Character Log : William Dodd

Edith Wharton is well known for her vivid descriptions of wealthy, upper class New York society and their old-fashioned mores. The Custom of the Country illustrates not only the strict values of ‘old money,' from which Wharton herself descended, but, also, the variance in customs held by those with new money, as well as those from other states and abroad. Two of the novel's main characters that attempt to join this society exemplify the conflicts they face as their imbedded small-town, yet, somewhat modern values clash with those of New York society, further demonstrating the shift of values in American society near the end of the Gilded Age. As Undine Spragg and her family move to New York in hopes of securing a fortune and social status

Anne and her family has very hard lives during the Holocaust. They treat you so poorly in the concentration camps. The fact that they hid for a very long time instead of registering, made them prisoners so they were treated even worse.

incredibly brave girl who had hope and knew how to survive in the concentration camps. Marion

Mary Eugenia Surratt was the first women who was put to death by the federal government. Her son, who was believed to also be involved with the plot, was tried in 1867. He was not released from prison until June, 1868. The hanging of his mother has been considered as a gross miscarriage of justice. Her prosecution never established that she knew anything about the plot and that she was not even part of the assassination plans. (De Witt, Campbell,

Through Wes Moore’s The Other Wes Moore, the author tells the story of himself and another man with the same name and a strikingly similar upbringing. In chapter 6 it is revealed that the parental and authority figures in both their lives greatly affected and shaped who they became. By comparing and contrasting the tough choices they made, complications they face at home and at school, and their new authoritative positions, the author uses the two Wes Moore’s lives in Chapter 6 to appeal to pathos, allowing the reader to feel a connection with each character and develop an understanding of both Moore’s accomplishments and hardships.

She didn’t want to get in trouble for the actions of her husband. Going against Hitler and other Nazi’s was almost like breaking the law, because if you went against him, you would suffer the punishment. This is like having books in a society where censorship is the main focus. During this time, the government didn’t want the people to use their knowledge, because if they did, then they would be able to gain access to a lot of things and be able to understand that what they were living in was honestly really dangerous. In Nazi Germany, they held book burnings so that way people couldn’t read them and be able to understand that what Hitler and the Nazi’s was doing to them was horrifying. He didn’t want people to think of him as a bad person, but he wanted all the power that he could possibly ever have, and wanted to eliminate the overpopulating races or races he didn’t necessarily like. In Fahrenheit 451, firemen burned books instead of putting fires out. They created censorship by doing so. They didn’t want anyone to have any connections to education so that society wouldn’t be able to fight

Executed for a Reason: Mary Surratt Mary Surratt should”ve been executed. She should’ve been executed for her participation and lying in the assassination plot. Mary Surratt lied to the authorities.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) ran his 1940 reelection campaign as a proponent of keeping America out of the European war. Yet, an earlier miscalculation by President Roosevelt led to the rise of the Third Reich. When FDR refused to realign with European nations during the London economic conference of 1933 he sent two clear messages. One message signaled Adolf Hitler that America was not going to intervene in European affairs, and he had free reign to do what he wanted, and the other message was that America had once again became an isolationist state., and that Europe was to handle their own affairs. However, through all the barbarity of the European war. Winston Churchill kept FDR well informed about the events taking place in Europe. Churchill was dogmatic in his approach with FDR and lobbied for not only England, but also all of Europe. Eventually, Churchill was able to

The year was 1880-1900 was when everything was normal and her family was save from all the tragic that they were going to be faced with years later. Her family was one of the richest Jews in Germany and also the smartest people in Germany but no even them could have seen what was about to happened coming. In 1930 was the year it all changed, it was the year that Adolf Hitler was put into power. Years later after he was put into power he blamed all the Jews for Germany's problems and in result many Jews lost there job, businesses, savings and homes. People that were already in trouble they were in more trouble but no matter how rich or poor you were, if you were a Jew you were all treated as unwelcome outsiders.

Women spies like Vera Atkins, Krystyna Skarbek, and Nancy Wake greatly contributed to World War 2. They bravely risked their lives to save countless others and cleverly escaped capture and execution. Vera Atkins gathered information for the British and had a high-ranking spot in the Special Operations Executive. Krystyna Skarbek exchanged information from Poland to the allies. Nancy Wake helped many prisoners escape through her underground railway. They were all intelligent women who left their impact on World War 2.

They posted wanted posters everywhere in Berlin in hopes to find Mildred Gillars. She was eventually spotted in Berlin in 1946 and on the evening of March 15th was sent to a boarding house. She was not able to return back to the United States until 1948, as she was sentenced to spend two and a half years in the Allied prisoner-of-war camp. Veterans of the World War II kept writing letters to the government of the United States, asking for justice. People wrote, “If this ‘Axis Sally’ isn’t prosecuted to the limits of the law, and punished as she deserves, then surely those American Soldiers who went to their graves, directly and indirectly through her propaganda during the war, shall haunt us through our living days” (Ii'ederal Eureau o). Eventually she was brought back to the United States and arrested. She was convicted in federal court and sent to prison. “Mildred appeared, claiming freedom of speech protected her, but the appeals court ruled against her. The result was a 10 to 30 years prison sentence for Axis Sally” (“Maine’s Mildred Gillars Wanted Fame and She Got It”). She eventually got out twelve years later and spent the rest of her life teaching music in an Ohio convent school, until her death in

There are many stories of the Holocaust, which occurred during World War II, but certain ones tend to spark more interest in people than others. One of these stories is the one of Princess Alice. In Battenberg, there was a person named Alice, or Princess Alice of Battenberg, as she was known as at the time. Later, she would obtain the title Princess Alice of Greece. Many people remember this famous person from the Holocaust. Alice is an important part of the Holocaust because she helped many evade capture by the Nazis, the political party led by Hitler that led Germany through World War II.

Hannah Arendt is a German Jewish philosopher, born in 1906 and died in 1975. She studied philosophy with Martin Heidegger as Professor. Her works deal with the nature of power and political subjects such as democracy, authority, and totalitarianism. She flew away to France in 1933, when Adolf Hitler became Chancellor in Germany. She flew away from Europe to the United States after escaping from the concentration camp of Gurs. She became a Professor in New York city, in which she became an active member of the German Jewish community. In 1963, she was sent to Jerusalem to report on Eichmann’s trial by The New Yorker. Hannah Arendt’s thoughts on Eichmann’s trial were expected to be harsh, considering the philosopher’s roots. However, her

Konrad Adenauer was born in Cologne, Germany in January of 1876 and died in Rhöndorf in April of 1967. He is known as the “post war” chancellor of Germany. Adenauer was a devout Catholic with very strong faith and a high moral compass. During the early years after World War 1 Adenauer was “lord mayor of Cologne” ("Adenauer, Konrad." Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (2015): 1p. 1. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. Web. 6 Apr. 2016.) but in 1933 during Hitler’s reign he was forced out of office. He was sent to a concentration camp in 1944 but was later freed when the Allied powers invaded Germany.

athaniel Hawthorn’s book, The Scarlet Letter, is rife with complex and captivating characters. Throughout the book, Hawthorn displays his ability to write characters who are believable, and yet fascinating at the same time. Each of his characters posses different, unique traits, and are all intriguing in their own right. One character who stands out among the rest, is Arthur Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale is one of the main protagonists of the book, and is the tragic character of the story. He proves his tragic nature through his steady decline from upstanding Pastor to sinful hypocrite, his torturous treatment of himself, out of remorse for his sin, and by others, and his eventual overcoming of his in conflict.