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The book as I remember it made you feel hopeful. It is a very persuasive argument about how one can deal with even the most 'hopeless' situation. It is also a
by gerbilly 8y ago
The book as I remember it made you feel hopeful.
It is a very persuasive argument about how one can deal with even the most 'hopeless' situation.
It is also a brilliant description of the psychological effects of camp life.
The way he described the odd dislocated feeling they got when the allies set them free was particularly memorable for me.
- Buttons840 8y agoThings like Nazi gas chambers are interesting in a horrific sort of way, but this book did not concentrate on those types of things. The book focused on things which I found to be subtly more disturbing, like the ability of an overweight Nazi guard to curse a death camp prisoner for being "swine, who doesn't know how to work!" while the prisoner is literally working themselves to death in front of the guard to just stands around being fat and worthless. Does the guard not see the irony? How is it possible that he does not? Do I myself hold any absurd views like that Nazi guard? Ultimately the book showed me that there are decent and indecent people in any group, and made me want to be a decent person. I wouldn't say the book is depressing.