Graffiti Knight- Draft #3
Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass is a great book for IB students to read. It gives the reader a deeper understanding of the global context of Fairness and Development. This book is about how a young man named Wilhelm and the rest of the German citizens are in the control of the Soviets, and they are treated very poorly. Wilhelm and his group of friends become leaders in rebelling against the soviets. The book describes the topics of inequality, developing countries and human rights that tie in with fairness.
Inequality has a big part in this story, mainly the Soviets Army discriminating against the citizens of Leipzig. Post World War II, the battle between the Soviets and the German citizens are still going on two years after the war finished. A group of soviets sexually assaulted Anneliese, Wilm’s sister, because they wanted to and she looked pretty. This is a huge inequality problem, and the Germans are helpless, allowing them to commit this crime. There was another time when the Soviets seized 1800 kilograms of butter. This was also very important to the main idea as this shows great inequality as the Soviets had no reason to take the butter, they wanted to show that the Germans are have no control over what happens. This event occurred in history. These two …show more content…
Graffiti Knight provides the IB student with an understanding of fairness and development, on a personal level. This novel does just that by showing us a true fact of fairness. The Prisoners of War that wouldn’t be let off the train was a historic event. This is showing a complete dictatorship. The Soviets would not let them off the train no matter what, and they couldn’t argue. This links directly to the fairness part. Fairness is showed poorly in this story clearly and truly, these are true facts. This is why Graffiti Knight is a great book for IB
Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass is a great book for IB students to read. It gives the reader a deeper understanding of the global context of Fairness and Development. This book is about how a young man named Wilhelm and the rest of the German citizens are in the control of the Soviets, and they are treated very poorly. Wilhelm and his group of friends become leaders in rebelling against the soviets. The book describes the topics of inequality, developing countries and human rights that tie in with fairness.
Inequality has a big part in this story, mainly the Soviets Army discriminating against the citizens of Leipzig. Post World War II, the battle between the Soviets and the German citizens are still going on two years after the war finished. A group of soviets sexually assaulted Anneliese, Wilm’s sister, because they wanted to and she looked pretty. This is a huge inequality problem, and the Germans are helpless, allowing them to commit this crime. There was another time when the Soviets seized 1800 kilograms of butter. This was also very important to the main idea as this shows great inequality as the Soviets had no reason to take the butter, they wanted to show that the Germans are have no control over what happens. This event occurred in history. These two …show more content…
Graffiti Knight provides the IB student with an understanding of fairness and development, on a personal level. This novel does just that by showing us a true fact of fairness. The Prisoners of War that wouldn’t be let off the train was a historic event. This is showing a complete dictatorship. The Soviets would not let them off the train no matter what, and they couldn’t argue. This links directly to the fairness part. Fairness is showed poorly in this story clearly and truly, these are true facts. This is why Graffiti Knight is a great book for IB