Righteous among the Nations

In George Orwell’s 1984 the Government of Oceania, the Party, uses propaganda as a means of controlling and twisting the beliefs of the party members. Propaganda in the real world has not only been used to convince others that a certain cause is righteous, but it has also been used to influence individuals to join the cause. Propaganda can be spread through many outlets and can reach entire populations. Propaganda has been used in many circumstances through stereotyping in both 1984 as well as…

time. Also that through their faith, every one of them could be justified with God. This was an uphill battle for Paul because, as the father of all Jews, it was a widely held belief that Abraham was justified in the sight of God because of his righteous character and the keeping God’s commandments. Also known as the law. Paul sees the best way to dispel this notion is to explain to the Romans that when God makes the covenant with Abraham in Genesis chapter 15, it is approximately six hundred…

Irena Sendler was a Polish nurse, humanitarian, and social worker who served in the Polish Underground during World War II in Warsaw. The German had already taken over Warsaw at the time. Irena was the head of the children's section of Zegota, the Polish Council to Aid Jews which was active from 1942 to 1945. Assisted by some two dozen other Zegota members, Sendler smuggled approximately 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then provided them with false identity documents and…

which are not local, but universal, and through which the principles of all Lovers of Mankind are affected.” (Paine 325). A sense of self-worth and passion to stand for one’s righteous ideas are some of the core things that Paine was trying to convey to the people. “Common Sense” was the written justification for such righteous ideas, and became the spark that ignited the colonial revolution against the English…

Their doing so is more than a good deed, it is an action that brings the society closer to the way things ought to be. It is an action that tangibly works towards seeing goodness and righteousness restored. It is no surprise then that for the nation of Israel, a large part of what justice and righteousness practically looked like was caring for the needs of these people that had a hard time caring for themselves. The deeds that the Israelites were asked to do for their neighbours often…

The factors that led some non-Jewish people to work against the Nazi Holocaust in German-occupied Europe were their beliefs/convictions, personal characteristics and simply for reason of humanity. Righteous Among the Nations is an honorific that describe non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. This is because, resisting the Nazi movement during World War 2 was deemed as a capital offense; accordingly, people who helped Jews would have been incarcerated in camps and…

Early life: Frank Foley was born November 24 1884 in Highbridge, United Kingdom of Great Britain. He was the third son of Isabella and Andrew Foley. Andrew Wood Foley (Frank’s father) was an engineer. After attending local schools throughout his life Frank was ready to college. He won a educational scholarship to Stonyhurst College. He also went to Royal Military College and was the second lieutenant in Hertfordshire. Historical Background: The Holocaust was started in Germany where the…

Jane Haining was a matron at the Girl's Home of the Scottish Mission in Budapest who always put her kid's lives before hers. She was born in Dunscore, Dunfriesshire in Scotland. She spend twelve years of her life teaching and had grown to be loved and respected by her students and colleagues. Her mother died when she was only five so she grew up taking care of her sisters and learning to put her life behind others. In 1939, Nazis invaded Poland and Britain and declared war on Germany. Hungary…

This research is conducted with the hope of rooting out this unethical behavior on the part of police officers across our nation. This unethical behavior on the part of some police officers diminishes the role of a police officer and diminishes the integrity of law enforcement across our nation (Martin, 2011). Police corruption makes people speculate about the role of law enforcement in our society. The negative effect and influence of corrupt police departments…

God removed the sins of the nation (Feinberg 1958:320). On this day they also sought God’s forgiveness and reconciliation to Him. The three important elements in corporate atonement are atonement, reconciliation and dedication. 1.1 Atonement The Day of Atonement “symbolize for Israel the substitutionary atonement God provided for their sins and the total removal of their guilt” (Harris 1990:588-589). Thus, it was an opportunity for the…