Raymond Kolbe was born on the 8 January, 1894. He was born the second son of a poor weaver at Zdunska Wola near Lodz in Poland. His role in the spiritual way of life started when he was a young boy. Raymond was a mischievous young boy just like any other, after being told off one day by his mother he was opened up to a whole new view on life. He explained “That night I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both.” From then on this young boy believed he was destined for martyrdom. …show more content…
His religion was his life, he lived and breathed it, teaching and preaching to the younger priests and church attenders. In 1930 he wanted to give back to the less fortunate community that he had been staying with for a while and so he helped raise money and built friaries in Nagasaki and in India. These friaries were one day going to help education people the underprivileged people searching for help, guidance or just faith in Nagasaki and India. During the second world war these friaries the friars helped house, feed and clothe the jewish refugees. He helped hide them from the Nazi’s and gave them everything he had and a life that they deserved. In may 1941 he was arrested and taken to a death camp for hiding Jews. “Prisoners were being staved. One cup of imitation coffee in the morning, and weak soup and half a loaf of bread after work. Everyone fought for food. max stood aside in spite of the ravages of starvation, and frequently there would be none left for him. He constantly sacrificed himself for others” (His doctor in prison) Kolbe was in prison with many men who had done terrible things and yet everyday he would make new friends and show people the way of christ. Many people in the camp would comment on how positive he was. “ At night he would move from bunk to bunk saying "I am a Catholic priest, can I do anything for you?” It was only small things but he made the different. Maximilian made everyone feel included, he wanted a healthy society where everyone was treated fair and just. Not only did he help those who asked but he also prayed for the guards who were killing people every day. He believed that they needed more help then hate and resentment. They needed to find their
In the book “The Mad Among Us-A History of the Care of American’s Mentally Ill,” the author Gerald Grob, tells a very detailed accounting of how our mental health system in the United States has struggled to understand and treat the mentally ill population. It covers the many different approaches that leaders in the field of mental health at the time used but reading it was like trying to read a food label. It is regurgitated in a manner that while all of the facts are there, it lacks any sense humanity. While this may be more of a comment on the author or the style of the author, it also is telling of the method in which much of the policy and practice has come to be. It is hard to put together without some sense of a story to support the action.
One of the best, most valuable aspects of reading multiple works by the same author is getting to know the author as a person. People don't identify with Gregor Samsa; they identify with Kafka. Witness the love exhibited by the many fans of Hemingway, a love for both the texts and the drama of the man. It's like that for me with Kurt Vonnegut, but it strikes me that he pulls it off in an entirely different way.
Elie Wiesel had a very strong religion and always wanted to improve his faith but when the war came he began to lose all faith that he couldn't find anything to believe in anymore, because of all the horrible things that went on in the camps and the working
The Disappearing Spoon, written by Sam Kean, is a fascinating novel that discusses one of the most important items in all of science, The Periodic Table of Elements. Throughout the novel, Kean brings up the idea that elements found on the table are not always what they appear to be, and how different elements can play different roles in a persons life. Sam Kean was always fascinated by elements, long before he wrote this novel in 2010. When Kean was a young boy, he would get sick on several different occasions, and was so interested by mercury thermometers to the point where he would break the thermometer on purpose just so he could see how the small mercury balls would react with each other. While reading this interesting novel, I turned my attention to Chapter 11, which is titled “How Elements Deceive”.
Although Greenland and Australia are thousands of miles apart and very different in geography, they also have many similarities. In his book “Collapse”, Jared Diamond shows that both countries have the five factors that can contribute to a society’s collapse. Greenland’s Norse society already collapsed a long time ago, while Australia is still a First World country going strong. If some things there don’t change, the country’s living standard will go down and there could be major problems.
The book Unwind by Neal Shusterman is about the concept of unwinding an human being. Unwinding is the concept or process in which a child or teen’s organs and other parts of the body are taken out. These organs and body parts are then used to save other people’s lives. For example if a person doesn't have an arm then they could get an arm from an unwind. If someone is missing an organ then they could get one from an unwind. Many people may say or think if you unwind a person you are killing the person. However the government of this society says that they are still alive but just in a different way.
