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Blood chilling screams, families torn apart, horrifying murders are all parts of the Holocaust. David Faber, a courageous, young man tortured in a Nazi concentration camp shares the horrors he was exposed to, including his brother Romek’s murder, in the book Because of Romek, by himself David Faber. When Nazis invaded his hometown in Poland during World War II, David remained brave throughout his father’s arrest and his struggle to stay alive in the concentration camp. David’s mother inspired him with courage.

“In awhile there are voices downstairs and there is talk of tea, sherry, lemonade, buns, and isn’t that child the loveliest little fella in the world, little Alphie, foreign name but still an’ all still an’ all not a sound outta him the whole time he’s that good-natured God bless him sure he’ll live forever with the sweetness that’s in him the little dope spittin’ image of his mother his father his grandma his little brothers dead an’ gone”(182).

However, later in the article the author also says the following, “We should thus be wary of the kinds of compartmentalization we usually employ when faced with intricate problems of interpretation in this kind of imagery.”(41) Consequently using that statement to present an almost changed thesis. I feel that this statement was hugely important because it changes the entire dynamic of the conclusion. From that point on it is implied that the author has an open mind of the piece at hand, while it does show a lot of religious and marital grammars it may also have been an edit of the director (artist) of this piece to examine how he wanted to tell this families

“Roman Fever” is successful in revealing a darker side of interpersonal interactions and the lust for the role of the superior in relationships. It conveys this message by showing the transfer of

The author used two types of exposition to write his article. The first one is sequence exposition and the second one is comparison exposition. First is sequence exposition, the author wrote most the article in chronological order where he started his journey when he was in his hometown before leaving for the airport, summarize his long trip until he finally arrived at Tison house, and finally talked about what significant events happened there. The way he wrote the article was so clear and it is not confusing for readers because he focused on one element each paragraph until he reached the point and the message he wanted to tell at the end. The second type of exposition he used in his article is comparison exposition. The comparison that the author used was between his life and the society that he came from and compares it to the life of Tison and his society. Also, he compared between his problem and how he dealt with it and Tison’s problem and how he dealt with it. He said, “ On his worst day, he was several times cheerier than I am in the best of times” (92). The way he used comparison was effective because this comparison showed to the readers what problem is more worth to get attention. Finally, the examples he used were sufficient and relevant to the idea of the article. To have the chance to travel to a foreign country that has entire different culture is worth to write everything you witness there. However, the author chose to concentrate on one element, which was what he learned and he summarizes it by saying “ I don't know where I stack up, but the most important thing Tison taught me was that while things don't always turn out the way we want them to, all we can do is our best” (92). This sentence that the author illustrated at the end of his article is a clear and obvious way to end up his thoughts about his

In Mark Edmundson’s article Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here, published in the Oxford American on August 22, 2011, he talks about his college experience and what others need to do in college to be successful. Getting an education is hard because there are too many distractions, but find something you enjoy doing or else you’ll be bored and work hard to become that. There are a lot of paths to choose from in life and going to college is one of the best to choose. Edmundson must also agree with this since he is pushing kids to try harder in school. However, Edmundson points out some very key points as to what students need to do.

Thesis reworded 2. Concluding Statement Here in America, we

Hailed by Newsweek (1991) magazine as the international role model for preschools, the Reggio Emilia approach has caught the attention of early childhood educators. In 1999, current Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley visited the schools in Reggio Emilia to better understand its benefits (Dunne, 2000). It’s principals are understood by only a few, however, and has limited following with approximately 1200 Reggio inspired preschools in operation, most of them private (Sipprelle, 2009), making the innovative ideas offered by this approach available to only a few. Why have so few schools emulated those so successful in Reggio Emilia, Italy? Is Reggio Emilia applicable in the American classroom? A look

The book shows us how the Romans felt about being Roman. The pride that they had in their country. They were Romans first and foremost, and then individuals second. Hamilton tries to convey the fact that even as different as these authors were in their writings, they all shared a common thread. She states that their differences are superficial compared to their resemblances.

The short story, “Roman Fever” illustrates the shocking relationship between two women, Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade, by a chance meeting in Rome. As the story opens the two women are sitting on the terrace of a Roman restaurant that has an astonishing view of the Colosseum and other Roman ruins. While the women sit in silence and enjoy the tranquil view from the terrace they notice their daughters down below running off to spend a romantic evening with two young men. This triggers Mrs. Slades memories of her and Mrs. Ansley’s quixotic adventures in Rome as young adults and their first encounter with “Roman fever”. Wharton uses the term Roman fever to illustrative the women’s past relationship that is embedded with destruction,

"Roman Fever" at first strikes the reader as the simple, rather dull story of two middle aged women sitting on a veranda. The inactiveness of the situation appears to be evident in Mrs. Slade's comment, "Well, I don't see why we shouldn't just stay here", reflecting

My understanding of cultural and contextual considerations in To Each His Own was greatly developed through my participation in the Interactive Oral. Throughout the Interactive Oral, my peers and I discussed how individuals must respect other’s social and cultural aspects. We expanded on ideas about social and cultural considerations though the characters and the time period of the book. During the 1960’s in Italy, fascism ideology was ongoing which created social issues such as objectification of women and patriarchal society. Women had specific roles in Fascist Italy, they were expected to get married and have numerous children since it brought better tax privileges. They were viewed as women who were useful for their physical nature and

Throughout history, the makings of an architect have changed by stark proportions and so did the requirements of the finished creation. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (80 B.C.E), famously known as Vitruvius, wrote in The Ten Books on Architecture of how the architect must possess wide knowledge and expertise in many fields of study, and that his buildings must encompass firmitas [durability], utilitas [usefulness], venustas [beauty] (Vitruvius, 33) and harmonious symmetry that of which is found in nature and in man. Leon Battista Alberti (1407-1476), however, stresses in his book Art of Building in Ten Books that the

     Paul began his argument of Romans by proving that the Gentiles are sinners before God. Although God has revealed His truth to them, they have suppressed it, resulting in the darkness of their inner man and rebellion against God to the point of worshipping animals (1:18-23). As a result God gave them over to do the desires of their heart (1:24, 26): idolatry (1:25) and homosexuality (1:26-27). Seeing that they had no desire to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a depraved mind to do every sort of evil (1:28-31).

The book of Romans is considered, by many in Christianity, to be the greatest book comprised in the Holy Bible. This is a very strong view to hold, considering the great details of Jesus and His ministry that are given in the book of Luke, the direct, to the point style of truth written by James, and the great lessons of faith in Hebrews. The other books in the New Testament are all great within themselves also but, Romans is very distinctive in itself. Written by the Apostle Paul, Romans can be viewed as the Christian Life handbook or the Christianity 101 manual. When we read Romans, we can see that Paul took every thought and possible counter thought by any