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Effects of the Holocaust during WWII
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Effects of the Holocaust during WWII
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The novel The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow is a story depicting the exploits of Karl Stern, a fourteen-year-old German boy who’s jewish ancestry has branded him as an outcast in a developing Natzi Germany. Karl, along with his sister and parents, live in an art studio in an unspecified town in Germany where he attends school, and aspires to be a cartoon artist. Karl begins experiencing shortcomings in the year of 1934 when he experiences strong animosity from his fellow classmates as word of his jewish lineage becomes public. Despite never setting foot in a synagogue, Karl gets expelled from school, his property vandalized, and beaten by self proclaimed Hitler youth. Karl begins to spiral into a spout of depression and self-hatred …show more content…
One thing the author did well was put illustrations in the book. These illustrations were inferred that they were drawn by the protagonist (see page 14 for example)1. This fits well with the lore of the book and gives it a unique fourth wall break. Another thing the author did well was to incorporating fiction into historical nonfiction. According to the author's home page, he interviewed several people who grew up in Natzi germany that inspired the character of Karl, and he has studied Max Schmeling’s career in order to accurately depict his whereabouts to fit the story2. My only complaint about the book were the several seemingly pointless subplots that surface off the main plot. For example, Karl develops a love interest that consisted of less than half a chapter and smoldered into nothing; It accomplished nothing and added nothing to the story (48)1. Another thing I disliked about the Novel was its inept
The novel The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow is a great read, it's the perfect blend of fiction seasoned with a non-fictional element. It’s the textbook definition of a hero’s journey to greatness in a world that's out to stop him. Although it lacks a strong plot at points, it reflects the struggles of the jewish people, and the given measure one would take to protect their family and to prove their
Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief depicts the life of a certain young German girl named Liesel Meminger during World War II. Her story was told through the eyes of Death, who narrates both the blessings and devastation that occurred during that era. Liesel experiences living with her new foster parents and come across a boy named Rudy Steider who will later on become her best friend. As the story unfolds, Liesel gradually discovers the horrifying truth behind the Nazi regime as her foster parents take refuge of a Jewish man. Despite being in the midst of destruction and recently coping from her traumatic background, she undertakes on a journey of self-discovery and
I enjoyed the book and I tought it was easy to read and understand. The constant adversities Andreas faced keep me craving more, from the prison scene to him being kidnapped left me wondering what would happen for the next chapter. I also enjoyed learning about the Jewish culture and traditions that the book mentioned, and having a new take on arguments regarding the practice of the Sabbath or how Jesus’s teachings could have sounded to a Gentile back in the day. Overall a fun and interesting book to read and challenged by views on the humanity of Jesus.
In conclusion, I liked the book due the fact that Schaffer proved his thesis, the
What impressed me most about the book was the incredible detail he used to describe people, places, events, and things. As I said, some people may find all this detail to be tedious. I however think that it was important to have such details to paint an accurate picture of ancient Rome.
Overall, I felt this book was very interesting. Horwitz provided humor, making it a good read, while still presenting an abundance of information. I think that by and large he really remained objective as an author, focusing more on letting the audience experience his journey and make their own analysis.
Richardson's method of writing is kind of hard to comprehend at first. Every chapter would start off with a new character narrarating their story. You don't know who it is until a few sentences later. The chapter starts with a character, but some chapters would have two or three nararators with a couple paragraphs each character. Sometimes it would be confusing, but once I found out who was talking, I would sometimes have to reread the paragraph from the start to understand the situatiuon. Another thing that bothered, maybe it wasn't the authour's fault, was that many quotation marks were misplaced all over the book. the first few were tolerable, but after a while it got annoying. That bothered me much and like I said, I'm not sure if it was the author or the publisher. I don't really like the style, but it's what the author used to get many stories into one.
