Khushwant Singh, Train to Pakistan (1990) What does this book teach us about the cycle of violence and betrayal which characterizes the tumultuous period known as “The Partition”?
Below is a list of questions for each of the texts. Choose one of the texts, read it, and then answer the question below related to that particular book. Your answer should be 2- 3 pages in length(no shorter than 2 pages, no longer than 3 pages) , double spaced, 12 size font, Times New Roman. Submit your paper in Word doc format. 1. Bartolomé de las Casas, A brief account of the destruction of the Indies (1986) What does this book teach us about the nature of the encounter and conquest of Native Americans by Europeans in the later 15th and early 16th centuries? 2. Khushwant Singh, Train to Pakistan (1990) What does this book teach us about the cycle of violence and betrayal which characterizes the tumultuous period known as “The Partition”? 3. Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front (1987) What does this book teach us about the physical and mental/psychological nature and effects of war (WWI, in particular)? 4. Jane Yolen, Briar Rose (1993) What does this book teach us about the Holocaust? 5. Manlio Argueta, One Day of Life (1991) What does this book teach us about life in El Salvador during the Cold-War struggle in that country in the 1970s and 1980s?
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