Blog #4

From the CNF point, the form is circling deeper and deeper. Also this piece has presentation of experience. The center is "In Rindheim, we didn't do such things". The focus was her father who was a Rindheim jew. The piece by piece account of the Rindheim jews, which her father was one of. It told a story of different events and or experiences they went through and the last paragraph stated what was said in the first paragraph "In Rindheim, we didn't do such things" and in the last paragraph she understood what her father meant by that saying. And in each new paragraph the father showed his daughter how the Rindheims bonded together under trying circumstances (World War II), which supported the saying by giving his daughter a little history of the people in the village (Rindheim). In the last paragraph the writer stated "suddenly carried more weight, giving me a history and legitimacy that would have made me not mind, as much". The writer is saying that now she understands what her father meant when he said "In Rindheim, we didn't do such things".


The first paragraph tells the reader where the father and his family is presently, Queens Blvd, New York. The saying would come up when the daughter would become to "American". The father did not want her to forget her history.

The second paragraph was a trip back to the "old country". There was an old man asking "Aren't you a loewengart, maybe Julius or Arthur"? The old man remembers her father or one of his brothers. In this paragraph the reader also sees her father's fear when the old man invited them into his old house. The father did not want to enter. The reader also gets some history as to how many Rindheim Jews fled to America (250 people).


The third paragraph was her father not wanting to enter the Synagogue because of its history. The Synagogue was a place where the Rindheim Jew felt safe until it was torched and everything in flames. The father's memories was to painful for him to enter.


This fourth paragraph dealt with people in surrounding town which the father pointed out quickly "But these people wern't from Rindheim". The paragraph showed his prided in being a Rindheim.


The fifth paragraph dealt with the father and mother courtship, and that brought a smile from her mother. This was about her parents had fun "to hear more about my parents having fun.


The sixth paragraph dealt with paying respect to the dead. "It's how you pay tribute to the dead". The father is telling his daughter about the placement of the stones.


And the last paragraph deals with the saying "In Rindheim, we didn't do such things" and now the daugher has a much better understanding of what the father means.

The gaps symbolized the end of an event or thought and the begining of a new one with the focus being the experience of the Rindheim jew ( be it a group or an individual).