History repeats itself continuously. Discuss with reference to two works you have studied.

[IFerrier]

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Il giorno venerdì 8 marzo 2013 12:42:05 UTC+1, IFerrier ha scritto:

[Amir.F]

The repetition of history is the fact that me must look at subjectively. Because it depends if whether we are talking about its good or bad sides. If we look at the work by Maya Angelou, discrimination still exists in today's society maybe not as extreme as before but still it does and this is because history is repeated through certain means and the means of its repetition are the subjective perspectives. Moreover, the novel by Heinrich Bolle the fact that an innocent person is being accused of thing that she didi not do also highlights the fact that in today;s world there are still people that are being accused even though they are innocent and that simply refers to the fact that history is a repeating game that keeps on repeating itself. However, the repetition of history may not be as harsh as it was in the past. Also it can be said that history's repetition is similar but not exactly the same thing as the past. 

On Friday, March 8, 2013 12:42:05 PM UTC+1, IFerrier wrote:

[Vicky Ricci]

I agree with the statement "History repeats itself continuously". However, through history, humans learn past mistakes and sometimes make an effort to avoid future ones. As Amir has stated, in the autobiography of Maya Angelou, discrimination is present and to this day, it still is. Martin Luther King Jr. acted upon this issue and made a change with the intent to extinguish discrimination. To extinguish something entirely in a society so vast, may not be possible. However to gain awareness and to make a significant change in society, has been proven to be possible. Mistakes in life are constantly repeated and through mistakes we learn. I would define repetition of history as a learning process for our society.

“The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is.”

—

Aristotle

[irisfe...@gmail.com]

Great quotation.

IF 

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[Abdourahman John]

History repeats itself continuously is a statement I would agree with. From civilization to civilization, from society to society, throughout time certain events and people bear a great resemblance to that in the past. For example how many times in history has their been a man who wishes to free his country from the rule of others such as Hugh Oneil in Making History. How many women have had to grow up being discriminated against for their color and the race as in I know why the caged sings. History does repeat itself, but many try to learn from history, whether to not make the same mistakes, or to follow in the steps of another, continuously and forever, history will repeat itself.

[Chianyul]

To certain extent does history repeats itself. For example, the theme of racial discrimination present in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings repeats itself in ways that not only does it happens to Black people but also to other races. For instance during the World War II, the Japanese communities in San Francisco gradually "disappeared" while the Black "entered without protest". Just as the Black population was prosecuted, the Japanese population was also prosecuted. This repetition of prosecution based on race brings out the repetition in history.

Likewise, in The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, history repeats itself in the form of murder. According to the chronology of the plot, the readers know that news reporter Tötges was shot on Sunday noon by Katharina Blum. However, days later, on Tuesday noon, the press photographer, Adolf Schönner, was also found dead in the woods, who was described by the News as "a victim of Blum". The repetition of murder as well as the repetition of accusation shows that history sometimes does repeat itself.