Reflection Essay

This blog is a reflection on what and how much I have learned about the Holocaust. It pulls from several different genres to create the finished product. In this blog are short essays, research paper, collage, and poetry. I have learned a great deal of information about the Holocaust and the time period surrounding the Holocaust.
My favorite piece in this blog would have to be the “I am from” poem. It is my favorite because I got to put a lot of myself into it and really express some things that people might not know about. It felt really good to write it and it was surprisingly extremely easy to write. I normally struggle with talking about myself or expressing my feelings but with this poem it just came naturally which was a sort of relief.
Another genre in my blog is the research paper. I struggled mightily with writing the paper, as I had no inspiration whatsoever. It was just a class assignment I had to get through. However, I did learn quite a bit through the research and reading which comes with writing a research paper. This opened my eyes a little more to how terrible of a tragedy the Holocaust was.
My least favorite genre in this blog is the collage. It was mainly just another genre that I had to put in and I did not put a lot of effort or time into it. I think it definitely showed that I disliked putting it together. It was certainly not one of my finer pieces of work as anyone who has seen my projects can tell.
A genre that I really enjoyed and put a considerable amount of work into is the forgiveness essay. It was not a major challenge for me because I got to write about my opinion on the subject of forgiveness. This made it fairly simple to complete this genre as I did not have to research and get other opinions and facts about forgiveness.
“The Wannsee Conference” is a short essay. I did not have many problems in getting the information to write this essay. I found a good source and just pulled all my ideas from there. I think I did well on this because it was something I got to choose and work on in my own time.
The last piece in my blog is a poem called “Inside a Nazi Camp.” This poem was a little harder to write than the “I am from” poem. However, once I got going it was easy to finish up. The only problem I had was to figure out when and how to end it; the rest was easy.

The Wannsee Conference - Short Essay

The Wannsee Conference

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Inside a Nazi camp - poetry

Starving, hurting, missing, crying,
Thirsting, throbbing, bleeding, dying,
We feel it all, every single bit,
Only wanting it all to quit

A new day, a new fear,
Always knowing the end is near,
The pain is real, it will not stop,
Barely able to stand and not drop

We just want it all to go away,
Go back to the days of laughter and play,
Our world has been turned upside down
Just like our smiles, we can only frown

We miss our houses, we miss our land,
We miss everything that we had planned,
We miss our kids, we miss our wives,
We miss the rest of our old lives

Holocaust collage - collage

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Forgiveness Essay - short essay

Elie, the main figure in the biography Night, should approach forgiveness of the Nazis thinking of his future state of mind and well-being because forgiveness, one of the toughest choices man must deal with, plays a big role in mental health later in life. Since the Jewish population does not believe God can forgive transgressions between man and man, Elie, who was a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, should forgive everyone who had a hand in the Holocaust, as he himself can only forgive. Forgiveness, the key to future sanity and well-being, will allow Elie to get over his past and become a stable, productive person in society. Elie needs to let go of the past because it cannot be changed in any way; what happened can no longer be taken away. If Elie will not let go of the past, he will never embrace his future; his past will haunt his life, thoughts, and dreams throughout the rest of his life. In addition, Elie cannot hope to receive forgiveness in future situations if he cannot give forgiveness in the present. It would be hypocritical to think one should be forgiven after constantly refusing to forgive another. In conclusion, with his future in mind, Elie should forgive those who have trespassed him so he can be happy in the rest of his life.

Holocaust Research Paper - research paper

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I am from poem - poetry

I am from

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