If one were to take anything from Christopher Browning’s Ordinary Men it is that even the most ordinary‚ normal men have the capacity to kill. The 101st Reserve Police Battalion executed at least 6‚500 Jews at the Polish cities and villages of Jozefow‚ Lomazy‚ Serokomla‚ Lukow‚ Konskowola‚ Parczew‚ Radzyn‚ Kock‚ and Miedzyrzec and participated in the deportation of at least 42‚000 Jews to the gas chambers in Treblinka (Browning‚ chapter 14‚ page 121). There were most likely even more killings that
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An Evaluation of Greene’s “Cut” Every life experience has an effect on a person‚ whether it is bad or good. According to Greene‚ being cut from a team has a long and a short term effect. In Greene writing‚ “Cut” he interviews several people about being cut from a sport team when they were young. He wanted to see how they felt about being cut and how they dealt with it. Being cut from a team can lower one’s self-esteem and confidence‚ however this negative experience can have a positive outcome
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can always speculate about the aftermath of any social issue‚ we can always judge the parents‚ society‚ the government and their economic level and we can try to blame everyone for the behavior of our youth but through “The Destructors” by Graham Greene‚ one can see the psychological impact on one’s behavior as the effects of hard experiences as well as the role of human nature negatively impact the members of the Wormsley Common Gang in the aftermath of World War II London. First of all‚ it is
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The story‚ Ordinary Magic‚ was written by Malcolm Bosse is about a boy who was born and bred in India. Jeffrey also recognized as “Ganesh” faced a lot of difficulties at a very young age. These difficulties that forced him to be mature included his father’s loss of life‚ his way of adjusting and bonding with the American culture and when his ancestor home was going to be demolished. Jeffrey’s maturity develop when his father‚ Mr. Moore‚ died and he was obliged to manage and handle everything‚ including
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Beyond the Ordinary Inside the Ateneo de Manila University is a hectic and busy population of students . Clearly seen by the bags under their eyes‚ these students have been through numerous tension due to the load of studies they’re having. Fortunately‚ beyond all those problems ‚there is a sanctuary where students can reside to ease up their stress. A restaurant so accessible that is just within the school itself. Hidden under the University Dorm‚ is a concealed restaurant exceeding your
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of hurting others of their ignorance‚ “They killed him because he was too innocent to live. He was young and ignorant and silly and he got involved”. Greene uses many symbols to this demonstrate these shades. Light being one‚ and the manifestation of an explosion; the Vietnamese people are ageless and often child-like in appearance‚ although Greene in no way infantilizes these people. Pyle is idealistic and strives for honour - he insists upon being fair‚ but we do not admire him for these heroic
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Contemporary conviction slates General Nathanael Greene as a component within George Washington ’s military array of tools. However‚ such a characterization drastically understates Greene ’s true importance to the American Revolution. Greene ’s uncanny list of accomplishments is both alarming and incredible: his steadfast leadership helped carry a budding nation ’s hopes of liberty when it was most needed in northern and southern campaigns‚ a poignant relationship with George Washington serviced
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When an Ordinary Object Becomes an Extraordinary “Thing” To most people the rocking chair is just that; a chair that you can rock in. To myself and so many others‚ the rocking chair is so much more. The rocking chair takes on human characteristics‚ it has two arms and it has a seat in which you can become one with the chair. The rocking chair is by far one of the best ways to soothe an irritable infant or bring peace and comfort to an adult. My rocking chair may seem like an ordinary one‚ the
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"There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are faced to deal with" (William Halsey). The same can be said about volatile men. This is the quote Christopher R. Browning thought of when he named this book. The men of the 101st battalion were rarely faced with decisions. Even if it had been proposed by Trapp the morning of Jozefow that "any of the older men who did not feel up to the task that lay before them could step out" (Browning‚ chapter 7‚ pg. 57)‚ he
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was Nathanael Greene. Best known for his command in the Southern Campaign‚ forcing British Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis to leave the Carolinas and head for Virginia. Nathanael Greene was George Washington’s most trusted general and one of his closest friends. Out of all of the years of the war George Washington and Nathanael where the only to serve all eight as the rank of a general. July 27th‚ 1742 the day that Nathanael Greene was born‚ named after his father Nathanael Greene. On July 20th
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