Kristallnacht was the beginning of violent acts against Jewish people. Kristallnacht means in English “Crystal Night”, and this refers to the shattered glass covering the streets of Germany and Poland after multiple days of violent and intense pogroms. During Kristallnacht, there was a lot of damage, theft, and destroyed buildings. The violence was so widespread that the Hitler Youth Program even participated, and, the aftermath made life for Jews even worse. Before Kristallnacht the only policies against Jews was that they weren’t allowed in certain areas, couldn’t buy certain things, and weren’t allowed in all schools and job positions. After Kristallnacht Jews had a lot more violent actions placed…
Dr Hyman-“early fifties”, an inquisitive, factual man “more people die or rat bite you know”, idolises women/wife. Slow thinker…
The memoir “Glass Castle” covers a variety of serious concerns that affect any modern society. One of these concerns is child abuse. Child abuse is defined as any deliberate action taking against a child by an adult. These actions may be be physical violence, emotional or verbal abuse, refusal to meet a child's basic needs and even sexual molestation. There is much debate as to what exactly could turn someone, particularly a parent, to cause harm to child. However, a general consensus is that a few basic factors can increase the risk. Among these are mental health issues, substance abuse, lack of support and socioeconomic stress. Of all of these, socioeconomic stress is the most prominent cause of child abuse. This stress is often seen in a…
When did Kristallnacht happen and what was Kristallnacht? “The name refers to the wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms which took place on November 9 and 10, 1938.” Cited from holocaust encyclopedia…
In addition, The Glass Castle, “Poverty in America Is Mainstream”, and “Number Of Homeless Children In America Surges To All-Time High: Report” all have a similar author’s purpose. Jeannette Walls’s purpose of writing her memoir is to teach readers to achieve their dreams and not let their past hold them back. Especially, she describes her house as a compact residence that is located on a steep hillside. The front of the house includes a drooping porch, which is supported by spindly cinder-block pillars. It has been a long time since someone has painted it (Walls 150). Evidently, Jeannette Walls has had many obstacles while growing, but she does not let them stop her from prospering throughout her life. She decides she would like to move to…
Many times in life there are obstacles that some people are unable to overcome, yet there are some people who have the ability to overcome these obstacles in life. In Jeannette Walls’ memoir, The Glass Castle, tells us about a girl who was in poverty with a father that was very paranoid and logical, and a mother who is free-spirited. Even though she went through hardships she was still able to learn lessons, and was able to push forward to become a remarkable author. Although human resilience has multiple definitions, I believe it is the ability to keep pressing forward because in the book The Glass Castle Jeanette Walls pushed through obstacles to become a famous author.…
The Glass Castle, a memoir written by Jeannette Walls is an eye-opening look at the world of poverty that touches so many lives within in the United States. There are many reasons for poverty wheather they be out of consequence or one is simply born into it there are many reason for its occurance. The story of Jeannette Walls is not only inspiring but motivating as her climb from the depths poverty allow her to become the successful journalist and novelist she is today. Throughout her life there have been many struggles including her own father, Rex Walls, the finicial instability their family faces together, and the bullies Jeannette must face alone. She clearly outlines her own growth with her father throughout the novel and proves that with…
Second of all, in the Nazi culture, they achieve their goals by violence and force. The aftereffect of these actions comes with the destruction, hence, the Nazi culture taints the setting and the landscape with violence and death. Their negative acts and influence provoke pain through the Jewish community as they experience loss. For example, on November 9th, 1938, Nazi leaders conducted a progrom in spite of the Jews, “In two days […] over 7,000 businesses were trashed and looted, dozens of Jewish people were killed, and Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, schools and homes were looted while police and fire brigades stood by” (“The ‘Night of Broken Glass’”). Additionally, gallows and executions were held at concentration camps, the ghettos and even in public streets. That being said, the anti-Semitism caused…
