Barbed wire

Graffiti first emerged in places like Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and The Roman Empire in coliseums in the form of curse words. Although the word itself came from the Italian word “Graffitio” (a Scratch) later becoming the word Graffiti in the mid 19th Century.It then sprouted in the 1970’s where it was known as “Vandilism”, then became street art in the mid 80’s , it then moved to gallery art and even becoming a part of pop-culture. Graffiti has changed a lot after it’s debut. The 1970’s…

The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall The United States’ and Soviet Union’s victory over Germany at the Elbe River, gave an image of peace to the rest of the world, as two nations combined to defeat a power that did everything it could to rise up and control the rest of the world. Unfortunately, human nature has shown, previous to World War II, that the world can’t live in peace because only one can be the best and most powerful. When Germany surrendered in the spring of 1945, the peace-making…

The nations of the world were divided by two alliances called The Central Powers and The Allied Powers. On the other hand, World War II began in 1939 and last until 1945. Germany was the primary reason for this war, and the alliances of each side fell into place. This war was divided into groups called The Axis and the Allies. World War I was triggered when Francis Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, was assassinated in June 1914. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey were called the Central Powers…

The Holocaust survivor, Viktor E. Frankl said “when we are no longer able to change a situation we are challenged to change ourselves.” While in the Holocaust, Frank was faced to change himself and his perspective because of the trauma he faced at the camp. Viktor E. Frankl is similar to Elie Wiesel because they were holocaust survivors, and their lives and views were changed along with the mood of the story, while in the concentration camp. In Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night the mood shifts from…

death, they are put to the ultimate test, whether the will to survive is stronger than the will to give up. Elie and his father struggle with survival from the beginning as they arrive at their first camp, Birkenau. “I’ll run into the electrified barbed wire. That would be easier than a slow death in the flames.” Elies father did not answer, “He was weeping.” His father might have not said anything because he could have…

Unit 3 Summative Assessment In the references: Night, To Kill a Mockingbird, and “Rwandan Genocide,” many human rights mentioned in “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights” were violated throughout each. Night is an autobiography written by Elie Wiesel, who was a Jew that survived the Holocaust. He suffered through many concentration camps and endured the pain that came along with them. To Kill a Mockingbird is a fictional book, written in retrospect. Scout, the narrator, is a young girl…

In various unrevealed capacities he had come in contact with such people, but always with indiscernible barbed wire between. He found her excitingly desirable.” (Fitzgerald, 148) This shows how much Gastby actually liked Daisy. She was the first that made Gatsby feel in a different way then all of the other girls he had met. Gatsby purchased nice things for her…

The fall of the Berlin Wall not only symbolized the end of the Cold War, communism, and dictatorship in Eastern Germany, but it was also a great impact on European history. The Berlin Wall, despite its monstrous purpose, brought some positive consequences to the people of Germany. During the twenty-eight years the wall stood, many friendships and families were torn apart due to a physical separation, as well as metaphorical due to stigmas, controversies, and stereotypes. As the wall was built up…

Megan Engelman Dr. D’Ann Campbell First Year Experience 100 B 8 November 2015 Paper #3 The Holocaust When you think about the Holocaust you think of Adolf Hitler, the Jewish, and millions of deaths. Now I am going to tell you about the rest. The definition of Holocaust is “destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.” According to Adolf Hitler the Jews were an inferior race that threatened the German racial purity. However, the Holocaust was not the…

The war spread to about every country, and killed 6 million people, especially the people Hitler didn’t like. When the war finally ended in 1945 almost all of Germany was distorted(Culturegrams). On August 13, 1961 East Germany began to build a barbed wire and concrete between the East and West. The Berlin wall didn’t come down until November 9, 1989.(Berlin Wall). Berlin Wall(Berlin Wall) Culturegrams says,”In 1914 Germany allied with Turkey and Austria. The United States joined Britain,…