What is the main thing the prisoners represent from this excerpt?
"What makes this inquest significant is that these prisoners represent sinister influences that will lurk in the world long after their bodies have returned to dust. We will show them to be living symbols of racial hatreds, of terrorism and violence, and of the arrogance and cruelty of power. They are symbols of fierce nationalisms and of militarism, of intrigue and war making which have embroiled Europe generation after generation, crushing its manhood, destroying its homes, and impoverishing its life. They have so identified themselves with the philosophies they conceived and with the forces they directed that any tenderness to them is a victory and an encouragement to all the evils which are attached to their names. Civilization can afford no compromise with the social forces which would gain renewed strength if we deal ambiguously or indecisively with the men in whom those forces now precariously survive."
2007-12-23 10:30:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Ok, I understand that guys!!! I wouldn't ask the question if I didn't!! What does that mean? I need like a complete re-phrase of the paragraph, but i don't understand the paragraph!! I read the first line, I'm not stupid!! lol =]
2007-12-23 14:12:37 · update #1
Um, it says the answer right in the first sentence. They represent sinister influences.
2007-12-23 10:38:10 · answer #1 · answered by Jodester 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For an English class, I would agree with the first answerer. The topic sentence for the paragraph states clearly that these individuals represent sinister influences. The rest of the paragraph goes on to explain the nature of these sinister influences and how these prisoners represent them.
I would add that, in history class, I'd suggest that the prisoners may represent Nazi Germany. This smacks of something from the Nuremburg Trials.
Interesting paragraph.
2007-12-23 10:51:15 · answer #2 · answered by John73 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How much detail do you need to go in to?
Sinister influences that will lurk in the world long after their bodies have returned to dust.
2007-12-23 10:52:15 · answer #3 · answered by SKCave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummm... "What makes this inquest significant is that THESE PRISONERS REPRESENT SINISTER INFLUENCES that will lurk in the world long after their bodies have returned to dust".
2007-12-23 12:53:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They represent sinister influences...
It's in the first sentence...
I could be wrong, I didn't read the whole thing, so if this is a trick question... I'm probably wrong
Happy Holidays! :]
2007-12-23 10:48:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dunno... too hard... the first answer seems right1
2007-12-23 10:48:29 · answer #6 · answered by Jen_n_TX 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