John Bigony Rex's Analysis

Joseph did not accept the conditions of the ghettos. He extended his living space by pitching tents up in his vegetable garden and manage to smuggle food in the Ghettos. Joseph believed that Jewish population was going to be wiped out so he decided to marry Margaret and go into hiding. Margaret entrusted the safety of her brother to a friend out of the ghettos.

He was packed onto prison trains like cattle. From being in prison for 5 years, he was dying to know what important events have happened. He describes how differently he is from the prisoners and how they have nothing in common. He soon came to understand that underneath their violent exterior and moral code that they were men driven by fear. Father Walter would be laboring in a vineyard and actually looked forward to it because he would be able to converse with people and do something.

From what we are told, we can obviously tell that Joseph has a very difficult life as it is, “What can a crippled, speechless boy do, asked Joseph…” Nolan is telling us that Joseph thinks of himself in a negative manner. But while he may look in himself in a negative way, he is still optimistic, explaining

The book “Ordinary Courage” tell the story of an ordinary soldier by the name of Joseph Plumb Martin. Historians can know Josephs experiences in battle and rough winter he had throughout serving for the army because of his writings in his diary. Joseph served as a soldier for the continental army and served for eight years 1776-1783. Joseph was born in born in western Massachusetts in 1760, he was the son of a pastor; at the age of seven, he began living with his grandparents and from then on they raised him until going to the army came to his interest.

One thing in the story that shocked me is how different our perception of the Revolutionary War is from the reality. An example of this was how ill trained the American army was at the beginning of the war. The army was undisciplined, disobedient, and motivated only by their paychecks. Many perceive the soldiers as valiant, zealous men, but it wasn’t until much later in the war that the soldiers rose to the occasion and became the warriors that we remember today.

When Carvers father left the family to work in northern California it was the start of his decline, but it was also a turning point in his relationship with his son who was starting to find his own way in life. Thoughout his dads illness Carver married and started his own family but he mentions “During those years I was trying to raise my own family and earn a living. But, one thing and another, we found ourselves having to move a lot.” (Carver, 387) It is here that we realize the path that Carver is taking is very similar to the one he watched his father take while growing up. His own struggles with alcohol and money seem to be a repeat of his fathers mistakes.

John's life seemed to be one major drama after another; he didn't have a good male role model as a kid, and it seems he never was able to get on track. What was amazing about his life was the number of problems that he seemed to get into and how he wriggled out of them (with the help of a friendly person who just happened to meet him) only to run into more problems.

What the Americans did not have in numbers, they made up for with “Andrew Jackson, whose courage, energy, and determination were vital to the victory.” From this defensive position they were able to hold the British and inflict heavy casualties upon them. Fighting a losing battle, the British retreated, boarded their ships, and fled the country. The irony of this battle was that it was unnecessary: the war had ended before the first scrimmage was fought. The defeat of the British under Jackson’s leadership boosted his reputation and made him a household name. Some even compared Andrew Jackson to the last American hero George Washington. With his reputation elevated to that of a hero, he became a symbol of nationalistic pride. With the American Revolution still fresh in people’s minds, the defeat of the British was celebrated. In one battle` Jackson had accomplished the best action possible to further his career.

Within a short amount of time after moving in, Jeanette's father, Rex, loses his job. This is not uncommon for Rex Walls as he frequently evades being dragged into the “Rat Race”of America. However, this particular instance proves hard on the Walls family. They quickly run out of food and with Rex’s drinking problem,

Due to the Carver’s having no viable offspring, and all other indentured servants succumbing to various unfortunate sicknesses, the Carver wealth had been inherited by John Howland, including their entire estate. In a matter of mire luck, John had gone from indentured servant to embarking on a new life with a family of his own. Nearly three years later John married a young women named Elizabeth Tilley and the descendants of John Howland multiplied with the birth of his ten children. John Howland not only cheated death journeying to America, but hit the jackpot after his arrival. He quickly climbed the social order: from peasant, to indentured servant, to one of the wealthiest individuals within

Knowledge of trends and events that we learn about on a larger scale become easier to grasp when we focus on them on a smaller scale; by looking at the property at 215 John Street and its former residents, we discover an important connection to Greenwich’s past: an illustration of what life was like during the Civil War for our small town. Through the inquiries Silas Edward Mead makes back to his family during his service and the clues found within the house and barn of Clover Farm themselves, the lives of the Mead family are proven to be nearly the same during the war as before it; other than facing the absence of 437 of its young men sent off to fight for the Union, Greenwich families did not suffer in the same ways that many other regions

As a young man coming back from the war, Krebs expected things to be the same when he got home and they were, except one. Sure the town looked older and all the girls had matured into beautiful women, Krebs had never expected that he would be the one to change. The horrific experiences of the first World War had alienated and removed those he had cared about, including his family, who stood naïve to the realities and consequences only those who live it first hand would comprehend.

Have you ever thought about what people back in the day read in their spare time since we all just immediately get on our phones? I compared and contrasted the August 2015 Time magazine, and the June 4th 1864 edition of Harper’s Weekly. I have come to the realization that when people say times have changed, they are not kidding. It is crazy to read in between the lines and see how Americans lived over 150 years ago. The way things are placed and discussed are very different in both Harper’s Weekly and Time Magazine, but the two are similar in some ways also.

Seven-year-old Elizabeth Voss is living in St. Louis when her father, Johann Voss, dies. At the age of eight, her mother marries Heinrich Ruesse, a farmer who lives in Washington County, Illinois. Moving with her younger brother, George, and her mother, Rike, she grows up on a farm. Now, at the age of seventeen, she prepares to marry Charles Arthur Lorne. Charles undoubtedly looks at her as an attractive young woman who knows very little about the world outside the farming area she lives in. The year that she is born, he is already in the army as part of an occupation force in Washington D.C. after President Lincoln’s assassination. When she a four-year-old girl growing up in the Soulard Neighborhood, he is at Fort Griffin in Texas as part of the cavalry unit visiting a town that is often referred to as “the wickedest town of the West.” When she is five, he is traveling 550 miles on horseback to Fort Hays where he ends up spending the winter in a tent and visiting another western town offer a wide range of wild experiences. And when she turns seven, he has already been court-martialed, deserted, changed his name, and settled under a false identity. Family lore says that she knows nothing of past until many years after they are married. Unless he has secretly confided in her, which is very doubtful, she does not know his real name, where he is from, or that he is a deserter.

People cannot choose the time to live and die. Ginzburg had to live through the horrors of war: destroyed houses, air raids, arrests, and death. She shows how the war not only deprives people of their belongings, but also distorts the