My reaction towards the book, was not shocking because I kinda knew that the family was going to separate. And that the mom and sisters were not going to survive because they were girls and they weren't in shape or fit to do all the hard work and labor that they had to do at the camp. But in the middle of the book when they arrived at the first camp the dad and the son was in line and the SS soldier told them to tell the other gruad different ages for them so they could go into the line where you were going to survive I was surprise that a SS officer even helped them out and saved their lives. But overall i think that the book was good and I learned about all the different camps and about all the people the author comes across
I think that the project was ok and the blogging was cool to do and it was also nice to see people comment on our blogs and for them to understand what i was coming from when I related the story to my life. And this project is important for teenagers to be apart of because they learn a lot of stuff that didn’t even happen in America or had to do with us. And its cool that they learn new things that don’t have to do with things down here. So the book was ok and it was a challenge but i got it done.
I am currently in the middle of reading the book Night and in the part where the SS officer told them to lie about their age also shocked me. You wouldn't have expected someone working in the Holocaust to try and help the Jews in it. So far I like the book and it did indeed help me learn and realize what the Holocaust situation was really like. The book opened my eyes and helped me realize how this horrible act of genocide came to happen to them. I also really enjoyed reading the posts that you guys wrote. It was fun to see how you interpreted the text and talked about it.
ReplyDeleteComing from someone with a wide knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust before I read "Night," I get how you could be a bit shocked by the SS officers aid. What you have to understand to better get that section and the act of kindness displayed by the guard is that they were just followers, for the most part. Even though it was the Jews facing all this horror and killing of their people, some of the SS guards were most likely scared too. A camp inmate of course would be killed on the spot for disagreeing because fear was all that was giving the initial power to the Nazis and other SS leaders. God forbid an SS officer, out of the kindness of their heart, helped saved the life of an inmate, for fear of rebellion they would probably be shot down on the spot same as an inmate. My main point is, although the officers were given orders and carried them out, some of them were good people and just scared to death to rebel against anything they were directed. They were most likely few and far between, but those are the ones that helped, just like the officer in the part of the story you talked about.
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I agree with you. It seems like many people would expect that the family would separate. Maybe it's because many of us have learned about the Holocaust in school. I am also reading 'Night' and I have to say I like it so far. It is good to read from Elie's perspective because he actually lived to tell the tale. Even though it seems unusual and surprising, I think it was very nice that the SS officer helped Elie and his father. I would say that they got lucky. It's great that you were making connections. When a writer writes a story like this, they usually write in a way to make you feel empathy. Empathy is understanding and sharing the feelings of another. By making connections with what was going on with Elie and real life, it can help you understand Elie's feelings even more.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think that his mom and sister going to the concentration camps was predictable. There were many women concentration camps. Yes the women may have been weak, but so were some other men and they still went to work in the concentration camps. When they arrived to the camp and an SS officer had helped save their lives that came as a shock to me. It came as a shock because i expected that everyone there would be cruel and terrible. That power may have changed many of them. I really liked how Eliezer had made it clear in his speech that we needed to know about the holocaust and everything that happened there.
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