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A concluusion about the armenian genocide
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The book “Forgotten Fire” was written by Adam Bagdasarian as a piece of historical fiction. Even though this book isn’t non-fiction it’s still based on true facts about the Armenian Genocide. Vahan is a 12 year old boy living in Bitlis, Turkey. Vahan lives the life of privilege as the youngest son of a wealthy family. Being the youngest son he has 3 brothers by the name or Diran, Tavel, and Sisak. Also he has 2 sisters by the name of Oskina and Armenouhi. This story was based on a true story about the Armenian Genocide in Vahan Kenderian point of view. Throughout the story Vahan is constantly losing friends and family while running for his life from the gendarmes. The Armenian Genocide was lead by Turkey which started in 1923 and lasted for 8 years. The Turkish government killed one and a half million Armenians during the 8 year process. This is an essay on the story of Vahan Kenderian before, during, and after the Armenian Genocide and how it changed his life.
Throughout the story “Forgotten Fire” there are many examples in which Vahan interacts with characters in the story. Depen...
The Kenderian family was sweet and wholesome before the Turks took everything away from them. Vahan is worried when his father hasn’t returned (13). This is a strong indicator that he loves his father, even all the unwanted discipline couldn’t make him bitter towards his daddy. Vahan is not concerned with money, school, or health, as the Kenderian’s are one of the richest Armenian families in their part of Turkey (4). The irony of Vahan surviving out of his entire family is that he goes a full circle. In the beginning of the book (4), he scoffs at beggars as if they are trash, and near the middle of the novel (103), Vahan is the beggar. This shows how different reality is from what Vahan thought his life would be. His father told him to never be a beggar, and then he dies and Vahan is the beggar. Before the genocide starts, Vahan is considered the “black sheep” for standing out in a not-so-great way. Vahan is a rebel; he speaks out of turn, falls asleep at school, and gets in trouble often (5-6). His rebellious side keeps him alive through the massacre. All the other Kenderians conform easily, but Vahan doesn’t die as easy. While people are dying all around him, Vahan stays strong. If he gave up his hope, he truly wouldn’t have anything left.
Altoonian and his friend, Pattoo. Mrs. Altoonian can not have Vahan stay with them anymore, for it is putting her own family in danger. She finds a home for Vahan though, with Selim Bey, the governor of Van. Selim Bey is known for killing and butchering Armenians, which makes Vahan scared for his future with him. Vahan arrives at his new home, but after three weeks has still not met Selim. On page 117 in Forgotten Fire, Vahan thinks to himself, “I was determined to be a fearless representative of my family and my people”. Vahan wants to be brave, even though he is uncertain of what his future holds under the care of Selim Bey. He wants to stand up for his family and his kind, the Armenians. Vahan tries to not be scared, thinking of how his family would want him to be brave and fearless. Before the war began, Vahan would not have been able to do this, be brave. The war has given him so many new and scary experiences, but these experiences have made him grow into the kind of man his family would be proud
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Though the event occurred almost twenty-one years ago, the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has prompted much discussion about what truly caused the deaths of an estimated 800,000 civilians. Scott Straus, a political scientist and author of The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda, makes the claim that it is very difficult to precisely identify what began the genocide in Rwanda for a number of reasons, and also comments that many of the beliefs in regards to the causes and evolution of genocide in Rwanda are incomplete. In his book, Straus focuses on three main aspects: to look closely at the local dynamics of the genocide, to produce an assessment of explanations, and finally to develop a theory that would explain the genocide in Rwanda.
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In order to get to American citizen’s responsibility, one must first understand the events of the Armenian Genocide and its cover up. One needs to look at how these events transpired, how the trials were failed trials, and how Turkey has managed to cover up their crimes. While the Turkish people continue to deny it, the events of 1915 were very real. Starting in April 24th of 1915, thousands of important and wealthy Armenian men were either deported or put in detention camps (Knights of Vartan Armenian Researc...
