Dalton Anderson English 102 Final Exam
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Dalton Anderson Bergeron Essay
Dalton Anderson
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. 102
21 September 2011
Doom
The society in “Harrison Bergeron” written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is one of seemingly perfect equality. It is also a society that is doomed to failure. “In the year 2081 everybody was finally equal… due to the 211th, 212th and 213th Amendments to the constitution” (293). This means that the people of this society (assuming this is America) have been barraged with several amendments over just a few years. The people would not have stood for this many changes all at once, especially because many of these were obviously new laws. The citizens would have retaliated and, given the way people acted, silenced or brainwashed. The only thing that keeps the people in line is their own fear of this new regime. “ If people tried to get away with it, then other people’d get away with it-and pretty soon we’d be right back in the dark ages again, with everybody competing with everybody else” (295). Competition between people is natural, we need it in order to grow. The only thing standing between the people and their freedom is the right leader in the perfect time and place.
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. 102
21 September 2011
Doom
The society in “Harrison Bergeron” written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is one of seemingly perfect equality. It is also a society that is doomed to failure. “In the year 2081 everybody was finally equal… due to the 211th, 212th and 213th Amendments to the constitution” (293). This means that the people of this society (assuming this is America) have been barraged with several amendments over just a few years. The people would not have stood for this many changes all at once, especially because many of these were obviously new laws. The citizens would have retaliated and, given the way people acted, silenced or brainwashed. The only thing that keeps the people in line is their own fear of this new regime. “ If people tried to get away with it, then other people’d get away with it-and pretty soon we’d be right back in the dark ages again, with everybody competing with everybody else” (295). Competition between people is natural, we need it in order to grow. The only thing standing between the people and their freedom is the right leader in the perfect time and place.
Dalton Anderson Essay 2 Kavorkian
Dalton Anderson
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. Comp 102-104
14 September 2011
Single Paragraph Essay II
Suicide…
Many people think the case in Jack Kevorkian’s “A Case of Assisted Suicide” was morally corrupt and inhumane. This is not so. In this particular case, Janet was fully aware of what she was asking him to do. “The intelligent woman knew what the diagnosis portended, and at that instant decided she would not live to experience the horror of such a death” (318). Some also rant about the setting of the procedure. If you think for a moment, and realize he did everything he could. “I had made a Herculean effort to provide a desirable, clinical setting. Literally and sadly, there was no room at the inn” (319). Imagine how she must have felt, walking straight up to death and calmly taking his hand. She would have been in a peaceful, benign, and slightly nervous state of mind. It was probably better for her to be surrounded by nature in her final moments. It’s far better than being in a sterile, cold hospital. Admittedly, preforming the procedure in the back of a van is not glamorous but at least Janet and her family could be spared the horrible pain related to Alzheimer’s.
Kevorkian, Jack. “A Case of Assisted Suicide.” Power of Language: Language of Power. New York
Pearson Learning Solutions, 2009. 317-23. Print.
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. Comp 102-104
14 September 2011
Single Paragraph Essay II
Suicide…
Many people think the case in Jack Kevorkian’s “A Case of Assisted Suicide” was morally corrupt and inhumane. This is not so. In this particular case, Janet was fully aware of what she was asking him to do. “The intelligent woman knew what the diagnosis portended, and at that instant decided she would not live to experience the horror of such a death” (318). Some also rant about the setting of the procedure. If you think for a moment, and realize he did everything he could. “I had made a Herculean effort to provide a desirable, clinical setting. Literally and sadly, there was no room at the inn” (319). Imagine how she must have felt, walking straight up to death and calmly taking his hand. She would have been in a peaceful, benign, and slightly nervous state of mind. It was probably better for her to be surrounded by nature in her final moments. It’s far better than being in a sterile, cold hospital. Admittedly, preforming the procedure in the back of a van is not glamorous but at least Janet and her family could be spared the horrible pain related to Alzheimer’s.
