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Two Holocaust Diaries, 2006.
An comparison of two works of literature about the authors' experiences during the Holocaust.
1,576 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 75.95
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This essay compares and contrasts two works of literature written during the Holocaust. Two diaries, one written by Elie Wiesel and the other by Chaim A. Kaplan, are examined from their differing approaches to a shared horrific experience. The paper further explains that the authors both needed the diaries to survive the war to act as testimonies of their trials. The paper describes the two authors' backgrounds as contributing to their different approaches to the tragedy of the Holocaust. Finally, the author views these two works as being of tremendous historical value.
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"Kaplan seems ready to place blame upon virtually every group within and without Europe, for the historical and political forces he deemed responsible for his experiences. At times he condemns the ancient prophets for bringing down the wrath of heaven; he also expresses anger towards the Jewish police in the Ghettos; he also identifies what he calls the "conspiracy of silence" among Western leaders who allow Jewish persecution to continue. Similarly, Wiesel is not content to merely blame the Germans for what he was forced to endure. Wiesel takes great care, within the pages of Night, to illustrate the notion that the evil he felt and witness was not merely limited to the soldiers who inflicted the various forms of torture and death upon those in the Holocaust; instead, he sees the historical circumstances as having brought out the evil in everyone. He documents the terrible selfishness that conditions within Auschwitz awakened within the prisoners: "Here, every man has to fight for himself and not think of anyone else. . . . Here, there are no fathers, no brothers, no friends. Everyone lives and dies for himself alone." (Wiesel, 70-1). "
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Pre-Holocaust and Post-Holocaust Jewish Literature, 2004.
Looks at how the Holocaust has affected Jewish literature by comparing short stories about similar subjects.
2,053 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 94.95
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This paper compares the content and tone of two short stories, "If Not Higher" by I.L. Peretz and "?The Kozshenitser Rebe? by Binyamin Orenshtayn, in an effort to determine if the authors were affected by the Holocaust and the great wars that took place between the time the two stories were written. The paper concludes that the authors were indeed affected by these events, as was Jewish literature in general, and, by comparing the literature, we can see a shift from a religious and faith centered approach to life to a socially motivated and political approach to life.
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"The Yiddish short story ?If Not Higher? by I.L. Peretz was published in Warsaw in 1900, decades before the holocaust. Fifty years later, the short supposedly true story of ?The Kozshenitser Rebe? was published in Yiddish by Orenshtayn in a book of memorials to Jewish leaders. Both stories tell of the behavior of a specific (assumably Hassidic) rebe on an important Jewish holiday. However, apart from this basic similarity, these two stories are radically different. This may be partly a function of having different authors and of coming from different historical areas. However, if the differences between style and content with these two works is indicative not of the personal styles of the authors, then one is left with another option: namely that the striking differences between these two works is a result of the holocaust and the slaughter of the Jewry of Eastern European. If these two works are representative of the short story genre before and after the holocaust, then it appears that this traumatic event may have drastically changed the way that Eastern European Jews view themselves and their culture."
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'The Turner Diaries' and Their Influence on Terrorism, 2002.
An opinion paper in which the writer claims that "The Turner Diaries" by William Pierce encouraged terrorist attacks in the United States.
2,206 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 14 sources, MLA, AU$ 99.95
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This paper shows, through news reports and other information about terrorist activities, that fictional accounts such as "The Turner Diaries" do affect what individuals think about terrorism. The writer claims that books of this nature give individuals ideas about how they may commit terrorist acts in the future.
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"In order to understand the effect that books such as The Turner Diaries and other fictional accounts of terrorism have on individuals, it is important to understand exactly what The Turner Diaries are. The Turner Diaries were originally published in 1978. The novel discusses a violent overthrow of the federal government and a systematic killing of nonwhites and Jewish individuals. The intent of this is to establish an "Aryan" world, which meant that no one else could exist in it except for the individuals who deemed that killing the other nationalities was necessary (Shinbaum, 1996). While the book is fictional, many of the deas in it would technically work, and these are the kinds of things that interest those who are considering terrorism. Unfortunately, many of these people try out these ideas on unfortunate and unsuspecting individuals in this country (Flakus, 1997)."
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Motorcycle Diaries, 2002.
Examining Ernesto Che Guevara's book "The Motorcycle Diaries" and how these tales represented the life he lived.
869 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 44.95
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The paper shows how the author of the book, ?The Motorcycle Diaries? was a famous revolutionary leader of the left wing in Cuba and one of the supporters of Castro during his revolutionary struggle for government. The writer examines how the book reflex his early life and how this influence the type of leader he became.
