Museam: Examples Of Objectivity In The Holocaust

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The Holocaust was a terrible event in human history consisting of millions of deaths of innocent Jews, and this event was during World War II and information about the Holocaust can be found in the Holocaust Museam. The Holocaust Museam showcases this event from box cars to corpses and teaches many of the sad fate of the Jews. Articles about the Holocaust Museam could be either objective or subjective. Objectivity is something that is measurable, like facts, information and statistics. On an opposite viewpoint of objectivity is subjectivity, this includes point of view, opinions, feelings and emotions. Unlike this article many other nonfiction and factual articles include more objectivity than subjectivity. At the Holocaust Museum by David …show more content…

In the article there are many quotes that can prove objectivity in this article, one example is: “There were charred corpses of more than 50 Jews killed in the Ohrdruf concentration camp.” This quote shows very strong connotation, but is still objective due to its factual truth. In the concentration camps there were many singed and burnt or as used in this quote, charred bodies found in and out of a crematorium. Though it did use a strong conotation usually entitled with emotions, this word explained truth and measurable information. This also used some statistics by giving the number of 50 Jews in the Ohrdruf concentration camp. I feel like this is an important quote because this shows a factual referance to the holocaust, but it is used to spread emotions throughout the person looking at the bodies, this would express feelings and emotions throughout the viewer, but still being factual. Another quote that expresses objectivity is: “Stark brick and steel halls echo the look of the barracks and gas chambers of Nazi concentration camps.” This quote is very important evidence of objectivity in this article because, there is strong diction, though strong diction is sometimes used to express subjective ideas, but the description in this quote gives thought of a scarry or uneasy place. It gives a fearful and upset tone towards the article. This could be argued to be subjective, but since this could be …show more content…

In this article there are many examples of subjectivity to show the opinions and point of view of the author and objectivity to inform the reader of the holocaust and the holocaust museam. It is important to analyze non-fiction texts that consist of both objectivity and subjectivity due to the fact that some articles can be factual, but still consist of ideas to pursuade your mind and to shape your point of view. Many articles show their point of view and also express many emotions and feelings, but when still giving information and facts on a subject. Though many non-fiction articles express objectivity, some articles express both, but there are even some, meant to bring perspectives to life. Finding out which is which would be important in order to understand where the facts are and where the perspectives are. This article contains both objectivity and subjectivity, while being very factual and

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