Kevorkian, Jack. “A Case of Assisted Suicide.” Power of Language: Language of Power. New York
Pearson Learning Solutions, 2009. 317-23. Print.
Dalton Anderson On Dumpster Diving
Dalton Anderson
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. Comp 102-104
31 August 2011
Single Paragraph Essay
Perception of the World
The human mind may be one of the most complex biological machines in the world. Humans have the ability to manipulate or alter reality simply by changing one’s perception of their environment. A good example of a person perceiving his environment in a non-normal way would be in Lars Eighne’s essay “On Dumpster Diving.” Eighner regales us with tales from his own life. According to societal norms, we perceive happiness as: having sufficient monetary earnings, a healthy family, and a nice house to live in. Without these things, we cannot be happy. However, Eighner says in effect that he’s content, if not very happy, with his life. In the passage, “I am always very pleased when I can turn up exactly the thing I most wanted to find… scavenging more than most other pursuits tends to yield returns in some proportion to the effort and intelligence brought it to bear.” (264) Eighner tells us quite clearly that it makes him happy when he finds something of significant use that someone else thought to be garbage. The final sentence, “I am sorry for them.” (265) says a lot in that he sees us living a sad and miserable existence.
Eighner, Lars. “On Dumpster Diving.” Power of Language: Language of Power. New York:
Pearson Learning Solutions, 2009. 317-23. Print.
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. Comp 102-104
31 August 2011
Single Paragraph Essay
Perception of the World
The human mind may be one of the most complex biological machines in the world. Humans have the ability to manipulate or alter reality simply by changing one’s perception of their environment. A good example of a person perceiving his environment in a non-normal way would be in Lars Eighne’s essay “On Dumpster Diving.” Eighner regales us with tales from his own life. According to societal norms, we perceive happiness as: having sufficient monetary earnings, a healthy family, and a nice house to live in. Without these things, we cannot be happy. However, Eighner says in effect that he’s content, if not very happy, with his life. In the passage, “I am always very pleased when I can turn up exactly the thing I most wanted to find… scavenging more than most other pursuits tends to yield returns in some proportion to the effort and intelligence brought it to bear.” (264) Eighner tells us quite clearly that it makes him happy when he finds something of significant use that someone else thought to be garbage. The final sentence, “I am sorry for them.” (265) says a lot in that he sees us living a sad and miserable existence.
Eighner, Lars. “On Dumpster Diving.” Power of Language: Language of Power. New York:
Pearson Learning Solutions, 2009. 317-23. Print.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Dalton Anderson Holocaust Testimony Brigitte Altman
Dalton Anderson
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. 102
12 October 2011
Holocaust Survivor Testimony
Brigitte Altman
Brigitte Altman was born on the 15th of August 1924 in the town of Memel on the Baltic Coast. Her father was a business man and worked in flour, lumber, and textile mills. Her family was not really a traditional Jewish family. They did however; celebrate all of the Jewish holidays such as Purim and Hanukah in their own ways. Brigitte came from a middle class family and attended a public elementary school and later attended a private, all-girl’s school. Her private school had about 6 Jews in a class of 30, just to give you an idea of the ratio (the rest were German or Russian girls). It was typical how the anti-Semitism started for her; as Hitler rose to power, the morals he imposed on the people trickled down to the younger children and they begin to exhibit that behavior themselves. Brigitte’s first awareness of Nazis was when her parents began to speak of what was happening to their relatives at dinner. The Germans invaded some time later and caused much confusion and panic. Brigitte was transported with her family to a Ghetto located in the poorest part of town. There was no sanitation, or running water and very limited space. Brigitte was assigned a job, it wasn’t bad but still it did not pay much at all. She had to live on meager portions of food, but she was able to smuggle food into her house sometimes. Her father was prompted by the children’s accione` to form a plan to get Brigitte out of the Ghetto and to a safe place. He managed to contact a friend of his and plan an elaborate escape. A group of men helped by first bribing a guard to let them pass her out of the Ghetto and onto a boat to cross the river to get to the city. She arrived at her father’s friend’s (her name was Meta) apartment and was able to stay there for a few weeks. It sounded like a nice place to live, it was certainly better than the Ghetto. Brigitte had to leave Meta’s apartment for a family (Meta’s husband’s family) farm. She lived there as a farm maid for a few years with another Jewish girl who was about six years old. She lived there for a few years and was liberated by a Russian soldier during the summertime. (Brigitte forgot rather a lot about some of the dates). She left the farm and hitchhiked to Karnoff where she spent a few days at a friend’s house. Eventually, she traveled to Poland and Austria and ended up in Dallas, Texas to meet up with family.
