Chattahoochee River
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Screams
The screams of the women instilled fear into the Jews on the train. The women's screams echoed their own fear of the future. When they learned of their destination, their confidence soared. I wanted to yell out, "don't speak so soon," just like I had done in a movie theater on accident, but the scream stuck in my throat because I've read books similar to this one and most end in death. They could not see the foreshadowing of their future. These are the people who ripped you away from your home how could you not see the worst of humanity in them?
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I love how you are so concise with the post. Its sad that we as humans sometimes don't connect the dots when are lives are in stake.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very good point you make Priscila. I agree that it's sad to know that Jews didn't want to admit their own fear. They had hope and wanted to deny what was coming. This just goes to show that humans don't like to show fear and don't want to believe in the worst.
ReplyDeleteI agree Priscilla however I also think that they did not want to see reality and so they created an attitude of positivity towards what was happening to them. I see it as a mask which they use as a way of seeing something positive in a horrible situation.
ReplyDeleteIt really is tragic that the Jews still somewhat trusted the nazis after all the stuff they had done to them. They believed that they were going to a better place and that they would not be harmed. With every sight that they saw they became more and more surprised that people could be capable of such horrible things.
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