In the book Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend we explore the history of the Aztecs, but from the perspective of the Aztecs themselves, opposed to the norm of the story being told from the European perspective. This opened up a lot more of the Aztecs history that got lost in the later tellings of the same story. We see similarities but mostly differences when looking at it from the Aztecs point of view. This unique perspective we get as Townsend is leading us through this story helps us better understand the Aztecs but also in my opinion better understand how the European conquistador fully took advantage of the Aztecs' kindness and their cluelessness about who they were and why they were there. As we review the book I am more focused on the ways/events
Daniel James Brown gave a very informative yet engaging nonfiction narrative of the historical tragedy Sarah Graves and her family acquainted themselves very well with that began in the spring of 1846 in Illinois. The Graves family originally set out to California in hopes of a greater life so they submitted themselves to the opportunity that was actually further from their reach than anticipated. Along with the rest of the Donner Party, a group led by two Donner brothers also setting off to California, they were rashly persuaded into the dangerous and unpromising terrain of the West following the unspoken but written direction of Lansford W. Hastings, an emigrant who presumed there was a simpler route to the California through the Wasatch
Following the Holocaust and aftermath of world war II, Heda Kovaly’s Under a Cruel Star provides one woman’s view on communism in Czechoslovakia. In this memoir, the author develops the theme of popular support for communism by explaining the people's thoughts during that time and her own experiences with her husband’s support for communism. She uses the lens of the Czech people, herself, and her husband, Rudolf Margolius, to develop her theme for popular support for communism. Her use of these viewpoints helps explain how the party was able to take over Czechoslovakia after the Holocaust through their persuasive ideals.
Anne and her mother do not bond well; Anne likes her father more than her mother and says she only loves her father. “Finally I told Daddy that I’m much more fond of him that Mummy.” Her mother gets upset because Anne never goes to her for any help. Last, Anne is a leader because she writes her life during the most difficult time period
Anne Elizabeth Cohen is Of Counsel to Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. , having retired as a Partner from the firm’s Litigation Department in 2013. For almost twenty-eight years, her wide-ranging practice focused on complex tort litigation and internal investigations and she represented defendants in firearms, Agent Orange, smoking and health, toxic shock syndrome, pharmaceutical and asbestos cases. Anne grew-up in Cincinnati and had been a reporter for the Cincinnati Post before deciding to practice law. She received her A.B. from Smith in 1976 and an M.S.L. from Yale Law School in 1982, where she studied for a year as a Ford Foundation fellow while on leave from the Post.
“Under A Cruel Star” despite being an excellent book to read was not credible or believable as compared to Kevin McDermott’s scholarly article. Heda Kovaly depicts popular opinion under Communist dictatorship as being controlled by terror of the government. She states that popular opinion no longer comprised morals or humanity, but instead was uttered by fear and doubts of the consequences of their actions and the domination of the government. This significance of life can be explored and tested against details found in secondary sources. “Under A Cruel Star”, a primary source, provides personal experiences through the political difficulties of Jews while secondary source in Kevin McDermott’s article provides accurate facts of events that
Dr. Seuss writes about inferences within a community: Those stars weren’t so big…. You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all. But, because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches Would brag,” We’re the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches.
Sunaiya Boyd Mrs.Barnhill Bell 4 Wednesday February 28th, 2024. From the period of 1933-1945 German ruler Aldof Hitler was in power, Aldof had the plan to eliminate every Jewish person or anyone with a Jewish background. The reason behind this was that Aldof could not get over defeat in World War I and he blamed the Jewish people because "they turned their backs on the country." Around 6 million Jews and 5 million prisoners of war died, some were executed and some couldn't stand the harsh conditions. In this historical fiction novel, Number The Stars.
“Just had a big burst-up with mummy for the umpteenth time; we simply don’t get along these days…” (p.30). Anne shows good when she shows compassion and sorrow for her old friend Lies. “I just saw Lies, no one else, and how I understand. I misjudged her and was too young to understand her difficulties.”
Hakim Laila’s feminist identity was influenced by her father, Hakim. Hakim is mostly referred to as Babi in the novel. Babi was a high school teacher, in other word, an intellectual. Intelligence is devalued by the majority in their society, therefore being a teacher makes Babi an extraordinary person in the novel. Since Fariba, Laila’s mother, was distanced from her, Laila had a special bond with her father.
The 1940s were a crucial time all over the world with hardships and wars going on for years. Within these wars, two little girls that have been apart of it their whole lives, have shared their experiences through a diary and a book of stories. The Diary of Anne Frank is about a young jewish girl named Anne Frank, who has to go into hiding with her family in order to not get caught and taken away by the Nazis in Amsterdam, and while in hiding, records her experiences and thoughts into her diary. Farewell to Manzanar is a book based on a girl named Jeanne Wakatsuki who is seven years old at the time, and gets taken away with her family to Manzanar encampments, as the U.S. government doesn’t want to risk any Japanese Americans possibly giving up information to the Japanese as they are at war with them. Anne Frank and Jeanne Wakatsuki have many similarities and differences throughout their lifetimes on the run from the war.
Name: Title of Essay: Number The Stars by Lois Lowry the action and dialog of the characters is lying, because when the family was at uncle henrik house. The soldiers came to the house. Started asking a lot of questions and mama had to lied about great aunt birte in the casket because the soldiers wanted to open it but mama lied that aunt birte has a disease “Mama has never lied to me before”.
This 330-page book describes the life of Anne Frank during her hiding. The setting of the book was during world war one. Themes of identity and isolation are present in the book. In the beginning Anne’s diary talks about her life has a 13 year old teenager.
In regards to the historiography of gender politics in the Victorian era, the social position of women and femininity had become a problematic issue. Similarly, the gender apartheid instilled prior to the civil war in Afghanistan. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, initially published in 2007, is set in Afghanistan from the early 1960s to the early 2000s. In this, it explores the story of Mariam and Laila as the protagonists, who teach the reader the reality of life as a woman in a backward Islamic country. The story covers three decades of anti-Soviet jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny seen from the perspectives of these two women and observes how they become to create a bond, despite having come from previously living in very different backgrounds.
Abstract women have been living very miserable lives throughout the history somewhere because of gender differences and somewhere base on lame excuses of religion. They do not have equal rights, freedom, opportunities as men and have been suffering gender-based violence perpetuated towards them in the male dominated society. Afghan women show great strength and resistance in the face of adverse circumstances. They have developed traumatic problems and in reaction to their problems, they have grown very resilience to the Afghan tradition and men harsh treatment. The research entitled “Trauma and Resistance of Afghan Women: A Critical Study of Khaled Hosseini’s Novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, was intended to critically analyze the novel to explore trauma and resistance of Afghan women.
