Zahria Sanders Ms.Hamilton CP LIT 26th‚ October 2014 The story Survival in Auschwitz is about the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the systematic‚ bureaucratic‚ state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi government and its collaborators. It’s strange that the word holocaust itself means “Burned whole”‚ yet I understand. During World War ll the Nazi’s collected Jews and killed them or shipped them to different concentration camps. A sign on the door in the text displayed‚
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1. When and where was the story written or told? What historical‚ social‚ or cultural background might be needed to understand or explain what the story is about? You can expect by the language and the resources that they had‚ that the story was set in olden times. Since modern electricity was installed in homes during the end of the 19th century you can expect that the story was placed in the 19th century or the early 20th. This is due to them not having modern electricity and being not very wealthy
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The truth about sharks 1. In the story the truth about sharks the antagonists is Beth. She is a typical 17 year old girl that isn’t a morning person; however she seems welcoming and considerate. Hannah is a helping hand at the store Beth is shopping at; Beth takes time and talks with her‚ which ended up being beneficial to her in the end. Hanna is a flat character‚ although she is important to the story she isn’t described with a lot of detail. Madge P Groton is the security guard‚ she is the protagonist
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REFLECTION The first story we have learned in this American Literature course is A rose for Emily of William Faulkner. It is one of the most famous short stories in America‚ which reflected the life of Southern people in the early of 20th century and how they changed in order to adapt to new life. I have heard of this story long time before‚ but until this semester I started reading it in a serious way. From the beginning of A rose for Emily‚ I was so curious about Miss Emily’s life that
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As I start to read "The Truth About The Betsy Ross Story" we look at the American flag. Do you see what Robert Morris saw? Stitch by stitch the history of the making of the flag and the lady behind the stitching. We don’t look at the flag seeing Betsy Ross’s name on our heart. Nor do we see that she is a fourth generation Quaker. Growing up in the Griscom household with 17 siblings‚ she was well educated and took to sewing. Robert Morris traced Betsy’s history back to being one of the first
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Short Story Today I learn how to stack boxes in to shelf‚ for example Gatorade‚ Food cans etc. Working at a church is somewhat tiring but you’ll get a lot of exercise. Especially working out your biceps and your arms and legs etc. Helping the needs is a wonderful thing to do‚ especially around your community like a church‚ Food bank‚ shelter etc. Doing community service is a good life experience to learn new things and to help out around your community. The reason why I had to do community service
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The “Escape” Unit 2 Summary The text under consideration is the short story “The Escape” written by a famous English writer Somerset Maugham. The story deals with the author’s speculation of the question of marriages‚ especially the possibility of men to escape it. There is no exposition‚ therefore we can only guess by the contents where and when the settings set on. At the beginning of the text the author expresses his conviction that only an instant flight can save a man from a woman‚ if she
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"The Narrow Road to the Deep North" is one of the most magnificent works in classical Japanese literature. Basho was on the road for over a hundred and fifty days‚ almost entirely on foot. Even today Basho is revered in Japan for having the courage to abandon the material comforts of the temporal life in favor of the spiritual rewards of a life unfettered by possessions. I respect people like Basho who was full of common sense. He has a character that was pure and penetrated by splendid emptiness
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The movie “Escape from Alcatraz” is based upon true events and tells the story of one of the most famous prison escapes in history. It features the 1962 escape of Alcatraz lead by Frank Morris and his accomplishes. The movie portrays the process of the escape from start to end‚ based upon the book “Escape from Alcatraz”‚ a 1963 nonfiction book written by J. Campbell Bruce. The movie follows closely to the story‚ however it also differs in many ways. Some of these include physical descriptions‚ character
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The Escape By Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was an English novelist‚ short story writer and playwright. After an education at King’s School‚ Canterbury‚ and Heildelberg University in Germany‚ Maugham became a medical student at St. Thomas Hospital‚ London. While training to be a doctor Maugham worked as an obstetric clerk in the slums of Lambeth. He used these experiences to help him write his first novel‚ Liza of Lambeth (1897). His clear‚ lucid and economical
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