Objectivity In At The Holocaust And At The Museum

As many people know, the Holocaust was a very unfortunate event in history that also helped to shape our world today. Articles written about the Holocaust like At the Museum, help readers understand the Holocaust in both subjective and objective ways. Using subjectivity in a text exposes readers to emotion, perspective, and opinion. Without subjectivity, readers would only learn about the facts. Using objectivity in a text gives readers

factual evidence about real events that happened. Without objectivity, readers would not be able to learn about the true facts of an event. Using both subjectivity and objectivity in a text gives readers the ability to learn real information, and think about the text in a more creative way.
The article At the Museum portrays objectivity in many different ways.

One of the sentences from the text that shows objectivity is “Video screens and black-and-white photos document how ancient anti-Semitism, or prejudice against Jews, was exploited by German leader Adolf Hitler during his rise to power”. This sentence is objective because it gives readers information about how Hitler was able to get others to believe that Jews were the enemy. Another sentence in the text that shows objectivity is “Stark brick and steel halls echo the look of the barracks and gas chambers of Nazi concentration camps”. This sentence shows objectivity because it tells readers about how the Holocaust museum was able to make an exhibit look like a room in a Nazi concentration camp. A final way that objectivity is shown in the text is in the sentence, “Making sure the world knows exactly what happened to these 50 Jewish prisoners, and to the 6 million Jews and other victims who were systematically exterminated by Nazi Germany during World War II, is the mission of the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C”. In this sentence objectivity is shown by telling readers about the purpose of the Holocaust museum. Throughout the article, objectivity is shown in many different ways. These examples from the article are factual and don’t show any opinion or emotion, which makes the text

objective.
Not only does At the Museum use objectivity in the text, but uses subjectivity as well.

One way that the article shows subjectivity in the text is in the sentence, “You get the feeling that you're trapped, that something bad is about to happen”. This sentence contains subjectivity because it gives readers a feeling of uneasiness and fear. In order to create subjectivity, the author used tone so he could reach out to the reader’s emotions. Another way that subjectivity is shown in the text is in the sentence, “Whether they're Jewish or not, nearly everyone finds the museum an emotional place to visit”. In this sentence, the author uses his opinion of how visitors of the Holocaust museum should feel after a visit. By using opinion in a text, subjectivity is shown. Lastly, subjectivity is shown in the sentence, “It takes a moment for your eyes to register the first image at the Holocaust Memorial Museum”. This sentence is subjective because it gives readers perspective. The author uses perspective in the sentence by describing what a visitor in the Holocaust museum would first see. In the article, subjectivity is shown throughout the author’s use of perspective, emotion, and opinion. These elements of a subjective text are not factual and were used in order to connect with

readers.
In the article, At the Museum, the author showed both objectivity and subjectivity in many ways. Creating a sense of both objectivity and subjectivity in a text allows readers to analyze the information in different ways. Subjectivity in a text creates emotion in readers and also causes them to think about perspective and have their own opinion. Subjectivity causes readers to use their creative and emotional side. Objectivity gives information about historical events and does this by using factual evidence and quotes. Objectivity appeals to the reader’s logical side and doesn’t create any emotion. Without both subjectivity and objectivity, many texts would be written in the same format which doesn’t allow readers to think both emotionally and logically.