Romani people

Innocence versus Sexual Awakeming The transition from childhood to adulthood is a complex but universal passage. Both Katherine Mansfield's "The Wind Blows" and D.H. Lawrence's The Virgin and the Gipsy embody adolescent angst in their characterization. Matilda and Yvette search for meaning beyond the lives they perceive they are condemned to lead. Both bring about greater understanding of the struggle between a young girl's struggle of innocence versus sexuality. In similar uses of

the various people in the society. Characterization and personification are part of the significant literary devices that have been used in novels to display different characteristics of the people being discussed. It is a useful tool in the literature that raises the attributes of an individual or a group of individuals based on the characteristics of an animal as an object, in the book, Maus, the symbolic use of the mice is used to describe the different attribute of the Jewish people in the community

The term exoticism is derived from the noun exotic. In music, exoticism entails a variety of newness in the form of playing and even the way the music is accepted by the audience. Musical exoticism, therefore, is the process of evoking in music whether the music is exotic or from one’s own country. The music elicits different feelings on the audience is a reason why it is referred as being too evocative and in any case, if the work continues to be performed for long years, the broader traditional

In human nature, people tend to stay true to their core values they grew up with through their childhood and will not change them even when being influenced by others. Throughout Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief, the author utilizes the symbolism of Liesel Meminger’s relationship with objects and the decisions she makes, to emphasis Liesel’s loyalty to her core values. Across the book, we can see how she retains her core values of peace and power through her symbolic relationship with books, words and

In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie retells the horrifying and torturous treatment that he and other Jews suffered from at the hands of the Nazis. The Jews were treated as if they were no less than inanimate objects and worse than animals all because of their religion. The Nazis made sure that the Jews knew that had no rights and that meant nothing to them. The Jews experienced such inhumane events that no one could ever relate to, they lost everything from their dignity, to their property, and

This research paper aims to reach first an overall overview over the memorial “stumbling blocks” (Stolpersteine) created by the German artist Gunter Demnig. Therefore, the concept of the Stolpersteine will be introduced shortly including a brief explanation of its historical background. Moreover, a short biography about the artist will follow to understand the motives and the motivation behind the memorial. To gain an extensive comprehension of the Stolpersteine, a more precise description of the

team: It is generally assumed that all Romanians are liars and thieves. This is a stereotype. Yes, most of them are poor and some of them have no choice but to take things and lie. This is how some of them survive. Especially the Roma (gypsies). Most people assume the gypsies and the Romanians are one and the same when they are not. The Roma have the Romany language somewhat mixed with their home country, the ones who live in Romania mix Romanian with the Romany language. The Romanian language is a mix

Depression plagued the country in the 1930’s, a mysterious group of people--known as Gypsies or Roma--lurked in the rural areas of America. Present across most of the United States at the time, Gypsies were peculiar people with very different ways of life than most others. The Gypsies were nomadic, showing up in a town for awhile, and leaving whenever they felt necessary. Gypsies were not uncommon in the 1930s, yet most people remained suspicious of them due to their mysterious and conniving ways

flamenco music and dance. By observing Miguel Bernal and his group 's performance of flamenco music and dance on Feburary 25th at the Culver Center of the Arts, I will demonstrate the characteristics of flamenco music and dance and it 's influences to people 's cultural identities and values. I will also interview one of the audiences from the performance about her point of view to the flamenco music and dance. Background and Origin Flamenco was originally emanating from Andulusia in southern Spain

Some people do not think that the monument should be dedicated to solely the Jewish victims and that by naming a specific group, the memorial has “potential to eclipse other important public memorial sites in Germany” and leaving out the other victims of the