After reading “What we have to lose” By Theodore Dalrymple, I can conclude that it is a defense of civilization from barbarism. Dalrymple puts forward his main arguments which many come from his own experience with details and examples. Also, the article helps convey to the reader that the greatest threat to our great society comes from within. Dalrymple's article helped enlighten me that today's society has grown so used to civilization that it seems impossible to conceive that it is actually a delicate thing. Dalrymple’s article gives us an important lesson that even though we have countless amount of resources and technology in today's world, society is not unconquerable, and it can vanish.
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And The Orchestra Played On Analysis
Joanne Lipman’s memoir And the Orchestra Played On is about the lasting bonds music can have on members of a community who engage – whether it be as listeners or musicians – in music together. She reflects on the death of her beloved childhood music teacher, Mr. K, and the coming together of his student for one final concert. Lipman ties her introduction and conclusion together to develop her message. In both, someone is searching for music: Lipman for her viola, and a girl only known as the sister of a boy whose funeral Lipman and the rest of the orchestra player at over 30 years previous. Lipman suggests that the search for music is actually a search for belongingness because the bond of music gives- 358 Words
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Thesis For The Pianist By Spilman
“The Pianist” by Wladyslaw Spilman is a extraordianry story about a man’s survival in the holocaust in Warsaw, Poland. The book explains how Szpilman survives the holocaust in Poland by hiding, escaping, and with luck. Szpilman is important to society because he explains the following topics in his perspective for them not to happen again, religious discrimination, human rights, and punishment in crimes involving genocide. Many of the issues raised by the holocaust continue to have an impact on the world today.- 484 Words
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Dehumanization In The Pianist By Wladyslaw Szpilman
The Pianist is a movie that shows the life of one man, Wladyslaw Szpilman who was a popular Jewish Pole radio station pianist. In the World War II which is a background of the movie, How Szpilman suffered and how he survived are presented in the movie. While the movie portrays Szpilman’s life, it also shows how the Jewish people are dehumanized by Nazi during the war. The director, Roman Polanski, successfully uses camera angle, lighting and plot structure, and characterization to present the theme of dehumanization.- 755 Words
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Musician Holocaust Survivors
This is article has taken an interest with both views of how music can affect you. The article examines Holocaust survivors and how they react to music. During the holocaust the Nazis used music as an element of torture. For instance, singing on command, where failure to obey or satisfy the guards could incur fatal consequences, was used to frighten, humiliate, and degrade prisoners. [Atarah 1223] Interviewing multiple survivors and examining how music effected their life before, during and after the Holocaust the article proves that it had- 886 Words
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Essay On The Role Of Music In The Civil War
"In camp and hospital they sang -- sentimental songs and ballads, comic songs and patriotic numbers.... The songs were better than rations or medicine.” Music plays a huge role in our society today, and it played a huge role in our society a hundred years ago. Music is fluid, ever changing, and never the same. And yet, one thing remains constant; it tells stories, keeps records, and lift spirits.- 569 Words
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America By Claude Mckay Essay
Have you ever felt excluded from society? Many people throughout history have, and the speaker in Claude McKay’s poem “America” is no different. The speaker is a man who is educated but is living in America during a period of violence and conflict. He has a strong response to being excluded that has advantages and disadvantages.- 521 Words
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Comparing Tadeusz Borowski 's Tone, Voice And Creative
The will to live and survive is a very basic drive in humans. When people are stripped of their freedom and their lives are threatened, their instinct is to find some way to stay alive physically and to cope mentally. During the Holocaust, relieved to be alive and in fear of the death around them, many prisoners made an amorality of choices to survive and so these prisoners became implicated in the system of torture and killing themselves. This is an identity given to them not only by the prisoners who are subject to their mistreatment and punishment, but also by the Nazi SS men who use freedom from death as leverage to help in managing other prisoners. Other than the prisoners who they managed and repressed, the soldiers were the only social, emotional and psychological contact these prisoners had. Unconsciously, these prisoners began to adopt some of the behavior and attitudes of the Nazi SS men. They became numb, and detached from the people suffering around them. In this essay I am going to compare Tadeusz Borowski 's tone, voice and creative narrative in, This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentleman, with Ruth Franklin 's findings from her investigation of his work, in her book, A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in the Holocaust Fiction.- 1198 Words
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The Cellist Of Sarajevo Character Analysis
The beautiful and powerful message from the music causes Kenan to fantasize about a flourishing Sarajevo which heals itself. The music creates a relaxing atmosphere for the public leading to an increase in optimism and generates a beautiful cathartic experience. The music motivates Kenan to become confidant to help his family live a stable life and also help restore Sarajevo ignoring all cynical thoughts. At last, Kenan is a fearless individual who believes in and will risk his own life for the betterment of his family. “He doesn’t want to have to walk through the streets of his city and look at the buildings and with every step be afraid that he’s about to be killed. He knows that if he wants to be one of the people who rebuild the city….then he has to go outside and face the men on the hills”[244]. The music plays a prominent role in Kenan’s life transforming him into a determined man who can walk fearlessly to bring home basic neccessities for those who matter most, family. In all, Keenan’s new found determination to keep his family healthy and safe by sacrificing his own life is an inspiration for the citizens of Sarajevo but most importantly it is the result of listening to the encouraging Cellists’- 1026 Words
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How Does Music Affect The Orchestra's Performance?
