words of surgeon, Dr. Kasiak as he took a ticking time bomb out of a man’s heart. I’m Skylar Ellis, a current third year resident at Memorial Willows Hospital in New York City. When I was six years old, my father was shot dead in the grocery store at point blank range. He fell face first onto the hard, cold floor as I screamed for help. He was transported to Memorial Willow Hospital where I managed to sneak into the O.R. observation room to watch him be operated on. I watched the line on the monitor…
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were wounded, 411 of which, emergency services workers. Now one would think— on the anniversary of such a tragic day—first responders would honor their fallen brothers and sisters in the place where they had fallen. In ‘No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11?” written by Michael Burke he addresses that the men and women who served at Ground Zero on 9/11 will not be welcome to attend the memorial held there on the 10th anniversary. He addresses the readers of the Wall Street Journal to get a rise out of…
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Australians and the Anzac legend has become one of the cornerstones of modern Australian culture. Everywhere from bridges, parks, war memorials and countless monuments in small country towns bear the name “Anzac”. It is a national holiday where many Australians travel to Turkey to attend the commemoration ceremonies that begin at dawn on this day. All in all, this day in in celebration and memory of the Gallipoli war that the Australian army put under their wing to show the true Australian spirt.…
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expel the enemy from Hue). Longley includes the account of one person who was exposed as a liar and phony by B. G. Burkett in Stolen Valor (1998). The author uses provocative statistics on the number of soldiers who died on their first (997) and last days of service (1,448) in Vietnam. His source, a website, indicates the statistics are unconfirmed. In these and other cases the author seems too willing to uncritically accept the veracity of his…
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Davis, America’s Hidden History “America’s Hidden History” by Kenneth C. Davis covers the time period from 1469 to 1789. Rather than a traditional history, it is organized as a collection of six stories. Davis’s stated goal is to humanize history; instead of a collection of names and dates, he wants to explore the human motivations behind important events in America’s past. He also promises to include lesser known aspects of the stories of America’s founding (hence the title, “Hidden History.”) Although…
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normalization of hate speech, the persistence of dehumanizing practices underscores the enduring consequences of past atrocities. Furthermore, the proliferation of social media platforms has provided a new avenue for the dissemination of dehumanizing narratives, contributing to the erosion of empathy and solidarity in online spaces. In confronting the continued influence of Holocaust social practices and norms, there remains a steadfast commitment to remembrance, education, and…
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her husband unfortunately died on the battlefield. She was widowed, until she died of old age. When her daughter was organizing her remains, she discovered this poem her mother had written to her father and the titled is “But You Didn’t”. It’s a narrative poem, which talking about some wonderful memory about she and her husband to show other people how they love each other and how to do it. At the first five stanza, each stanza is talking about a small and nice memory. She borrowed his new car and…
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The Virgin Suicides The Virgin Suicides, a 1999 film by Sofia Coppola, shows a different narrative than the original novel published in 1993 by Jeffrey Eugenides. The book is told from the neighborhood boys’ perspective of the Lisbon sisters: Ceci, Mary, Bonnie, Therese, and Lux. However, the film focuses more on the sisters themselves rather than how the boys perceive them. The story takes place in June of the 1970’s. The teenage boys have a fascination with the sisters, as the sisters are seemingly…
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Britney Bonilla BIBL 104-B40-LUO February 13, 2013 Summary of the Old Testament Books Genesis The book of genesis is mostly a narrative type of genre. Genesis (theme) talks about God himself as the creator of the world. He created all things in seven days and testified that it was good. Genesis also notes the origin of life, salvation, sin, how different ethnic group came to be, as well as the Hebrew nation. There are four major events that occurred in Genesis they are the following: Creation, disobedient…
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new Jewish realities and the unchanging biblical text. Midrash falls into two categories and they are as follow. When the subject is law and religious practice, it is called Midrash Halakhah. Midrash Aggadah, on the other hand, interprets biblical narrative and exploring questions of ethics. Sufism Sufism is less a sect Islam than a mystical way of approaching the Islamic faith. It has been defined as mystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and…
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