At The Holocaust Museum Summary

The article “At the Holocaust Museum” provides information about the Holocaust through descriptions of the exhibits in the museum. The Holocaust was a horrible event that more than six million Jews were killed. Objectivity is the use of facts and true points in a text. While subjectivity is the use of opinions and point of views in a text. Some texts can have an equal amount of objectivity and subjectivity whether the text is fiction or nonfiction. Other non-fiction texts only include objectivity, while some fiction texts include both or just subjectivity. The article “At the Holocaust Museum” is a mostly objective text.

Included in the article “At the Holocaust Museum” is many objective points that show factual information about the Holocaust.

One quote from the text is “6 million Jews and other victims who were systematically exterminated by Nazi Germany during World War II”. Explaining specifically what happened to Jews during the Holocaust using facts shows objectivity present in the article. The factual nature and how the central idea is developed helps present the objectivity shown through this point. Another quote from the text that shows objectivity is, “But the enormous black-and-white photo facing the elevator shows the charred corpses of more than 50 Jews killed in the Ohrdruf concentration camp.” As a fact, this statement is presented objectively. The phrase charred corpses and enormous are connotative words that are emphasized, which leaves a stronger impact on the reader even though it is a true fact. Finally the last example, “discrimination common to Jews for centuries — beatings and boycotts. Many Jews thought that if they were patient, the storm of Nazi anti-Semitism would eventually blow over.” Objectivity is shown because of the factual nature of the content, and the evidence used in the statement. Like “discrimination common to Jews for centuries” is the evidence and the support is “beatings and boycotts”.
As shown, many of the information in the article is presented in an objective manner using connotative words, factual nature, and evidence used in the text.
The article “At the Holocaust Museum” also has many subjective points in the text.

The first example in the article that shows objectivity is, “You get the feeling that you're trapped, that something bad is about to happen.” The author is stating his opinion about what he felt when he was in the elevator, about how he felt that something bad was about to happen. The author uses emotion and feeling to show that he feels trapped and unsure of the next event, and how he believes other people may feel similarly to him. Another quote, “They cautiously enter the car, touching the scratches on the bare wooden walls, imagining the terror of being locked inside”, shows the perspective of the author. The author uses tone to show how the inside of the car looks and how he thinks the children enter the car. The author infers how the children enter the car and in his opinion they enter cautiously and imagining the terror of having to be locked inside. As the author’s opinion and point of view, this statement is considered to be subjective. Finally, the last example that shows subjectivity is, “But the most powerful effect is created by viewing the museum's exhibits.” This statement is presented in a subjective way because of the author’s opinion or bias to explain that the museum’s exhibits gave a very powerful effect. The author shows the experiences of many of the people who visited the museum, however for him, the most powerful effect created was the exhibits in the museum, this could be different from someone else who visited the Holocaust Museum. This article presents many topics and point of views that include the author who visited the Holocaust Museum. Mostly using strong emotion, tone, and opinion, the article also includes many subjective

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The article “At the Holocaust Museum” has most points that are shown objectively. This is shown using facts, details, and evidence to influence the audience. This article presents many topics and point of views of the people in the Holocaust Museum, in an objective manner. The author’s main purpose was to show what experiences at the Holocaust Museum are like using objectivity often. Including objectivity in the text can give the reader more information and detail about a certain event or topic, which is why it is important to analyze the text, to find objectivity, to get more factual and true information about the Holocaust Museum.