Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Titanics Panic

I died. I did not even make it off the ship...  The upper class got everything first, they got the lifeboats, the jackets, they didnt even let the little children in the lower class get out.  Im not sure who to blame, the captain for letting this happen, or the officers for not allowing us a chance to freedom.  Grandpa Freeman couldnt even get us to the first floor.  I can understand forgiving the crew, they didnt mean too.  But no, I cannot forgive the officers.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

What would I have done?

        To the readers of the book The Sunflower, it's main purpose of the book is to make the reader think about a question. During the Hitler Era there were millions of deaths of Jews by the SS German Army. The Jews showed as much dislike for the army as the army did for the Jews. Everyday the people in the concentration camps were forced to hard labor and the ones who were to weak were killed by the SS soldiers. But what if I was a Jew in a concentration camp and I was aked for forgiveness by a SS soldier on his deathbed " What would I have done?" 
       To answer that question I would have to look to the past. After years in a Concentration Camp I am sure that I would lose any feelings for any German Soldier.  They treated the Jews like dogs out there. The Jews were barely ever fed and had to live in the shadow of death everyday.  Some even wished for death.  The SS Soldier in this story was badly wounded and had felt sorry for every bad deed and murder he commited and wanted to apoligize to a Jew for it. Being a Jew I would not be able to come up with a answer from the top of my head.  Being with the all the soldiers who treated me bad and physically punished me for something minor, I don't think I could forgive the Soldier. I know he was commanded to do everything he did, but he had the choice not to do it.  He could of done what was right. This is, to me my reason for not forgiving him.