In the book Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer describes his ordeal on one of the deadliest, if not the most deadly, climb to the summit of Mt. Everest. The book begins with a short summary of the events that Krakauer went through on the mountain, after this he then explains his journey in greater detail. Krakauer’s original story of his experience on Mt. Everest was not a book, but a article for Outside magazine. Krakauer mentions this in the beginning of his book, for Outside magazine he was to write a piece on the commercialism on Mt. Everest. The storm that hit Mt. Everest that day just barley affected Krakauer, however his team did not fair so well. Krakauer talks about trust in the other climbers, they have to watch each others backs on the
The book, “All the Light We Cannot See” is based during World War ll. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris, who is a locksmith for the Museum of Natural History. Marie-Laure goes blind at the age of 6, which leads her father to build a wooden replica of their city. Marie’s father is entrusted with a precious diamond, the Sea of Flames, so Marie and her father go deliver this stone to an old friend. Werner lived with his sister, in an orphanage. He is very gifted with science and mechanics; he fixes a Nazi’s radio, which then gets him an offer to go to the Nazi’s school. The man Marie’s father wanted to give the diamond to, was sent to London, so the two head off to her great uncle’s house. Father is called back to the museum,
Don't expect anything linear when it comes out of the insubordinate, tortuous mind of the Canadian cult filmmaker Guy Maddin, who in his last sumptuously demented tale, “The Forbidden Room”, had the contribution of the newcomer Evan Johnson as co-writer and co-director. As in the majority of his past works, the film masterfully evokes the black-and-white silent classics and Technicolor fantasies in order to create a layered story that despite the numerous sinister characters and baffling interactions among them, can be summarized as a man desperately looking for a woman. A jocose spirit is present since its very beginning when a man wearing a robe discourses about how to take a bath. This hilarious little dissertation leads us to the central
Review Ungifted by Gordon Korman was a really interesting and fun book to read. Throughout the book there was mysteries, clues, and even some funny parts. How the book started with the Donovan pulling pranks and getting sent to this gifted school was very entertaining. However, pulling pranks is not appropriate especially in school, so I would not want to say the main character was good.
Have you ever wondered how difficult it is to stay strong in your beliefs? “Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther” is a biography written by Roland H. Bainton. It tells the story of a German boy named Martin Luther who was born in the Holy Roman Empire during the late 1400s. Martin’s father, Hans Luther, was determined to see his son become a lawyer however, that plan went away when Martin was almost struck by a bolt of lightning around twenty-one years of age. Drowning in his own fears of impending death, Martin Luther promised to God that if He spared Martin’s life, Martin would become a monk. Although Martin Luther was expected to become a lawyer by his professors and parents, he became a monk and transformed the ways Christians thought about salvation.
In the novel Maybe A Miracle by Brian Strause, Monroe Anderson is as quiet on the outside as he is on the inside. Monroe has spent most of his life trying to keep himself beneath the radar and if possible, invisible. If he becomes invisible he believes his older brother, a rising golf star, might not torment him, his workaholic father might not notice him to be disappointed, or his mother might not have to struggle to find a hopeful word. The only people who see the real Monroe are his girlfriend, Emily and his eleven-year-old sister, Annika.
When examining Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media: The Extension of Man, and Jaron Lanier's You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto, it is clear that both men fear the potential consequences surrounding the fast paced evolution of information and communication technologies, particularly the negative effects on humanity. In Lanier's book, he focuses on the distance and lack of face to face communication that occurs due to digital communication, believing that interpersonal relationships become less "real" through online communication. Lanier continues to discuss that this causes negative effects spiritually, behaviorally, and economically; ultimately stating that humanity in the digital age is disconnected and will lose individuality, and the most important aspect of life will revolve around computers and other advanced communication technologies.
In the book “Things Fall Apart”, evidence of a social structure was apparent within the Igbo community. This rigid social structure served as a purpose to balance the life of the people within the society, as well as promoting the downfall of the clan. The social structure was important in keeping a centralized society and preventing any sign of corruption within their clan. The social structure had advantages in keeping a balanced and equal society, supporting a division of labor, providing a surplus of food, individual huts, a communal society, and the development of some kind of government. In contrast, this social structure led others to reject to cooperate with the new religion and aided the lack of unity among the people. It also promoted a more patriarchal society, the inferior rank of women, and the lack of strong bonds between family members.
People Fall Apart in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Karl Marx believed that all of history could be reduced to two tiny words: class struggle. In any period of time, a dominant class exploits a weaker class. Marx defines a dominant class as one who owns or controls the means of production. The weaker class consists of those who don't. In Marx's day, the age of Almighty Industry, the means of production were factories.