Two of the most important components of the POW program vigorously applied by the War Department in all the camps were the recreation and reeducation programs. The recreation program was intended to occupy the prisoners’ free time with constructive activities designed to overcome the monotony of confinement. The reeducation program attempted to break the grip of Nazi indoctrination by exposing the prisoners to democratic ethos. Reeducation was not without complications. For one thing‚ it could be
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tessellations. On the quilts we curl up under on movie night. Often times‚ tessellations are just such a natural part of our lives that we don’t even notice the tessellations. A brick wall is a tessellation. Corn on the cob tessellates. Just look around- tessellations are everywhere! But to tessellate‚ shapes have to have certain properties. The shapes in a mathematical‚ geometric tessellation need to be congruent. The tessellated shape cannot overlap or leave gaps‚ and the shape should be a
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(WWII) affected many people including Louie Zamperini and Mine’ Okubo. The vast majority of camps such as Prisoners of War (POW) camps or interne camps made their prisoners or guests feel invisible but‚ they do try to resist the feeling of invisibility. Louie Zamperini was an American POW and Olympic athlete than went to war and got captured after this plane crashed. The POW camps he went to tried to make him feel invisible. Mine’ Okubo was an American citizen before the war and then the U.S. thought
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manly cowboy rides in on a horse‚ aiming his revolver at the villain’s head. POW! It’s hunting season. The deer hunter in his deer stand patiently waits for the right buck to carelessly wander under his deer feeder‚ then aligns his scope on the buck’s head. POW! It’s a dark city night. The members of the Bloods gang meet in a local park when rival gang Crips’ Cadillac pulls up with the window down and a Glock showing. POW! Why is it that something so closely associated with the death and killing
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react accordingly‚ doing things that can be viewed as in-human. During WWII‚ both American POWs and Japanese-American internees‚ experienced this. From the book‚ Unbroken‚ and the article‚ “George Takei on Internment‚ Allegiance and ‘Gaman’”‚ both American POWs and Japanese-American internees got their dignity taken away from them during tough times. In Unbroken‚ Louie’s dignity is tested while he is an American POW. For example‚ “A door slammed‚ a lock turned...The floor was strewn with gravel‚ dirt
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percent was his personality making him survive. No matter what camp Louie was at he wanted the same things‚ food‚ to see his family‚ and the War to end. In Chapter twenty-eight‚ Louie was hurt‚ his ankle badly tore and he could no longer work. When the POWs in the camp could not work their food rations were to be cut in half. That‚ Louie could not have‚ so he begged for work‚ he ended up cleaning a pig’s cage without any proper tools. This proved that Louie would be willing to dig through pig feces‚ just
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POW #13 Corey Camel Problem Statement: Corey the Camel has a small banana grove in the desert‚ her harvest this year was 3‚000 bananas. The market where Corey sells her bananas is 1‚000 miles away. Corey has to walk to the market to sell her bananas‚ for each mile Corey walks‚ she eats one banana. Corey can only carry 1‚000 bananas at a time. In this POW the goal is to find the number of bananas that Corey can get to the market. Process: To find the answer to this POW I did the mini POW‚ as suggested
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Memorial‚ “Over 30‚000 Australian servicemen were taken prisoner in the Second World War and 39‚000 gave their lives.” The treatment of POWs during the WW2 varied extremely depending on race‚ country they were prisoner to‚ morals and numerous other varying factors. The Geneva Conventions were set in order to control and maintain the same level of treatment for all POWs‚ they were international agreements created in Geneva‚ Switzerland. The Conventions place restrictions on the cruelty of war and improve
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Critique of The Great Escape I. The Great Escape is about a group of POWs that were transferred into a high security camp; these prisoners were considered “high risk” because every man at the camp had tried to escape from various POW camps before. This movie follows a main cast of 7 men; each of these men determined to get out of the camp and each of the men bringing a special skill. The film follows the men through the planning process‚ building process‚ and even the escape. The Great Escape
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invisible or as if no one cares about their wellbeing. Louie felt this when he was abducted and held as a POW. Miné felt this when she became an internee and was forced away from the general population. This just goes to show how amazing the homo sapien is and how it will always bounce back after difficult situations and has a gargantuan drive to stay alive. Japanese-Americans internees and POWs (Prisoners of war) were made to feel
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