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"During the 1950s, he traveled throughout North America on a motorcycle along with one of his friends. This book gives a detailed account of his journey. They explored almost all of the North America on an old fashioned Norton motorcycle. During the journey they faced a lots of hurdles, experienced some memorable moments and went through lots of hassles. As they traveled through different parts of South America, they met a wide range of people belonging to considerably different cultures and having significantly different attitudes. A couple of years after this wonderful journey, Ernesto Che Guevara became actively involved in the Cuban revolution and soon emerged as a left wing militant. He was always in a habit of writing down the major events of everyday in a diary. ?The Motorcycle Diaries? is in fact a collection from his diaries that he wrote during his journey on the motorcycle. This book is a good source of information about the South American environment."
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"The Basketball Diaries", 2002.
A comparison of the book "The Basketball Diaries" by Jim Carrol and Scott Kalvert's movie version.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 77.95
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This essay will examine both Carrol's book and Scott Kalvert's movie and compare and contrast the two. What will be demonstrated is that, although the movie is well-made in that it tells Carrol's story, the power of the diary in the novel as an expressive tool and framing device, which gives testimony to the best and darkest of youthful experiences, is lost in the movie and this lessens the impact and immediacy of Carrol's experiences. Moreover, the movie in turn makes its depictions too broadly and morally; this is a change from the subtle narrative strategy of Carroll, whose power of characterization is the ambiguity of human interaction.
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The Use of Diaries in Education, 2002.
How an educator's use of a diary can be beneficial to the students' educational experience.
2,354 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 13 sources, MLA, AU$ 105.95
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This paper is a discussion of the use of diaries in the classroom as an aid to the professional development of the teacher. Specifically, it focuses on the recording and analysis of the teacher's in-class dialogue as a means of understanding the individual's style, strengths and weaknesses.
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"Diary studies is a relatively recent field within the study of educational theory and methodology. In 1975, Joan Rubin inspired other educators to consider a number of different language learning strategies, including using diaries. Kathleen M. Bailey, David Nunan, and others then led the way in exploring the use of diaries by students, teachers, researchers, and classroom observers. They noted that diaries can be useful both in enhancing the learning experience for the student and in improving the effectiveness of the teacher's work.
For students, keeping a regular diary of the classroom experience can serve a number of purposes. First, it can help reinforce material covered in class by having information reformulated into the student's own words, assuring a deeper level of comprehension. Carl W. Walley (1991, Spring) contends that student diaries can be useful tools as soon as students learn to write, helping them to articulate lessons learned in class and to frame learning within their own individual context (p. 152)."
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"The Basketball Diaries", 1999.
Examines the destructive effects of drug abuse on the young protagonist (Leonardo Di Caprio) in this film.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, AU$ 57.95
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"In the film The Basketball Diaries (Scott Kalvert, 1995), the subject is not sports but drug abuse and the way a young man descends into the hell of drug use on the streets. The main character is a member of a winning high school basketball team, but more and more his life comes to center not on the basketball court but on the streets where he can make money to buy drugs.
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"In the film The Basketball Diaries (Scott Kalvert, 1995), the subject is not sports but drug abuse and the way a young man descends into the hell of drug use on the streets. The main character is a member of a winning high school basketball team, but more and more his life comes to center not on the basketball court but on the streets where he can make money to buy drugs. He dreams at first of being a basketball star, but soon he no longer dreams and only seeks to escape through drugs. The film makes use of a number of themes related to rugs and drug abuse in developing its image of the downfall of this one young man, though the film is not fully successful and only presents its story without really developing an explanation or tying the themes to the world at large.
The primary message of the film is that drugs are bad and ..."
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"The Stone Diaries", 2003.
Analyzes of Carol Shield's 1994 novel.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 92.95
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Discusses the image of female characters as products of a particular frame and society of the 20th century. Centers on the protagonist, Daisy, a woman unable to liberate herself from the narrow constrictions placed upon her.
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"This paper will address how the image of women presented in Carol Shields' Pulitzer Prize winning 1994 novel, The Stone Diaries, are products of a particular frame and society. The frame of reference is the entire 20th Century; a century that marked ..."
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Romanies: True Victims of the Holocaust, 2005.
The Romani involvement in the Holocaust is discussed along with their pre-war and post war treatment. Arguments are reviewed regarding their status as true victims of the Holocaust.
5,161 words (approx. 20.6 pages), 15 sources, MLA, AU$ 188.95
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A thorough research paper that discusses the treatment of the Roma (Gypsies) during the Holocaust, and the controversy that surrounds the way they are remembered in the Holocaust. The paper details the Nazi logic leading to the Holocaust, the targets of the Holocaust and the arguments of the debate on whether or not Romanies should be considered true victims of the Holocaust.
