3. View some video testimony of Holocaust survivors. What does this kind of historical documentation provide that other kinds do not.
Video testimony allows me to get a deeper understanding of the trauma the Holocaust caused the Jews. With written testimony, I don't get the full impact. But with video, I get to see the pain in their faces as they recount their stories and hear the sadness in their voices. Also it makes it more real to me. With video, it really hits you that this horrible event happened, and this person is the proof. Written testimony can be false or exaggerated. Although some video could be exaggerated as well, I get more of the story by watching personal accounts.
sources
1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3hcrxIsEVY&feature=fvst
2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk2zEfx4DcI
Thursday, January 19, 2012
For Research 164
2. What is the difference between civil rights and human rights?
Civil Right- Rights afforded to a person by another person, particularly a minority, such as the 13th or 14th amendments, the government can interfere.
Human Rights- base rights, rights that the government cannot take away, rights you are born with.
The difference is that the government can interfere in civil rights, but cannot take away human rights. A person is born with human rights and are usually the same anywhere you go. Civil rights depends on your citizenship and can vary from country to country.
Sources
1. www.dictionary.com
Civil Right- Rights afforded to a person by another person, particularly a minority, such as the 13th or 14th amendments, the government can interfere.
Human Rights- base rights, rights that the government cannot take away, rights you are born with.
The difference is that the government can interfere in civil rights, but cannot take away human rights. A person is born with human rights and are usually the same anywhere you go. Civil rights depends on your citizenship and can vary from country to country.
Sources
1. www.dictionary.com
For Research 148
2. Research the Nuremburg Laws of 1935. How did they affect the daily lives of Jews in Germany.
The Nuremburg laws were first discussed on August 20th, 1935 at a conference of ministers to discuss the economic effects of their actions against Jews. Adolf Wagner, the representative, decided that there should be permanent laws in place to combat the effects.
The following two laws were put in place: 1. Jews were not allowed to marry or have extra marital affairs with Germans, and employ women under 45 to their household. 2. Took away German Citizenship from Jews. It affected the daily lives because Jews were not allowed to be with who they chose, and many women lost their job. Taking away citizenship also took away rights, and because they no longer had rights, the Nazis could do as they pleased.
Sources
1. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/nurlaws.html
The Nuremburg laws were first discussed on August 20th, 1935 at a conference of ministers to discuss the economic effects of their actions against Jews. Adolf Wagner, the representative, decided that there should be permanent laws in place to combat the effects.
The following two laws were put in place: 1. Jews were not allowed to marry or have extra marital affairs with Germans, and employ women under 45 to their household. 2. Took away German Citizenship from Jews. It affected the daily lives because Jews were not allowed to be with who they chose, and many women lost their job. Taking away citizenship also took away rights, and because they no longer had rights, the Nazis could do as they pleased.
Sources
1. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/nurlaws.html
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
133 for research question
1. Research Mandelstam's life from the time he was arrested in 1934. What was his life in exile like? What were the conditions in the labor camp to which he was assigned.
After Mandelstam was arrested 1934 for his publication of the poem Stalin Epigram, he was exiled to Cherdyn in the Northern Ural with his wife. Some thought that Stalin had a personal say in this decision. He was supposed to be there longer, but after a suicide attempt, he was exiled to Voronezh instead. His exile ended in 1937. During his time of exile, Mandelstam wrote many poems including one about the role of women.
In May of 1938, Mandelstam was arrested again for counter- revolutionary behaviors and was sent to a labor camp for five years. The transit camp he was going to was called Vtoraya Rechka (Second River). He died shortly after his arrival. The conditions there were horrible.
Sources
http://www.poemhunter.com/osip-emilevich-mandelstam/biography/
After Mandelstam was arrested 1934 for his publication of the poem Stalin Epigram, he was exiled to Cherdyn in the Northern Ural with his wife. Some thought that Stalin had a personal say in this decision. He was supposed to be there longer, but after a suicide attempt, he was exiled to Voronezh instead. His exile ended in 1937. During his time of exile, Mandelstam wrote many poems including one about the role of women.
