MODULE C – History and Memory The Fiftieth Gate by Mark Baker suggests that a combination of history and memory is essential in making meaning‚ i.e. in shaping perceptions of the world around us. How does baker represent this combination to create meaning? History can be viewed as a sequential series of indisputable events‚ whereas memory is of such events that are highly subjective‚ and affect the way in which they are perceived. The link between history and memory and the way it shapes the
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question asked by Mark Baker. Memories as known and presented by these people tend to have their flaws and gaps. Memory fades over time whereas the written facts are always present. History is more reliable? “HISTORY brings with it memories…”as ‘The Fiftieth Gate’ states. In other words history evokes and prompts the vanishing memory. Just as Joe was provoked to be reminded of his ghastly past by the specific questions on gas chambers asked‚“…people went in but not out…one way…” the only description delivered
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memoir‚ ”The Fiftieth Gate” and the thread like idea of the images below‚ memory is depicted as the panacea that enriches history as it provides diverse individual perspectives on the historical event of the holocaust. However‚ the biography also adduces the complications that memory might suffer‚ thereby revealing the inadequate omniscience of history. Baker envisages the conception of interweaving memories on elucidating historical evidence. In Gate 38‚ the fairy tale quality of this gate symbolises
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THOMAS “BLIND TOM” GREENE WIGGINS BETHUNE Thomas “Blind Tom” Greene Wiggins Bethune (b. 1849 Georgia-d. 1908 New Jersey)‚ was a composer and pianist born to Domingo Wiggins and Charity Greene on Wiley Jones ’s plantation in Harris County‚ Georgia. In 1850‚ Bethune was auctioned off to Colonel James Neil Bethune‚ along with his parents and two brothers. Born blind and sickly‚ he was included with the purchase of his family for free.1 As a toddler he took on the name of his new owner‚ Bethune.
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America is known to most people as the land of opportunity or the land of the free. But what does it really mean to be an American? Living in America means that people can live with the luxuries of being an American and also living with what is known as the American dream. The American dream is what help to build America today and also it helped to shape to what it means to be an American. Being an American means living among people that come from all over the world‚ having the freedom and the title
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All individuals hate being lied to. We are always on a quest to find the truth. How do we discover what is real and what is illusion? We look for documented evidence of course‚ but this alone is not enough. We also need to discover eyewitness testimony and crave to find individuals whose memories will unlock the door to the mystery that lies before us. It is the memories of others that add substance to evidence‚ that fill in the blanks that cannot be captured on paper. Our legal system relies heavily
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As addressed by David Nye in American Technological Sublime‚ the Golden Gate Bridge represents a goal for America and an America’s “idea about itself.” The bridge itself is a spectacle‚ which reflects American people’s dream of technological advances. The fiftieth-anniversary celebration of the bridge was very well-responded by the mass public‚ proving that American people respect American advances as well as they respect
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Life in the Ghetto In 1939‚ Hitler was unsure of what he was going to do with the Jews; the Nazis were tossing around options and ideas with the goal of removing Jews from the population. The German invasion into Poland‚ allowed for the first ghetto‚ regarded as a provisional measure to control and segregate Jews. Ghettos were enclosed‚ isolated urban areas designated for Jews. Living under strict regulations‚ with unthinkable living conditions‚ and crammed into small areas‚ the ghettos
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Though many readers may believe that the proper education would lead to success all the way‚ it is wise to realize that being naïve will not help in the future‚ nor will it help in the present. Bill Gates and his Microsoft Empire post a very classic scenario that supports the topic. At young‚ Bill Gates began to tinker with computer technology. He created his own programs and taught himself the technology. He had a proper education with good grades‚ but it was his job experience which leads him to
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to be great violinists. They did this study with pianists‚ athletes‚ writers and etc. It is with these studies that they came up with the “magic number of 10‚000 hours” (41). So why doesn’t every kid put forth the effort to accomplish 10‚000 hours? Along with time‚ it takes opportunities. These kids need the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skill. Not everyone gets the same opportunities
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