Maslow's Hierarchy relating to Night

Maslow's Hierarchy can relate to the book Night because it shows the five human needs. It shows esteem, self-actualization, belonging, safety, and physiological. In the book, the people are are starved, they are beaten, they are sore and tired and they have nothing in them to even fight back. They have physiological needs. Because they are realizing they are unwell and then little else matters until they recover. The people are tired of feeling sick and of course they don't want to die, but they are hopeless and weak. I feel like if you are in a concentration camp, and you have nobody to hold or show emotion to, you will make a friend or two. So, that brings in belonging. All they want is to know someone is there for them. If they are helpful and kind to others, then others will be kind and helpful back. They want to feel safe too. The people just want a roof over their heads at night and to know nothing will happen to them while they sleep, or ever. If they have friends, and the power and courage to be strong then anything is possible, and they will be okay. This shows in the book as well. The people just want to feel safe so they stay with each other, or at least try until they are distanced. Self- actualization is there too because the people know they are capable of becoming. They are capable of getting past the bad and fighting until the end no matter what. Esteem shows too because in the book they know, then if people respect them, they will have greater power to press forward and stay strong. Maslow's Hierarchy and Night relate very much.

Big question: How far would you go for a Best Friend?

In the book, the characters don't really like each other at first, but when the ward gets new residents, they eventually become best friends. They actually become best friends. They go out on adventures with each other by sneaking out of the ward. Mr. Mcmurphy helps them open up and be adveturess. They realize their similarities and put their differences aside. Bestfriends are more than just a word. It's someone who you can be yourself around and no matter what, they'll always be there and make sure your doing whats right. You know a best friend is different than just a friend. Maeping, my best friend is always there for me. She and I always do things together, every weekend. When I'm sad, I know where to go to and that she won't judge me or put me down. She makes me feel better by making me laugh or just simply coming over and being there for me. Best friends are special to me, and in the book, it's obvious that best friends were special to them too. The men really bonded and realized it's ok to be different. There are people out there that don't care what your like and what you aren't. They will still be your bestfriend. The book really shows how they went very far to be with their best friends. All of the residents were so close after they just opened up to eachother and realized it's ok to express yourself to your friends. They were all there for each other and backed each other up in the sticky situations.

Sneetches: ALLEGORY

We watched a movie from Dr. Seuss and they show allegory. They use the star as allegory. They all think their different and shouldn't be friends because they "look different". It has literal and symbolic meaning in the story. They kept changing from stars, to non stars.The sneetches got each other mixed up and they couldn't tell who was who. They setting, characters, and objects and events represent allegory. They all go together and they tried to convey the truths about life, to teach religious or moral lessons, but in the end, they put their differences beside and end up all getting along, as one. The stars would criticize the non stars, and the non stars would criticize the stars. The sneetches learned that it's okay to be different, but everyone should be treated the same. Allegory was used in the story with Mcmonkey McBean. He at first seems like a hero, he took their money, and in the end, they realized themselves, they didn't need that machine to help them be one, they realized it was them selves who needed to be the change they wished to see in the world. Like in college, some students while on word, they just press auto correct and it corrects their whole essay. They teachers eventually catch them and in the end, they learn because they know it wasn't the right thing to do, go and make a computer do the work for them. Allegory is shown in the Dr. Seuss story, he uses many things that people don't even know are being shown.