Tow #12 - Ten Green Bottles Analysis

Ten Green Bottles is the story of Nini Karpel's struggles as she told it to her daughter Vivian so many years ago.  To Nini Karpel, growing up and getting raised in Vienna during the 1920s was a romantic confection. Whether schussing down ski slopes or speaking of politics in coffee houses, she cherished the city of her birth. But in the 1930s an undercurrent of conflict and hate began to seize the former imperial capital. This struggle came to a start when Adolf Hitler took possession of neighboring Germany. Anti-Semitism, which Nini and her friends believed was impossible in the socially advanced world of Vienna, became widespread and virulent. The Karpel's Jewish identity suddenly made them foreigners in their own homeland. Tormented, disenfranchised, and with a broken heart, Nini and her family sought refuge in a land seven thousand miles across the world. Shanghai, China, one of the few countries accepting Jewish immigrants, became their new home and refuge. Stepping off the boat, the Karpel family found themselves in a land they could never have imagined. Shanghai presented an incongruent world of immense wealth and privilege for some and poverty for the masses, with opium dens and decadent clubs as well as rampant disease and a raging war between nations Ten Green Bottles is the story of Nini Karpel's struggles as she told it to her daughter Vivian so many years ago. This true story depicts the fierce perseverance of one family, victims of the forces of evil, who overcame suffering of biblical proportion to survive. It was a time when ordinary people became heroes. The author of Ten Green Bottles uses the idea of family in the story to emotionally impact her readers, whom have all presumably have family they love. The story is about a close family sticking it out when times get tough. The author also argues an argument of value. the author’s argument (from reading the book) is that even when times get bad, and the world seems to fall apart around you, family is what is important and no matter what you are doing or where you are, if you have family everything will be ok.

Tow #11 - Brown Vs. The Board of Education

                In the first half of the 20th century, school segregation, either by law or custom, was practiced across the United States. Buildings and programs for African Americans were always inferior, especially in the South. They worried that African American children they considered intellectually inferior would drag down educational quality for the their own kids. Caucasians feared the specter of their children mixing socially with African Americans, and frequently warned of behavior such as interracial dating. Above all, Caucasians resisted the fundamental threat to their supremacy that school integration posed. In 1954, America was still a society divided along racial lines. Even schools were divided into those catering to either Caucasian or African American students. Oliver Brown of Topeka in Kansas believed it to be in violation of his 14^th Amendment right to Equal Protection. He brought a case against the Board of Education to the court. White segregationists argued that, while they may go to different schools, the fact that they have similar buildings, accessibility and subjects mean that African American students were getting an education equal to that received by Caucasian students; separate but equal, in other words. The plaintiffs argued, however, that the fact that it was separated meant that there was a difference and unless remedied, they would never be equal. The Supreme Court sided with Brown and declared school segregation as unconstitutional. Brown’s side argument of fact was that that segregation in education was against the constitution. This was a fact and could be argued with reason and evidence. Brown’s argument of value was that segregation is a terrible law, both of these arguments ultimetly led to Brown’s argument of policy, which was that the law of segregation should be dissolved, and a new policy should be put in place where all races of American can receive an equal education and have the same opportunities. In the end, Brown’s case was won in the civil court. This could be traced back to good arguments, evidence, and reasoning. These are all things that make a good persuasion.