Could Eliezer have been exaggerating this idea, for people to pity him? The article “German Death Camps and Concentration Camps” Zaryn claims that, “Nazi-governed state gradually introduced repressive laws toward the Jews.” This fact absolutely does support the statement by Eliezer. One might also question the type of ‘repressive law’. Could they have been the laws that Eliezer mentioned? In the article “Jewish Life during the Holocaust” the writer claims that they were oppressed from their daily activities and they would kill those who strayed.
In the same way of the persecutors of the Holocaust and Armenian genocide were they were being oppressed to religious people and different races of people. They were focused to get rid of the generation for not obeying the government. They believed that everything that the government said it should be obeyed or else they will have to take the consequences. In contrast, in the Holocaust the Nazis were persecuting the Jewish people and other races in Germany. Hitler believed that the Jews had the fault for losing World War 1 and the depression of Germany (“Altman 15”).
Have you ever wondered what being a Jewish person is like? In the novel “Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” a Jewish boy is separated and discriminated from the rest of the world. Because this boy is of Jewish background, he is constantly beat and looked down upon as being inhuman. Also, the Education within Germany was deeply fraud because German children were taught lies to change their views and perspectives against the Jews. The novel “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” showed a Man vs. Society conflict because the Jews were discriminated and looked down upon by the Germans.
The quote connects to the lives of Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell, and Dolphus Raymond. It relates to boo Radley because the whole town is singling him out to be such a bad person when he seems like he just doesn’t want to go out. It also shows that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. The quote also connects to Tom Robinson’s life because he is struggling with segregation and he is being put on trial for something he did not do just because he is black and Mayella came on to him. He also relates to the quote because he is wrongly convicted of raping Mayella, even though everybody knows he did not but they just see things the way they want to see it and the way they see it is that it is one more black man out of the way.
“Out, Out-” is the beginning of a quotation from Macbeth: “Out, out, brief candle! / Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, / And then is heard no more.” This quotation implies a sense of brevity and pointlessness of life. The source of the quote also reinforces the idea of isolation, as Macbeth dies isolated from his society. The title of “Refugee Blues” has associations with slaves, as blues was a style of music created by slaves in 19th century America, and slavery is considered the epitome of suffering. Also, both slaves and refugees are isolated from society.
Another text where the theme of belonging is evident is The Arrival by Shaun Tan. Lastly the poem Refugee Blues by W H Auden explores the concept of belonging by illustrating the rejection German Jews felt during World War II. These texts through a variety of literary techniques explore the human condition of the need to belong. One way the need for belonging is shown in Romulus, My Father is through the theme of isolation. The Gaitas each faced their own fears of unable to belong, but none so as much as Christina who dies to the loneliness of been unable to fit in.
SCHINDLERS LIST The film Schindlers List depicts the great brutality of the germans in their attempt to eradicate ther jewish population. The film diverse range of symbolic images such as candles, colour and water. Numerous symbolic events portrayed in the film all lead to images and thoughts relating to the hope or lack of hope in relation to the jews. Candles are used to signify the jewish way of life. This is depicted in the opening seen in which we view a jewish family setting up for the Sabbath ceremony.
Explain your connection using details from each text. -Briar Rose by Jane Yolen, and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Briar Rose * Shows cruelty through the Holocaust * Many people were killed in harsh ways because of what religion they were * Shows that evil exists in everybody – Nazis killed many Jewish people – thought that they were going to ruin their economy – did not like spending a lot of money * Nazis formed their society to believe that Jews were bad people – they should be punished * Character vs. Society – Gemma vs. the Nazi Party – thought that she was worthless because she was Jewish – German citizens thought that what they were doing was okay because the Nazis were their leaders – leaders do what is right for the country * Good vs. evil – Gemma was a good person who was punished based on her background – Nazis did not care if you were good or not – they were evil so they did what they want – killed 6 million Jewish people The Lottery * Shows cruelty through the ‘lottery’ that they host * One member of a family was killed in a harsh way – they drew a piece of paper with a black dot on
The ‘November Criminals’ was a term used by the nationalists to describe those who undermined the war effort in 1918 and this term was applied to Communist revolutionaries. Communism was also seen as being Jewish as many leading Communists such as Marx and Trotsky were Jewish and therefore Communism was a Jewish plot to destroy German. Communism was seen as a ‘disease’ and something ‘anti-German’ so after Germany’s surrender many people were angry as they felt they had been betrayed by something foreign. Many of the Nazi leaders were war veterans and were extremely angry and humiliated by Germany’s surrender and blamed it on the Communist leaders and their hatred lead to an anti-communist ideology. A third reason why the Nazis’ ideology was anti-Communist was because the Nazi party wanted to win votes.
America in the 1930s was a world full of migrant workers and isolated individuals. In the novel we meet two characters that represent perfectly the theme of loneliness: Crooks and Curley’s wife. Crooks is the coloured stable-buck. He is isolated from the others because of his skin colour, “I ain’t wanted in the bunk house”, he feels like an outsider. The racial discrimination from the 1930s in America highly affects him, “ they play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black.