Life is Beautiful - Assignment #1 (26 points)
1. Look again at the Holocaust Preview assignment. Reread the quotes and notice that
each speaker uses the imagery of light and darkness to express his or her ideas about
good and evil, love and hatred, hope and depression - all of which are opposites. How
do you think this conflict between opposites might be portrayed in the film? (3 points)

Which line from the story of my life by helen keller is an example of a simile? during the whole trip i did not have one fit of temper, there were so many things to keep my mind and fingers busy. i was like that ship before my education began, only i was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. one day, while i was playing with my new doll, miss sullivan put my big rag doll into my lap also, spelled "d-o-l-l" and tried to make me understand that "d-o-l-l" applied to both. child as i was, i at once felt the tenderness and sympathy which endeared dr. bell to so many hearts, as his wonderful achievements enlist their admiration.

In the odyssey - amphimedon, what motivates odysseus to dress like a beggar? a.)he is trying to be humble. b.)he wants to surprise penelope. c.)he is angry at amphimedon. d.)he wants revenge against the suitors.

Understand that amassed in paragraph 3 means