For my letter of note of history I had Malcolm X’s letter to MLK Jr in 1963. He wrote King about the struggle the African Americans community is facing, disunity. He writes how in the community, they have faced so many outside forces, racism, sexism, and poverty that run through the black community because of…
Month: October 2022
The Breaking in Love
John Weber New York, United States of American 2220 Bayard Street Tenement Angebeteter dear John, I write to you out of love and news from the now distant Germany. I hope this letter found you well. I write to you after many years have passed, about a revelation I had three fortnights ago. While on…
I think you could be forgiving
The movie Could I ever be Forgive, was not a movie I would watch on my own, however, it was an interesting one for sure. Based on actual events in the life of Lee Israel, the movie follows Ms. Lee Israel a struggling published writer, who is dealing with poverty, alcoholism, and a dying cat….
Distance Friends
“Germany, a land with a deep culture and the beginnings of a fine political freedom”- Max In class on Tuesday, we listen to letters from Kathrine Taylor 1938, Address Unknown. The story is about fictional letters between two friends from 1932-1934, who were born and raised in German. The part we listened to in class…
Letters of Connection
It’s interesting how powerful letters can be, and how much depth they can hold with an ink pen and a piece of paper. How much they carry a soul across the ocean to a man that is fighting a bloody war. Throughout human history, we place our men on the front lines of war and…
Listen In
Love? Or Betrayal? This week we listen to Dear John and Dear June letters from WW2 Dear John letters were break-up letters sent to soldiers oversea who were fighting in World War 2. As many men drafted in the war were in their early 20s so there were a fair amount of men who left…
