“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time” is a quote by Eliezer Wiesel, the author of Night. The quote explains how remembering those who have departed from us is important and pays tribute to their loss. However, dismissing it would just be as bad as killing them again. The Holocaust was one of the biggest events in human history, considering the mass genocide of over six million Jews and the extreme anti-semitism that occurred. It is truly important to study the Holocaust
excellence resolve for the future, Goodman Brown felt himself justified in making more haste on his present evil purpose” (323). Brown even told the devil that the woods was not a place for him to be in at night and that his father and grandfather would never gone into the woods before at night. Then the devil explains to Brown that he knows the man in his family very well. This moment in the story, Brown is confused and instead of having faith in his belief about the woods, he continues to follow
Afraid, not sure what was going to happen next. Today they remember the pain and the suffering. Long ago in the year 1948, 2 years after the genocide, a country was going to hopefully be established as a safe place for practice of religion. But, sadly before, all other places they tried to enter pushed them away. They were beginning to lose hope. “The Holocaust should be a significant warning to what might happen when racism, hatred, violence and anti-Semitism permeate the world,” Lavi said. “At
fighters have conquered death by dying for a noble cause and left behind them an undying glory of dedication on the sands of time. They will remain ever fresh in the inner most hearts of the people like the luminous stars studded in the sky. Let me quote the words of the
alleviate the moral corruption of the slave situation. Dew goes even further to lighten the views of slavery by stating that those “who seek to destroy the contentment of the slaves... break up the deep foundations of society, and to lead on to a night of darkness and confusion!” (97), meaning that the abolitionists are the ones bringing forth the problems of
Alex Mazer English 9H Grendel Study Questions #11-29 9/9/14 11. Why would John Gardner choose to retell Beowulf from the monster’s point of view? What is to be gained from such a shift? John Gardner’s presumable sole purpose of retelling Beowulf’s from the monster’s point of view is to give the reader a different perspective. What goes through the antagonist’s head is often overlooked, especially in a heroic tale like Beowulf. As readers, we don’t know if Beowulf was explaining events