In the excerpt from Christopher Browning’s “Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 1010 in Poland”‚ Browning told us of the elite killing squad of less than 500 men‚ that killed around 83‚000 Jews. (215) Not just men‚ ordinary men‚ like the ones you see every day. Most of the men were involved in white collar jobs‚ just trying to support their family when they were chosen for the group. What caused these men to commit outrageous acts against humanity? Can anyone be brainwashed to execute deeds like
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Ordinary Thinking: Ordinary thinking is associative thinking…the mind is allowed to move anywhere. Contemplation: Thinking becomes contemplation when it moves not through accociation‚ but is directed. You work on a particular problem and you bracket out all associations. For example‚ science is based on contemplation…any logical thinking is contemplation. Contemplation is logical and rational. Concentration: Concentration is staying at one point‚ not allowing your mind to move at all…it
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Ordinary Men Christopher Browning describes how the Reserve Police Battalion 101‚ like the rest of German society‚ was immersed in a flood of racist and anti-Semitic propaganda. Browning describes how the Order Police provided indoctrination both in basic training and as an ongoing practice within each unit. Many of the members were not prepared for the killing of Jews. The author examines the reasons some of the police members did not shoot. The physiological effect of isolation‚ rejection‚ and
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Realism and Minimalism comparing “Cathedral” and Summer Interior Both Raymond Carver and Edward Hopper show qualities of realism and minimalism in the short story “Cathedral” by Carver and in the painting Summer Interior‚ 1909 by Hopper. The moods and characters relate to both the short story and the painting. Dirty-realism was shown in the short story by Carver he shows disappointment and truths that the character’s face. Realism is different in art Hopper showed accurate‚ detailed‚ unembellished
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Fat by Raymond Carver This story illustrates my own confusion about theme and plot. The physical actions of taking his order and bringing him his food elicit information in the story which I may be confusing with plot. For example: She brings him his soup and he has completely finished his large salad and two slices of bread. So we learn he eats a lot of food and quickly (which is why he is fat). As she moves between table and kitchen our storyteller defends the fat man to her colleagues. This shows
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the best nation on the planet‚ but we can not assume our lawmakers and representatives are always going to do what is right or just. Even with the modern conveniences‚ technology‚ and public services we enjoy today‚ there will be circumstances when ordinary citizens have to take an active role in order to keep our streets and neighborhoods safe. Also‚ we can not take for granted our under-staffed and under-funded law enforcement agencies will always respond quickly enough to protect us in time from
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for the positive outcome of the situation. By choosing to tackle the source of the contention and confront the opposing person in a controlled manner‚ one can overcome the hardships and tension caused by the feud. However‚ the award-winning film “Ordinary People” depicts a family of three‚ Conrad‚ Beth‚ and Calvin Jerrett‚ whose actions convey their lack of understanding of the significance of this concept. Following the unfortunate outcome of a boating incident‚ the Jarrett family is grievously
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In the movie‚ Ordinary People‚ the Jarrett family struggles with Buck’s death as their s struggling with survivor’s guilt. The living son‚ Conrad‚ spends months in a hospital recovering from attempt at suicide and sees a psychiatrist‚ Dr. Berger‚ in attempt to recover from the boating tragedy. Conrad and his father‚ Calvin both want to talk about the death of Buck‚ but the mother‚ Beth‚ wants to avoid all conversation with his name involved. Though they have difficulty with this event the family
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Ordinary People Conflict management is the process of limiting the negative aspects of conflict while increasing the positive aspects of conflict. The aim of conflict management is to enhance learning and group outcomes‚ including effectiveness or performance in organizational setting. People use conflict management to better express what they are feeling and to help the other person or people to better understand what is going or what is wrong. Some steps people often use for conflict management
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sounds like an ordinary country song but once the lyrics are read and analyzed listeners realize that it is nothing but. Ordinary country songs would be praising the small towns that the artist grew up in and displaying it in a good light but Mugraves’ song describes rural towns as boring and explains how fake the residents are‚ “Mamas hooked on Mary Kay/ Brothers hooked on Mary Jane/ And Daddies hooked on Mary two doors down”. In comparison Holcomb at first sight looks like an ordinary small town “with
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