Literary Analysis Of High Holy Day By Jane Shore

Susannah describes her childhood experiences of the Sabbath day, suggesting that it was “the climax of the week” for all Jewish households and not just her own . She proceeds to allude to the spiritual nature of the Sabbath claiming to feel “transformed emotionally and even physically” . These early comments relate to some of the key concepts outlined in the main text, as Heschel speaks of man’s battle to maintain “inner liberty” in an age that enslaves its people to the material world . Through Susannah’s interpersonal account, the reader begins to grasp a firmer understanding of the more abstract ideas that formulate throughout the book, as the contextual foundations for which Heschel’s theology aims to build upon are successfully

“High Holy Days” by Jane Shore is a valiant and passionate poem that engages the reader through complex use of imagery, tone, and diction. The poem portrays a young girl’s awakening to the higher calling as the Chosen One to be a protector of her people in an anti-semitic world.

In The Journal of Hélène Berr, we are given the first hand account of a young Jewish woman in Paris during the German occupation. This primary source provides a strong insight into how Paris was changing before Hélène’s eyes. Hélène started keeping a journal to preserve memories, but over time, as the German occupation started to change her life, it became something more. Her writing became darker, because so did her outlook. For one, towards the end of the

“The experience of the Jewish families in the United States over the last century has been one of acculturation and accommodation to the norms and the values of the American society.” (“Jewish American Family” 2). At the same time, Anti-Semitism in America reached its peak during the interwar period between the 1940s and 1960s. The self-hating Jew appeared as a phenomenon of the Depression and the 1940s. At that time, almost all of the Jewish American writers simply presented realistic portrayals of their fellow immigrants or their parents’ generation. Later, some other Americans, partial to Anti-Semitism, found confirmation of negative stereotypes in the new Jewish American Literature. Indeed, some parent-hating or self-hating Jewish American writers of the second or the third generation consciously reinforced negative stereotypes with satire and a selective realism. Philip Roth, whose portrayal of the tensions between these figures borders on self-hatred and an almost Anti-Semitic view of the Jewish family in America, is a great example of this phenomenon. In his book, Portnoy’s Complaint, Roth touched on the assimilation experiences of American Jews, their relationship to Israeli Jews, and his experience as inherent in being the son of a Jewish family which led him to be self-hating Jew to escape from the harsh reality.

Yet just before Longfellow starts to come across as being anti-Semitic, the poet begins to lament the phenomenon of anti-Semitism in Europe. "How came they here? What burst of Christian hate, / What persecution, merciless and blind, / Drove o'er the sea" (lines 29-31). Longfellow then demonstrates sensitivity to the fact that Jews in the old country lived "in narrow streets and lanes obscure, / Ghetto and Judenstrass," (lines 33-34). Jews have been "mocked and jeered, and spurned by Christian feet," too, states Longfellow (line 44). Moreover, the poet demonstrates some

In the two divergent pieces of the Holocaust composition inform their audience with very similar purposes. Yet both have contrast tones. In The Devil’s Arithmetic,by Jane Yolen,stridulous conditions are happening in the death camps. Yolen’s purpose of writing Devil’s Arithmetic is that she is persuading us with her prestige and acknowledgement for Jewish traditions and for the impeccability of the the Jews and their coping with history. In Peter Fischl poem To the Little Polish Boy Standing With His Arms Up, is about an individual boy standing in a ghetto. Fischl’s purpose is that he informs us to

McBride’s memoir takes the reader along with him as he uncovers his mother’s beautiful past as a Jewish polish immigrant in America. “Of course I had something to run from. My father did things to me when I was a young girl that I couldn’t tell anyone about,” (McBride 42). Not only was her religious minority difficult to embrace as a Jew in a Christian nation,

She feels comfortable as a black Buddhist in a Baptist sanctuary as she says, “I liked very much what I had heard that morning and what I had, myself, experienced with my dad and with my people. I knew that at this point in my life, this was the right place to be. In this black Baptist sanctuary I, a Black Buddhist, had come home”. (pg. 301)

She then goes on to explains that “… there’s a God, that there’s a saviour too: once I redemption neither sought nor knew” She explicitly emphasizes her lack of knowledge about God and redemption until “being brought from Africa to America” opening her eyes, showing the “Black Atlantic” as being able to join these countries and express different concepts in order to change the way we view things today. She then goes on to remind “…Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, may be refin’d, and join th’ angelic train” Here we are given an insight to the readers as not solely “Negroes” but in fact all Christians, of all nationalities, here she is able to connect the different races and genders into one category of Christians, also proving Black people as being deeper than just their skin colour and viewed as being “beasts” but rather human beings who share the similar beliefs and constructs as that of white

In Simon’s mind, ongoing activities woke up an abandoned pain from the past. While walking in the streets with the group of fifty imprisoned men, Simon confronted Sapiehy Street. Author met the “day without Jews (Wiesenthal,19),” which implied that no Jew students should have been in this street during these days, once again. As Wiesenthal painfully emphasizes, the courageous Jews, who had appeared on this street during these

In this short extract, the hatred in the lines radiates off the page. The reader is given a clear picture of how Racial discrimination was so evident in those days. The hostility and hatred between Christians and Jews is very well presented and written. It allows the reader to further understand how life was back then and how it may or may not have changed. The author’s use of language and literary devices was cleverly used to show the reader what he was trying to

Her father confronts and threatens her so that she can make it out of her situation alive. There are multiple parts within the story that show Her absolute resolve to be a pure and devout christian. She offers a profound and complex account of a woman’s resistance to power. “In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, he shall not hurt me.' And from under the ladder itself, as if in fear of me, he slowly lifted up his head; and as I trod upon the first step” This is Perpetua overcoming her temptation to break her resolve and give in to the devil’s temptation.

This can be used to show two boys who lead completely different lifestyles just because of their religion. It highlights how where you are born and your circumstances are predetermined. In this book we see a child who is brought up in a wealthy family with a Father who is high ranking according to the Nazi’s, contrasted to a young boy who is be discriminated due to his religion.

Consequently, it was a reply he was reluctant to hear, finally I answered. “I am going to be a preacher like my mom, and my grandpa,” I proudly proclaimed. “You can’t be a preacher, women are not allowed,” he said. My whole world crumbled within a few seconds of his surmised determination of my future vocation. Just as the scripture he used, and took out of context to confirm his theological opinion; I stayed quiet. Besides the lively school children filling the air, there was a long silence between us on the noisy bus. I felt a righteous indignation rise up from the pit of my stomach; I may have turned a shade of red as I felt the heat rising to my forehead. When it came time to get off the bus, I grabbed my school bag, turned around, and looked him in the eye. Again, I said, “I am going to be a preacher just like my mom, and my grandpa; you just watch.” He only looked at me with a blank stare, surprised I responded. I was shocked myself, in addition to my own reaction. Undoubtedly, as it was expressed at the beginning of this story; the third generation preacher was inspired to follow in the footsteps of her mother. A case in point is, she believed in herself, it was part of her destiny. She got married at age 20, and later became the preacher she promised John the bus driver she would

She believes it's god's right to take the things she has worked for. Even after she thinks about the memories she will never have again, she still forces herself to retreat to her faith. She sees her faith as a form of happy place, a place to go when things get bad. The more difficult things get she think god has a plan so this must be happening for a reason. She think god must be trying to teach her something when things are tough and she doesn't know why she should keep going.