Shmuel's Argument Against Discrimination

“The SS made us increase our pace. “Faster you swine, you filthy sons of bitches.” (pg 81 pg parag 2) This is the first example of how feeling dehumanized can break the spirits of the strongest wills by the SS comparing the Jews and others in the concentation camp to swines and, calling them names. That can break peoples spirits and lower their self esteem. “ I raised my eyes to look at my fathers face leaning over mine, to try to discover a smile or something resembling one upon the aged, dried-up coutenance.” “ Nothing” “ Not the shadow of an expression.” “Beaten”(pg 65 parag

After that day, Bruno goes to the forest every day to find Shmuel. One day, Bruno saw Shmuel in his house polishing the glasses for his father’s birthday. He holds Shmuel’s hand and said "Our hands, they 're so different. Look!"(167). When Bruno holds Shmuel’s hands, immediately he noticed the differences between them. One is healthy, fat hands but certainly not fat for a nine year old and the other hands just talk about other stories,that is about how hard of a Jewish people at Auschwitz.At Auschwitz,Jews live in a really rough living condition,they need to live in a confined space.Despite their visible differences, Bruno still accepts Shmuel as a friend. However, although they accept each other’s different physical features, but there are more struggles waiting in this friendship.

In the movie, Remember The Titans,discrimination was dealt with the boys of the football team defending and banding together. In the Jane Elliott videos it taught us that discrimination is about having and holding onto power. In the What Would You Do? videos, it shows us the impact of how negative stereotypes can impact discrimination. Lastly, in the case of EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch, discrimination should not be accepted in any way since it is against the Civil Rights. In conclusion, it doesn’t matter if it is race or religion, discrimination has been a problem and is still a problem, and it is a problem that needs to

Discrimination is another key concern for the author as he is struggling to overcome poverty, racism and intolerance. Discrimination comes in many different forms and is defined by the textbook as being any behavior directed against persons because of their membership in a particular group. As a young man Williams experienced many acts of discrimination directed towards both himself and his family. For example, after fishing one evening Carl wanted a soda but couldn?t get one from the drive-in they were passing because ?blacks were barred from the drive-in like every down-town restaurant? (Williams, 225). Another example of discrimination appears in the text when Black students were unable to obtain teaching positions once they graduated from Ball State University because of the color of their skin.

During the Jews stay at the concentration camps, the Nazis and SS officers treated them very poorly and completely ignored the fact that they are also people and should be treated equally. According to Wiesel’s memoir Night, they were being tormented, mistreated and were thought to not be important.

Picture this, innocent children and adults being discriminated against because of reasons beyond their control. These people are getting yelled at, getting called derogatory names, getting forced to do things beyond their will and they are not provided proper housing, medical treatment, and food. All of these people are innocent and have not committed any crimes. Innocent kids and adults are facing discrimination everywhere in the world. In the Holocaust memoir Night by Elie Wiesel and the Pearl Harbor memoir Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne and James Houston and the allegory, The Terrible Things by Eve Bunting characters get discriminated against because of religion, ethnicity, the group they belong to and by their outward appearance. Picture

Has it ever dawned upon you how a twelve year old boy might have experienced the Holocaust? In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Mr. Wiesel told his story, leaving us with an astonishing and vehement view to what it was like to be sent to a concentration camp at the young age of twelve. To enhance the powerful effect of the book, a multitude of motifs were utilized, although one was undeniably conspicuous: The dehumanization of the Jews. The book was a full chronicle of one young man’s experience of the Holocaust, which included multifarious occurrences of the horrors Jewish prisoners were put through, ultimately removing the essence of their humanity. Symbolism was incorporated into this motif, in which Mr. Wiesel showed how one’s eyes not

Discrimination often occurs to some races such as black people are treated differently in the society. According to Brent Staples, “black people is often indistinguishable from the muggers who occasionally seeped from the surrounding gheto” (520). This shows that they were treated badly as they are considered a muggers. As a human, we cannot choose to what race we were born to. Everything is planned by God or by nature, and people should have respect others and not stereotyping.

Discrimination is treating someone differently, often unfairly, because he/she is a part of a specific group, class or category of people. For instance, a girl named Wu Qing in China was discriminated against and could not find a job because how her body was a bit chubby and the scars in her face from an accident in her early childhood. Even though she was kind and used to be straight-A student, she had no friends. Now, she is looking for selling her kidney in order to pay the plastic surgery fee. Discrimination can change a person from innocent to evil is an important theme in the novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley. Even though

Anyone who fills the specific criteria settled by the governing body gets persecuted, in this case, Shmuel and his family get thrown into the camp and are beaten and put under harsh conditions. Bruno notices that “one-afternoon Shmuel had a black eye”. (Boyne, pg.150) Shmuel also mentions that his Father has gone missing implying his death as well as his Grandfathers. These senseless beatings can lead to trust issues, health problems and even PTSD.

Schmuel, a nine year old jewish boy in Auschwitz, was one of many being discriminated against in World War II. Millions of civilians and even more Jews were discriminated during the holocaust and according to ushmm.org, over six million Jewish people and one million civilians were killed during the Holocaust. In the novel Boy In The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne discrimination brought Bruno, the son of a S.S. Officer, and Schmuel together and ultimately led to their death. In the book there are many significant themes; however, discrimination is the most significant and main theme of the story as it brings the plot together. Discrimination affected many characters in the novel because at the time Germans wanted to have a perfect and superior

The movie realistically depicts the suffering and the treatment the Jews went through during the Holocaust. The Jews were not labeled as people during this time, this is evident when Bruno’s father tries to explain who the Jews in the concentration were, and said, “the thing is, Bruno, those people...Well, you see, they're not really people at all.” They were treated worse than dirt and any job before they had before entering the concentration camp became useless. One Jew in the movie, Pavel practiced as a doctor before the war, but now peeled potatoes to survive. Pavel receives a beating over an accident when he spilled one of the soldier’s wine at dinner, but the true reason he receives the beating because the officer took his frustration out on him. The main reason they were treated badly during that time because many believed the Jews were the cause of Germany losing the War, Gretel explains this to Bruno, “They're evil, Bruno. Evil, dangerous vermin. They're the reason we lost the Great War.” Germany takes its frustration out on the Jews, just like the officer did to Pavel. They live in horrible conditions at the work camps; they are forced to sleep in small wooden bunks with other prisoner crammed in there with them. When Bruno and Shmuel are in the camp there are snarling

Shmuel, the Jewish boy, was the representation of injustice, fear and sadness. Although he was aware that the living situation in the concentration camp were not right he never wanted to talk about it probably because of his fear to the Nazis. But he also represents

In the context of this argument, discrimination is the unjust treatment of groups of people, specific in this argument, women and racial minorities. Discrimination often involves unfair denial of opportunity to a woman or minority from a source of power. While discrimination is wrong, it is not all the same and it does not all come from the same source. Discrimination can stem from things like emotions, specifically fear or hatred, rules and laws, and society. To compare discrimination, you must be comparing situations with the same cause. Comparing discrimination with different causes does not work since they are not coming from the same foundation. Comparison needs the same foundation so similarity in the situations are taken into consideration. The cause is a big enough difference that makes the cases incomparable. In discrimination cases, a situation that began from fear will be vastly different than a situation that began from a law. The reasoning for discrimination and how to handle the problem will be different. These situations have to be dealt with separately and they should not be compared as they are not similar enough for comparison.