Will Radko Mr. Sasser Acc. English 8 3 February 2015 Nazi Extermination Camps During the Holocaust‚ a grand total of eleven million people‚ about half of the total population in Texas as of 2014‚ were robbed of their lives because of Nazi extermination and concentration camps (“Extermination Camps.” Encyclopedia). Around half of the total people killed were Jews‚ and the rest were a combination of Gypsies‚ Soviet prisoners of war‚ Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ homosexuals‚ and/or disabled men‚ woman‚ and
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three characters Becca‚ Gemma‚ and Josef Potocki. The Briar Rose story is an allegory for the events in Chelmno. The themes in the story written by Yolen‚ these themes vary from magic to courage. The structure of the novel goes back and forth through time. When the novel refers to the past the words are written in italics. Gemma uses the Briar Rose story as an allegory fort the events in Chelmno. The use of Becca’s dialogue “Seepin Boot”‚ gives the audience visual imagery on the age of Becca‚ when
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Yolen enlightens and inspires responders through the use of structure‚ language and other techniques. The novel Briar Rose by Jane Yolen is a heart wrenching story of sleeping beauty intertwined with the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust. The structure of the novel is altered in a way to interweave three stories including Gemma’s Briar Rose fairy tale‚ Becca’s quest and Josef’s story. The use of language techniques explores the idea of the characters as it gives an understanding of their circumstances
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Jane Yolen‚ in her novel Briar Rose‚ has used an allegory of Briar Rose or Sleeping Beauty as a metaphor to hide the real experiences and emotions suffered from the Holocaust during World War Two. The development and techniques employed within the story are extremely effective for the use of the allegory. Yolen has used a number of techniques to assist in the use of the allegory. She has used the title Briar Rose‚ Yolen has selected this specific title as it is another name for Sleeping Beauty‚
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the exhaust from the vehicle flooded into the van‚ killing the victims inside. According to Noakes‚ "a recent estimate has given a total figure of 215‚000 killed in Chelmno." After the creation of the more efficient gas chambers of later created extermination camps‚ the use of gas vans became less favored by SS officials‚ and Chelmno closed in
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Imagine being dead asleep in bed‚ dreaming peacefully‚ not a care in the world‚ then being woken up by Nazi soldiers. They come into the person’s house and drag them out‚ still wearing their night clothes. They make them stand out in the cold‚ barefooted‚ freezing to death. They all are wondering what is happening. Why is this happening to them? Where are they going to be taken? Little did they know it was not where they were being taken that mattered most; It was if they were going to make it out
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Briar rose by Jane Yolen explores three distinct narrative voices to allow the reader to explore the events of the holocaust from three different perspectives. Hence‚ The composer of the novel Briar Rose uses distinctive qualities illustrate the message that through telling stories‚ and listening to stories‚ the individual come to a better understanding of themselves‚ of others and the world. Jane Yolen ‚ the composer of the novel Briar Rose uses distinctive qualities to explore the concept that
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Context 1: The historical context - the Jewish Holocaust The word holocaust originally meant a sacrifice wholly consumed by fire; now it is most commonly used to mean: The (period of the) mass murder of the Jews (or of other groups) by the Nazis in the war of l939-45 (The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary). During World War II the anti-semitic German government under Chancellor Adolf Hitler decided on a "final solution" to what it saw as "the Jewish problem". This was to set up death and work
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Events 1940-1945 Dresden Bombing Dresden‚ Germany‚ 1945. “The British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the U.S. Air Force initiated a strategic bombing campaign in Dresden‚ Germany” (“Dresden Bombing” par.1). The attacks from Great Britain and the United States were prompted by earlier bomb raids conducted by Germany on British soil. With orders coming in from Arthur Harris‚ leader of bomb command for RAF‚ the bombing in Dresden began February thirteenth of the year 1945. The initial bomb raid from RAF
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through a history aspect seen in the author’s note compared to the storyline in the novel and underlies the true fact that it is indeed fiction. As in the novel Gemma is seen as the only survivor at the Chelmno Detention Camp and in the Author’s note it is said by Jane Yolen …”no women who escaped from Chelmno alive”. The theme of Heroism is established through Josef’s story and recount of the events that took place. His story can be seen as a heroic one that takes place in the novel‚ he has the bravery
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