Homework for 3/27/08.

The Holocaust Party:

This story is about how people view race and ethnicity. It is told by a young Jewish man set in modern day America. He has grown up being a minority and dealing with other people and the way they may look at his ethnicity with prejudice or with an ignorance of the history of Jewish people and the Holocaust. His girlfriend invites him to hear a Holocaust survivors story since he is Jewish, she thinks he wants to hear about that. He is surprised to find out that the woman isn't Jewish, and doesn't take her experience seriously and even still believes some of the Nazi propaganda about Jews.

Becky:

This story's theme is about how people view women who have children out of wedlock, black people, and interracial marriages. This was written and set in the 1920s. The story is told in a way that sounds as if other people are talking about this woman named Becky, and her life and decisions she has made. People say bad things about her, but they also give her charity.