Brigitte said that we should give testimony “To document by word and pictures that not only did the Holocaust, unfortunately, happen, but that the so-called pseudo-Holocaust revisions are just so blatantly wrong.”
In regards to the pseudo-Holocaust revisions, “I wish they were right. I wish it didn’t happen.”
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. 102
12 October 2011
Holocaust Survivor Testimony
Brigitte Altman
Brigitte Altman was born on the 15th of August 1924 in the town of Memel on the Baltic Coast. Her father was a business man and worked in flour, lumber, and textile mills. Her family was not really a traditional Jewish family. They did however; celebrate all of the Jewish holidays such as Purim and Hanukah in their own ways. Brigitte came from a middle class family and attended a public elementary school and later attended a private, all-girl’s school. Her private school had about 6 Jews in a class of 30, just to give you an idea of the ratio (the rest were German or Russian girls). It was typical how the anti-Semitism started for her; as Hitler rose to power, the morals he imposed on the people trickled down to the younger children and they begin to exhibit that behavior themselves. Brigitte’s first awareness of Nazis was when her parents began to speak of what was happening to their relatives at dinner. The Germans invaded some time later and caused much confusion and panic. Brigitte was transported with her family to a Ghetto located in the poorest part of town. There was no sanitation, or running water and very limited space. Brigitte was assigned a job, it wasn’t bad but still it did not pay much at all. She had to live on meager portions of food, but she was able to smuggle food into her house sometimes. Her father was prompted by the children’s accione` to form a plan to get Brigitte out of the Ghetto and to a safe place. He managed to contact a friend of his and plan an elaborate escape. A group of men helped by first bribing a guard to let them pass her out of the Ghetto and onto a boat to cross the river to get to the city. She arrived at her father’s friend’s (her name was Meta) apartment and was able to stay there for a few weeks. It sounded like a nice place to live, it was certainly better than the Ghetto. Brigitte had to leave Meta’s apartment for a family (Meta’s husband’s family) farm. She lived there as a farm maid for a few years with another Jewish girl who was about six years old. She lived there for a few years and was liberated by a Russian soldier during the summertime. (Brigitte forgot rather a lot about some of the dates). She left the farm and hitchhiked to Karnoff where she spent a few days at a friend’s house. Eventually, she traveled to Poland and Austria and ended up in Dallas, Texas to meet up with family.
Brigitte said that we should give testimony “To document by word and pictures that not only did the Holocaust, unfortunately, happen, but that the so-called pseudo-Holocaust revisions are just so blatantly wrong.”
In regards to the pseudo-Holocaust revisions, “I wish they were right. I wish it didn’t happen.”
