Boxcar

Heroes act as symbols for the qualities we wish to possess and ambitions we want to satisfy. While loneliness is the state of feeling unhappy because of being alone, solitude is a condition of peace from one’s choice to be alone. Loneliness is a prison of the mind, where one involuntarily resides, but constantly longs to escape, whereas solitude is a peaceful and quiet garden, where one is content with the absence of others. With happiness the ultimate goal, or the top of the ladder,…

his men depart from, they find a boxcar. Everett enters the boxcar first and as the leader, as Odysseus was of his men, he addressed them first and trusted his men to follow in his stead. However, just as Odysseus was often left to deal with the consequences of his “men [committing a] monstrous crime [to the gods]!” (12. 154), Everett had to deal with his followers, Pete and Delmar, dragging him down, sometimes literally as Pete did when he fell out of the boxcar. Towards the end of Homer’s…

Frantically, the family tried their hardest to combat the downpour by digging up a levy so that the water went to a place to go besides the boxcars, since the creek was quickly filling with water. After all of the men’s hard work trying to fight the uncontrollable force of rain, a tree breaks the levy and water comes flooding in. “The water piled up against the tree. And then the bank washed…

The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen delivers the message of remembering much better and more aptly than the movie adaption directed by Donna Deitch, because of the relationship of the characters, the shooting scene, and the scenes and characters omitted from the movie. The relationships of the characters in the novel increase the importance of the theme of remembering much better than the relationships of the characters in the movie. For example, in the novel, some of the prisoners in the…

beginning of the article, Natalie Posin shows some harsh imagery in her favorite movie “Dumbo.” “ There is a heart-wrenching scene where Dumbo is being cradled by his mother, who is chained inside a boxcar.” It really shows a negative image when a disney movie shows Dumbo’s mother chained in a boxcar. It conveys an image for children that it's alright for animals to be chained up in cages. Another example of imagery is when Natalie shares that “Elephants are forced to perform tricks such as…

Looking back through the years in history you will find several Scientist that stand out in their fields of study for various reasons. But, have you ever thought of what life events helped them decide what they would become? Thomas Edison is well known for his invention the light bulb which is commonly used today. However there are some interesting facts about his life that few of us know about. First, Thomas was hard of hearing and actually liked it. He was also homeschooled by his mother. And…

to sit in the sun for long periods of time without shade. They received almost no water or food and if they asked for water, they were killed. When they reached San Fernando, they were put into boxcars to travel to Capas. The boxcars were made to hold 30-40 men and they put about 115 men in each boxcar. This made more die from suffocation and heat exhaustion. From Capas they walked further to Camp O’Donnell. Here they emptied their possessions and if they had anything Japanese, they were shot…

from humans being social individuals to create a social structure that is accepted by all. The Nazis remove this ideal from their prisoners too, and further manipulate this desire once the prisoners enter the Lager. They start this with the boxcars. In these boxcars, there were anywhere from fifty to one hundred and twenty people, no windows, and no bathroom (Levi pg 111). Fortunately for Levi, a woman brought a chamber pot that became a temporary toilet. Levi remarks how being made to urinate…

Through The Box Man, Ascher portrays her main point that all must be content with the inevitability of isolation. The thesis of The Box Man is revealed by the juxtaposition a man’s simple life in chosen solitude with the lives of two women attempting to avoid a solitary life. In the final paragraphs of Ascher’s essay, she reveals her main point that “this [life] is a solo voyage” (paragraph 19). She continues to explain that the only hope that can be pursued in life is being content with…

1. The feat that not many dared to try was to escape the lead-sealed boxcars on the way to extermination camps. The reason why not many tried to escape was because it required tremendous bravery to do so and it was nearly impossible to lift up the floor boards of the packed train car to escape. Also even when one did manage to escape the boxcar they would most likely get killed from being thrown beneath and run over by the roaring train. 2. The woman lying on the tracks was shot in the knee,…