'the scope and focus of memory are too intimate for the grand sweep of history,' do you agree or disagree. based on text fiftieth gate.
Title: 'the scope and focus of memory are too intimate for the grand sweep of history,' do you agree or disagree. based on text fiftieth gate.
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 256 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
'the scope and focus of memory are too intimate for the grand sweep of history,' do you agree or disagree. based on text fiftieth gate.
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 256 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Mark Baker's novel The Fiftieth Gate explores the memory of two holocaust survivors, yossl and Genia Baker, with Mark who interprets their memory and uses documented evidence to recreate the history of the holocaust event. The scope and focus of memory only adds to the gand sweep of history and allows different interpretations and greater detail of the event.
In the beginning of the text, Mark Baker tries to examine the holocaust using his parents
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frieghtened .... I was so scared. But my mother said,'run to judenrat' ....saved my life.' The memory of the survivors gives a unique perspective on the holocaust and the intimacy of such personal memories enriches the event.
The biased view of mark and his parents memory does not affect the text as a historical source as it is written from the perspective of jewish survivors as they were the largest victims of the holocaust.