The novel Forgotten Fire, by Adam Bagdasarian is about a 12-year-old boy named Vahan Kenderian. His father is a successful lawyer who believes that Vahan needs to build a better character. This book takes place during the Armenian genocide. When Vahan is separated from the rest of his family, he has to rely on the kindness of others in order to survive.…
In his book Forgotten Fire, author Adam Bagdasarian investigates the Armenian Genocide through the eyes of a twelve year old Armenian boy named Vahan Kenderian. Through Vahan, the reader experiences the atrocities committed during the 1915 genocide of Armenians in Turkey. The Turks, who were Muslim, viewed the Christian Armenians as inferiors and treated them as such; under Turkish law, Armenians had nearly no rights, no fair justice in Turkish courts, could not bear arms, and were taxed far higher than Turks, which led to many families losing their possessions and homes. But unlike many other Armenian families of the time, Vahan's family, consisting of two girls, four boys (including Vahan), Vahan's Uncle Mumpreh, grandmother Toumia, and mother and father, was wealthy and respected by the Turks in their town of Bitlis. Before the Turkish gendarmes (police officers), took Vahan's father and uncle away, Vahan had never had to work a day in his life. But his life is soon shaken and turned upside down by the Turks. Soon after his father and uncle were taken away, more Turkish gendarmes come to the home and kill Vahan's two oldest brothers. The family is taken to the Goryann Inn, where they are imprisoned with dozens of other Armenians. Fearing the worst, Vahan's older sister kills herself here, and the family is reduced further. The Turks order the Armenians to be transported to another location, and begin marching them. During this march, Vahan's grandmother is killed by the gendarmes, and Vahan and his brother, Sisak escape and separate from each other. Not knowing where else to go, Vahan goes to his best friend's house, Patoo. However, Patoo's mother refuses to hide Vahan and throws him out. Vahan eventually finds his brother Sisak extremely sick and about to die in the street. With nothing he can do, Vahan watches his brother die. Struck with grief, he returns to his former home which is now in the possession of the feared Turkish governor, Selim Bey, known as the…
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Stories with different theme,plots, mood, tones, and setting is what makes up a story. In the short story “ To Build a Fire” the main focus is setting. Setting is when and where the story takes place. Setting can also have a dramatic affect on characters. For example, the author Jack London has the setting take place in the Yukon Territory, making a dramatic affect on the character. The setting in “To build a Fire” impacts the character mentally, emotionally, and physically.…
In the book Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen, the authority and power of the church compared to the common man is greatly demonstrated. Throughout the book, Richard Wunderli talks of the evilness of the common man and the importance of the church. The church gained their power from the people because there were thought to be the only way that one could get out of “purgatory” and into heaven. The preachers would sell indulgences to the common folk in order for man to be saved from their inevitable future. Preachers were also very good speakers. They knew how to speak, what to speak of, and when to speak of it in order to capture the full attention of the people. The preacher John Capistrano was so great with his words, that the people…
The novel, A World Lit Only by Fire by William Manchester delves into the history of Europe’s dark ages through the early Renaissance. Three key figures constantly referred to within the novel include Erasmus, Martin Luther, and Ferdinand Magellan. All three men are responsible for Europe’s entrance into a modern era of reformation, knowledge, and discovery, and are widely considered to responsible for the development of the humanist philosophy. When Manchester begins weaving his historical tale of the middle ages, he details how the dark ages witnessed very few inventive ideas and was dominated by the Catholic Church and its papacy. As each of the three men are introduced and their accomplishments explained, the story takes a turn and leads towards a modernized era. Erasmus, Martin Luther, and Ferdinand Magellan all share a devotion to their religion which connects to their exploits, however, their overall contributions seem to somewhat differ.…
Throughout the novel Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury we see a world where books and knowledge is no more and where the destruction of all books is handled by Firefighters. Reading through the novel you are taken through the life of Guy Montag a Firefighter who has lost his hope on his profession and wants to find a meaningful way to live his life. Through a quest to find knowledge, going against his profession Montag starts preserving and reading books instead of burning them. This causes an immense amount of trouble for him causing him to have to flee the city to find refuge with a group of exiled professors who will in time give Montag a new outlook on books and knowledge. Fire is a major symbol and plays a major role in the way Montag…
