War is a dark time, where both sides end up with scars. This is one of the many thought provoking realities that Pat Carr addresses in the story "Leaving Gilead". It's the kind of truth nobody thinks about until they're in the middle of a battle, and are seeing death on both sides. While peace can only be achieved through war, the aftermath isn't a happy ending for anyone. Nobody wins in war.…
Throughout history, war has often proven to be a transformative event not only to the countries involved, but also to the soldiers and citizens who lived through and experienced the war. World War 1, also known as the Great War, was one of the most globally transformative events in human history. This war mainly pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire against France, Britain, Russia, and Italy. War is not only tragic, but it transforms the public’s opinion about their enemies and of war in general. The true horrors of war are shown by the effect on the soldier’s minds.…
War is a period of time in which lines between right and wrong are blurred. When you’re up against a claimed enemy, the cost of their lives is the price you must pay in order to further your goal. Sometimes we don’t always know what consequences will follow our actions, but in this case, the price of war has followed on throughout generations and generations of people. Leaving a lasting effect on not only the claimed “enemies” but also on them as well.…
World War I was one of the deadliest wars in human history, killing sixteen million soldiers alone, with a total of thirty seven million casualties including civilians. Mankind has been shaped by war throughout its existence. War can vary with type such as guerrilla or nuclear warfare. However, one aspect of war that remains the same is its ability to lay waste to all in its path. War has killed, not only the promising young men and women, but it has killed their dreams and goals.…
Douglas MacArthur once said, “The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war”. War protects us, our beliefs, and our freedom from those who wish to take is away, but like everything in the world it comes at a price. Men lose their lives or loses good friends on the field of battle and those who come home are never the same. The men who fought in the war are the victims that are most negatively affected by the it.…
What is your identity? That’s the question I’m gonna be answering about Anne Frank. There is a lot of words to describe this brave young women, and independent is one of them. Her identity is shown when she talks to other people. The external and internal forces also play a role in Anne’s identity.…
Jewish people had hidden in houses that were no longer being used also in cemetery’s and basements. Nelly Cesana said,” I remember the fear, of never feeling safe. You had to hide constantly. And the hunger — I would sit in our apartment and look out the window, and I would see the Polish children across the street bringing milk back home,” This little girl had to constantly hide from Nazi soldiers. She lived in fear of being taken or killed everyday.…
But most important kids are suffering they are getting hurt or worst they might be dying, they are innocent kids don't have to pay for what adults do. Kids are the future they are the ones who have the power to…
Literature is a valuable part of history. The Holocaust's story was built upon several hundreds of stories, novels, and other forms of writing were written while it occurred. The literature from the Holocaust gave a true perspective of what it was like to live a life such as that. As an example, Anne Frank was a writer in the Holocaust but not as a novel or story writer, but a diary writer. Anne Frank didn't survive the Holocaust, but while she hid from the enforcers of the Holocaust, Anne wrote in her own diary.…
Imagine being a young teenager, having to hide for your life, wondering when your next is meal is going to be and having your family stripped away from you. Many of us day to day people wouldn’t be able to comprehend having such a troublesome life, but Anne Frank did. Anne Frank took a role in WWII (specifically the Holocaust) by giving us an insight of the lives of the Jewish during the holocaust. Many of the information that we know today about the Holocaust came from her diary. Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany, on June 12, 1929.…
Anne Frank Essay: The holocaust was a horrific event in history where thousands of Jews lost their lives. However one girl, Anne Frank said “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” Despite of everything all of them went though they are still good. She can see the good in everything.…
One of the most exceptional, powerful, and heartbreaking books that focuses on The Second World War era and The Holocaust. Anne Frank introduces us her so- called diary " Kitty" in which we witness a story of absolute transformation from innocence to experience, and from beauty to distortion. It an authentic random ramblings which focuses on the ugly consequences of war. Moreover, what makes this diary more fascinating than any other, is the amount of honesty, and straightforwardness exerted in it.…
There are many interesting parts throughout a nonfiction work of writing; the most interesting piece of information I learned while reading Anne Frank’s, The Diary of a Young Girl, was how Anne managed to accept her difficult life while staying positive. For example, Anne understood the problems from the war: “...we really ought to save every penny, to help other people, and save what is left from the wreckage after the war” (64). In spite of the fact that Anne dealt through problems with her family, she still strived to comfort others during the war. Comparatively, Anne exclaimed, “It is really true that as the news from outside gets worse, so the radio with its miraculous voice helps us to keep up our morale and to say again, ‘Chins…
Morris Gleitzman’s fictional novel, ‘Once and Then’ teaches us that everyone in life needs to see the world in a different way. Gleitzman shows this by using the perspective of a little Jewish boy. Felix’s dangerous, yet very meaningful journey to find his parents also shows that even though Felix is a child he can play such an important role in showing the reader what really happened. During the Holocaust, Jewish people had some hard times. Getting relocated, losing family members, but one thing we don’t know is how other people felt.…
Have you ever heard of the Holocaust that took place in the 1930’s and 40’s? Have you ever heard of the Nazis that took control in Germany, and everything around it? Well, in the two excerpts, “Until Then I Had Only Read about These Things in Books,” and, the excerpt from Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli, and the poem, “The Guard,” by Jennifer Roy, there are many circumstances in which children are attempting to survive this event. However, the narrators express their feelings, and either have similar feelings toward experiences with the “Jackboots”/Nazis, or different emotions.…