Katyń and Post-World War II Polish National Identity

Authors

John W. Behnke, Cedarville UniversityFollow

Department or School

Science and Mathematics

Essay Genre

Research

Instructor's Note

John writes a research paper in which he identifies and evaluates how the Polish tendency toward individualism influences characters in their resistance to Soviet oppression in Polish director Andrzej Wajda’s film, Katyń. Note how John effectively links his sources to examples from the film. Note also how John identifies and addresses arguments that conflict with his own. How might a writer’s cultural presuppositions unfairly influence his or her conclusions when dealing with a foreign culture? How might one’s own cultural biases be identified and diminished? Why does Hollywood create so few films about Soviet atrocities?

Copyright

© 2014 John Behnke. All rights reserved

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

About the Author

John Behnke is a sophomore Biology major from South Carolina who intends to attend medical school upon earning his undergraduate degree. He has always enjoyed writing both creative poetry and prose. His hobbies include rock climbing and swimming, along with reading and drawing.

Recommended Citation

Behnke, John W. (2014) "Katyń and Post-World War II Polish National Identity," The Idea of an Essay: Vol. 1, Article 18.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/idea_of_an_essay/vol1/iss1/18