Abstract
This paper describes the treatment of the Holocaust in Elie Wiesel's "Night", Art Spiegelman's "Maus: A Survivor's Tale", Roberto Benigni's "Life is Beautiful", and Alain Resnais's "Night and Fog". The paper shows how each of these different works provides a unique and important look at the Holocaust, while also illustrating that different genres and approaches can be effective in conveying an event as important and profound as the Holocaust.

From the Paper
"Elie Wiesel's book, Night, tells the semi-autobiographical tale of fourteen year old Eliezer Wiesel who is sent to Holocaust concentration camps. Throughout the novel, the author struggles to find meaning in the horror of the events that surround Eliezer. The death camps consume his family, and Eliezer is left with the horrific guilt of survival. He tries desperately to understand how God could have allowed these terrible events."

Tags:horrors, terror, camps, inhumanity, germans, cartoon, mice, dogs, cats, frogs, nazis, roberto, benigni, guido, dora, experiments, black, white

Abstract
This paper focuses on two books written by Art Spiegelman depicting the impact both during and after the Holocaust. Spiegelman's books represent an unerringly earnest attempt at the history of the 1930s and 1940s in Poland as experienced by Vladek Spiegelman, a survivor of Auschwitz and the author's father. The writer of this paper examines the author's unique style of writing which has been described as a comic strip about the Holocaust with Jews as mice, Germans as cats and Poles as pigs. This paper also discusses the critics and survivors who took offense at the author's sometimes humorous representation of the Holocaust.

From the Paper
"The use of the comic strip as a medium is a way for Spiegelman to deal with his emotions, both on the subject matter and with his father, in a way with which he is comfortable. This is a common psychological approach, especially with someone who is artistically inclined. The use of animals allows Spiegelman to a certain degree disassociate from the gravity and brevity of the situation. It is easier to deal with the subject matter if they are represented by animals than actually telling the story in terms of experiences of human beings."

Tags:book, review, humor, holocaust, survivor, auschwitz, poland, history, war

Abstract
The writer of this story tells the tale of a cat and a mouse, each with a problem, who band together to find solutions to their respective problems. The story describes the problems, tells the story of their plan, its implementation and final outcome. The moral of the story is - timing is everything when putting together a good plan.

From the Paper
"Morning came and the cat and mouse made sure the fat bluebirds were in full view of the scene that was about to happen. The mouse pretended to be scurrying across the floor while the cat pounced on him. Just to play it up a bit, the cat batted the mouse around a few times. The mouse was getting quite angry at this roughness, but allowed the cat to go on knowing that his reward would be worth it. The cat decided to add one finishing touch to the act. This finishing touch was not part of the plan, but the cat was getting quite carried away with the moment and was enjoying the show a little too much. The cat held the mouse up above his head and opened his mouth only wanting to pretend to eat the mouse. But just as he opened his mouth, all the other mice came running past him."

Tags:cat, mouse, birds, planning, moral, fighting, chasing, brave, attention, kitchen, killer, bluebirds, roughness

Abstract
The paper explains how Gunter Grass' narrator, Pilenz, has a retrospective viewpoint that effectively enables the reader to see into the consciousness and subconsciousness of his contemporaries and allows the reader a suggestion of what is to come in the future. The paper shows how by exploring the narrator's role, the reader gains insight into the grave situation that Grass felt society to be in in 1961, the era of National Socialism. The paper explains how by continually bringing up the Cat and Mouse imagery through Pilenz, Grass effectively equates this game to the real life situation of Germany before and after the war.

From the Paper
"In beginning to examine the role of Pilenz, Gunter Grass's narrator in Katz und Maus, the most obvious starting point would appear to be the clarification of the difference between author and narrator, each of
whom may have his own motivation and aims. In Understanding Gunter Grass Pilenz's role is defined as that of the 'the character [...] who draws our attention [...] to connections between Mahlke's life, [...] religious symbols and political, historical events.' Certainly, Pilenz's role as a character is something that comes out in Katz und Maus at the very beginning of the story. Pilenz appears from the beginning to realise that both he and Mahlke are fictional characters in his reference to 'der uns erfand' . We see also that Pilenz feels that ''Ich [...]mu nun schreiben. Selbst waren wir beide erfunden, ich muste dennoch' (p. 6). This indicates almost immediately that the named and specific characters in the story have little or no importance in conveying its essential meaning. After all, Pilenz tell us the story would still need telling even if these particular characters were fictional. Furthermore, as the story is one that needs telling despite the fact that these particular characters are of little importance, the message must have at least some relevance outside the story of Mahlke and Pilenz. It could, in fact be said, that this emphasis on the unimportance of the individual is actually part of Grass's message, the individuals not being important because they are not individuals in the true sense but are representative of a generic group."

Tags:cat, mouse, National, Socialism, Germany, World, War, II, society, Mahlke, guilt

Abstract
This paper explains that mad cow disease is bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, a fatal brain disorder in cattle caused by a still-unknown agent. The author points out that U.K. reports also listed other animals as having been infected by TSEs, including domestic cats, mice, hamsters, goats, mink, monkeys, pigs, and some exotic species of the cat family. The paper reports that there is also suspicion that mad cow can be spread through human blood; therefore, the American Red Cross bans blood donations from people who have lived abroad, especially from those who spent as few as three months in the UK between 1980 and 1996.

