Governess

Sofka Skipwith is an extraordinary princess who saved many Jews. There is a lot about her life that is unknown to many people. Her life before the war was hard for her. During the war, it was still hard for her and everyone around her. Even after the war it was hard, but Sofka always found a way to make life easier. Sofka Skipwith was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1907. She was the daughter of Prince Peter Alexandrovich Dolgorouky of St. Petersburg of Russia. Sofka was one of the first…

Like Kingshaw in the end of the novel, I’m also free. I am finally free from reading this book. Not because it’s bad. It’s because it’s too emotionally overwhelming. Finishing it makes me look back at my mundane over-dramatic complaints and see how minimal it is comparing to Kingshaw. I feel blessed by God for protecting me from the unfortunate. I stumbled across this book whilst skimming through the bookshelves in my local bookstore, my attention was caught in the somber atmosphere of the…

Sofka’s extraordinary life ranged from childhood in the highest court circles of Tsarist Russia to Communist Party meetings in post-war Chelsea, and ended peacefully on a remote patch of Bodkin Moor. She appeared just six weeks ago on a Time watch television documentary on Rasputin, recalling in a few moments' shots the pre-1917 Russia from which she had come so long ago. Sofka Skipwith was a hero of the Holocaust and saved 2000 French Jewish women. She was born Sofka Dolgorouky in St…

Beauty emulates from every turn of expression, personal detail, and of course, the harsh reality crashing against the woes of traditional American film. Ivan’s Childhood, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, emphasizes the dark seduction of hatred and savagery of war. While moments of pure emotion may find its way into small corners of the film, the raging destruction continues, both in the mind and world. Using abstract character symbolism, historical references, and success versus failure, Ivan’s…

lower knowledge. Ultimately, knowledge helps women get more influence and become independent from men. Helen’s demonstration of great knowledge eventually influences Jane to gain more knowledge and become a fairly independent governess. At Thornfield, where she works as a governess, she falls in love with her master, Mr. Rochester. But when it comes time to leave him, she finds a way to sustain herself without being dependent on Rochester like she was before: through teaching. (need to fix →)…

1. I believe the depiction of non-Jewish Poles in the book is negative. The caricature chosen to depict the Poles was the pig, a disorderly and dirty animal. The non-Jewish Polish governess stated, “It’s those Nazis stirring everybody up.” Anja replied, “When it comes to Jews, the Poles don’t need much stirring up!”(I/37). The Kapos in the books were non-Jewish Poles and they were brutal. Vladek states that all day they would kick, hit and yell until some dropped dead. They did this for “sport”…

fever which she also caught but survived from. When their mother died in 1877 the Mcmillian girls decided to split away from each other, Rachel stayed in Inverness to look after her Grandmother and Margaret moved away to London to train to be a governess. When visiting Edinburgh in 1887 Rachel Mcmillan’s cousin took her to many socialist meetings which opened up her mind to socialism. When she went home Rachel wrote to a friend saying "I think that, very soon, when these teachings and ideas are…

Born on March 30, 1853, in Zundert, Netherlands, Vincent Van Gogh became one of the world 's greatest Post-Impressionist artists of his time. The son of Theodorus Van Gogh and Anna Carbentus, Vincent grew up in a village in Holland. He also had three sisters and two brothers; Theo, Cor, Anna, Wil, and Lies. Subsequently, they were all raised and brought up in a religious and cultural atmosphere. Vincent Van Gogh struggled during the course of his life, trying to find a niche in which he…

free time? What was her occupation? What happened to her near her end? Marie isn’t just a historical figure, but she was a real person like anyone; she left a lasting impact on the world around her. Marie Curie had many jobs. Marie Curie was a governess for a short amount of time to fund her sister Bronya’s education, before getting her own education. “Leaving her home to follow her passion for science,” as author Saundra Mitchell put it (2016, pg. 37). After education, she became a teacher,…

Another key element to what Mary Thorp views as British is the adherence to one’s responsibility and duty. One of the best examples of this from the book can be seen in Thorp’s diary entry on March 6th 1917 where she states, “If I were in England, how glad I should be to volunteer for the civil service, in such great need just now; still I feel I did my duty in remaining at my post & trying to make good men of the three boys” (100). This quote is interesting as it examines two aspects of duty…