Remaining Silent

I would have liked to learn more about why people would throw bread into the cage, and after they saw what happened with the first one, why would they continue to throw bread in. They know that those people are starving, and after watching the first bread being thrown in and having everyone attack and kill each other over food, it is scary to wonder what would happen if you gave them a feast, or if you went in there with them. It is hard to think of what I would do if I were put into that situation, or if someone you know was put into that type of situation. I think that it would have been hard to watch people tear each other apart over food, however, they enjoyed watching people kill each other over food, and they continued to watch them struggle by throwing in more food. I find it very sickening that someone would watch people tear each other apart for food. I think that people shouldn't just stand by and watch as innocent people and children are being killed for something they don't have control over. It is sad to see someone just stand by and watch innocent people dying for nothing.

Another thing that I find saddening is that it continues to happen in the future. Elie sees a women throwing coins to people in poverty. Elie tells her to stop, but she complains that her reasoning is because she is giving charity. To Elie, he sees that as an insult, because he has been the person fighting to grab the bread, and he has been the one trying his best to survive. The people of Germany knew that these people were going to be killed, and they didn't care, instead they stayed silent and told no one. They let the killing go on. Elie blames everyone who stayed silent and didn't tell anyone about the suffering of the people that went through the concentration camps. Elie doesn't want there to be another Holocaust, because of all of the people that did nothing. They could have told people about their sufferings, and maybe they would have been released. However, they did nothing, and they didn't tell anyone, instead they stayed silent, and let the murder continue, just so they could live their lives without the Jewish people.

I am really sad to say this is our last blog post. It has been an amazing year, and I wish it could go on forever, but sadly all things must come to an end. I will kind of miss writing a blog post almost every week. It really shows that we are close to graduating, and high school is coming quick. I really didn't think this year would go by fast at the beginning of the year, but as we got close to the end, I started thinking on how this year went by to fast. I wish we could slow down time to remember that this is our last year at Blessed Trinity. That didn't really sink in till the end of the year. I wish it happened at the beginning, so I could remember to cherish the memories that we make today.