A discussion blog for our Advanced Composition class to interact with a variety of literary experiences.
Chattahoochee River
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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Chap 2
In chapter two I fell terrible for all the people who had to struggle through those conditions. I don't see how one person would be able to live with all this cruelty under there belt. I wonder in the back of my mind how the German officers felt inforcing these inhuman acts. I wonder if I was in this time how I would react, what side would I be on? Would I kill people for my own safety to stay alive or would I go through the torture just to know I didn't kill someone. I also ponder if in the ghettos if I would committ suicide. In chapter two, a woman by the name Mrs. Schächter was on the transportation train and losing her mind. By the third night she was screaming about a fire that did not exist. She was torn apart from her family and was hallucinating from her thirst. Men would gag her and struck her to keep her quiet. Her reaction to me seems completely normal so when they would blow her with lethal hits it seems unimaginable! And then all along she was right, there was a fire. They all judged her quickly to think she was sicopathic but I personally think her story is amazing because it's like she saw the future of what was bound to happen.
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This is a very honest post, Brendee. It is difficult to think what we would do in this situation. Would we have half the courage Elie and the other survivors had to prevail? I honestly think I would have been no better than the people screaming and beating others.
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