In May of 1938, Mandelstam was arrested again for counter- revolutionary behaviors and was sent to a labor camp for five years. The transit camp he was going to was called Vtoraya Rechka (Second River). He died shortly after his arrival. The conditions there were horrible.
Sources
http://www.poemhunter.com/osip-emilevich-mandelstam/biography/
126 for research question
2. Research the relationship between Hinduism and Islam in India today. Describe a recent incident that illustrates the tension between them.
Today, the Hindus and the Muslims is India still do not like each other. The two groups mainly feud over land, and religious issues. The territory that they have been fighting over for centuries, and are still fighting over is called Kashmir. Kashmir is at the border of Pakistan and India, and that causes most of the conflict.
A recent conflict would be at Gandhi's birthplace of Gujarat. It has been the site of Muslims attacking the Hindus. The Muslims set fire to a train and in the process killed 58 Hindus. This sparked an all out bloodbath and it was guessed that 500,000 people died. Although nothing as big as the bloodbath has happened in a while, there is still Hindu against Muslim killings throughout India.
Sources
http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t3w30pakistanindia.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week538/cover.html
Today, the Hindus and the Muslims is India still do not like each other. The two groups mainly feud over land, and religious issues. The territory that they have been fighting over for centuries, and are still fighting over is called Kashmir. Kashmir is at the border of Pakistan and India, and that causes most of the conflict.
A recent conflict would be at Gandhi's birthplace of Gujarat. It has been the site of Muslims attacking the Hindus. The Muslims set fire to a train and in the process killed 58 Hindus. This sparked an all out bloodbath and it was guessed that 500,000 people died. Although nothing as big as the bloodbath has happened in a while, there is still Hindu against Muslim killings throughout India.
Sources
http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/cot/t3w30pakistanindia.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week538/cover.html
116 for research
2. Find an example of a sweatshop. What conditions do its workers face? What does it produce? Who buys it products? Have there been any efforts to change it?
Throughout the large country of China, there are many sweatshops. Most that are built, are used to ship and export goods all around the world, mainly to America. Sweatshops produce things from clothing to shoes to electronics. The reason why sweatshops are so popular in China is because labor is extremely cheap. Many Chinese are willing to work for next to nothing.
The conditions of these shops are horrible. Numbers ranging in 600,000 get diseases such as silicosis from breathing in the dust and other air particles. The workers work 12 or more hours, for 6 days a week. Even though they work a lot, they get paid very little. The Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC) and Labor Action China (LAC) are organizations that are trying to fix this problem..
Sources
http://www.waronwant.org/overseas-work/sweatshops-and-plantations/china-sweatshops
Throughout the large country of China, there are many sweatshops. Most that are built, are used to ship and export goods all around the world, mainly to America. Sweatshops produce things from clothing to shoes to electronics. The reason why sweatshops are so popular in China is because labor is extremely cheap. Many Chinese are willing to work for next to nothing.
The conditions of these shops are horrible. Numbers ranging in 600,000 get diseases such as silicosis from breathing in the dust and other air particles. The workers work 12 or more hours, for 6 days a week. Even though they work a lot, they get paid very little. The Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC) and Labor Action China (LAC) are organizations that are trying to fix this problem..
Sources
http://www.waronwant.org/overseas-work/sweatshops-and-plantations/china-sweatshops
Monday, December 12, 2011
22 questions
1.Personal Liberation is defined in the book as the clearing of the fog, and understanding what is going on around you. OFOCN isn't exactly anti-women,it is more of an anti-authority book. The good female characters probably would be the prostitute Candy. It would offer the prospect of seeing into a man's mind
2. Nowadays, ratched means ghetto, but during this time, it probably meant horrible, which fits her perfectly.
3. For this book, America is a matriarchy because women were more take charge.
4. I would think it is racist, because the author describes the black people as rapist, lazy, and abusers.
5. Kessey made an allusion to McMurphy being crucified, so that would be Christ like, and Candy would be Jezebel, who was the whore in the Bible.