Ray Bradbury’s protagonist in Fahrenheit 451 revels in seeing things eaten and things blackened by fire. His name is Montag and his world is immersed in flames from the outset, with a blaze so bright before his kerosene spitting python that it blinds. He breathes in fire beneath a flameproof jacket, his burnt-corked countenance expresses fire with a permanent grin “driven back by flame,” while his perfume is the overwhelming stench of kerosene. His existence hinges upon fire so thoroughly that his experiences are defined in its terms. Clarisse, on the other hand, lives under moonlight, atop the grass, and in clothes of white as she radiates fragrances of apricots and strawberries while the wind…
Over time have been enjoying Ta-Nehisi Coates’s writings. Not because he is a Black American but how excellent his essays and blog are in the world that is jammed with skilled critics who are led by ego and their awareness of certain ideas. He had a lot of hardships growing up in the streets of Baltimore. He had to do all he could to avoid all the evil that was served by the world to him. This has made him talk freely without fear of the various facts that need to be understood by the people and the government. As it has always been known that one’s experience shapes his future positively or negatively, Coates life as a youth has made him humble but slightly rebellious.…
“The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin was an interesting and very well written book. I found James Baldwin’s account of being black in America to be very honest and blunt. I related a lot with James and his relationship with the Christian Church. I understood his conflict with what he had been taught all his life to believe. I also in some ways felt like James was speaking to me as I was reading his letter to his nephew.…
Global warming period that ended the last Ice Age and may have triggered the ARs…
Haymitch Abernathy is from Hunger Games, and he is the Katniss and Peeta's assigned mentor. He is a raging alcoholic who seems not to care if they live or die in the arena. But it's also immediately clear that there's more to Haymitch. In the series, we the audience learns that Haymitch is the only District 12 victor in Hunger Games history, winning the 50th Quarter Quell when he was only 16 years old. He drinks to cope with the trauma, and he is resistant to having a close relationship with Katniss and Peeta because he has watched some many of his tributes like 48 of them die in the arena. Some of Haymitch’s qualities makes him a harder character to admire but once the audience learns about his back story then he is more likable because he…
One of the main reasons why we are so interested in the other primates is that by looking at them we can obtain some ideas of what our ancestor must have been like a few millions years ago. Even though, we are not descended from any modern-type monkey or ape, our lineage does appear to have gone through stages in which we were a medium-sized, reasonably intelligent creature with good binocular vision, hands that were good at manipulation and the ability to climb trees. An evolutionary trend in primates involves the development of offspring both before and after birth and their integration into complex social systems. Another trend in primate evolution has been toward a more elaborate brain. In addition to brain size and gestation periods, social organization also demonstrates and plays an important role in primate evolution due to its complexity and hierarchy.…
Plot: The exposition is understood at the beginning of the story. The reader learns that Abner is controlling over his family, and when someone does him wrong, he becomes abusive and violent. His son Sarty, who knows his dad is wrong, feels the need to defend him out of his loyalty to family. The rising action is when Sarty hopes that with each new start, his father will have a change of heart and stop setting fires. The climax is when Sarty realizes his father already has a new home picked out before he even starts the fire and realizes that his father will never change. The falling action is when Sarty finally decides that regardless of loyalty to his family, he has to do the right thing, even if it means losing his father. The resolution is when after losing his father, Sarty walks away from the rest of his family to get a fresh start on life because he knows it is his only option.…
Tools are defined as a device or implement used with the hand, to carry out a specific function. Primates learn and share in certain culture, but their social behavior is not as complex as those of humans. The earliest hominids were classified as Australopithecus, which is a type of ape. Scientists claimed that their brains were not big enough to fathom the thought of making tools. Perhaps they used tools to hunt animals. The animals that later hominids hunted were used for food and maybe the furs were used for clothing. This is what we consider hunting and gathering. It is a technique in which the men are responsible for hunting while the women gather the resources. In order for them to hunt they must have had tools to help them kill and clean animals. This process of hunting can be learned and passed on through generations, which are basic parts of culture. The use of tools allowed or ancestor’s opportunities to hunt and do other useful things that were off-limits before the use of tools. Scientist still really does not have clues as to how and why this transition took place. The actual history and time comes from the actual tools themselves.…