Wozzeck, a tragic story about a soldier who suffered from cruelties portrayed by society, has music that expresses many feeling and emotions. For example, at opening the music gives a sensation of fear, anger, and suspense portrayed by the captain. As it continues, when Marie is reading the Bible, the music turns softer, holistic, and become slower paced to give an impression of worries and desperation. At the same time, when Marie is alone with Wozzeck, the music changes to express tension and a visualization of what could happen to Marie. Towards the end, the orchestra’s performance by itself gives a feeling of climax.- 271 Words
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Jewish Music
Before hearing this lecture, I had no concept of the types of music in concentration camps, much less a sense of the music within World War II. The lecture taught me how music and the arts are something that can’t ever be stopped. Even though it’s not mandatory for human life or a lucrative career it has permanently etched a place inside of culture and the continuation of history.- 828 Words
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing By Madeleine Thien: Summary
Marie and her mother try to forget the hurtful past with their passion for music, “What mattered was the here and now and not the life before, what mattered were the changeable things of today and tomorrow” [14]. Their life in China was tragic, the experience of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the early ages left the survivors like Ma devastated. Analysis: “It was a time of chaos, of bombs and floods, when love songs streamed from the ratio and wept down the streets. Music sustained weddings, birth, rituals, work, marching, boredom, confronting and death; music and stories,- 912 Words
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Schindler's List Comparative Essay
Media, especially popular films and movies, plays an important role in shaping the public’s opinions and understanding of the world. The Holocaust for example is a subject that has received a lot of media attention, including three Academy award-winning films in the past two decades. Most people know little about the Holocaust and these films serve as the primary sources of their knowledge, therefore, how they perceive the Holocaust is directly related to the way it is portrayed in these popular movies. Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List and Roman Polański’s The Pianist are both praised by films critics for their cinematic achievements; however, they often face critical reception by Holocaust scholars, and for good reason. Both films take place in Europe during the Holocaust and take the audience through the experiences of a few individuals. Moreover, both films are based on true stories and present the Holocaust experience of the characters with historical accuracy. Schindler’s List tells the story of a German industrialist who saves the lives of twelve hundred Jews by employing them in his factories, while The Pianist tells the story of a Jewish musician who survives the wrath of the Nazi’s with sheer luck and the kindness of a few non-Jews. Neither Spielberg nor Polański shy away from showing all the blood, gore, the violence, and the killings that are embodied in the Holocaust. These movies portray the Holocaust with astonishing detail, but they fail to uphold the- 1366 Words
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Film Analysis: The 5, 000 Fingers Of Dr. T
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. [1953] is a brilliant colorful narrative film that exploits the usage and dynamics of design production to present a theme that is sorrowfully based upon events during World War II, especially those events which dealt with Hitler and the Nazi Germans. Though at first glance this is a children’s movie that follows little Bart around as he is whisked away in the vibrant adventures of his dreams as he seeks to end the malicious musical reign of Dr. T., this movie contributes strong evidence alluding to an underlying theme; namely that World War II was a horrible time period in which individuals were thwarted and subdued to ill-treatment [in this case portrayed by piano playing] during the reign of Adolf Hitler. This theme is supported by the film’s production design, which combines German expressionist sets along with Seuss’s vivid imagination and imagery.