Primo Levi

are present throughout capitalist society. They can be seen in both the principles Taylorism and Fordism, which encompass the progression of industrialized work and harsh manual labor. Marx’s four ideas of alienation of labor can also be found in Primo Levi’s recount of his time in the labor camp, Auschwitz. Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz can be viewed as the logical extension of capitalist ethics under an authoritarian…

Levi and Arendt: Banality Of Evil During 1941 to 1945 Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich tried to eliminate all Jews. What they did was a systematic, organized genocide. Some people shared the ideology of the Führer and believed that the Jews were the cause of Germany’s problems and therefore should be punished. Some people believed that what was happening in Germany was horrible and there were those that believed that what they were doing was not bad because they were only doing their job. Some…

Primo Levi has a view that humans have a complex relationship with the earth. In his writing he portrays the awareness of humans place on earth. In order to be a scientist, one has to cultivate between predictability (mechanistic philosophy) and the earth being alive (Gaia-hypothesis). Without predictability, one would not have any knowledge on anything; if the world was pure randomness, there would be no meaning to anything and nothing would matter. The Gaia-hypothesis enables us, humans, to…

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi was very interesting. You could really tell that he had a deep fascination with chemistry. He relates what happens in his life to the chemical elements. Each chapter of the book is named after a chemical element in the periodic table and he relates all of his life. He doesn’t seem to be able to separate his work life and personal life. It’s almost like the more he came to understand the periodic table and how to work with the elements he would also understand…

“I was captured by the Fascist Militia on December 13, 1943” (Levi 2). Thus begins Primo Levi’s account of the debilitation, demoralization, and destruction he witnessed as a prisoner of the Nazi regime’s largest concentration camp, Auschwitz. Levi’s memoir, If This is a Man, requires its readers to examine and comprehend the history surrounding the extreme actions taken against the Jewish population during World War II. However, in the 21st century, the understanding of this genocide is…

this time can be told to connect to the readers’ emotions. The readers feel sympathy and sadness. “In this world shaken every day more deeply by the omens of its nearing end, amidst new terror and hopes, with intervals of exasperated slavery” (Levi, Primo 397). Catharsis will be present if the reader feels sympathy and want to stop the conflict. Levi’s objective is to express the issue and show his experience in the situation. When including so much diction, antithesis, theme, and many other…

showing me how the guards deceived the prisoners thinking that they would be let out of the camp early free but in reality it was not true because the guards will kill the prisoners whether they get what they want or not even if it is by force. After Primo Levi was captured by the militia he was describing his situation and what camp he would be sent to by the Nazis for example he was being interrogated by the SS…

Fiction is a piece of work created from the imagination of its creator. This piece of work can be communicated though TV shows, movies, novels, plays, etc. There are many different types of fiction genres such as mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, and romance. Fiction has been present for centuries in the form of storytelling and has evolved over the years so as to be part of our everyday life. The concept of fiction is more than just entertainment; it is personally enriching and offers an…

people on it (see attached image). To forgive and be judged by your peers, or deny a dying man forgiveness for his crimes is a lot like trying to decide which track your trolley will take. I found my answer through the sunflower, and the responses of Primo Levi, The Dalai Lama, Martin E Marty. My viewed position; as much as painful as it would be, is forgiveness. I come from a religious upbringing, I was always taught in sunday school that God forgives…

In Primo Levi’s memoir, If This Is a Man, Levi focuses not on just recounting the atrocities he was forced to endure and bear witness to but provides a coldly objective narrative of the acts that humans are capable of in extreme situations. These acts run the gamut from kindness exhibited with no expectations in return to callous manipulation to the detriment of others. Levi is very intentional in avoiding judging the actions of others in the camp, although he cannot always remain so objective…