Dalton Anderson Holocaust Testimony Ester Fiszgop
Dalton Anderson
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. 102
12 October 2011
Holocaust Survivor Testimony
Ester Fiszgop
Ester Fiszgop was born in Brest, Poland on January 14, 1929. Her father’s name was Abraham Fiszgop and her mother’s name was Rachael Fiszgop. Her father was co-owner of a lumberyard and also a contractor. Her mother was an artistic, beautiful, and loving housewife. I noticed that when she spoke about her family (especially her brother) she became very upset and began to cry, which is quite understandable. Ester said she had a very loving, traditional Jewish family. They were middle class and she and her brother attended a seemingly prestigious school. In the time just before the war broke out, Ester says that she even knew about Hitler and what was happening over in Europe. However, she says that she didn’t sense any danger at that point in time. After a year or so, the German army bombed her town and a little while later they invaded and began to take control of the town. Ester told about how the Russians came in and saved their town from the Germans. The citizens of the town rejoiced and made an arch de triumph decorated with flowers to show their gratitude. Two years later however, the Germans came back and as punishment for the way they acted. They took 5,000 to 7,000 men and shot them on a bridge over a river until it ran red with blood, Ester’s father was one of the men shot. In 1941 Ester went to the train station with her mother and brother to be transported to a Ghetto. Ester got on a bus, looked out the window at her mother. When the bus turned the corner, she never saw them again. While in the Ghetto, Ester lived with her grandmother and great uncle. There was scarcely any food and almost no new clothing. Ester stayed sane only through her own drive for survival. One night, she, her grandmother, and her mother’s friend and children dug out of the walls of the Ghetto and crawled to the outer area around the barbed wire. They fled to Kainoffski and hid in the forest. Ester moved from house to wilderness quite a lot, even pausing to live in a hole beneath a pig sty for six months. By the time she got out, she could not sit or stand on her own. She eventually was liberated by the Russian army and moved to the United States where she lives to this day.
“It’s a heavy burden” (in regards to the pain she feels)
“I am very much afraid that whether it will take 100, 200, 300 years, history repeats itself. Be on guard.”
Mr. Neuburger
Eng. 102
12 October 2011
Holocaust Survivor Testimony
Ester Fiszgop
Ester Fiszgop was born in Brest, Poland on January 14, 1929. Her father’s name was Abraham Fiszgop and her mother’s name was Rachael Fiszgop. Her father was co-owner of a lumberyard and also a contractor. Her mother was an artistic, beautiful, and loving housewife. I noticed that when she spoke about her family (especially her brother) she became very upset and began to cry, which is quite understandable. Ester said she had a very loving, traditional Jewish family. They were middle class and she and her brother attended a seemingly prestigious school. In the time just before the war broke out, Ester says that she even knew about Hitler and what was happening over in Europe. However, she says that she didn’t sense any danger at that point in time. After a year or so, the German army bombed her town and a little while later they invaded and began to take control of the town. Ester told about how the Russians came in and saved their town from the Germans. The citizens of the town rejoiced and made an arch de triumph decorated with flowers to show their gratitude. Two years later however, the Germans came back and as punishment for the way they acted. They took 5,000 to 7,000 men and shot them on a bridge over a river until it ran red with blood, Ester’s father was one of the men shot. In 1941 Ester went to the train station with her mother and brother to be transported to a Ghetto. Ester got on a bus, looked out the window at her mother. When the bus turned the corner, she never saw them again. While in the Ghetto, Ester lived with her grandmother and great uncle. There was scarcely any food and almost no new clothing. Ester stayed sane only through her own drive for survival. One night, she, her grandmother, and her mother’s friend and children dug out of the walls of the Ghetto and crawled to the outer area around the barbed wire. They fled to Kainoffski and hid in the forest. Ester moved from house to wilderness quite a lot, even pausing to live in a hole beneath a pig sty for six months. By the time she got out, she could not sit or stand on her own. She eventually was liberated by the Russian army and moved to the United States where she lives to this day.
“It’s a heavy burden” (in regards to the pain she feels)
“I am very much afraid that whether it will take 100, 200, 300 years, history repeats itself. Be on guard.”
