THIRTEEN : October 1944

Chapter 13 is the result of an ignorant human being creating propaganda for his people to believe a false truth and an ignorant race that was naive enough to believe this propaganda. Many of us debate upon the matter of how evil Hitler and the German race were and how the selections for the crematorium or the gas chambers were inhumane. WE ALSO LIKE TO CONVERSE WITH EACH OTHER HOW SELECTIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE SUBJECT TO IT AND HOW IT WOULD HAVE FELT TO BE CHOSEN FOR DEATH. But the matter of fact is, how stupid we are to think that we are not subject to selections. What more is stupid is to proudly state that we ‘understand’ how much fear these people would have felt if chosen for death. Are you sure you truly understand? Personally, I think that no matter how hard I try to understand, I wouldn’t NEVER be close to the fear that was felt by the prisoners. So it is truly a idiotic action to say that we understand.

Above, I stated that it was stupid to think that we are exceptions from selections. But in fact, our society is always based on selections. We are selected and categorized into types of human beings. Although we always debate upon the selective system in the concentrations camps, we too, are destined to be selected. Take for instance, college applications, some are selected and some are not, and this selection may often affect our future. So in truth, it is hilarious for us to discuss the fear of death because for the time being we won’t feel what the prisoners felt and for us to discuss how cruel selections are because we are living in a selection based society.