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The horrifically unjust persecution of the Jewish people during the Holocaust is widely recognized as history’s single most malevolent event. Oskar Schindler’s courageous protection of his workers has become one of the most famous acts of compassion that occurred during Hitlers systematic execution of the Jews. Schindler was able to save over one thousand Jews by using his wealth and connections. The compassion that this member of the Nazi party showed to the Jews was punishable by death, yet he

Compassion Amidst War This is the product of war: thousands suffer death and loss. The more it tears family and friends apart, the more it turns intimate relationships to hatred. Yet, even amidst the chaos and horrors of war, there are those who rise above death's malevolent sting and the irrepressible sorrow. This untitled photo tells that exact tale. Taken during a time of great distress, this photograph captures the compassion of a man as he cares for a small baby, who in turn has found peace

The fifteen year old protagonist of the story, Connie is amidst an immature disobedience. She contends with her mom and sister, June, and dismisses family life for investigating young men at the neighborhood eatery. She tries to seem more established and shrewder than she is, and her head is loaded with fantasies and prevalent music that sustain her thoughts of sentiment and affection. At the point when Arnold Friend touches base at Connie’s home, she should face the cruel substances of adulthood

Compassion Amidst War Taken during a time of raging conflict of the most severe kind, this unnamed photo is a display of the compassion one can show towards another and the faith one can have in an unlikely friend. A young man sits on a concrete floor, slightly leaning on a pole, as he holds in his arms a baby appearing to be somewhere between one and two years of age. An African man sits close behind them looking away from the camera, only the lower half of his face captured. Both men are wearing

Productivity Amidst Chaos? The Tragedy of Urban Public Schools Urban America has been deteriorating for decades. Plagued with poverty, crime, and unemployment, it is a wonder that educational institutions exist at all. The present state of urban public schools is quite disheartening. With issues to face such as inadequate facilities, widespread violence and rising drop out rates it is no longer a question of who will succeed, it is a question of who will survive. Urban schools have become institutions

In "The Story of an Hour" Kate Chopin meticulously chooses diction that encourages a defined view of the female characters. The role Mrs. Mallard plays, as well as Josephine's, displays positive examples of feminine characterization in the story. Notably, it is important for the reader to recognize differences between the antagonist's opinion of Mrs. Mallard and the way she sees herself. Although the author in many ways displays both females as weak, she does so in order to provoke thoughts within

Johnson 1 DeShawn Johnson English 101 Little Scarlet March 29, 2016 Hot Summer Love amidst the Flame Little Scarlet a Walter Mosley adventure brought to us through the eye’s Ezekiel aka Easy Rawlins, takes us to the time during the Watts riot of 1965. Easy Rawlins is a private investigator who is sought out by LAPD Detective Melvin Suggs to solve the murder of an African American women Nola Payne. Easy is hesitant at first to act upon the request. Detective Suggs explains with the current dynamic

weren’t human? That question has still not been answered today. Even now, survivors of the Holocaust share their astonishing yet frightening stories about their lives during that time. The two most shocking stories are Night by Elie Wiesel and “Hope Amidst and the Ashes of the Holocaust” by Edie Eger. Both characters share similarities and differences among their morals. During the Holocaust, Elie and Edie have done some good things and bad things while no one was watching. They both demonstrate moral

It is natural for the human mind to feel rejected when it does not receive the attention it deems appropriate. This concept can otherwise be defined as alienation. “Alienation occurs when a person withdraws or becomes isolated from other people in his or her environment. People who are alienated will often reject loved ones or society, and feel distant and estranged from their own emotions” (Alienation 1). Multiple times in the novel The Kite Runner, the protagonist, Amir, lives through an alienation

Diaspora: Jews amidst Greeks and Romans by Erich S. Gruen describes Jewish life during the Diaspora and the positive things that emerged from the period. Erich Gruen was a full-time professor at University of California at Berkeley, Harvard University, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Cornell University. Gruen has also done immense research about the classic antiquity era and has penned several books about Hellenism, Judaism in the classic world, and the Roman Republic period. Jews are often