In Night, one of the Kapo gave the prisoners this advice, "Let there be comradeship among you. We are all brothers, and we are all suffering...Help one another. It is the only way to survive?"
Is this philosophy/advise true of other moments in history? Is it sound advice for our every day lives? What do you think?
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"Let there be comradeship among you. We are all brothers, and we are all suffering...Help one another. It is the only way to survive."
I agree with this completely. People can't make it through life without some help, at leas a little bit of help. As much as someone would like to think they can do every single thing on their own without the help of another person, they can't, they just can't.
People should be able to trust one another, though trust is hard to come by. If someone stumbles or falls, there should always be someone else there [on Earth wise] to help them back up.
If we stick together, WE, as in the people, can accomplish anything, from our simplest of ideas, to our biggest of dreams.
Bravo, Lindsey! I would have to agree with you. I think one of the ideas that is hardest for us to completely understand is exactly what kind of emotional, spiritual, physical, and mental stress those in a life and death situation are experiencing. It goes beyond words. At a moment like that it is either sink or swim, alone or together. It is the act of desperation, fear of the unknown, and the struggle to survive that makes human beings turn on each other. That is where it is hard to imagine enduring something of that magnitude on one's own. It's heavy.
I agree with you chez and lindsey, but throughout life there is always a time and a place where people wont help others, and surviving for yourself such as the Holocaust. I believe that many people learn life lessons without help. Thats why people learn from them. It just depends on what the situation is and when it occurs.
Tracy. Good job. I love how you all are thinking through this and beyond just what you understand personally. I think the most honest answer that any of us can get to is that we just don't know what we would do until, and hopefully never, we are in that type of situation.
It's the exact same idea as the Triangle model we looked at from the Museum. Which role would you choose? All of us want to be a rescuer. However, if your family or your own well being is being threatened, how can we guarantee that we wouldn't be a bystander? It's complicated.
Good job, girls!
The human spirit is alive and well in the good old USA. We did in deed did show our comradship during two recent shattering moments in recent history. The terrorist attacks in New York and the catastrophic hurricane Katrina are fine examples of how we, as a nation, come together to help one another. The prayers, helping hands, concern, donations of money and goods, and genuine love for fellow man was once again demonstrated by TRUE AMERICANS during these events. We know that not all people who live in our great country show these traits and thoughts but the majority of us do care and are still pround to be called AMERICANS. We all need to help each other strive forward to preserve our freedom and achieve our dreams.
Scott,
I agree with you. It is however, unfortunately that so many times it take disaster striking home for us to reach out to one another. I am a big believer that something good needs to come from something bad. I think the good thing that came from those events was to remind us of our brotherhood and how it should transcend even when we are not in times of trouble. I like to think that our society is starting to pick up on the idea of "paying it forward" and lending helping hands.
Thanks for your post.
Heather McChesney
I agree and disagree with this statement. When you're in that concentration camp, only the strong survive, and the strong usually had someone beside them in this horrible time in their lives to make them want to get up and go threw some more crap, just to mkae sure they were alive to be with them. But you have to remeber, that that person can become dead weight on your shoulders, and in return start to bring you down into the never ending doom of "the end". Any who..my point if, is that even if you do have friendship, you can also suffer from it. This may not make sence of how I had worded it, and I'm very sorry for this. But you have to realize that I am only 15 Chez.
Chelsea,
You did a fine job. I understand exactly what you are trying to say. Relationships are always a give and take no matter what situation you are in. When faced with something as traumatic as The Holocaust, it is a day to day decision as to how to survive. I think that is what you were getting at.
Good job,
Chez
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