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    countries emerge from war, each individual is left with a pain that restricts their future. Harry Mulisch, in The Assault utilizes characterization and recurring images to demonstrate that there is no healthy way to individually and globally deal with world wars as they have long lasting emotional repercussions on civilian survivors. Time, as the only constant evolving figure in the novel, characterizes the detachment in people haunted by the memories of the past and the overatachment of people clinging

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    is based on WWII, and the Ten Boom family. Corrie Ten Boom is one of the family members. Her family and her, helped many people in WWII, and risked their lives to save other people. They helped other people because the Nazis were looking for them. The Family were Christians, and would help anyone no mater what. Early Life Corrie Ten Boom was born on April 15, 1892, in Haarlem, Netherlands. In her family, Corrie was the youngest child. She had one brother, Willem, and two sisters, Betsie and Nollie

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    Self-Portrait by Judith Leyster One of the famous painters of the 17th century, the Dutch painter Judith Leyster, and the first female artist admitted to the Guild of St. Luke of Haarlem. This electromagnetic picture shows what is beneath the top coating of paint. The portrait on the easel was originally a self-portrait of Leyster. However, she transformed her observance and painted the violin player over it because her most fruitful and gainful paintings were scenes of merrymakers, a type of picture

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    once they were free from the “hell”, or the concentration camp they were placed in. And, yet, Corrie and Betsie somehow managed to keep in mind that God was with them. Corrie Ten Boom’s astonishing novel, “The Hiding Place”, is an extraordinary adventure of one courageous Christian woman who had been sent to a concentration camp, along with her sister, for helping the Jews. Both the girls depended heavily on Christ’s power and words to guide

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    there were whispers of another ‘Great War’ on the horizon. The Dutch people were holding on to the hope that their neutrality would be honored as it was after the last ‘Great War’. Although, this was not to be the case, this day was a day of celebration and honor. The ten Booms were a well-respected family that lived in the Dutch city of Haarlem, as their fathers had before them. The family operated a small watch shop from the first floor of their home on Bartheljorisstraat Street. Their home

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    it or offering food and shelter to Jews during World War II, her family was always offering to help people in need. The ten Boom family took in over eight hundred Jews, attempting to save them from the Gestapo. The ten Boom’s were very brave and stood up for what they believed in, even if it meant getting caught and taken to concentration camps. Corrie ten Boom was born on April 15, 1892 in Haarlem, Netherlands. She was the youngest of three siblings. Her sisters were Betsie and Nollie and her brother

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    when Germany invaded Holland in World War II. The main characters are Corrie, her older sisters Betsie and Nollie, her older brother Willem, and their father, Casper ten Boom, commonly referred to as Opa. The book starts out in January of 1937, in Haarlem, Holland.      When Germany invaded Holland during the beginning of World War II, the Jews were the German soldiers and Adolf Hitler’s main targets. Jews were required to wear a yellow star on their shirt, and if they walked around town during

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    but it was intended to create a fragmentation in the system which has unequal measures of the risks and security protocols which are followed. The prison industrial complex in this system was designed in order to eliminate people who are considered to be high profile criminals from the society. A lot of funds have been allocated to this system which depended entirely on policing strategies and surveillance improvements in order to help reduce the activities of terrorists. This massive investment in

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    family and friends. The story begins in January of 1937, in Haarlem, Holland. Germany invades during the beginning of World War II, the German soldiers and Adolf Hitler 's goal was the extermination of Jews. Forced to wear a yellow star on their shirt to show they were of Jewish decent and risking captivity by the German soldier issues b simply walking around town was an everyday. This, among other intolerance against the Jewish people, enraged Corrie and her family. If one was caught helping in

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    appears to be influenced by “The lamentation over the dead Christ”(Fig.1) which was painted by the Italian artist Andrea Mantegna. The style of the painting seems to resemble the painting “The liberation of Achior”(Fig. 2), painted by Cornelis van Haarlem in the 17th century. Immediately upon observing the mystery image, the viewer is able to see that the artist used foreshortening, this technique allows the

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