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Sunday, January 25, 2015
A matter of life or death
More people now die of suicide than in car accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet in this book the prisoners of the concentration camp fight so hard to keep their lives and avoid the crematorium even though they have a really good reason to give up on life. When selection time came everyone wanted to seem fit so that they did not have to die. Elie was even willing to walk toward an uncertain future rather than remain in a comfortable infirmary just to avoid the possibility of death. Maybe the reason they held on so dearly to life is because not to went against their culture and the way they were raised. If so maybe people in our time should respect life a little more instead of resorting to suicide.
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As I read the book I realize that many of the many fight to live and survive. Some, are still killed despite their efforts. I think that they tried so hard even when they didn't have enough to eat and drink. I think that people have a natural instinct to survive and once they longer can... well then they let go of life. Butt I don't don't think that just because they give up didn't mean that they disrespected their life-that is simply being bias since we don't know the circumstances that they went through. Not everyone is born into good circumstances.
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