The Two Worlds of Chaim Potok
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An 11 page paper on this well-known Jewish American author and his conflict with Orthodox Judaism. The paper analyzes the nature of this conflict, and concludes that its basis is Potok's openness to ideas and influences from outside Judaism. A 4 page annotated bibliography lists 21 sources.
Filename: Potok.wps

Attitudes Of Holocaust Survivors Toward God And Death
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This 10 page report discusses the feelings and attitudes survivors of the Holocaust have relating to God and to death in relationship to the nightmare they experienced during World War II. Interviews, poetry, and memoirs of survivors are used throughout the paper. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Holosurv.rtf

Two Different Sides of Night /Comparing Wiesel & Vonnegut
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A 5 page comparison of Elie Wiesel's Night and Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night. The paper shows that while both books are about the Holocaust, they depict suffering in different ways because of the degree to which the central characters are able to find meaning in their lives. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Wiesvon.wps

Germany Since Re-Unification
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A 5 page paper on problems that have occurred in Germany since its reunification in the early 90's. Specifically examined is a relevant speech which provides reason to fear Germany's aggressive role within the New World Order. Reference is made to the rise of the Third Reich in pre-World War II days and the possibility of a re-occurrence. Bibliography lists 4 supporting sources.
Filename: Germany.wps

Barnes' Characters in the Light of Fascism
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A 5 page paper discussing the characters of Djuna Barnes' Nightwood as they could be viewed through the eyes of fascism. At the time Barnes published Nightwood, the tide of European fascism was rising and with it the antisemitism and homophobia that would lead to the incarceration and mass executions of Jews and homosexuals in Nazi concentration camps. The novel was seen as radical for the time, and it is now deigned as groundbreaking for lesbian literature. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Nighwood.wps