger, and I carelessly walked in. Behind the barbed wire gates was an area in the city I’d never seen or remembered the last time I lived there. It looked like one of those military sectors mixed with a secret science lab. The place was enclosed in gates all around. Most of the land was filled with white warehouses and small buildings. What is this place? What is this place? What is this place? Don’t trust this place. This place is dangerous. Stop walking. Stop being annoying and leave. They are after you.

Joshua’s diplomatic repose and supportive attention to colleagues make him the strongest candidate for a graduate student award. He recognizes collegiality and community as central to navigating graduate life. Not only an organized intellectual with inspirational and ambitious interests. Joshua also takes time to guide undergraduates and fellow graduate students through complex material while listening to concerns and offering diverse resources. For example, as a TA last term, he didn’t find the writing guides students needed, so he wrote documents to assist students with critical analysis development. He has shown consistent interest in collaborating with fellow graduate students as well, evidenced by calls to his cohort to create conference

Nazi Germany wasn’t all that bad for every kid. Likewise, Anne in The Play Anne Frank and Joshua in the movie Life Is Beautiful grew up in a world of war, but each still had a family who loved them and found time play. As well, for the most part had food to eat and beds to sleep in. While similar in these ways, Joshua and Anne’s lives differed significantly from the knowledge of the Holocaust, to living life.

My most memorable childhood event was when I was 15 years old. It was the Fourth of July. A big family vacation a barbeque, over night stay and out of town trip to six flags, and I had a blast the night before me, my mom, sisters and brother packed our bags to stay the night over my cousin house in Goodlettsville ,Tennessee. She had the biggest house ever I thought it was a mansion; six bedrooms two an half bath, a swimming pool, a game/movie room with a nice big kitchen. It was something that I was not use, knowing that we stayed in a three bedroom based on an income apartment on the East side of Nashville.