Werner Heisenberg

While due in part to the economic factors of the war; this stifling of progress from scientists who before lead the world in their prolificness, was also due to the political climate imposed upon them by the Nazis. Even though Heisenberg was as close to Aryan as the Nazis could want, the fact that he supported the science of Einstein and other Jewish scientists made him fall out of favour. In fact the longer he stayed in Germany the more opposition he received, being labeled a “White Jew” for supporting relativity forced him to undergo scrutiny by the government and do special “cultural missions” in occupied countries. Despite his staying in Germany he was still conflicted about the nature of the actions taken by the Nazis. He stayed because he had faith that the Nazis would win the war8 but still did not necessarily approve of the actions of the Third Reich. In his response to a colleague regarding the treatment of the Jews in Germany he responded, “I find that it is very difficult to judge from the character of the people, that what can happen during a revolution, and also from a revolution to judge the character of the people.” Here you can see Heisenberg trying to reconcile his belief in the German people and the horrendous acts of their government. This conflict of morality is a significant context for all of the scientists…

sacrifice of the people. It gives only suffering in return.” This explains the situations of Robert Ross, Werner Heisenberg, and Niels Bohr. They all sacrificed, which only lead to suffering for all of them. Although one is a coming of age novel about a WW1 soldier and the other is a play about an imaginary meeting of WWII scientists, both The Wars by Timothy Findley and Copenhagen by Michael Frayn explore the ways in which war affects individuals through the evolution of character, their…

“Anthem”, written by Ayn Rand, is a story about Equality 7-2521, and all of his trials in loveless world in which even the words mine and I are forbidden. This world’s technology level has dropped to the point where they use candles instead of light bulbs. Equality 7-2521 discovers a dark tunnel and uses things he has found in it to create a basic light bulb. He wants to show it to the World Council of Scholars, but they don’t accept it. Equality runs away into the forbidden forest with…

In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Montag, the book-saver, tried to escape the world of the overwhelming technology. Social activities were replaced by inane TV shows where clowns tear their limbs apart, families are replaced by the “family” on the television, and where thoughts are stopped by deafening TV commercials. Bradbury’s vision of today seems to be precise seeing that people started to care less about each other, people stop thinking due to the overload of technological…

Although many underlying messages are prominent throughout this novel the main overlying theme is that blind acceptance of societal norms is a catalyst for the loss of oneself .This is expressed continuously by the action taken by characters throughout the novel. At the start of Fahrenheit 451 Montag seems perfectly happy accepting his occupation of destroying literature as a fireman. This false sense of happiness begins to come unraveled as Montag meets Clarisse. Clarisse helps to establish…

In the Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury tells us a story how the whole society has been disconnected from the reality and how books are being burned so no one can escape the prison. In this story, we see how Ray Bready a fireman is who doesn’t put out the but puts fire in houses to burn them. The reason they burn the houses is that it a crime to read books in this society. In this society, there is not allowed to read books because they think that if they read books it creates emotions and that can…

Wayne Dyer once said, “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about” In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, ignorance is a common theme. From the thoughtless decisions Guy Montag realizes he has been making when he meet Clarisse, to the harsh rules the town has to destroy any literature, and the effect of burning the books has on the town people. The ignorance shown in the novel is greatly shown on page 95, due to the encounter of Guy Montag with…

The film that I have chosen to analyze is Lessons of Darkness by Werner Herzog. I chose this film because I really enjoy Herzog’s film style, and I also enjoy how he uses specific shots and scenes to portray how he is against the gruesome nature of war and attacks. In this film, I have chosen two sequences where I believe that Herzog is trying to get his point across of the violence that come from war. For example, as Herzog uses the first sequence of the birds, to the bones of the dead, to the…

Guy Montag is a firefighter in a futuristic world. Therefor, Firefighters don’t fight fires anymore, they cause fires. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Books in this world are different than they are now, they hold something that the society cannot handle. Consequently, the firefighters are ordered to burn them. Montag changes throughout the story by the influence of Clarisse, Faber, and Mildred. Ordinarily, books are a violation of people, so the Government feels that books can…

Jacob Dolleton Etheridge AP Literature and Composition Period 2 1 December 2014 Title: Fahrenheit 451 Year of Publication: 1953 Author: Ray Bradbury Setting and Time Period: 24th century United States Primary Characters: • Guy Montag- The protagonist of the novel, his profession as a “fireman” to burn books. He becomes shaped by events in his life leading down a path to understand his own life. • Mildred Montag- The wife of Guy Montag, life is consumed by technology, Inside her façade she is…