The Pianist Study Guide People Descriptions 1.Wladyslaw Szpilman - a Polish pianist and classical composer that battled through life in Warsaw as a Jew. 2.Father - the father of Wladyslaw Szpilman; taught music lessons as a job 3.Mother - the mother of Wladyslaw Szpilman; taught music lessons as a job 4.Regina - the sister of Wladyslaw Szpilman; she had a job as a lawyer 5.Halina - the sister of Wladyslaw Szpilman; taught music lessons as a job 6.Henryk - the brother
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The Pianist Directed by Roman Polanski Principal Actors: Adrien Brody‚ Thomas Kretschmann‚ Frank Finlay‚ Maureen Lipman Run-time: Two hours and twenty-nine minutes 1 Thousands of the stories about the German Nazi’s war atrocities during World War II have followed their Jewish victims into their make shift mass graves to be silenced
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Maus and The Pianist are similar in several different ways but they also have their differences. Both the movie and the book explore the struggles of Jewish people in Poland during the Holocaust. They are similar in the ways that the main characters survived and how they both were moved to different areas. They are different when it comes to having been in a concentration camp and also the overall tone of their stories. As I have previously stated‚ The Pianist and Maus are similar in the ways in
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Night and the Pianist It is said to be true that the Holocaust was one of the most tragic and significant events in recorded history. Personal memoirs like Night by Elie Wiesel‚ and The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman gives vivid images and clear views on those epic catastrophes‚ which allows us as readers to acquire a better understanding of what really transpired during the 1940’s. Elie Wiesel‚ the author of Night‚ wrote his book on a collection of personal experiences that molded his life.
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Memory helps form the basis of history‚ whereas history can be used to clarify fragmented memories. For a true understanding of the past there has to be a balance between documented evidence and personal experiences and memories. In Mark Baker’s nonfiction biography ‘The Fiftieth Gate’ (1997)‚ and Roman Polanski’s film ‘The Pianist’ (2002) have both reconstructed the past through a combination of memories and historical documentation. The interplay of historical documentation and memories is
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democracy” and that “in Chekhov’s democratic world view‚ no one was excluded” (vii-viii). We see these ideals being put forward in the two stories by Chekhov that we will discuss in this paper. In these two stories‚ “The Resurrection” and “The Dance Pianist‚” we can see how Chekhov depicts a world where the author’s own democratic ideals may be in mind‚ but which is in reality still very much based on the old-fashioned concepts of status and rank. We will see that both of these stories center around
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Night and The Pianist Compare and Contrast Both‚ the book Night and The Pianist movie‚ depict the Holocaust during the 1940s. In the beginning‚ both are sent to the ghettos to get sent off to the concentration camps. However‚ both suffer different but somewhat similar faiths as Wladyslaw Szpilman is set free from his family‚ to work as a slave labourer for the Germans. While Elie is still sent off to a concentration camp to be a laborer there. You can clearly see the similarities as both still have
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1. Jelly Roll Morton- Pianist (1890-1941) He was a creole who went on the road performing after his family got kicked him out for performing at a prostitute house. 2. Buddy Bolden- Trumpeter (1877-1931) He was known as the “Father of Jazz”. However‚ due to his drinking habits and a full diagnosis of dementia praecox‚ he was admitted to the Louisiana State Insane Asylum at Jackson‚ a mental institution‚ where he spent the rest of his life. 3. Sidney Bechet- Clarinetist (1897-1959) He never recorded
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Thuy Truong 02/21/13 Reading and Writing Memory Curves‚ strokes‚ dots‚ and lines all twisting and turning around each other like some sort of messed up balloon animals. To me‚ these symbols are as complex as Chinese letters are to the snobs that spits out this language. “English”‚ they call it. “Why can you speak English?’ they ask. But from the day I stepped into that class‚ the one they call kindergarten‚ I knew it‚ “English” would be the beginning of a lifelong migraine. Vietnamese; that
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Outline of Memory MEMORY The ability to retain information over time –Active system that receives‚ stores‚ organizes‚ alters‚ and recovers (retrieves) MEMORY The ability to retain information over time –Active system that receives‚ stores‚ organizes‚ alters‚ and recovers (retrieves) THREE STAGES/TYPES OF MEMORY •SENSORY •SHORT TERM (WORKING) •LONG TERM THREE PROCESSES •ENCODING •STORING •RETRIEVING Stages of Memory •SENSORY (IN RAW FORM) –The first stage of memory –Stores an exact copy of incoming
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