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    Night by Elie Weisel

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    Night is the narration of an experience filled with darkness‚ sadness‚ silence and at times also death. on the second section of this novel (page 21-24)‚ a dark and angry pictures of human nature emerged . The Jews was deported to the concentration camps riding in a cattle wagon‚ treated like caged animals. They are tormented by nearly unbearable conditions. There is almost no food to it‚ no air to breathe‚ the heat is intense‚ there is no room to sit and everybody is hungry and thirsty. During the

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    How far is Shylock a character for whom we can feel sympathy? How would a contemporary audience’s response to him differ from that of an audience in Shakespeare’s time? Shylock isn’t a character for whom we can feel much sympathy for because he always seems to be thinking about himself and his money rather than other people around him. Through most of the play he seems selfish‚ and it seems in some parts of the play as though he doesn’t care about his daughter. He also has a very strict religion

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    the future because something like this may happen again. I liked all the messages in the story that were inferred to the reader. Some of these were messages about how horrific it must have been for the Jewish people. Other messages implied that the Jews are still human and are really no different apart from their beliefs. My emotions changed by making me think differently about how bad discrimination can be and how the effects of it can be devastating. This novel really made me think about

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    Limerick Pogrom 1904

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    first decade of the twentieth century. It was accompanied by violence‚ and caused many Jews to leave the city. It was instigated in 1904 by a Redemptorist  priest‚ Father John Creagh. Eighty Jews were driven from their homes. Despite the support of the Protestant community‚ Jews were unable to withstand the boycott‚ and many fled to Cork‚ where they were welcomed by the local population. Census returns record one Jew in Limerick in 1861. This doubled by 1871 and doubled again by 1881. Increases to 35

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    were forced to wear them on their clothes to mark them out as targets of abuse and torment for Nazis. Another possible meaning of the title is metaphorically symbolising a literal shooting star and comparing it to the life of the Jewish prisoners. The Jews’ life is similar to the shooting star in the way that their life and potential was bright and brilliant but was cut short. The title stays with the reader and is reinforced by its clever use of alliteration. The poem begins with "After I no longer

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    Anne Frank Notes

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    as both a German and a Jew. Thirty years earlier‚ Anne’s father and other German Jews had fought for the German army in World War I. However‚ the Nazi regime’s rise to power brought the painful realization that both Nazis and many other German people considered Jews foreign or different. As we see in Anne’s identity crisis‚ the Nazi regime killed not only Jewish people but also the Jewish community’s collective connection to its past. While the Nazis forced Jews to wear stars to mark their

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    can he call Shylock coldhearted when he and many other characters constantly jeer at Shylock. This also added reason for Shylock’s revenge. He wasn’t a bloodthirsty miscreant‚ but a Jew fighting for revenge against years of being spet upon‚ being treated like a dog‚ being a victim to Christianity. In his "I am a Jew" speech‚ he gives these precise reasoning‚ saying "to bait fish withal; if it will feed nothing else‚ it will feed my revenge" (Act 3‚ Scene 1). He doesn’t seek revenge personally against

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    collaboration task did your group complete? The collaboration task that my group completed was the “stolen girls” and the Jews in concentration camps. They have a few similarities such as‚ racism and they are both being prejudice. Describe your specific contribution to the group’s final product. The specific contribution to our final product was comparing the stolen girl and Jews in concentration camps. We finished it within a reasonable amount of time. What did you enjoy most about working with

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    The Masquerade

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    different things. In the beginning of the memoir‚ Elie is a deeply religious teenager‚ wanting to really learn more about being a Jew. As the memoir continues Elie’s faith is found within himself. Towards the end of the memoir‚ Elie feels the Hitler is the only person to trust‚ only person keeping their word. Initially‚ the memoir started with Elie as a religious Jew. He was a dedicated man to both his studies and religious faith. As a young man‚ Elie is in search of someone to give him

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    out from the other characters because‚ even though she’s not in the whole book she still affects the decisions Chana makes in the rest of the story. Also‚ when Anya’s family is in need she went through the garbage with some of the other struggling Jews in the ghetto to find coal or sometimes even gold. With these items she would sell them to people to get money‚ food or clothing for her family. Flaws that Anya has would be not understanding the war which frustrates Chana because the war killed their

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