The Creation of Sunflowers

After reading The Sunflower, I’ll admit I had a lot of questions. When I started reading some of the response essays, I saw some of the same questions asked that I had. One that stuck out to me the most was the essay by Alan L. Berger. Berger’s reason for writing his essay was the issues being inflexible and his students questioning them. What was very evident to me about his essay was how he questioned why was Simon silent, If Karl was sincere, If Simon was the one to answer Karl’s response, and was Simon scarred by the interaction with Karl?

The Holocaust was a genocide that occurred from 1933-1945, and one of its survivors was Simon Wiesenthal. After he was set free from the concentration camp, he dedicated his life to finding Nazi war criminals and persecuting them in court. Later on in his life, he wrote a memoir, The Sunflower. It was about one of his many experiences at the Lemberg concentration camp where he got roped into listening to a dying SS soldier, Karl. Right before Wiesenthal left Karl’s room, Karl asked Wiesenthal, on behalf of all the Jews he persecuted, for forgiveness. Wiesenthal left Karl’s room without forgiving him, and then asked his readers, “What would I have done?” At the end of The Sunflower, people who Wiesenthal picked to respond to his question, had their answers published. The most interesting response was Jose Hobday’s. Hobday believed that Wiesenthal should have forgiven to Karl because it would have given Karl a sense of peace, making it easier for him to pass on. Hobday had the correct answer to Wiesenthal’s question because even though all of the Jews that Karl persecuted are dead and will not be able to forgive him in person, Karl just wanted someone to know that he was sorry for his actions.

If someone were to partake in the murdering of your own kind, would you be able to forgive them? That is the question that Simon Wiesenthal must ask himself in the story The Sunflower , a book about pain and forgiveness. The Sunflower follows Simon as he listens to Karl, a former SS officer, confess and ultimately beg for forgiveness for the war crimes he committed. It pits Simon against a very difficult situation and even makes the reader consider what they would do. So, from reading The Sunflower and all of the supplemental essays, I can come to the conclusion that I do believe that the Soldier should be forgiven because he was brainwashed by propaganda and felt strong regret for his actions.

The religions of the Greek, Ute, and Hawaiian cultures strive to attribute Gods for the forces of the natural world around them, bridging the gap between their understanding of their world and the effect on them. For instance, the Ute Great Spirit Manitou infused life into the world, and all things in it, thus populating the world of the Ute. There were mountains, trees, deer and of course the bear to rule them all. Also, Hawaiians believe that Kumulipo the male, and Po’ele the female, born from darkness and in turn gave birth to many more Gods like Kane-i-ka-wai-ola diminishing darkness, Pohaha night coming into dawn. The Greek Goddess Eurynome laid the great egg that hatched the world with all of its creatures and plants. These myths

In David Foster Wallace’s short story “Good People”, a young girl, Sheri, is has to make a decision that will change her life forever. Sheri and her boyfriend, Lane, are very religious couple faced with unexpected news. The love for her boyfriend and the love for

A sunflower means happiness and positivity while in Wiesenthal’s “The Sunflower”, it meant rebirth and connection because at every grave of a Nazi soldier there was a growing sunflower. When Simon saw these sunflowers, he thought that somewhere in life he would “come across” them and thought that the sunflower was a “symbol” that made him feel a certain way and gave him a “special meaning”. Simon is uncertain why he feels this way but it does impact his overall morale. These sunflowers make Simon question himself and how he feels. Simon “envied” the dead soldiers since they were able to “connect” with “the living world” and had “butterflies to visit” each grave. He feels that the soldiers do not deserve this type of treatment. Simon understands

The rioters are drunk before the first church bell. They are not the most holy or role model citizens, they swear like sailors and spend a lot of time in brothels. A servant tells the rioterss "That death stabbed one of his friends last night." So they swear an oath to protect each other and to kill death. Thus, they go on a drunken rage to find death.

David, who addicted to watch old sitcom and had most of time in front of TV, and Jennifer, who were hot girl in her high school, were siblings which had totally opposite personality and fought against each other every day. One day, David was watching

I was just having a normal day when the sun god came to visit us! Well, I guess who we thought was the sun god. We welcome him and dressed him in religious robes and gave him a cup of our people’s blood, but he went all crazy. Him and others started blasting us with booms and loud noises. They left and later sent a message of peace. We didn’t know if we could trust them because they allied with our enemy, but we decided to leave it.

