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Auschwitz: The Horrors Revealed Germany, World War II, in the height of the war, the Nazi’s were in power. In Poland, there was a place that would bring the strongest men to their knees, this place was Auschwitz. World War II was a terrifying time for the Jewish people; Auschwitz killed, enslaved, and experimented with these poor people. In the first and largest camp, the Jews were put to work as slaves; they worked so hard that some of them dropped dead where they worked. Auschwitz became a…

Imagine landowners in the 1900’s, who owned a wide swath of land that has been passed down through the generations. As they look out the window, they see rolling hills and verdant fields. But when they’re strolling the property, they have an epiphany that these are not just normal hills, but man made mounds. Imagine their shock and amazement as they discover what has been under what they thought were hills for all these years. This is what Mrs. Edith Pretty must have thought as she realized…

Your culture influences your morals and ideas, shaping you from the youngest age, and yet one incident can change your perspective. A person’s view of life changes throughout and by their experiences; traumatic, dramatic, or otherwise. Death is a averse subject at best in any culture, however, it is one that needs approaching more often. Even as it needs to be more talked about, it also needs to be said that perceptions of it change from culture to culture and person to person as well. It…

line “the air was heavy with odors of diarrhea,” as “heavy” relates to touch and “odors” relates to smell. This makes the reader imagine the unhygienic conditions in the camp. There are a lot of death connotations used. “Ghost,” “skull,” and “tiny grave” are several examples. These connotations are used to foreshadow the…

Case Studies Case 1: During my visit to St. John 's Episcopal Cemetery in Valle Crucis, NC, I came across an interesting example of a laser etched image on Charles Dotson 's gravestone. Etched on Charles 's stone was an image of the USS San Diego along with the inscriptions "WWII," "Bronze Star Recipient," and "Brother Our Hero." Initially, I could figure that Charles was a member of the crew of the USS San Diego during his life, and that time was a defining factor of his personal identity.…

Ed Gein: A Schizophrenic Psychopath “When I see a pretty girl walking down the street, I think two things. One part wants to be real nice and sweet, and the other part wonders what her head would look like on a stick.” - Ed Gein Ed was part of 1.2% of the world who suffered from schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder in which a person hears auditory hallucinations, has disorganized thinking, their speech is diminished and they have inappropriate emotion. Many people who…

“Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas is a villanelle poem that consists of five stanzas with three lines and the last stanza with four lines. The first and third lines are alternating repeated in other stanza of this work. In this poem, the poet makes use of some descriptive language to show certain emotions and how it builds up the poet’s state of mind. This poem portrays the idea of fighting against odds and resisting the death which gives an insight into the mind of a…

It is better to let out a secret sooner rather than later because it can make a person to go insane. The novel The Scarlet letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne was filled with secrets and conflicts. The novel takes place during the 1850s; when people were accused for multiple reasons and trialed. Most of the trials were for adultery. In this novel, one character; Arthur Dimmesdale was accused for adultery. He loved Hester Prynne who also was accused for adultery because she was already…

Christian tradition. The poet also enters the synagogue of nature and so establishes the holiness of nature. The poet also uses words rich with religious symbolism in particular - mourn, darkness, last light, humbling, salt, seed. Zion, synagogue, grave, and, of course, death. The poem is written in the first person and it reveals more about the poet and his refusal to mourn, than the child. The child is mentioned for the first time in the third stanza – “the majesty and burning of the child’s…

Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States of America. President Wilson was born on December 28, 1856. When President Wilson was 16, and when he passed college he was the only president to get a diploma. His first job was the governor of New Jersey it was a steady stroll until the railroad rebelled against him and drove him out of the position governor. After that, he met a girl named Ellen Louise after a couple of years of dating they got married. Before Wilson was president…