The Boxcar Children

Its 1944 and young Elie Wiesel is taken from his home in Sighet, Transylvania. After a 12 hour boxcar ride, Elie and the other jew from the town arrive in Oswiecim, Poland. All these innocent people will soon be loaded into the death camp “Auschwitz- Birkenau.” Throughout the Holocaust young Elie has changed from waiting for god to intervene in these horrible times to denying any and all hope from God. Elie says “It was nothing more than chance” (viii) that he survived. As a young boy Elie has

The first part of the poem is a howl of pain and confusion. This flow of words does represent a certain lack of control, and unpredictable repetitions such as “ boxcars boxcars boxcars” (Part I, later in the poem) like a broken record, might symbolise obsession. However, the depth of it reaches more subtles aspects of society. Let us now identify these people Ginsberg identify as the “best minds”. Best, because different

about the Civil War? The surprising point me was that soldiers had to march long distances with their heavy guns to fight against enemies. There were not any good transportation facilities to move to the battle fields. They had to move by trains and boxcars. Consequently, soldiers got sickness or got fatal diseases on the way to battle fields. Finally, they faced death before they would face the enemies in battle fields. 2. What was the relationship between Gibbs and his father? What actions did his

When adults take their children to the circus, they expect their child to be mesmerized. What is there for a child not to be captivated by? Between the dazzling display of lights, the vast amount of animals, and the entertaining clowns all over the place, the circus is a great experience for any child. While the tigers are jumping through hoops of fire, the elephants are being prepared to go out into the center ring. The audience is going wild and the children are screaming in excitement. Before

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reality of the story. While Billy is serving, Vonnegut illustrates the classes that dominate the military throughout the time period. He displays this by showing that the children in the war have no real power, with the German officers who run the prisoner of war camp, and the way Howard W. Campbell, Jr. sees America. The children, 18-20 year olds, in the war represent the lower class. They have no real say in what they are doing or in society, and they are just following the leader so to say. We

the curious incident of the dog in the night-time 1. The exaggerated usage of the words said and asked shows me that in Christopher's mind this conversation between the policeman and himself was like an interrogation. The repetitious use of these words shows that this conversation had turned from a friendly chat to an overwhelming bombardment of statements and questions. When I first read through chapter 11 without having read this question I saw the whole chapter change in the way it was set up

the beginning gives a solemn account of the drought, using the struggling land turtle as a metaphor for what is to come in terms of the migrant workers. Finally, though, the circle is complete, and the California rain threatens to flood the Joads’ boxcar. In the final lines of the text, Rose of Sharon, “...bared her breast.” (479), full of milk for her stillborn child, to a starving man. Rose of Sharon gives a part of herself to a stranger, and in doing this, experiences a spiritual movement that

they could’ve been unaware of what was happening around them. C. “They came for me, and there was no one else to speak for me.” says Martin Niemoller one of the bystanders from the Holocaust. Children were very vulnerable in this time period. A. Children were sent to concentration camps as well. B. Children were put to work, and had many cruelties done to them if they were to disobey. C. Jews and Gypsies weren’t aloud to go to school. Liberators were allies that liberated the concentration camps

which was located in southern Poland (“Gilbert” 1). It contained three camps that were all known as Auschwitz. Auschwitz was a death camp and a concentration camp that claimed the lives of thousands. Survivors say that when the doors first open on the boxcar at Auschwitz there was an orchestra playing, this was to trick the prisoners into thinking there were somewhere better (“The Death Camps” 21). Physician Gisella Perl described the overall picture of Auschwitz she received when she first arrived as