Witness: Old Amish Society

The Amish is a group of traditionalist Christians that rely on simple living, plain dress and refuse to adapt to modern technology. The history of the Amish started in Switzerland in 1693 led by Jakob Amman. Today majority of the traditional descendants of the Amish live in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Marriage as evolved for thousands of years and it will be changing in more years to come. Marriage was known to be the union between man and woman but in recent times, in some countries, marriage is seen to be a union between same sex, or different sex couples. People get married in different ways depending on where they are from and their culture. In some culture, the man finds the girl he wants and kidnaps her and forces her to say yes to his proposal. How different or similar will Westernized America and Amish America be when it comes to marriage customs?

He realizes that no one can hurt him. Now that he knows that, he kills more often simply for sport. This turns him from misunderstood to a monster.

of the heart symbolizes the guilt that has been taking a toll on his mind. The heartbeat that he

So far, all of this has been through the perspective of the Amish. Through their perspective, it’s easy to see why they want to remain outsiders to US society. However, what is the perspective of the US? What is it about it (and the outside world in general) that the Amish want to avoid?

A past that has been hovering over his life. He gives us the idea that he is not happy with who he has become, and it was his wrong doing that made it that way.

This can symbolize how he will always see his sister as nothing but a child because she never really got to live life as an adult.

Everyone's reaction was a mean, nasty door slam to the the face. The boy, peter, said people don't like talking about it because they want to forget about it and they also feel of shamed of what they did during the holocaust or what they didn't do. Many people were forced to kill others and people couldn't help even if Hey wanted to, because they would be risking their families. They sneak in to a place where records about everyone who died during the holocast were kept. When they went in they got caught by a woman. Sara told the woman her story and the woman let them have 20 minutes. After 20 minutes the woman return and realized Sarah and Peter were looking at it document that was for Karen Frankel . Sara explained that it was her mom and the woman got emotional and wouldn't say anything. After pleading Sara got to know that her mom was abused and raped by one of the nazis. She went back to the place she was staying and told Peter she wants to go back to Canada . Peter told Sara to come to the doctors office where he works and he would pick her up there. When the doctor came out he decided to ignore

He looks into the mirror at his left, and without thinking about it, his lips bend into a large, wicked grin. Now, he resembles his old self. The self that people trust, the self that has friends. The self that didn’t have the sudden urge to destroy. The sudden urge to destroy everything, and everyone. The sudden urge now replacing all thought in Grey’s

is dead does he feel comfortable gaining power. It is at this point he retrieves the

Man Alive-Life of a Mennonite Man is interesting since it captures the essence of life of a Mennonite resolves any misinformation portrayed by the Media, some information that is interesting are Mennonites cars, their service in the military, and how they baptize their children. Mennonites driving cars is a relatively unknown fact, however, many still do not drive such as the old-order Mennonites. The populace that does drive only does so cars that are black, chrome included. In war, Mennonites refused service which is a waste when they could have cooked, served as a medic, or helped with the boats. It is peculiar how the refusal of military service in the crisis of war was accepted by the government. Mennonites do not baptize their children until they are older and can make the important choice for themselves. In Christianity for sure, children are baptize young and confirmed by the church when they are older.

According to Sider, S. (2006) in Experiences with language retention: Case studies of Mennonites from Mexico, two primary groups were at the core of the Mennonite faith tradition: Swiss Mennonites and Russian Mennonites (who came from northern Germany and the Netherlands). Those Mennonites who eventually moved to Mexico trace their historical ties to the Russian Mennonites. The language that was commonly spoken by adherents of the Russian Mennonite faith was low German. Beginning 1874 and continuing into the 1880s, about eighteen thousand Russian Mennonites left Russia to move to Canada for free land and military exemption. In the 1920s, between 5,000 and 9,000 Mennonites moved to Mexico, because they were forced to use English as the language of instruction in Canada and the Mexican president promised military exemptions, full religious freedoms, and

shown throughout “The Writer in the Family” by utilizing symbolism. To Jonathan, it’s as if his

The Amish, who are also called “The Plain People” or Old Order Amish, originated in Switzerland in approximately 1525. They originated from a movement called the Anabaptist movement. Jacom Amman was the leader. This happened during the reformation in the16th Century Europe. They believed in holding on to traditions and keeping themselves separated from the world. He was stricter about this than other Anabaptists of that time. The Anabaptists were against the union of church and state and also against infant baptism. They felt that each individual should make this choice for himself when he or she is old enough. They felt the age for baptism was about 18 years. This disagreed with the laws of the time. It was

The Amish live a different life style than we do. A lot of people misunderstand the way they live their life in rural communities. They think that the Amish live an old fashioned life and fear the real world. All they want to do is help their community every way they can. Each fellowship is broken down into districts where they live independently by rules their community agrees on. The rules consist of clothing requirements, color of buggies, household items, etc. There are around 200,000 members of the Amish in which come from more than 20 states. In fact, the Amish community has been growing. Every 20 years the population doubles.