Nicholas Winton Essays

  • Sir Nicholas Winton: The Man Who Targeted Children During The Holocaust

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    children would lead to future generations of Jewish children. Over 1.1 million children died during the Holocaust. Sir Nicholas Winton saved 669 children from a devastating, life altering, day of torture and doom. Nicholas Winton was a hero, therefore his risk was absolutely worth taking. Sir Nicholas Winton grew up living a very pleasing and wealthy lifestyle. Winton was born on May 19th, 1909 to Jewish parents. He used to have the

  • Kindertransport Essay

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    Nicholas Winton is the man who began the organization of the Kindertransport and is responsible for saving numerous lives. On board the trains, it was very cramped, there was limited space, and food and water were rationed as available. Children had to be less

  • Compare And Contrast Antigone And Nicholas Winton

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    morality, rather than straying afar is what defines the honorable from the deplorable. Nicholas Winton is a prime example of an honorable individual doing what is right despite the socialistic views of others around him. While Winton isn’t a familiar name in today’s society, his humanitarian achievements should be brought to light. In 1939 during World War II, amongst the Holocaust in Europe “Winton

  • Nicholas Winton Holocaust Hero Essay

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    A Holocaust Hero The Holocaust Nicholas Winton was a selfless and a holocaust hero because he secretly saved hundreds of jewish children from death. Many people might say he wasn't the only person to be saving these children , but i think he was the best for never getting caught or telling his secret to keep these kids safe. In the 30’s the was a party of men called the Nazi’s ruled and controlled by Germany's leader , Adolf Hitler. Hitler loved the idea of an identical race, everyone blonde hair

  • Nicholas Winton Kinder Transport Research Paper

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    The Winton Kinder Transport “You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.” ― Charles Bukowski. Grit means using perseverance, passion, and courage even when faced with what seems like the impossible. Sir Nicholas George Winton is known as the British Shindler because of his deeds to help Czechoslovakia children during World War two. Nicholas Winton was eventually knighted by Queen Elizabeth after everyone learned his story. For half a century

  • James Dean

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    like The Eagles stated in their hit song, James Dean was a great actor who, "lived fast and died young." Although he died at the age of 24, he still made an impact in Hollywood then and now. On February 8, 1931, James Bryon Dean was born to Winton and Mildred Dean in Marion, Indiana. Dean was extremely close with his mother, who referred to him as James Bryon. On June 7, 1935 Dean's family moved to California when James was only five. On April 14, 1940 Dean lost his mother to cancer. He was

  • Examination of The Winton Dinosaur Project

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    Examination of The Winton Dinosaur Project Findings in the Queensland, Australia Winton Dinosaur project show that the sauropod named "Elliot" may have died with his mate by his side (Salleh 2003). Anna Salleh from ABC Science Online discusses the new fossil evidence found by Dr. Steve Salisbury from the University of Queensland, who is one of the leading researchers on the Winton Project (2003). Dr. Alex Cook and assistants Scott Hocknull and Dr. Steve Salisbury lead the Winton Project. Elliot

  • Richard Gatling - The Gatling Gun

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    Richard Jordan Gatling was born in January 1818 in Winton North Carolina, and died at the age of 85 in 1903. Gatling's career as an inventor began when he assisted his father in the construction of machines for sowing cottonseeds, and also for thinning cotton plants. He spent a lot of time in the fields with his father who helped him build some of his inventions. Richard Jordan Gatling was a medical doctor with numerous patents for his farm equipment inventions. To his credit he came up with the

  • Remilitarization of the Rhineland

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    a ratification one month earlier of a mutual assistance pact between France and Russia that he felt was aimed at Germany (Medlicott 84-90, 110). Hitler cited the mutual non-aggresion pact as violating and therefore invalidating the Locarno Treaty (Winton 1). Hitler was weak. Germany was still struggling through the Depression and Germany's armed forces were still in pitiful shape, hopelessly outgunned by the French. Had the French army responded in force to the remilitarization, had it simply marched

  •   “In Cloudstreet, Winton shows that the effects of grief are rarely short-lived or easy to resolve.” Do you agree? 