Paper Outline:
Background
Leading up to the Holocaust
Nazi Logic
Targets of the Holocaust
The Holocaust
Treatment of Jews and Roma during the Holocaust
Post World War Two Treatment
Roma Minimization in the Holocaust
Holocaust Controversy
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"Proponents of Roma exclusion as victims of the Holocaust point to the overall death rates as proof that the Roma were not targeted for total annihilation. Research by Brenda and James Lutz offers an explanation for the discrepancy in the number of deaths. They attribute the difference in death counts to location. Their research has found that in areas under direct Nazi control, Gypsies and Jews were eliminated in equal proportions. The difference in death counts are found in areas that were not under direct occupation by the Nazis. Fortunately for the Roma, the majority lived in such places were the government refused to cooperate in the Nazis plane to eliminate the Gypsies and Jews."
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"The Diary Of A Young Girl" and "Night", 2008.
A literary analysis and comparison of Holocaust literature, specifically Anne Frank's "The Diary Of A Young Girl" and Elie Wiesel's "Night."
3,017 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 128.95
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This paper analyzes and compares two examples of Holocaust literature: Anne Frank's famous book, "The Diary Of A Young Girl" and Elie Wiesel's Nobel Peace Prize winning book, "Night." The paper describes and compares the texts and styles of the books and further discusses the importance of the two texts in teaching the world about the events of the Holocaust.
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"The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank and Night by Elie Wiesel are two documents that allow humanity to enter into the world of the Holocaust and learn about the tragic events that took place. A common agreement among survivors and victims of the Holocaust is that there could never possibly be the exact language to describe the horrors that took place during this dark period in history. The two texts written by Frank and Wiesel, however, are literary texts that are able to give profound insight and information into what really did occur throughout the Nazi regime. Both authors give extraordinary accounts of their lives, which are unforgettable reminders of what humanity should never let happen again."
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The Diary of Anne Frank, 2008.
An analysis of the changes in Anne Frank's voice and tone throughout her diary, "The Diary of a Young Girl."
1,803 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 83.95
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This paper analyzes the autobiographical diary of Anne Frank, entitled, "The Diary of a Young Girl." The paper specifically focuses on Anne Frank's voice and her tone throughout the diary. It looks at the way that her style changed over the course of the time that she was writing in her diary. The paper discusses the significance of these changes in voice and tone and how they correspond to what was happening in the world at the time.
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"Significantly Anne's fifteenth birthday is only two months away from her last letter to Kitty, to her people, to the world. Anne went the path of the righteous, the path of self improvement, growth, faith:" People who have religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things... It isn't the fear of G-d but the upholding of one's own honour and conscience."
"If you visit Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam, just listen and you will hear her laughter, her whisper, her joy of first love. You will hear the Gestapo stepping with their heavy dirty boots into a pure sweet life. A "Little bundle of contradictions" , who did so well in perfecting her traits, and returned her pure soul to her Creator."
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"American Holocaust", 2002.
A review of the book "American Holocaust American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World" by historian David Stannard.
1,168 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 59.95
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The paper examines how David Stannard, in his book "American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World" describes the European settlement in America as the most massive act of genocide in the history of the world, focusing on how the native Indian population were all but wiped out by white settlement. It evaluates how the author?s thesis is that the perpetrators of the American holocaust based their actions on the same Christian ideology as those of the Nazi holocaust. It looks at how Stannard uses a variety of historical evidence to argue his thesis including newspapers, Congressional records and the journal entries of European settlers. It also analyzes how the author makes a strong argument for his case and how he makes a distinct the bias against the white settlers, with their actions seeming to be emphasized more than is necessary and them being presented as racist.
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"While the research is thorough, it does appear that Stannard is biased towards presenting the Indian population as better than the white people. In the first part of the book, Stannard describes the rich culture and the attitude of the native Indians. Stannard argues that they are a kind and generous people. This includes the argument that the Indian population were probably open to working with the white people, but were not given the opportunity. Stannard provides anecdotes to make this point. This includes stories such as one where a tribe low on food met another tribe without food. The first tribe shared their goods with the second tribe. By using such anecdotes, the author suggests that the Indians are the better people. This anecdote also compares the Indians with the white settlers. The Indians were able to accept another tribe as their own people, while the Americans were biased against those with differences. This is a common argument the author makes, often referring to the white settlers as racist."
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The Holocaust in Literature, 2007.
This paper discusses the importance of literature written by victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 63.95
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This paper provides a brief glimpse of Holocaust literature by reviewing a few selected examples of diaries, memoirs, fiction, and poetry, besides taking a look at the "Holocaust denial" literature. The author describes how these works express the spectrum of emotions experienced by victims and survivors because they are personal accounts. Each genre that the author includes is described with specific examples. Special attention is given to Holocaust denial as well.
