Summary Of At The Holocaust Museum: Subjectivity Vs. Objectivity

The Holocaust was the most horrific human event that occured in our history. The Holocaust museum is located in DC, it is a place where you can learn about what happened during this event. A author by the name of David Oliver Relin wrote an article called “At The Holocaust Museum.” this article is about what happens in the holocaust museum. This article is presented with more emotions and opinions rather than facts and statistics. Subjectivity is defined as the quality of being based on or influenced by personal feelings or opinions. On the other hand objectivity means the exact opposite, meaning judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal emotions. Some non-fiction texts are more objective than subjective but I am convinced that this article is different. I believe that this article is mostly subjective but has a little objectivity mixed into it.

Little objectivity is present during this article.

One piece of evidence shown is a quote saying, "In 1933, there were more than nine million Jews living in continental Europe. Within a dozen years, two-thirds of them would be dead." This specific quote shows objectivity because it is using numbers and giving a true facts about what happened. During this quote there is no sign of any opinions or points of view. Another piece of evidence given is when the text says “Heaps of human hair that was shaved from their scalps.” This is a true fact, nazis did shave off the hair of Jewish people and piled it up. The words heaps and scalps might stand out to some. My final piece of evidence is when the article says "There are people lying all over. Sick, dying, starved people.” This another fact that is true and the word choice impacts the tone of this quote. These were pieces of evidence to show that this article had some subjectivity but it was enough to truly be an objective

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The Holocaust museum article is filled with opinions and points of view rather than information, so this article contains Subjectivity as well. A quote from “At The Holocaust Museum” is the article says “You get the feeling that you're trapped, that something bad is about to happen.“ The word choice in this quote is trying to impact the reader’s emotions. Everyone can have different emotions and perspectives towards this quote. That is why this quote is subjective. “Nearly everyone finds the museum an emotional place to visit.
The buildings have been designed to make visitors uneasy.” This quote shows subjectivity because it is based on one of the worker’s opinion. Not everyone would feel uneasy to this museum. This statement is subjective, it is not a true fact. One last quote the author wrote isn when the article states "a thought-provoking and personally upsetting experience," says Jeshajahu Weinberg, the museum's director, "and so it should be.” This is another quote from one of the workers at the museum. The words that stood out were thought provoking and personally upsetting. You would not expect to see these words in an objective sentence. The words the worker said is subjective because not everyone will have the same viewpoint. The article had a lot of evidence to prove that the text was subjective, the word choice used also helped me find quotes that stood out.
The article, “At The Holocaust Museum” is mostly subjective because the main idea of this article is to show the emotions and details of what happens in the Museum.