From the Paper
"The disease spread to cattle in other countries through infected animal feed UK exported to them within that decade. These countries in Europe alone included Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland (Lohn), which were reported to have at least one infected cow each. The UK also supplied animal feed to South Africa and non-European countries at that time, extending the reach Mad Cow beyond Europe and making it a global health scare."

Tags:scrapie, blood, cat, feed, bse

Abstract
This paper explains that India, which was so integral to the economic interests of Great Britain, was the critical reason for the struggle for supremacy between Britain and Russia in Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The paper points out that this power struggle, known as the Great Game in Asia, attempted to bar Russian influence in the region and to curtail Russian advancement deep into Iran. The paper describes that the game was played like one of 'cat and mouse' with the British saw themselves as cats and the Russian as mice, yet the cats were mostly paranoid and fearful of the mouse's reprisal.

From the Paper
"Witte's assertion arose from the consolidation of the Caucasus beginning with the reorganization of Russian troops as well as controlling tribal unity. Promises were made to Muslim tribesmen where Russia offered to allow indigenous customs and faith to remain; both factors led to a quick Russian victory over the area. Between 1859 and 1864, most of the tribes had been overwhelmed by Russian advances. Now far into Muslim Asia, the thirst for glory perpetrated the ongoing Russian advancement into Central Asia (the areas east of the Caspian Sea) which was a check to British power in the region."

Tags:iran india buffer weakness, bakhtiyari tribes

Abstract
The paper examines the issue of the author Oscar Wilde's homosexuality, how it was portrayed in his writings, accepted by society, and how he was eventually taken to court and found guilty of gross indecency. It looks at how homosexuality was not "obvious" to Victorian society and Wilde often engaged with a kind of cat and mouse game with his reading public as a closeted homosexual author. Famously, the word "earnest" was slang in many circles for homosexuality and queerness and it reviews his play "The Importance of Being Earnest" as a heterosexual comedy of manners.

From the Paper
"Throughout both of his trials, Wilde adopts a kind of insouciant, provocative pose that seems, to the modern eyes, to be a "typical" portrait of a flamboyant male homosexual. Because Oscar Wilde's artistic medium has become synonymous with such a posture it is difficult to re-read history with open eyes. However, the answer as to why Wilde thought he could "get away with it," would seem to be found, not so much in the actual, textual evidence of either the trials or Wilde's later works during and after his imprisonment. Rather it is the attitude by which sexuality in general, and homosexuality in particular, was viewed by Wilde's Victorian reading public."

Tags:earnest, trial, public, victorian, society, gross, indecency, biography

Abstract
This paper explains that Tom Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October" is a fictionalized version of actual defections in the Soviet navy in the 60s and the 70s. The plot enables the reader to dwell deeply into the thoughts of the main character, Capt. Marko Ramius, and to see a man putting his life in jeopardy just to leave a system he found corrupt and insatiable. The author believes that the novel is well-written and brings the reader to the height of thrill as the pace builds up, ebbs a bit and then goes through a roller coaster ride to the end. The paper concludes that, for the military buff, "Red October" is a cornucopia of military, especially naval, trivia that tests an individual's knowledge of military and naval tactics.

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The Critique

From the Paper
"Marko Ramius was a man at the peak of his career. He has risen to the rank of Captain in the Soviet Navy and commanded one of Mother Russia's submarines, but not just any submarine. He is the commander of the revolutionary Typhoon-class submarine, the Red October. What makes the Red October unique is its stealth propulsion system supposedly undetectable by sonar. Despite Ramius career success, he is a man thorn between duty to the Soviet Union and scorn for the society he belonged to since his wife died recently due to the incompetence of a Soviet doctor - drunk while performing his duties. To make matters worse, he could not accost the inutile doctor because of his connections to the Soviet Politburo - he is the son of one of the top-ranking leaders."

Tags:character thrill, naval trivia, cat-and-mouse, strategic disinformation

Abstract
This paper examines Art Spiegelman's "Maus", a digest-sized comic book using mice, cats, pigs and other animals to portray a history of the Holocaust. The story recounts the history of the holocaust through highly detailed drawings and comic panels. The paper shows that "Maus" was designed to translate history into a format that would be readily read by younger generations.

From the Paper
"As we delve into the relationships within the story, including those that we are familiar with from history books, we begin to realize more and more what these relationships did to shape the ideology of a group of people, if not a community. The use of comic-images would, you would think, soften the realizations and accounts of events in the Holocaust, but in actuality they greatly amplify them. They are drawn images of memories, which in some aspects are somewhat more horrifying and true to life, than the photographs of the time were."

Tags:Vladek, Anja, Jewish, Mother, Jones

Abstract
The author of the paper argues that the twentieth century has seen significant improvements for women in Britain. The issues and events mentioned in support of this are the Suffragette Movement, the two world wars, the decline of industry and the freedom given to women in all spheres of society.

From the Paper
"By the end of the twentieth century women can now go into virtually any job they want, they can serve in frontline armed forces, become doctors, scientists, editors, managers and politicians. In the year 2000, 1 in 5 women earn more than their working partner and on average women earn 75% of a male workers hourly wage. In some professions women still say there is a "glass ceiling" but in time, through the continuing change of peoples attitudes there will be an equal playing field. All this has been made possible because women now have choice, events and people throughout the century have made this possible, from Emmeline Pankhurst's militant tactics to mass employment for women during two world wars." .

Tags:Emmeline, Pankhurst, Social, Political, Union, 1913, Cat, Mouse, Act, World, War, I, Representation, People, World, War, II, feminism