Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Finale
My reaction to the end of the second novel is that it was a happy ending. After Vladek finished explaining the whole story to Artie, he decided to stop the recording and went to sleep right after he met up with Anja. So after that Vladek went to sleep. The sad part of the end of the story was when it showed how Vladek and Anja died. My thoughts on this book was that it is prolly the best book about the Holocaust in a non-graphic or violent way. The way that Vladek, the main character, explained it was a different way than told before. He stated the main parts and then he added small little events during the main parts. The main theme in the whole book was basically being a bystander. Vladek was a bystander so many times in the book and he could have done something to not be a bystander.
I learned a lot of what happened in Auschwitz/ Birkenau because of how Vladek explained it. The things the Nazis would make the Jews or any other people do. The kinds of gruesome activity involved in beatings, killings, or any bloody activity. I also learned that there was a lot of polish people in the camps because of them against the Nazis. From this blogging project, I have learned that the book I have been reading, is a good book to blog about because of the interesting things it has on it. A big thank you to everyone to commented on our blog and gave great comments. Hopefully I could do this again later in the future, thanks!
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I really liked this post and how you mentioned the theme of this book. Writing that the theme of a person being a bystander shows that you really understood the book and also that you get how it have to have been hard for someone to go through all of that. I get how you said that if someone is a bystander that they could have done anything for them to do something about it, to stop the situation. Though while reading this you could think about what could of been the cause and effect on stopping someone much bigger and more powerful than you. A good example would be how the Jews couldn't do anything about the horrible things that the Nazis were doing to them. Standing up for themselves was not a choice at that time and if it was a choice they would have to face even more worse consequences. I have a small suggestion that could make this post more detailed. When you mentioned how the Nazis would treat the Jews, with gruesome activities involving beatings, killings etc., i think that you should put more examples from the book about this main idea. Its great how you learned a lot while reading this book. I like how it interested you because the Holocaust really interest me too, knowing what happened and reading different points of views makes it even more interesting for me. Nice job on this post of the book!
ReplyDeleteEverybody was a bystander during the holocaust. People turned on people for their own safety, that's why no one decided to help a Jewish man being humiliated, beaten, or killed on the spot. They didn't want to help because they were scared they're going to get the same punishment or even worse.That's why a bystander is the big main theme in this whole entire Holocaust subject.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to comment on these fantastic blogs! This team did a wonderful job with explaining the story. Even though I didn't read Maus, you guys made the story very clear. Now I know what to read over the summer. I really like how you guys got to the point with everything. You guys never left me confused at all, that's a good thing! I hope you do continue this event in the future because I'm astounded by these blogs. Keep up the good work.
It seems as if this book must have a great inside view on what it was like to be a Jew in a Concentration Camp. It must have been terrible to go through all of the punishments that the Nazis forced the Jews to go through. The Nazis would torture and even kill the Jews which seemed really terrible to do to someone just because of their race. It seems horrifying that the Jews would have to watch their friends and family be tortured or killed and the Jews, like Vladek, had to be bystanders because of their fear. The Jews were so scared of the Nazis that they didn't dare to stand up to the Nazis and some didn't even feel they should help because the Nazis kind of, in a way, took the Jews' human nature and their emotions.
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