... recalls that as one of his buddies detected a mine, "Without saying a word, but giving me a mournful glance as if to say goodbye, he [Harrison's buddy] retreated to the extreme end of the field. I have seldom felt as lonely as I did after he withdrew to a safe distance I began a very cautious probing with my bayonet. I moved grains of dirt and sand one by one, peering carefully ... of battle, each would just walk on by because they knew random fighting would have no effect on the outcome of the war. So, even though the Americans were supposed to hate Germans, it still caused American so...

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• Grade Level: High School

... somebody or be offensive with the memory of the Holocaust, because I started from the opposite idea, of course. I wanted to make a beautiful movie, and especially to say something poetic- (1993). It is important that the young generation learns about the Holocaust, so that they may pass the disturbing, yet educational information onto future generations. This will prevent the mistake that occurred in World War ... identify with and have empathy for. In Schindler's List children are not only portrayed as victims, but also as victimizers. In one scene we see a little Polish girl screaming...

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... 's Workshop, Vonnegut lands a three-book contract, of which Slaughterhouse-Five is the first. It is so short and jumbled, he explains, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. On the way to Dresden, Vonnegut spends a night in a Boston hotel, where his perception of passing time becomes distorted, ... The following month, Billy writes a letter to his local paper about the aliens. The day the letter is published, Billy is hard at work on his second letter to the Ilium newspaper about the lessons he learned when he was taken to the planet Tralfamadore. He is glowing wit...

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• Grade Level: High School