I chose essay topic number three in comparing Number the Stars main character Annemarie Johansen and Holes main character Stanley Yelnat's and taking a look at how both helped others and made a difference in some way. These two books are ... her fear does not prevent her from being brave and therefore helping made all the difference in the world to the Rosen's and other Jewish families. In Holes, Stanley Yelnat's is not only a proposed lead character but also a recognized hero. The story is based around Stanley and his unlucky times and tributes ... depict helping others and making a differen...

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... forced to live in inhumane conditions and were treated like animals that could only afford a hole in the ground. The words "mansion and holes" are used to compare the sizes and the connotations carried by the words. The mansion is associated with something big and bright while a ... or conveying the theme of love and a message about the Jews and their miserable lives. "Yet there's no place for us, my dear, yet there's no place for us". The phrase "my dear" continually repeats throughout the entirety of the poem, making the audience wonder who ... social status is lower than the animals...

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... give them another image: tough Jews, Jews who will not be led to the slaughter. What do you think Pep Strauss would do to a guy like Heinrich Himmler? Drill fifteen holes in him, the Kraut bastard!" "When the extent of the Holocaust became clear, when refugees began turning up with stories and tattoos, Jews who had never really considered the virtue ... believed was wrong. "These killers seem about as skillful as the Israeli commandos who slipped into combat. When Abe Reles was ambushed by the Shapiro brothers, "it was a bad night for the Kid- -his own personal Night of Broken Glass." W...

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... men to investigate and found the trenches filled with decaying bodies covered with lime to contain the odor. Tears filled my eyes as I saw children with bullet holes in the back of their heads. I would not wish this vision on anyone in my life. We counted the bodies and covered them with dirt while ... people could do this to these people? We are interrupted to be informed that there are over a hundred people in the prison bunkers, barely alive. I call for food and medical supplies to be brought into the camp immediately. When I approached the prisoners, they were grateful that we were ...

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... Christianity. To simplify, Christianity is a religion. If one believes in the divinity of Jesus, one is Christian. But Judaism is different. Judaism is an entity for which there is no satisfactory English word, since Judaism did not arise in Western lands. It is like a tribe, or a family. One can be born ... powerful these beliefs have been in Jewish history that even those schools of thought that question these groundwork beliefs find it necessary to somehow explain the theological holes left by their extraction. I was also curious about why people of the Jewish faith do not believe Je...

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... as horrific than the events that took place in the camps or as terrible as the way Europe was towards the Jews or any group of people for that matter. In 1938, there were an estimated fifteen million Jews in Europe, and in the space of six years, six million of them were ... even the toughest crowd. He also had the help of two other powerful dictators, Mussolini of Italy, and Stalin of Russia. Both were very helpful to Hitler for they too spoke of a perfect race and molded their countries around Hitler's thoughts and beliefs. Many people had a great deal of faith in Hitler, and ... the ...

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... begin to become concerned only with their life and no one else. Most people turn their back on God and blame him for all the deaths. After being in the camp for months Eliezer has to undergo foot surgery. Before he fully heals the Nazis decide to evacuate the camp because the Russians have almost ... would they even waste their time doing selections? It also seems that it would be easier for them to go ahead and kill Eliezer instead of performing surgery on his foot. Another part of the book that had holes was when it was discussing how many people turned against God even the priest turn...

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... . People were sent to the concentration camps by means of trains. They were packed into the trains like sardines. Inside the trains they had to stand for 12 hours or more depending on where they were sent. It was hot and hard to breathe. There was no food or bathrooms. People were crying ... Jews were killed a day. People arrived daily from all over Europe. Some were killed within minutes of arriving; others were kept in the camps and used for slave labor. People who lived in the camps had to say goodbye to family members and most were never seen again. Those kept had to go through ... ...

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