Sunflower

In World War II, the Nazis committed unspeakable atrocities against the Jewish population, as well as many other groups of individuals deemed unworthy in the eyes of the Nazi party. In Simon Wiesenthal’s memoir “The Sunflower”, Karl, a energetic and enthusiastic member of the SS and previous Hitler’s youth participant who has found himself in a hospital bed, is one such member of the Nazi party who has committed crimes against humanity. Despite his misdeeds against the Jewish population, Karl…

The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal is about his unique experience during the Holocaust. While in the Lemberg concentration camp, he is ordered to work at a hospital for German soldiers. While working there he is taken to a dying SS man, Karl Seidl, who wants forgiveness from him, a Jew, for what he did. Karl first tells him about his life. He was brought up as a Catholic by his parents, but later joined the Hitler Youth. Later in his life, war broke out and he volunteered in the SS. He then told…

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is a spiritual leader of Buddhists. He writes an article in the “Sunflower Symposium” (129), in which he claims that one should forgive but should not forget the atrocities of one person or persons. In his article, Gyatso shares two stories, one is about the China’s invasion of Tibet which costed 1.2 million of Tibetans, and the other is about a Tibetan monk who had been in the Chinese prison for eight years. Both of them explain the “Buddhist culture of…

The Diary of Anne Frank (2009) is completely different compared to the novels The Sunflower and The Reader. Unlike both stories, The Diary of Anne Frank (2009) focuses on a Jewish family hiding from the Nazi regime during the Holocaust, while the two other novels describe the aftermath after the Holocaust and using characters to sympathize members who were part of the Nazi regime. Anne tells her story in a cheerful manner; however, their fear was prevalent throughout the film, which clashed my…

The Sunflower is a non-fiction book; written by Simon Wiesenthal. In this book, Simon (a Jew) was working for the Nazi’s, while he got pulled aside by a nurse. The nurse asked him to come speak to a dying S.S. Man (Karl). Simon went into the room, and Karl told him the horrendous crimes he has committed. Karl tells Simon this to get forgiveness from a Jew for his crimes; so he can die in peace. Simon is overwhelmed and walks out, and says nothing. For the rest of his life he contemplates-did I…

In the novel, “The Sunflower” written by Simon Wiesenthal, Simon is in a constant battle with himself if he should have forgiven Karl for his crimes and the Nazi soldiers for his life. Everyone he knows or encounters have told him something different but never understood if he should have forgiven Karl or not. Deep down Simon knows that Karl felt sorrow for his errors he has done. At the end of his memoir, Wiesenthal asks us, the readers, what would we have done if we were in the situation he…

As a concerned father, citizen and taxpayer of Sunflower County, I am deeply moved by what is currently transpiring in the Sunflower County Consolidated School District (SCCSD). In recent days, I have contacted the school district repeatedly trying relentlessly to reach newly appointed Superintendent Miskia Davis in hopes of possibly having an opportunity to speak with her regarding certain concerns that have recently developed or are currently developing even now. These grave concerns not only…

Vincent van Gogh is one of the great sufferers of the Nazi plunder; five of his famous paintings were destroyed in fire during World War 2 (Van Gogh Gallery). One of the destroyed paintings is his still life painting, “Vase with Five Sunflowers” (Van Gogh Gallery). This painting was done in 1888 and was created for the purpose of decoration of Van Gogh’s studio. In 1945, this artwork was the private collection of Koyata Yamamoto; however, the painting was soon “destroyed by fire in an…

Normative Decision Theory By: Jana Short This theory was developed by Victor Vroom, Phillip Yetton and Arthur Jago, aka Vroom-Yetton-Jago contingency model. It is a situational leadership theory used to find the best style of leadership based on the situation. This includes helping leaders decide how much employee participation, from zero to one hundred percent, should be used when making decisions. The diagram shows five different decision-making styles which vary from autocratic…

The poems "Two Sunflowers Move In The Yellow Room" ,by Nancy Willard, and "There Will Come Soft Rains" ,by Sara Teasdale, are both short poems that have deep meaning to it. The poem "Two Sunflowers Move In The Yellow Room" is about how two sunflowers are literally moved into a yellow room. "There Will Come Soft Rains" is about how nature and animals are living and thriving and how they wouldn't notice if mankind perished. The theme of "Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room" is about change and…