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
A Film Unfinished Response
Dalton Anderson
Mr. Neuburger
ENG 102
5 October 2011
Video Response 1
A Film Unfinished
I had mixed feelings about this video. On one hand, it was very well done and it captured the essence of the Nazi propaganda film. On the other hand, it upset me greatly to see how the Jewish people were treated and the filthy conditions in which they lived. Perhaps the worst thing in the video would be when the Nazis threw the deceased Jews into a mass grave with seemingly no regard for them at all. It was as though the Nazis doing this either could not feel for them or did not want to fully aware of what they were doing. During this part, I had to close my eyes and look away. The film was brutally honest in how it portrayed life for the Jews. However, this was not the truth. The original footage shown in the video was staged by the Nazi filmmakers, and often they would have to reshoot the scene to make it seem more legitimate. It was a very clever strategy, I must admit. Showing seemingly “raw” footage as propaganda to show how the Jews were living in somewhat lavish houses. But in staging the scenes they filmed, they had total control over what was going on. I guess you could say that they were planning to brainwash whomever they were going to show this film to. It’s disgusting but clever. I enjoyed how the film was presented as a sort of documentary, with a combination of the original footage and a factual account for the actual goings on in the Ghetto. Although, I do feel that bringing in the people who escaped in to view the film may have been a little harsh. They shouldn’t have to witness that again, then again if they did it voluntarily then that is a different story. This documentary was really very well made. It evoked within me strong emotions ranging from pointed indignation to deep sadness on the behalf of these people.
A Film Unfinished. Narr. Rona Kenan. Oscilloscope, 2010. Web. 3 Oct. 2011..
Mr. Neuburger
ENG 102
5 October 2011
Video Response 1
A Film Unfinished
I had mixed feelings about this video. On one hand, it was very well done and it captured the essence of the Nazi propaganda film. On the other hand, it upset me greatly to see how the Jewish people were treated and the filthy conditions in which they lived. Perhaps the worst thing in the video would be when the Nazis threw the deceased Jews into a mass grave with seemingly no regard for them at all. It was as though the Nazis doing this either could not feel for them or did not want to fully aware of what they were doing. During this part, I had to close my eyes and look away. The film was brutally honest in how it portrayed life for the Jews. However, this was not the truth. The original footage shown in the video was staged by the Nazi filmmakers, and often they would have to reshoot the scene to make it seem more legitimate. It was a very clever strategy, I must admit. Showing seemingly “raw” footage as propaganda to show how the Jews were living in somewhat lavish houses. But in staging the scenes they filmed, they had total control over what was going on. I guess you could say that they were planning to brainwash whomever they were going to show this film to. It’s disgusting but clever. I enjoyed how the film was presented as a sort of documentary, with a combination of the original footage and a factual account for the actual goings on in the Ghetto. Although, I do feel that bringing in the people who escaped in to view the film may have been a little harsh. They shouldn’t have to witness that again, then again if they did it voluntarily then that is a different story. This documentary was really very well made. It evoked within me strong emotions ranging from pointed indignation to deep sadness on the behalf of these people.
A Film Unfinished. Narr. Rona Kenan. Oscilloscope, 2010. Web. 3 Oct. 2011.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Intro
I am a sophomore in college hoping to transfer so I can get a Doctorate degree in Genetic Counseling. I am 20 years old and enjoy studying, cooking, and playing video games. My favorite video games include Final Fantasy I to VI, Tales of Phantasia, and Seiken Densetsu 3. I graduated from Willard in 2010. My favorite color is green. I don't really blog at all, I do not have a myspace or facebook account. I really do like Autumn and Winter, especially when it snows. I was born in Germany, and I lived there for about two years before I moved to the U.S. I have one sister and one brother, he lives somewhere in California. The place I want to visit the most is London, England. I would really like to go there and study how their mannerisms and societal norms differ from ours. My favorite television show is called Mystery Science Theater 3000, Invader Zim is a close second. I spend most of my free time studying, but when that is done, I will play some games or read a book. English is probably one of my favorite subjects. I actually enjoy writing research papers and the like. My favorite drink is hot green tea, I drink it without any sweetener. I think sugar masks the earthy taste of the tea. If you have any comments, then please.
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