Outline:
Diaries and Memoirs
Fiction
Poetry
Holocaust Denial
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"Apart from the numerous history books on the Holocaust, an enormous amount of literature on the most horrific event of the 20th century exists in the form of memoirs, diaries, letters, works of fiction including novels and short stories, as well as poetry, plays and paintings. Most of them have been written (or sketched/ painted) by Holocaust survivors, providing us with a first hand perspective of the horrors of the Holocaust. Being personal accounts or loosely autobiographical stories, they provide us with something the history books cannot--the survivors' emotions, thoughts, hopes and dreams, and their reactions to the terror of the Holocaust. The literature is a testimony to the resilience of human spirit and the will to survive in the most terrible circumstances imaginable; it also reflects the goodness and compassion of the human spirit as well as its unadulterated evilness. At times the literature even depicts the peculiar emotion of the "survivor's guilt"--the sense of remorse at having survived the terrible ordeal when many of their near and dear ones perished. This paper provides a brief glimpse of the Holocaust literature by reviewing a few selected examples of diaries, memoirs, fiction, and poetry besides taking a look at the "Holocaust denial" literature."
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Holocaust Denial, 2002.
An argument against Holocaust denial.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 194.95
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This thesis argues that Holocaust denial is simply the craving for another Holocaust. It is a craving that basically pursues its objective via different tactics. The author feels that by erasing memory and employing moral relativism, combined with the same anti-Semitic caricatures that led to the Holocaust, holocaust denial institutes a certain social and political mind-set which, in turn, can facilitate the possibility of yet another Holocaust. In order to understand what Holocaust denial is about, it is mandatory to understand what the Holocaust was and why it came about. This essay examines both the Holocaust and the phenomenon of subsequent efforts to deny its historical reality.
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Polish Holocaust Literature, 2005.
This paper analyzes Polish-centered Holocaust literature and films and compares them to similar Holocaust literature from other countries.
2,200 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 99.95
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This paper explains that, in analyzing Polish-centered Holocaust literature and films, it becomes clear that certain themes are recurrent: Imagination vs. reality, exposure vs. nakedness, the inversion of Biblical meaning and of human order in general, pre-destined catastrophe and the appropriateness of humor. The author states that the Polish-centered themes are more vivid and their representation more graphically intense than the general writing about the Holocaust because of the concentration of death camps and the density of its tragedy; Poland is often perceived as the "ground zero" and the pivotal point by which Holocaust writers come to grips with the slaughter of the Jews and others. The paper analyzes many examples of Polish Holocaust literature: Alfred Andersch' "Efraim's Book", Arnold Wesker's " Sophie's Choice", Pierre Gascar's "Seasons of the Dead", Claude Lanzmann's film/ quasi-documentary "Shoah", Aaron Appelfeld's novella "Badenheim 1939", K. Tsetnik's "Salamandra", Henri Raczymow's "Un Cris sans Voix", Emanuel Ringelbaum's "Notes from the Warsaw Ghetto" and the Academy Award winning movie "Life is Beautiful".
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"In Shoah literature, certain questions present themselves again and again: Do these themes - which often reflect a universal character of sort - diminish the particular suffering and injustice of the event? Can any writing truly capture the enormous moral crimes of the Holocaust? Sparking a hotly-discussed debate, Theodor Adorno wrote that poetic treatments of the Shoah were a form of "barbarism." In light of this criticism, it has often been asked by both writers and critics alike, what justification does a writer have for treating the subject matter at all? This charge has seldom been directed at any other subject of fiction, but it might be argued that such outrageous criticism is simply evidence of the subject's moral and tragic dimensions."
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The Holocaust and How it Affected its Victims, 2001.
A persuasive paper about the existence of the Holocaust and an interpretation of it. This paper will take you through documented accounts of Holocaust victims' families.
1,770 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 83.95
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A narrative piece about the Holocaust and whether it existed. The author attacks those who deny the occurrence of the Holocaust and provides various documented accounts of those who survived it. The paper includes an interpretation of the effects of the Holocaust on both the living and the dead and the importance of Holocaust education for the future.
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"There is no question in my mind that there were mass killings of the Jews during World War II and like every great tragedy, there are people who feel it never happened. I wholeheartedly disagree with these people, whether they are against the Holocaust ?theory? or are just plain prejudiced towards Jews. There were murders by the millions, and the Jewish victims of the Holocaust were affected by it, both directly and indirectly, as were their family members and friends who may have been thousands of miles away. Even today, people in the world are still affected by the extermination of millions of lives in Eastern Europe in the same respect there are still many people, even entire institutions, who seek to discredit the veracity of the Holocaust, going as far to claim that none of the horrific events ever occurred. (See Adelaide). I will prove that the Holocaust affected many lives, both in living and in death, and that it did indeed happen, through relating factual and opinionated accounts of victims and witnesses, and explaining why what happened to the Jewish population of the Holocaust."
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