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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to every word of the novel‚ wanting to find out what comes next. ‘Briar Rose’ by Jane Yolen is one of those stories. It keeps the reader wanting to find out more‚ it is a mysterious‚ puzzling story told as a fairytale but having a deep and meaningful history to uncover about the Holocaust‚ that Yolen hides within a fairytale. Jane Yolen uses a variety of features to ensure a captivating story for her readers. Briar Rose is mainly about two characters‚ Gemma and Becca. Gemma is the grandmother
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Link becomes homeless after a fight with his mother’s boyfriend Vince. Thinking he is no longer safe in Bradford‚ he goes to London. He looks for a job but no one will take him on as he has no experience and has only five GCSEs. Now Link cannot get a job since he has no address and he cannot get an address since he has no job. Link is very afraid alone on the streets‚ but after a while he meets Ginger who is also homeless. Ginger teaches Link how to survive on the street and how to beg. Meanwhile
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The character Emily Rose in "A Rose for Emily" is considered a static character because; her traits throughout the story do not change. In the story she is deemed as quiet‚ inhuman and‚ even mad. However‚ through further inspection; there are characteristics displayed throughout the story that can possibly prove that Emily was a dynamic character. Throughout the piece Emily changes both mentally‚ socially and physically. Miss Emily‚ the main character of this story‚ lives for many years as a recluse;
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Sylvia Aikhuele Mrs. Chandler AP Lang 25 August 2014 The Troubled Past of Perry Smith The brutal murder of the four Clutter family members was a tragedy to the “American Dream”‚ filled with anguish and longing. The Clutters’‚ known as the most secure and trusting family in their community‚ death caused paranoia and mistrust to spread throughout the town of Holcomb. There was no apparent motive for the crime‚ and there were almost no clues. Until criminal investigator Alvin Dewey received information
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A Rose For Emily In many stories characters isolate themselves for society‚ due to events of their past. Extreme isolation can cause can cause loneliness in one’s life. In ’’A Rose For Emily’’‚ the author seems to portray that such isolation can cause someone to do an unspeakable act. Isolation and loneliness in any case will cause some behavioral issues. The main character‚ Emily Grierson lives her life under her father. Her father thinks that no man is good enough for his daughter. Therefore
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The Mysterious Popularity of The Great Gatsby: The Mythic Hero When we discussed The Great Gatsby in class‚ most of us agreed that we enjoyed reading the book. However‚ when asked why we thought it is so popular and widely examined and debated in literary circles‚ nobody seemed to have an answer. There is a mysterious attraction to the story and the characters that Fitzgerald created. I think that the reason people love this book is because the title character is an Americanized version of the mythic
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Appreciation Forgotten The fairy tale of The Nightingale and the Rose‚ by Oscar Wilde published in 1990‚ is a story of the consequences of not appreciating creation. It is also a story of men not appreciating the sacrifices that women make. This passage‚ from The Nightingale and the Rose‚ foreshadows the consequences of not a appreciating nature. It then symbolizes pregnancy and childbirth‚ a sacrifice many women make that men take for granted. The first part of the passage uses
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The Cold Equations This short story by Tom Godwin is a very sentimental and lesson learning story. Briefly‚ it is about a ship on a designated mission which encounters a problem because the pilot on the ship encounters a stowaway‚ a young girl‚ and every stowaway found on board must be jettisoned‚ it was the law and there was absolutely no appeal. Marilyn‚ the stowaway’s name‚ was simply a teen and all she wanted was to see her brother whom she hadn’t seen in over 10 years she really meant
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Sophie and the White Rose group first started out as the role of the instigator‚ trying to reach the highest position that they could at the time. Sophie was a high role in the Nazi girls’ section‚ whereas Hans was a high role in the Nazi boys’ section. However‚ the actions that they had to do mad them realize that everything they were doing wasn’t really what they had wanted to be doing to begin with. When they opened their eyes to see what was actually happening‚ they ditched the Nazi regime and
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