Persian literature

Abandoned by Stan Telchin reveals his personally journey, 20th century viewpoints of Jewish people, and ways to reach Jewish people for Yeshua. Immediately in the first chapter, Telchin captured my attention with his testimony of the opposition he encountered after accepting Yeshua. Once it was known in the Jewish community that he had received Yeshua, Telchin was immediately pegged as an outsider. He was no longer one of “them”. He details an example of the “us” versus “them” mentality that…

Othering is a process that identifies those that are thought to be different from oneself or the mainstream, and it can reinforce and reproduce the positions of domination and subordination. In society, everyone is called normal until they find someone who is exactly the opposite. People act against others because they do not understand why they are so different. In The Book of Unknown Americans written by Cristina Henriquez, a character named Maribel was othered because she had a brain injury,…

War is an opportunity for oppressors to systematically oppress marginalized groups by establishing discriminatory social structures and constructs. This is especially apparent in Hitler’s campaign against Jewish people shortly before WWII. He believed that the intermixing of Aryans and Jews would taint the blood of the Aryan lineage, eventually leading to the destruction of the human race. Anti-Jewish prejudice achieved a nationwide scale, such as the Nuremberg Laws, which forbade those of…

attempt to prove, a point. But in how to make a well rounded rhetorical argument greatly differs in which art form you are presenting. Which is why I want to look at the same story, The Pianist, but presented in two very different forms, cinematic and literature. A major difference in the two forms are its delivery. An author delivers words to it’s audience, in which its audience must analyze these words in order to depict a scene, movement, color, and conversation. Whereas a director, conducts…

The Song of the Cid was composed during a time of major change and chaos. Christian rulers were compelled to reclaim previous Christian lands in Spain from the Muslims. Through these proceedings, the relationships between Christians, Jews, and Muslims were tested in order to maintain set social boundaries. These social boundaries, however, were not absolute in reality as depicted in The Song of the Cid. Instead, Jews and Muslims present more a of a caricature view in The Song of the Cid. In this…

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Based on the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, this film portrays the life of a German child, named Bruno, throughout prewar Germany. Bruno is an eight-year old child who lives a wealthy life in Berlin along his mother, Elsa, his elder sister, Gretel, and father. Ralf, Bruno's father, is a German-soldier pertaining to the Nazis, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, who "advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion,…

Looking some of the language Joseph II’s language choices, in the Edict of Tolerance, we can see that the purpose of his reformist policies was to benefit that State’s economic standing. For instance, Since it is our purpose to make the Jews more useful and serviceable to the state, principally through according their children bette instruction and enlightenment, and by employing them in the sciences, arts, and handcrafts. The State intended to fix their economic position, by pushing the…

“We don’t have the luxury of thinking… Some people make all the decisions for us.” (Boyne 13). Although a work of fiction, this quote from Boy in the Striped Pajamas accurately depicts the mindset of many people during the Holocaust, especially children. Children of the Holocaust endured many horrific events that irrevocably changed their lives. Life before concentration camps were calm, and there was a sense of peace within the country. They experienced much persecution with the events…

The religious atmosphere that surrounded Europe during the late Middle Ages impacted the lives of people of all different backgrounds. This period was marked specifically by the Protestant Reformation but by religious changes that affected the Catholic Church as well. However, the one group that was arguably most negatively affected by this religious storm was the Jews. As a small population mainly living in Central Europe, the Jews were subjected to the ebbs and flows of popular opinion among…

Principal Decisions. The group decided to take three principle actions involving the use of military forces in the Persian Gulf. Our first decision was in response to Iran smuggling automatic rifles and hand held rocket launchers in Saudi Arabia to aid Saudi rebels. The Joint Chief of Staff recommended a higher military presence. As a result, the President ordered 120 special ops to move secretly and strategically into Dhahran to counter the influx of light arms. The next decision was in…