6. This is like America because during this era in time, all the hippies were trying to revolt, and so were the nutcases in the asylum.
7. The parallel is Nurse Ratched verses the patients. McMurphy is always mentioning Korea so that this parallel becomes more obvious.
8. Bromden is an Indian guy that pretends to be deaf and dumb in order to reveal secrets. I don't know why it is significant. The Combine represents the world. His liberation comes when he escapes.
9.It is influenced by Freudian thought because Freud was a famous psychologist and this book is about crazy people.
10.This tells us that the hippies thought their "natural" drugs, or whatever they were taking were safer than the drugs issued out by the regular society.
11.It became influential because it was symbol for a lot of the things they believed in.
12. This was a powerful satire because it spoke of rebellion and acting out. America went wrong when they started enforcing rules he felt was wrong.
13.It is cynical about democracy because that was just the time it was written in, and it is shown by Nurse Ratched's relationship with the patients.
14.This shows that the more radical they were, the more you fit in in this time period.
15. It is important because it shows that he is a con man, and a sinner. The authorities don't like it because they feel gambling is wrong.
16.Big Nurse is a symbolism for communism or the government.
17.Liberation is portrayed by the patients realizing that they could leave, and didn't have to take the treatment they were getting, and left. It differs from political solutions because the patients did this with the help of McMurphy.
18. It becomes apparent in some of the words he uses, but that could be just him. Idk.
19. For Kessey, it means getting the upperhand.
20. I really don't want to answer all these questions, soooo... Overall the book is about a bunch of crazies. No.
21.I would suggest that society just go and do whatever they want to do and everyone be prostitutes, drug addicts, and crazies and that would make Kessey happy.
22. I don't recall the use of much rhetorical devices besides flashback(if that even counts as one)
2. Nowadays, ratched means ghetto, but during this time, it probably meant horrible, which fits her perfectly.
3. For this book, America is a matriarchy because women were more take charge.
4. I would think it is racist, because the author describes the black people as rapist, lazy, and abusers.
5. Kessey made an allusion to McMurphy being crucified, so that would be Christ like, and Candy would be Jezebel, who was the whore in the Bible.
6. This is like America because during this era in time, all the hippies were trying to revolt, and so were the nutcases in the asylum.
7. The parallel is Nurse Ratched verses the patients. McMurphy is always mentioning Korea so that this parallel becomes more obvious.
8. Bromden is an Indian guy that pretends to be deaf and dumb in order to reveal secrets. I don't know why it is significant. The Combine represents the world. His liberation comes when he escapes.
9.It is influenced by Freudian thought because Freud was a famous psychologist and this book is about crazy people.
10.This tells us that the hippies thought their "natural" drugs, or whatever they were taking were safer than the drugs issued out by the regular society.
11.It became influential because it was symbol for a lot of the things they believed in.
12. This was a powerful satire because it spoke of rebellion and acting out. America went wrong when they started enforcing rules he felt was wrong.
13.It is cynical about democracy because that was just the time it was written in, and it is shown by Nurse Ratched's relationship with the patients.
14.This shows that the more radical they were, the more you fit in in this time period.
15. It is important because it shows that he is a con man, and a sinner. The authorities don't like it because they feel gambling is wrong.
16.Big Nurse is a symbolism for communism or the government.
17.Liberation is portrayed by the patients realizing that they could leave, and didn't have to take the treatment they were getting, and left. It differs from political solutions because the patients did this with the help of McMurphy.
18. It becomes apparent in some of the words he uses, but that could be just him. Idk.
19. For Kessey, it means getting the upperhand.
20. I really don't want to answer all these questions, soooo... Overall the book is about a bunch of crazies. No.
21.I would suggest that society just go and do whatever they want to do and everyone be prostitutes, drug addicts, and crazies and that would make Kessey happy.
22. I don't recall the use of much rhetorical devices besides flashback(if that even counts as one)
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