Human resilience is one of the requirements in one's life to survive and open up the path to success. There have been many great examples of human resilience throughout history. One of the examples of human resilience is shown in the memoir: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Human resilience is the process of adapting to the way of life instead of complaining about what is not present as shown clearly in The Glass Castle by the struggles Jeannette Walls faces in her childhood, her teenage years, and the turning point of her life.…
Amongst the many events that the world has captured in history books, the holocaust is one that is recognized by almost everyone. The Holocaust was a controlled, state financed torture and killing of roughly six million Jews by the Nazi government led by Adolf Hitler. While many Jews died in the concentration camps, there are some who made it out alive and told their story. Their witness accounts contribute information the world needs to understand what really took place in Germany and the concentration camps. Author, Elie Wiesel, voices his time in the Nazi concentration camps, in his autobiographical novel, Night. Throughout the story, Wiesel physically, mentally, and spiritually changes due to the horrific events of the holocaust.…
A. Jeannette Walls, in her memoir The Glass Castle, demonstrates Erikson’s eight stages of development. Through the carefully recounted stories of her childhood and adolescence, we are able to trace her development from one stage to the next. While Walls struggles through some of the early developmental stages, she inevitably succeeds and has positive outcomes through adulthood. The memoir itself is not only the proof that she is successful and productive in middle adulthood, but the memoir may also have been part of her healing process. Writing is often a release and in writing her memoir and remembering her history, she may have been able to come to terms with her sad past. The memoir embodies both the proof that she has successfully graduated through Erickson’s stages of development while also being the reason that she is able to do so.…
Big, smooth, shiny, luxurious, polished. Comfortable, serene, extravagant - the glass castle. In the memoir, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the image of the glass Castle was Jeannette’s symbol of trust in her dad that he would stop drinking and strike it rich to get them out of poverty, so that the family could live a better life. Jeannette’s father was an alcoholic and her mom was unmotivated. The family moved around frequently while living on their dad’s low paying series of odd jobs. While still believing in the glass castle and her father, Jeannette grapples with the struggles of a lower social class, such as hunger and bullying from other kids and her parents, which implements the mentality of shooting for bigger dreams despite…
Jared Doerr 11/17/14 Arguments and Reasoning Gladiator Events: Sport or Not? Are gladiator events of ancient Rome sport? Gladiator events were most certainly a violent form of entertainment and because of the violence I would think we would naturally feel that it is not a sport; however, before we can clarify whether or not gladiator events are sport, we first have to define what a “sport” is considered to be. I have broken down “sport” to contain three elements: some aspect of competiveness (a desire to win), some kind of physical exertion (strain on the body) and also some kind of mental exertion (problem solving skills). Based on these three elements, gladiator events in ancient Rome are most certainly sport.…
The story of the emergence and overwhelming manifestation of African American Religion is rooted in the memoirs of the enslaved. Religion aided in innumerable pivotal roles in the progression and acceptance of American people and the African American church. Christianity, astoundingly, became the focal point of African American culture, despite the awareness that their oppressors had previously used the same doctrines of Christianity against them to justify 300+ years of slavery, genocide, and rape. The elucidation of why Christianity was so successful is beyond what any one book could bother to grasps. Albert Raboteau’s Canaan Land valiantly takes the charge to convey the often neglected narrative of the African American religious experience and it’s awe-inspiring capacity to instill meaning, hope, and dignity within a people(x).…
This Manich was an unfortunate tragedy. The massacre was an attack during the 1972 summer Olympics games in Munich, West Germany, where 11 Israeli Olympic team members were taken hostage and eventually killed, along with a German police officer by Palestinian terrorist group black September. right before this began, they demanded 234 prisoners jailed in Israel and the German helf founder of the Red Army Faction be released. From My understanding, this attack was motivated by secular nationalism, with the commander of terrorist group, Luttif afif, having been born ton Jewish and Christian parents and there German Neo Nazis gave the attackers logistical assistance. during this attack, police officers killed five of the eight black September…