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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though wherever there is a disagreement between two people‚ each of them always has a different story. Given this‚ two friends of mine fought over a bet they had made. One said the bet was for $20 while the other disagreed that they had never shaken hands to declare it. This is a prime example of what Rusesabagina is describing. No matter what situation one is in‚ there will always be differing opinions over what took place simply because people are often biased in their views of the past‚ seeing
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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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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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The arguments that Christopher Browning emphasizes in Ordinary Men are based on his beliefs about the Holocaust. His argument touches base on the idea that regular citizens of Germany could commit such horrible acts without being coerced into doing so. He examines the side of the Reserve Police Battalion 101 and tries to figure out just why these gentlemen participated in the mass shootings and deportations of the Holocaust. In fact should these "gentlemen" even be called gentlemen enlight of
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Ordinary Courage: The Revolutionary War Adventures of Joseph Plumb Martin Reviewed by: Michael Axe 10-5-10 Ordinary courage is a book that tells the story of an ordinary man who is inlisted in the continental army in the revolutionary war. Joseph Plumb Martin is the young man fighting in this war‚ at the time he entered he was just a mere 16 year old kid but by the time his time in the continental army was up he became a man. This is a first person memoir of what it was
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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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The poem An Ordinary Person by Rabindranath Tagore is about how humans do not appreciate the things around them and how they want the things that they do not have. The poem also shows how humans are constantly attracted to things that are foreign to them. The literary device allegory is very important to this poem. The poem could be seen as a poem a poem about a man simply going to the future and becoming the center of attention because he has been resurrected. However‚ the poem could also be interpreted
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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 people were scared of
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Logician Benedict Spinoza said‚ "Man is a social creature." There is a passionate longing in people to be social acknowledged. People long for it‚ focus on it‚ and change themselves to procure it. Individuals can spend their entire lives unsuccessfully attempting to fulfill a level expressed by the general public they live in‚ with a specific end goal to be recognized. Affirmation is denied for shallow reasons varying from dress to inner circles to appearances. Also‚ if an individual neglects to
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