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    Holocaust Essay In Germany and Eastern Europe the holocaust was started by Adolf Hitler because he hated the Jews because he thought they caused the Great Depression. Also in Night by Elie Wiesel he has seen hundreds of innocent people die before his eyes. During the holocaust so many Jews died under Nazi rule in Germany because the Nazi's did not like them they thought they were bad people and so they killed lots of Jews. Many people died because they were Jews and the Nazi's hated them…

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    Thesis Question: How does the writer attempt to make the reader sympathise with the refugees in the poem? In the poem “Refugee Blues”, W.H Auden highlights the struggle of German Jews in 1939 Nazi Germany, as a couple recount the events in their gradual separation from society during the war. Having fled to the United Kingdom, Auden illustrates the life of two refugees, using repetition to exemplify their feelings of desolation and solitude. The poet develops this by noting the vast discrepancy…

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    Along both literacy and human history us humans have shown clearly examples of truly desire of power, we always want more and more. In history we can see people like Adolf Hitler who had an amazing desire for power and that’s how Nazis became so powerful. Also in Oscar Wilde’s literary piece “The Importance of Being Earnest” we can see clear examples on how humans are “addicted” to power and the rush that comes with it. In “The Importance of Being Earnest”, Ernest is a fictional figure…

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    The Second World War witnessed one of the most gruesome and tragic crimes committed against humanity, and the Holocaust, a genocide against the Jews and which occurred at the hands of the Nazis, was among them. In The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, readers are given a closer look at what may have happened behind those fences, and behind the doors to the chambers where millions of Jews were brought to death. On the surface, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a story about a kid, Bruno, who is only…

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    Emotional Restriction is a struggle that can be seen in Atwood’s The Handmaids Tale and Lowry’s The Giver this resulting in the lack of individualism, this can also be seen in the 1930’s when Hitler was ruling Germany. With a society that is restricted from emotions there is always a possibility of no uniqueness with in the society. This can be seen in the book The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, “I remember that yearning, for something that was always about to happen and was always about…

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    Race is equally destructive and unifying. When two races have opposing views, a conflict emerges leading to the destruction of a community. However, when two or more races learn to live together in harmony, it leads to the grand unification of all. Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees is a novel written to discuss the prevalent issues surrounding the civil rights movement through the narrative of a misguided, white, fourteen year old girl who felt marginalized by society. Kidd’s novel focuses…

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    Kafka Trial

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    Analysis of Franz Kafka’s “The Trial” “The Trial” by Franz Kafka is a novel of total meaningless living, wandering through court labyrinths and meaningless death. It was written in 1912 and published posthumously in 1925 by his friend Max Brod. Its manuscript was left unfinished and the author left his covenant to his friend to destroy it after his death, therefore, the novel was not intended for printing. However, despite the author's last wish, his friend decided not to obey him and not…

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    Many characters in pieces of literature are characterized as strong, brave, and courageous. The Resistance of Auschwitz in the novel, The Librarian of Auschwitz, by Antonio Iturbe are unique in which they are quietly revolting against the Nazis. They are willing to run schools, read books, and break many of the rules imposed by the villainous Nazis. Most of them are not afraid of death anymore. One man in particular, though, takes resisting the Nazis to an extreme level. In The Librarian of…

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    The film Life is Beautiful, directed by Roberto Benigni illustrates how the worst situation can be made into the best of a situation with humor. The film is centered around the Holocaust in the late 1930s in Arezzo, Italy narrating the life of a Jewish man and poet, Guido Orefice, who is trying to win over an Italian schoolteacher who is set to marry another man, Dora. Guido’s sense of humor gets him out of a lot of trouble, like intentionally giving a speech to a group of children at her…

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    Bharat Forge Case Study

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    Bharat Forge was started in 1961 by Baba Kalyani, an MIT trained engineer who wanted to put India on the map for manufacturing. He had a bold vision that the future of Indian manufacturing would be driven by sophisticated production rather than muscle power. He made a bold move to change most of his blue collared workers to white collared ones and investing heavily in automating his plant. Suzlon is a textile industry started by Tulsi Tanti in the year 1992. Initially Suzlon went from being a…

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