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    The presence of sorrow is ________ in Tim Winton’s novel, Cloudstreet. The impact of this anguish proves to be neither manageable or momentary, with various factors ensuring that the characters take a while to overcome or accept their grief. These factors include the complex nature of disputes and the lack of right and wrong. The unwillingness to tolerate or empathise with others, maximising the hatred that inspires misery. The consequence of grief can dislodge someone’s identity and it takes time

  • To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee and A Blow, A Kiss, by Tim Winton

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    complicated interaction between characters. The process of comparing two texts is known as Intertextuality. By studying the novel "To kill a mocking Bird" Authored by Harper Lee and contrasting this with the short story "A blow, A kiss" written by Tim Winton The most pronounced section at the start of any story is character development. The story "A blow, A kiss" opens with Albie and his father travelling home from a fishing expedition in the front of a truck, Albie refers to his fathers warmth and smell

  • Cloudstreet by Tim Winton

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    Cloudstreet by Tim Winton "A texts setting and structure will normally be used by writers to develop and convey its themes." The novel Cloudstreet, by Western Australian born novelist Tim Winton is essentially a story revolving around how two rural families have come to live together at number one Cloudstreet. This novel’s themes are about finding one’s place in the world and the search for the meaning of life. As in this instance, Winton has successfully used setting and structure

  • Characterization of Scully in Tim Winton’s The Riders

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    well as the outlook and many more. Winton has the reader accompany Scully in his desperate struggle through Europe and it is Scully’s personality that the reader finds themselves enjoying more than the sightseeing trip. "...Scully [is] one of the most memorable characters in Australian fiction." Scully is memorable because his traits could be found in someone known by the reader; he could easily be the ‘man next door’. The beauty of Scully is that Winton has allowed for the character to evolve

  • Traditional Ideologies

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    him/her. However, texts do not merely inform the reader of values present in the society. They can also reflect the current shift in values and attitudes away from the dominant ideologies. This can be seen heavily in the novel 'Cloudstreet' by Tim Winton. In this text many characters are seen to have somewhat different roles in the family that one would expect. Lester Lamb is an excellent example of this. The traditional role of the man in the house is to go out and work hard for his money and come

  • Nicholas Is Foreign Policy

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    Order The Reign of Nicholas I has been marked with war. He grew up in a time when war was the accepted norm of Russia. As a child he saw his brother fight against the evil, which was Napoleon. With war being part of Nicholas everyday life he quickly became infatuated with it. “He always remained an army man, a junior officer at heart, devoted to his troops, to military exercises, to the parade ground, down to the last button on a soldiers uniform (Riasanovsky, 323)” Nicholas time growing up in Russia

  • saint Nicolas

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    praise Saint Nicholas. CIS: We all know who Santa Claus is and Saint Nicholas the man responsible for all the wonderful things we know him for such as: selflessness, unsurpassed generosity, popularity we can all learn and apply his wonderful deeds to our own lives. Introduction: I. I know that all of you have heard of Santa Claus but how many of you actually know the history behind him? Saint Nicholas was the wonderful man that the legend of Santa Claus derived from. II. Saint Nicholas is known by

  • Santa Claus Research Paper

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    The true story of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas, who was born during the third century in the village of Patara. At the time the area was Greek and is now on the southern coast of Turkey. His wealthy parents, who raised him to be a devout Christian, died in an epidemic while Nicholas was still young. Obeying Jesus' words to "sell what you own and give the money to the poor," Nicholas used his whole inheritance to assist the needy, the sick, and the suffering. He dedicated his life to serving God

  • The Dialectic of Desire in the Films of Nicholas Ray

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    The Dialectic of Desire in the Films of Nicholas Ray Nicholas Ray's films frequently address a competition between a 'father' and 'son' (whether literal or figurative filial relationship). More importantly, Ray has an ideological approach to these struggles. In his films, homosocial struggles are always supplanted by Ray's desired outcome of an idealized heterosexual coupling. That is, the threat of prolonged homosocial desire between his characters is usually eradicated by the death of one

  • Nicholas Sparks' The Guardian

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    Nicholas Sparks' The Guardian In this book, Julie Barenson is a young widow, whose husband Jim died earlier from cancer. Her husband left her two unexpected gifts. The first was a Great Dane puppy name Singer (this gift was delivered the first Christmas after his passing) and the other gift was his promise that he would always be watching over her. About four years after his passing, Julie is twenty-nine years old and is too young to have given up on love just yet. She may be ready to risk caring

  • Tsar Nicholas and His Downfall

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    Tsar Nicholas and His Downfall In Durnovo's memorandum 1914, he states that a long war is imminent and that Russia is not ready for it. They would lose causing the government to be blamed resulting in complete social revolution. Durnovo was completely right. He predicted that war would break out which it did later in 1914 with Germany. Russia then suffered heavy losses after the battle of Tannenberg 1914 and the loss of Russian Poland 1915. Then Nicholas decided to make himself commander-in-chief