A. Plan of Investigation The beginning of World War I marked the commencement of the bloodiest war in history, thus far. With this in mind, it is fitting that the bloodiest genocide in history besides the German Holocaust began as well, the Armenian genocide. This examination evaluates to what extent World War I affected the Armenian Genocide. To comprehend how World War I influenced the Armenian Genocide, research has been conducted to explore World War
The fire and the conch started out bright, full of life and gave the boys confidence and a feeling of home. As life falls apart on the island, the fire grows stronger and rich in color and the conch grows weaker and dull. When the conch breaks, society and any faith in order comes to an end. In the end, fire consumes everything and the hope for survival comes to a close. The complex concepts of fire and the conch changed along with the boys’ life on the island and in a way led them to their ultimate downfall.
“Jews, listen to me! I see fire! There are huge flames! It is a furnace,” Madame Schachter imagined fire, the fire that would burn millions of Jews, gays, and disabled people. Many people died in crematory ovens during the Holocaust. The people who are responsible for the Holocaust are the minor Nazi soldiers because they didn’t question decisions, they ultimately pulled the trigger, and they separated families.
The Armenian Genocide is known to have been carried out in two main phases. The first phase was the annihilation of men by forcing them into forced labour, or other ways of removing them in order to eventually murder and execute them. It was followed by the second phase of deportation of the elderly, women, and children towards the Syrian deserts, where they would stay and starve to death. It is a really important fact to accurately portray the climate at the time of the Armenian Genocide, as it was clearly an important factor in the murdering and execution of Armenians. Throughout the novel, Marsha Skrypuch accurately describes the climate of Turkey, and a quote that meticulously shows this is: “they were to be marched into the scorching desert with all the other adult Armenians” (Skrypuch 105). In this quote, Marta is talking about the fact that people she knew of were going through the second phase of the Armenian Genocide. The author uses expressive words such as “scorching” to fully represent Turkey throughout the Armenian Genocide, while also creating imagery. Skrypuch is also able to further prove the ghastliness of the war by creating contrast between the setting of Turkey and other parts of the world. A case in which this point is evident, is the fact that Turkey and Syria are constantly described as war torn. “There
Steven Pinker implied that, “As long as your ideology identifies the main source of the world's ills as a definable group, it opens the world up to the mass murder of people” (1). Steven Pinker revealed an interesting side to the controversial topic of mass murders and the causes of them. He revealed that as long as people in this world believe that they are better than other due to their race, religion, and everything else that defines a group of people as different from another group of people. People are and have been wrongfully treated differently due to the incompetence of some to realize that everyone is equal. They often believe that they were superior to others because of their physical attributes and beliefs that they had. The Holocaust is a major example of the ignorance of some in history. This ignorance often resulted in the murders and mistreatment of many. Elie Wiesel was one of the six million plus people who were wrongfully mistreated during the Holocaust. Many believe that this sort of event could not occur in the current time period because people have become more civilized and tolerable to the differences of others, but sadly the world is not ready to contain a social utopia. The mass murder, and violence that is occurring in Darfur is one of the many things that shows that the world is far from achieving this social utopia. Throughout history, many occurrences of genocide have occurred due to the diversity of people and even though society has evolved greatly, there are still people and places today that are suffering.
The Armenian genocide was the first genocide of Modern World History, but it was not the first time the world saw an ethnic and religious group angry with and persecuting another. The Armenian genocide is special because it was the first time the world saw mass slaughter being planned and executed by government officials. This deliberate slaughter of Armenians has been the focus of many because of its unique persecution of a single ethnic group and the fact that the Turkish government still denies its existence. Although the Armenian genocide took place in the Middle East, it has impacted the entire world. The Armenian genocide happened during World War I. Most known genocides have happened during times of war, because most of the world or the population of the country is so focused on the war, so they do not notice the mass killings going on in their country or in other countries.