Time and again, the people of Sighet doubt the advance of the German army. Why? When the Germans do arrive, and even once they have moved all the Jews into ghettos, the Jewish townspeople still seem to ignore or suppress their fear. “Most people thought that we would remain in the ghetto until the end of the war, until the arrival of the Red Army. Afterward everything would be as before” (p. 12). What might be the reasons for the townspeople’s widespread denial of the evidence facing them?
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Most people in the ghetto knew a story or two about what was occuring in concentration camps. I believe that they were in complete denial because they wanted to create hope. They didn't want to believe in the horrible things that were happening. It was all a mattter of keeping hope inside of the Ghetto. They wanted to push back all fears and create just a tiny bit of hope and faith.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Leidi that they didnt want to accept the fact that they would be sent away. They wanted to think that they would stay in the ghetto rather than be sent to the camps. They wanted to try and have hope in the ghetto like Leidi mentioned. That was smart of them to do because thinking that may have made them feel better. But they just got sent away in the end.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Leidi that they were trying to create some hope or see if there was any hope left at all. I also believe that when people know something bad is going to happen, or have heard of bad things happening and they themselves are in that situation, they tend to find it hard to face reality and admit that their story may not have the happiest ending in the book. Or sometimes, it's better to "look at the bright side" which in this case is denial instead of thinking of the worst case scenario. Sometimes it's better to look at the bright side rather than deny it. When you look at the bright side, you still acknowledge that something terrifying could happen but you try not to think about it too much.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kermelle, looking at the bright side, which might not be the "right" side, is often more relieving to look at then the truth.
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ReplyDeleteI think that they had a lot of denial because they didn't want what happened to them ( killings, war, violenece ) to happen to their community. Also because other people in their community kept reassuring that everyone would be okay. The main reason is because they wanted their lives to be normal so they made it so they would think positive thoughts about the German's soon coming invasion.