People from Haarlem

Similarly, the setting in The Assault also expressed Anton’s isolation as he moved from city to city, but is trapped within his own self-conscious as the memories of his past gradually keeps coming back to him as he tries to keep a normal life. At the beginning of the novel, Anton is taken away from his family by Nazis who have invaded their home, causing the base of Anton’s isolation. After Anton is taken from his home, he is sent to a jail where he meets a mysterious woman. As he recalls his past

The first man Corrie ever helped herself needed to escape from Holland, so Corrie found him a safe place and time to escape. Soon, people were coming to the ten Boom house needing a place to stay and the family realized that these people needed a more secure place, especially because the house of the ten Booms was just half a block from police headquarters. This is when they decided to build the secret room (Popson 45). The secret room was a room

Whether the change is a result of advancing technology, social climate, or foreign influence there is little chance of preventing the effect it will have on society. It is difficult to argue that we have not seen a paradigm shift in social attitudes from generation to

setting need to understand differences between each person’s culture, regardless of whether or not the interaction is amongst employees or clients. These differences can include mannerisms or methods of etiquette that may seem strange or unique to those from a different cultural setting. Other differences might include the way that organizations in different nations may or may not be willing to do business or work with other groups based on race, gender, ethnicity, sex, or religion. With a utility such

that leaves the audience unsure of a definite resolution. The first set of characters Mulisch employs is the Ploeg family. When Fake Ploeg is murdered in the beginning of the novel, Anton recalls him as being the “greatest murderer and traitor in Haarlem” (Mulisch 17), immediately informing the audience that he was intensely disliked among his community. Later, the reader learns that he was a Nazi collaborator

to Saskia and demonstrates Anton's newfound ability to move on as the novel progresses. The influence that Truus had on Anton is further shown through the portrayal of his relationship with his daughter, Sandra because of his inability to move on from the

Hiding Place told the story of an evangelical Christian family in Holland that was involved in Resistance work against the Nazi occupation, including the concealment of Jews from the Nazis. The Ten Boom family had always been sympathetic to Jews long before the rise of Hitler and the Nazi state, and regarded them as a Chosen People who would always have a special place in God's plans. They were arrested by the Gestapo in 1944, and Corrie's father, brother, sister and nephew all died at the hands of the

out of his family of four to survive, and he constantly fights to keep these memories buried through years of practiced repression. Despite this, every now and again, his past is brought to the forefront of his mind by the appearance of characters from his past. Mulisch plants this novel on a historical foundation, allowing it to be an

Prins and Peter Steenhuis is a 14 story book about lots of children and families going into hiding during WW2 to try and survive. They moved from town to town and from city to city changing their identity and by passing their families. Some children had to leave at the age of three. They all have to hide in walls, under floors, and even in attics. Hiding from the Germans and the Nazis is a hard task, but most survive. All trying to avoid one thing when turning seven, the yellow star. The first story

Periods and their Artists * Chapter 3 Egypt * Old Kingdom (2700-2190 BCE) * Imhotep – Stepped Pyramid of Djoser * Chapter 5 Ancient Greece * Archaic (600-480 BCE) * Andokides Painter –Achilles and Ajax * Ergotimos –[and Kleitius] Fracois Vase * Euphronios –Death of Sarpedon * Exekias –Achilles and Ajax; Suicide of Ajax; Dionysis in a Boat * Polykleitos –Doryphoros * Classical (480-320 BCE) * Kalikrates