1933 to 1945 when Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany killed about 6 million Jews. Parallel Journeys a novel written by Eleanor Ayer is based on the life of two Holocaust survivors‚ Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck a Hitler Youth leader. My book poster represents accurate interactions between individuals‚ events‚ and ideas in the novel because I illustrated the plot‚ setting and mood. My book poster shows the plot of Parallel Journeys because I showed what events were happening at the time of the Holocaust
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Parallel Journeys Parallel Journeys takes place during World War Two. It is about the lives of Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck. The book tells both of their stories. Helen Waterford was a Jewish girl from Germany. She lived in Frankfurt with her mother and father. Her mother wanted Waterford to marry a wealthy man early‚ and become a housewife. Waterford had other plans‚ she went on to study at a university. After the war began Waterford could not continue her studies. Alfons Heck
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Parallel Journeys was a book that I bought several years ago while attending the Belfer II Conference at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. At the time‚ I was in the process of trying to develop a syllabus for a Holocaust Literature elective course at my high school; and‚ after speaking with many Mandel Fellows‚ I decided to purchase certain books (at their recommendations) to review as possible inclusions for my course. As we know‚ time tends to be something precious and fleeting‚ and
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and Composition June 10‚ 2014 The Parallel Journeys of Families The infamous playwright‚ William Shakespeare’s‚ King Lear relays the story of a tragic hero and his family while paralleling it to the sub-plot within the tragedy. The story of these two reflecting groups of characters displays the obliteration of once potent characters’ power‚ and the inversion of social order. King Lear‚ the father of Goneril‚ Regan and Cordelia experiences a digressing journey comparable to that of Gloucester‚ the
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Interpretive Journey Paper A. Selected passage: Acts 6:1–7 BIBL 350-D07 LUO Student’s Name: Laurie Pelosi Instructor’s Name: Mr. Kendall Walker Submission Date: 08/18/2015 Introduction This journey through Acts celebrates the message of Scripture and the growth of the Church. We also see some problems that take place between two cultures of the Jewish population‚ the Hellenistic Jews‚ who spoke Greek‚ and those who were the native Jews whose primary language was Aramaic
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Excellence. Nazaro’s connection to the narration that she voices‚ mirrors that of her family’s journey. They were immigrant. Enrique’s Journey‚ is a national bestseller that has won more than a dozen awards thus far. I believe the author‚ Nazario‚ felt the need to tell this story because it was both a compelling story and it was also a way to bring light to the atrocities that immigrants face during their journey across and to unknown lands.
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After serving ten years in the great Trojan War‚ Odysseus‚ the son Laertes‚ was finally able to start his long journey towards home. He arrives at Phaeacia and meets Alcinous. Alcinous offers Odysseus a ship for his travels but asks Odysseus to tell him of his adventures. He agrees and now he is off to start his eventful travels towards home in the peaked sea-mark of Ithaca. As Odysseus starts his quest of getting home the wind starts to pick up. The powerful wind carried him west from Troy and
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A hero is one who responds to the call of adventure. In a hero ’s journey‚ the hero must overcome many trials or events to finish the journey and reach fulfillment. The trials one must overcome can be summed up in three stages: separation‚ initiation‚ and return. A hero first begins life with an innocent childhood. Everything is simple and nothing is complicated to him. When one begins to question something or think something is missing in life‚ that is when separation begins‚ or the "call the
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The last train journey during the last Durga Puja vacation remains fresh in my mind. The journey remained important for the reason that it was a rare opportunity for me in student life. The half yearly examination was to be held after the holidays as per the notification. The news brought cheer and I eagerly waited for the opportunity to have a trek to Delhi‚ the capital of India. The prospect of visiting Delhi with my parents filled my heart with joy. I went with other family members from Cuttack
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The Journey for the Cure It was half past three in the afternoon when Mrs. Ava Kelly was strolling down the sunny village path‚ lined with shops back to her home. When she walked past a seemingly run-down building with the molding‚ cracked door wide open‚ Ava grew curious‚ so she looked into the cracked window pane of the old wooden shack. She only saw a dark hallway with some old chairs against the walls‚ so she went in to look around. All of a sudden‚ she heard a loud “What are you doing in my
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