Nervous‚ I took a steady breath to calm myself. The warm‚ dimly-lit classroom-turned-actors’-lounge was filled with children. These kids however‚ wore oddly assorted costumes completed with makeup-caked faces. A boy in a suit with a flamboyant tie and glasses commented‚ “Do I look shiny?” earning a giggle from the company. A girl dressed in similar clothing stood up‚ tap shoes clacking against the tiled floor‚ and‚ pulling the boy aside she announced‚ “Stop Len! We need to head onstage.” The actors
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Genocide of the Jewish People In 1939‚ WWⅡbegins when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland‚ causing six million Jewish people to fear for their lives. This fear began when all citizens had to complete a Census about their race‚ religion‚and ancestry. Second‚ all people had to carry ID cards‚ and the Jewish people had to wear the Star of David. Third‚ Germany passed the Nuremberg Race laws‚ which took away all Jewish rights‚ even to the point where they were sent to ghettos. Fourth‚ the Jewish people were
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Gen 1:1-2:4a World Behind the text Historical and Cultural Context Genesis illustrates the way Biblical writers J (Yahwist)‚ E (Elohist) and P (Priestly) drew upon the cultural and religious legacy of the Ancient Near East (ANE) along with its stories and imagery and transformed it to conform to a new vision of a non-mythological God and a monotheistic‚ superior religion. “The Pentateuch developed against the background of the Ancient Near Eastern culture first cultivated in and spread by Sumerian
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have been ignorant is certainly not. When you discover that you have perceived everything in the wrong light‚ everything you thought was correct will fall away and reveal the truth. There are many examples of this in Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. When Gretel‚ Herr Lizst and his father start implying that Jews are evil and are not their friends‚ Bruno begins to question his friendship with
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World War I left Germany vulnerable and leaderless. Germany struggled economically‚ like any other country in the world‚ especially hard. They did not just lose the war; they lost territory‚ military‚ money‚ and hope. Paul von Hindenburg‚ president of Germany appointed Adolf Hitler Chancellor on January 30‚ 1933 along with the National Socialist German Workers Party‚ or Nazis. Germany did not stay a democracy for long. The Enabling Act permitted one cabinet‚ the Nazi Party‚ to be in place for four
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extremely cruelly. "Bruno looked down at Shmuel’s hand‚ which looked like the hand of a pretend skeleton." Hitler used propaganda to brainwash people into believing that Germany was the greatest country and the Jews did not belong to it. Heir Liszt‚ Gretel and Bruno’s tudor pushes the children to learn about Germany’s history and greatness and the insignificance of the Jews. "Bruno‚ if you ever found a nice Jew‚ you would be the greatest explorer in the world." Bruno’s father had been brainwashed by
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John Boyne’s novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas‚ set in 1943‚ emphasises perspective to challenge and critically shape the audience’s views on the period surrounding the Holocaust during World War II. Through a multitude of language techniques involving contrast‚ foreshadowing and characterisation‚ this novel focuses on two extremely similar‚ yet different young boys whose unlikely fates entwine. Boyne’s novel skilfully views both contrasting perspectives‚ whilst cultivating a touching‚ heartbreaking
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Leah Hill Pd 4 Book Report #1 10-26-12 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas- John Boyne Characters: Bruno- Ralph and Elsa’s son; narrator Gretel- Bruno’s sister Elsa- Bruno’s mother Ralph- Bruno’s father; important commandant Shmuel- Bruno’s friend in the concentration camp Maria- maid in the house Summary: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a story about the horrors of the Holocaust‚ in the point of view of a little boy‚ Bruno‚ whose father‚ Ralph‚ is an important commandant
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What are the characteristics of an ESP test ABSTRACT The article discusses some characteristics surrounding testing of English for Specific Purposes (ESP)‚ a wide-ranging field which has now been established as an integral part of English Language Testing‚ and perceived as an independent activity within the ESP process. The first chapter provides a short general overview of the nature of ESP testing field‚ bringing into focus that ESP testing has been concerned with measuring
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Fantastic Literature Fantasy is a product of our subconscious minds. Just like the stories of the past‚ fantastic literature tries to give its messages with an indirectly way for making an impact to our subconscious minds. In other words‚ Fantastic literature is a genre of fiction that uses imagination‚ magic‚ supernatural elements such as ghosts‚ harpies‚ trolls‚ mermaids‚ nymphs‚ vampires‚ centaurs‚ personifications‚ allegories and unrealistic elements as its primary plot element‚ theme or setting
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