Revised Things; more like things added to the list

Associated word List:

catastrophe devastation extinction pain humiliation slaughter weak tired fear death hope soup bread dark labor cold separation prayer rough beatings guns hanging uniform restless scars scraps bunks night camp gas escape captured survivor lonely rescue sick skinny territory quiet suffocation sad rhythmic flames mud snow kill petrified anger numbers trembling smoke hopelessness bold strong grim sickly chimney bleak shady bones selection release hiding messages handwriting journals realization story

catastrophe:a final event or conclusion, usually an unfortunate one; a disastrous end

devastation:to lay waste; render desolate, to overwhelm

pain:physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.

weak:not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail

death:the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism

labor:exert one's powers of body or mind; work; toil.

survivor:a person who continues to function or prosper in spite of opposition, hardship, or setbacks

suffocation:to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle. discomfort

petrified:to benumb or paralyze with astonishment, horror, or other strong emotion

anger:a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.

TONE:

Serious Relaxed

Informative Joyful

Fiction Nonfiction

Organic High tech

machine made Hand-made

traditional nontraditional

complex easy

happy sad

gain lose

healthy sick

clear cloudy

strong weak

tired awake

To Suggest:

To suggest hard times that were hated by everyone

To suggest the people who survived

To suggest the organization of the camps

To suggest pain

To suggest time of darkness

To suggest wanting to go back to the way things used to be

To suggest separation from loved ones

To suggest stories that are too horrible to comprehend

To suggest something hopeful

To suggest being bold and strong and fighting

Concept statement:

The chimney smokes, the sky is low, smoke sweeps across the camp weighing upon us overwhelming us with the odor of burning flesh. All i can do is hope. Hope for the next day, hope for the next meal, hope that i don't get caught keeping a secret Journal. My main hope is to survive and someday show my proof and tell the story.

I don't think i like this one as much as the first ones that i came up with. I was trying to combine the smoky feel with some aspect of there being survivors and their tattoos to show as proof but i don't think they mesh well.