A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal is a memoir about his time as a Jewish child in multiple ghettos and death camps in and around Germany during World War II. The author shares about his reunions with family and acquaintances from the war in the years between then and now. Buergenthal wished to share his Holocaust story for a number of reasons: to prevent himself from just being another number, to contribute to history, to show the power and necessity of forgiveness, the will to not give up, and to question how people change in war allowing them to do unspeakable things. The memoir is not a cry for private attention, but a call to break the cycle of hatred and violence to end mass crimes.
have chosen it for my report. Finally, I will give my reactions to the novel
In what ways does Rich Cohen's Tough Jews add to our understanding of the development of organized crime? This book is regarding the obscure stories of Jewish gangsters, who in the '20s and '30s were in association with the Sicilians and in a lot of ways just as influential. But it's much more than merely a story of organized crime; the writer links the legends and thoughts of Jewish kids growing up amongst those gangsters to the value system of his father plus his friends, and how their attitude regarding "Tough Jews" gave them an option to the stereotypical roles permitted them by America at large. In its own strange, violent way it's a luminous, striking explanation of the eastern European Jewish immigrant experience in America. (Kaminsky, Stuart M. "The Individual Film: Little Caesar and the Gangster Film." American Film Genres. Pflaum Publishing, 1974: 13-32.) When organized crime reared its ugly head in the late 1920s in Brooklyn, at the base were men like Meyer Lansky and Ben Siegel, both Jews. Rich Cohen's romantic story of Jewish gangsters, Tough Jews, brings to life the ta...
“As a writer of fiction Böll was interpreting history, creating patterns of meaning, ordering his material to enable his reader to make sense of it.” The experiences of Böll and his values that arose from these events have been influential on the content and themes of Böll’s novel, The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum. Böll experienced both the first and second world wars and the effects that these wars had on German society. Events such as the economic collapse in Germany post WWII, the construction of the Berlin Wall, the rise of student based urban terrorism in West Germany in the 1970’s and the increasing state controls to contain such alleged threats can be seen to influence the issues explored in The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum. The novel is a comment on the press and the law, the labyrinth of social truth, the collision of fact and fiction and the power of language. Böll himself experienced the press first hand and this along with the experiences of Professor Bruckner, form the basis of his criticism directed at the powerful and hegemonic structures in society, in particular in relation to the police and the press and their corrupt relationship in the novella. Many of Heinrich Böll s views and attitudes, resulting form his context, are clearly visible in the novella through the portrayal of certain characters in positive or negative lights. The historical, social, economic and political context of Böll and West Germany at this time (1900’s) had a considerable effect on the issues Böll delves into in The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum and greatly affected my understanding of the novel.
In conclusion, I believe that this book was very informative and compelling because it engulfed the reader in the blatant and mindless actions of Police Battalion 101, and it showed a believable depiction of the atrocities of genocide throughout the Holocaust. The book revealed truths such as these policemen were given many opportunities to get out of killing Jews. However, many did not take the opportunity to walk away and instead committed themselves to becoming specialized experts in the "resettlement" of Jews. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the Holocaust and the reasons why many of these men became killers.
Karin Lipson “The Young Germans Who Stood Up to the Nazis” The New York Times March 29 2013. April 11 2014.
The Righteous and Harmonious Fists was an uprising against foreigners and Christians in Shandong. When the Yellow River burst in 1898, the people of north-eastern China were affected heavily. The flood led to crop failure and famine, which affected over 2 million people. After months of growing violence against foreigners and Christians in their country, the people in of north-eastern China got together to create an anti-Christian and anti-foreigner group called The Righteous and Harmonious Fists, today known as The Boxer Rebellion or The Boxer Uprising. The English decided to them ‘’Boxers’. The Boxer fighters believed in Buddhist and Daoist ideas that they were invulnerable to weapons and bullets. This secret society called for the return
In closing I feel that the book did a much better job than the film of illustrating the life of Wolff. The book made Toby’s relationship with his mother and the men that were in their life much more dramatic.
Kaplan, Marian A., Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany, Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999