In Griffin's tale, she gives us the account of how Heinrich Himmler had been responsible for the deaths of some six million Jews. If an order had been given to kill a Jew during the Holocaust, he in some way affected it. For a man to be able to cause such suffering upon another human being would have to be tormented in some form in his life. While his own suffering may have been unbearable for him, the amount of suffering and oppression that he had put on millions of others must have tortured hi

In Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums, Elisa starts the story off by planting her flowers, namely chrysanthemums, in her garden. She is visited by a peddler, who is interested in some flowers that he could give to someone down the road. She tells him how to raise them on his long trip, and as soon as she sends him on his way, she begins to cry for some reason. In this story, I would probably have to say that the oppressed in this story would have to be the traveling salesman. Although I wouldn't be able to venture to say that he was actually oppressed by another character of the story, his existence was not very enjoyable. He was forced to beg Elisa for some food since he was unable to provide for himself due to his losing the road. He lived in his wagon, which is comparable to living in one's car by today's standards. This is more an example of oppression by society, much like the oppressive society of the Nazis. Although he wasn't personally trying to be persecuted by the leaders of the nation, much like the Jews had been, his country indirectly persecuted him. Although he had tried

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