Short Story Assignment Part #1

The time period of my story is 1939-1943. The location of my short story is going to be in Germany during World War Two. The setting is going to be in Hitler's house in Germany during the world war. The reason why I chose this setting is because it is vital to my story. In my short story Hitler who was in charge of the Germany at the time, is actually Satan incarnate. The reason why I chose Hitler's house is because I just imagine Hitler sitting in his house receiving the news of the war he brought upon himself. Satan being a powerful and influential being I could not imagine him being anyone else besides Hitler, and Hitler being the leader of a whole nation would put people in charge to do his dirty work. That is why he is sitting in his house getting updates of the war from his posse. Another reason why the setting is Hitler's Germany is because, during that time period Jews were being killed left and right. This is important because Satan is mad at the Jews for being God's chosen people, so he killed all of the Jews in the form of Adolf Hitler.

The Devil in my story is far from the Devil's in The Bible, and Paradise Lost. But you could make the argument that he is like the Devil in "Sympathy for the Devil". The Satan in "Sympathy for the Devil" seems as though he is the actual people he is talking about. For example:


I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a General's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

In this part of the song it seems as though he did the deeds himself. In The Bible Satan is more of a tempter rather than an actual deed doer like he is in my story. In Paradise Lost Satan is a leader who seems almost "good" and misunderstood. Like my story he is a leader but is neither good or misunderstood, what you see is what you get. Satan looks bad, acts bad which in my story means he is bad. In my story Satan is extracting revenge on the Jewish race, because of God's love for them. He does so by almost killing the entire Jewish population throughout Europe.

My Definition of Art

I feel that my definition of the purpose of art was very accurate. My description of the purpose of art is:
-To stress or show attachment to an event
-Show emotion
-To show opinion
-To further enrich culture
-To show religious views
-To show what is going on in the world
-Imagination
-Shows values of the time period
This list of different purposes for art shows all of the things that I think art is, and how it can be used. There are many pieces of art that i think serve as evidence for the purposes that i have I have just listed. One being Andrea Bocelli singing Time to say Goodbye.

One other song I think is defenatly  great piece of art is Luciano Pavarotti singing Ave Maria. The reason why I picked these two musicians is because, they both show religious views, and also they show their emotion in the songs. The words of each song can speak to many people in different ways, they also speak to these two amazing men. Another piece of art that I find exceptionable is the painting of the Last Supper. This painting show the relationship between Jesus and his Disciples, and how all the disciples were in one accord. It also shows how all people are loved by Jesus the same no matter what they have done or will do.  It also shows how Jesus lived among the sinners but was still perfect in every way.