Being an artist takes time, dedication and commitment, especially to become as talented as Xu Wei and Liu Dan. These famous Chinese artists put in the time, dedication and commitment and their hard work has paid off. Xu Wei, from Saoxing, Zhejiang, did not grow up in the ideal situation, he was orphaned at a young age, but escaped his problems in life by painting and writing calligraphy; where he excelled the most. (BOOK pg. 208) Later during the Ming dynasty, he began to paint flowers and plants. One of his famous works in which we will focus is called Twelve Plants and Twelve Calligraphers (1). (BOOK 209). Another well-known artist from this century is Liu Dan. Liu Dan is also from China and was a fan of studying Confucian classics, poetry and calligraphy with his grandfather. He enjoys creating new perspectives on his pieces and one of his artworks that hits close to home is called Sunflower (2). This artwork is found right here in Minnesota at the Minnesota Institute of Art. In this paper, I will explore the similarities and differences found in the composition of Xu Wei’s Twelve Plants and Twelve Calligraphers and Liu Dan’s Sunflower. The composition can be broken down into space, shape and overall composition.

Once upon a time, there was a god name Orion. He was handsome,fairest of all. A proud son of poseidon an aphrodite,skill in hunting,have his mother looks and his father power. All the gods love him,even with his a bit of arrogancy (he know he is handsome) but everybody just drawn with his charm,the way he talk,the way he stare. Some people willing to do anything to have him,Merope is one of that people. I think i have to introduce merope first, merope is not what you call a brightest star, actually she is pretty dim, i am not saying that nobody want her,plenty of man would want her and i say good,respected man. But that man is not orion,and she know it,just like the rest of world know it. Except her father probably.. One day, Orion come to merope palace for a party invatation, Merope try to seduce him, pour him the best place hoping him to drunk, Orion feeling start to get drunk ask to be sent to his room, much to merope delight. She lure him to her chamber,telling that it's his room and try to seduce him. But orion is NOT that drunk and refuse. Merope use plan b start screaming accuse him to attack her.

n the peaceful town of Littleroot people lived happily and in harmony.Until one year a wolf named John crept into the town and terrorized innocent people.Since that day Artemis (the goddess of the moon and hunting)heard the people suffering and came up with an idea to make the moon red to warn the people John was coming.Little did she know that if the people were to kill the wolf that his pack would declare war.”Ares this vicious beast is attacking Littleroot said Artemis .Ares (the god of war) grinned evilly Ares then says “ok I will help change the color of the moon”.When the blood moon rises over Littleroot they knew it was a sign from the gods.Then they realized that John is coming they then gather all their weapons to face John.They

Sunflower Rhythm Coffee Café is a retail business venture based in the heart of Waldorf, Maryland. The company is a small LLC independently owned business started in 2015, and is expected to provide a combination of highly-quality coffee beverages and light food products while listening to a rhythm combination of Jazz and Blues. In addition to providing products and services surrounding our extraordinary sound, we will enrich efficiency and effectiveness to meet the needs of our customers. Sunflower Café’ will offer various coffee products which will identify the smallest details that will magnify the significance and branding of Sunflower Rhythm Coffee Café. Again, as a result of the strong industry experience, it is our goal to market, the strength and competitive climate in Waldorf; while also targeting the undefined population who still loves to hear and can appreciate good music behind the rhythmic melodies of jazz and blues. The name of this business highly reflects my mother who passed away on November 27th, 2015. Her favorite flower was the sunflower; she would always tell me baby no other flower can lift someone’s spirits like a sunflower. She went on to say sunflowers are unique and they provide energy in the form of nourishment and vibrancy. This flower has a delightful disposition and is the perfect flower to bring joy to a person’s day. The Blues and the Jazz, on the other hand targets both me and my mom. We both love good music, and we all know,

I was left with Daniel, who sat still at the table and worked silently except for asking the occasional question. He knew I was infuriated. We hadn’t been talking for a whole week, and I wasn’t ready to forgive him. The day had gone by almost too quickly; the sun started to set, bobbing below the horizon and setting the sky on fire. From the floating mosque, the evening prayers blared out, booming like thunder in the silent house.

Once upon a time in ancient Japan, there was a poor old man walking down a river. Has he was walking down the river; he noticed a giant peach going down the stream. When he brought the peach home to his wife, he tried to eat it. Inside the peach, there was a baby boy inside. The gods has blessed the family because they saw how good they were and they weren’t able to have a child. The family raised the baby has their own child.