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    Browning was a counter-intuitive book about the Holocaust and the belief behind the SS and policemen who willingly committed to the killing of more than thousands of Jews. He argued that these policemen were not specially selected killers; they were all ordinary men with common jobs such as teachers and truck drivers just like everybody else. Yet‚ under false circumstances like peer pressure and the brutal war environment that roused their sleeper personality‚ these men were able to hold up their bayonets

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    Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald creates Gatsby as a character who becomes great. He begins life as just an ordinary‚ lower-class‚ citizen. But Gatsby has a dream of becoming wealthy. After meeting Daisy‚ he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Throughout his life‚ Gatsby gains the title of truly being great. Even before Gatsby is introduced‚ he is hinted at being out of the ordinary. The first evidence of this is when Nick says‚ "Gatsby turned out all right at the end." (2) Nothing was

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    perfection where people who are righteous will live eternally in God’s presence and Hell is conceived as a place of eternal punishment and pain for people who lived sinful lives”. (What Does the Bible Say About Heaven‚ Hell‚ Eternal Life and the Resurrection of the Body? N.p.‚ n.d. Web.) The description of Heaven and Hell in the Torah‚ which is the holy book in the Jewish tradition is very similar to what it is in the Quran and the Bible. Much like the Quran and the Bible the Torah states that Heaven

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    In his book‚ Ordinary Men‚ Christopher Browning describes the men of Reserve Police Battalion as “ordinary men” because he is attempting to portray them as any other man regardless of their nationality. Daniel Goldhagen‚ on the other hand‚ describes the men of the Police Battalion as “ordinary Germans” as to why they would voluntarily commit such horrendous acts of violence as a unique German mindset of the time. Browning uses the idea that German’s think that most other nations of the world view

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    The invention of the airplane effected ordinary people in both positive and negative ways. The first public plane service only took one passenger at a time. It cost $5 for a one way trip across Tampa Bay which was called St. Petersburg. They provided the public with two trips per day and for four months. Compared with the two hour boat road the twenty three minute plane ride was much preferred by travelers. This being an exception commercial aviation was not very common before world war one as most

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    Conflict can have tragic consequences for ordinary people. As humans‚ conflict pervades every aspect of our lives; it is inevitable. Whether it’s between good and evil‚ strength and weakness or love and hate‚ can only define our true natures. It is the test of inner conflict that can ultimately reveal our noble qualities or magnify or vindictive characters. As Mahatma Gandhi once said “an eye for an eye can only make the whole world blind” Is it the bowling? It must be the Video games? Michael

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    Rachel Kinane Mrs. Gallagher American Studies 29 August 2017 Why Ordinary People Need To Understand Power: Eric Liu In this Ted Talk‚ Liu discusses the negative connotations in the world of corporations‚ such as the words “civics” and “power”‚ which relate to boring and evil respectively. I strongly agree with him on this point‚ as this is how these words are usually portrayed in the media or in day to day life. However‚ I disagree with how he just wants

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    How Ordinary Germans Become Nazi Mass Murderers The Nazis during World War II left a horrendous toll of dead Jews during the Holocaust. Dr. Damerow explained the result of the Nazi Holocaust left 5‚820‚960 Jews dead (Statistics on the Holocaust).When people think of Nazi soldiers they think of terrible monsters. But how did ordinary German people become mass murderers and bigots? By the use of propaganda‚ communications‚ and use of authority‚ the German people thought this was the best way to deal

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    who were responsible for genocide. And no one had ever thought can normal human beings under the right circumstances‚ are capable of committing suicide? And the answer is yes‚ normal human beings can cause genocide and Christopher Browning’s book‚ Ordinary men: Reserved Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland give a clear cut understanding

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    Acts of Heroism I believe that ordinary people can do heroic things. A Hero by definition is a figure in Mythology and legend renowned for exceptional courage and fortitude. The word also has many connotative meanings. A person who pulls another person from a burning building would be considered a hero. Another example of a hero would be when a person stands up for something or someone despite what others think about them doing that. In saying that ordinary people can show acts of heroism suggests

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