Cambodian Women and the Khmer Rouge
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This 7 page report discusses the genocide that took place in Cambodia during the totalitarian regime of the Khmer Rouge in 1975-1979. Various empirical studies reported that Cambodian women experienced the most extensive trauma. These women were victims of physical violence, often of a sexual nature, perpetrated by their fellow citizens. They were exposed to multiple forms of emotional abuse, torture, and forced labor. Many witnessed the deaths or executions of their husbands, and most lost at least one, and often several, of their children. Extended kinship networks, so much a part of their cultural heritage and their everyday functioning, were destroyed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Chaim Potok's 'The Chosen' / The Pluralistic Nature of Reality
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A 5 page essay which examines this award winning novel by Chaim Potok. The writer demonstrates that the differing viewpoints within this Jewish community are intrinsic to the thematic structure of this coming-of-age story of two teenage boys. The writer illustrates that by the novel's conclusion, Potok has peeled back the layers of meaning to reveal the shared humanity of the two groups.
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Christopher Browning's "Ordinary Men:" Why, When Given A Choice, Did The Vast Majority Of Men In The Reserve Police Battalion 101 Opt To Participate In The Nazi Genocide?
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5 pages in length. Christopher Browning's "Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland" discusses the reactive nature of men who are under the mental, emotional and physical strain of superior orders. The extent to which members of Reserve Battalion 101 opted to participate in the Nazi genocide, despite the fact they were given a choice, speaks volumes regarding the overwhelming influence Hitler had over ordinary men – artisans and working class police reservists untrained for such atrocities – who would otherwise never consider killing another human being. No additional sources cited.
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Christopher Browning’s “Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101” and Daniel Goldhagen’s “Hitler’s Willing Executioners
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Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust: This 6 page report discusses these two books and compares their differing premises regarding the actions taken (or not taken) by “ordinary” German citizens during the Holocaust. Browning’s premise was that circumstances such as peer pressure, career promotion, and the mindless conformity of society led large numbers of common, everyday people to participate in murdering the Jews of Europe. On the other hand, Goldhagen claims that the well-established German tradition of an “eliminationist ideal” resulted in a type of anti-Semitism that was, in his opinion, a solely “German pathology.” No other sources.
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Cognitive Dissonance / Applied To Those Who Saved The Jews
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In 6 pages the author discusses the concept of cognitive dissonance as it applies to those who saved the Jews from the Holocaust. It is posited that cognitive dissonance makes a person want to right a wrong in order to change a distasteful situation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Comparison of Heinrich Heine and Gunter Grass
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A 5 page paper discussing classic works by these German authors. Both Heine and Grass portray a dark and nearly hopeless Germany in their works. Heine's Deutschland, a Winter's Tale is older than Grass' The Tin Drum by more than 100 years, a century in which Germany rose to command world attention twice. Grass portrays a Germany with much similarity to that of Heine's time. Heine was threatening and ominous in much of his epic-length verse. He was able to see ahead on Germany's then-current path; Grass looked back along that path in the other direction. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Conflicted Paths/Making the Right Choice
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A 5 page essay that compares and contrasts Mark Harris' Bang the Drum Slowly and Art Spiegelman's Maus, A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began. The writer argues how very different situations are connected when they each touch – as these authors do – on factors that are intrinsically human. No additional sources cited.
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Cynthia Ozick's "The Shawl" / Past, Present, & Symbolism
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A 4 page essay on the symbolism of the shawl itself in Cynthia Ozick's novella. Special attention is paid to the way the symbolism changes over the course of the story. The writer presents a chilling account of life during the Holocaust. The primary source is cited.
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Dehumanization: Why do we do it?
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This five page paper explores why man is willing to inflict cruelty and death on other human beings. Focus is on the events during the Holocaust, but many other examples are given as well. Considers whether the new mechanical era is a cause. Argues a central thesis. Excellent paper showing the use of thesis and the support of that thesis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Denying the Holocaust/Defending Deborah Lipstadt
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A 5 page research paper in which the writer is—supposedly—an expert witness called in to advice the defense team of Deborah Lipstadt, who has been accused of libel by historian David Irving regarding her book Denying the Holocaust. The writer first offers a defensive strategy for Lipstadt and then, using Michael Berenbaum's The World Must Know offers rebuttal to one of the arguments of Holocaust deniers. No additional sources cited.
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Diary of Anne Frank / Psychological Development
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A 5 page essay analyzing Anne Frank's development as an adolescent in relation to Erikson's psychosocial stages. We can see, despite her circumstances, Anne travels through three stages of development. She experiences the same conflicts as most people her age and reaches the same conclusions. Bibliography included.
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Eichmann And Stangl: Two Different People Or Two Different Authors?
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5 pages in length. Human behavior is a complicated and curious equation. The answer to why a particular action is exhibited may be locked away in centuries worth of evolution, yet it continues to be displayed even today. Contemporary sociologists have come to understand that the human mental condition is part of a complex interplay between the environment and biology. Indeed, there is a direct link between brain chemistry and structure that ultimately dictates behavior. Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem : A Report on the Banality of Evil" and Gitta Sereny's "Into That Darkness : An Examination of Conscience" discuss such behavior as it relates to infamous Holocaust personalities Eichmann and Stangl. However, upon reading these accounts, one is compelled to ponder whether these men represent two different people or two different authors. No additional sources cited.
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