Thoughts on Survival in Auschwitz
I come from a Jewish family, and I regularly attended synagogue and services when I was younger. Because of this my parents and grandparents have always placed an importance on learning about the horrors of the Holocaust, and have had … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Survival in Auschwitz
In school, over the years, I’ve ready many books and storieS about the holocaust and it’s victims and survivors. There have been countless movies and the like which also depict this period in history however Levi’s biography is a startling … Continue reading →
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Auschwitz: At Man’s Limits
If there’s anything that Survival in Auschwitz emphasizes is that not only the importance of the physical survival of man, but the mental and moral survivability of man. Auschwitz’s as Levi emphasizes is completely different from the outside/normal world. It … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Primo Levi: Significance of Account
One of the reasons my blog is almost late (but not late) is because Survival in Auschwitz is difficult to analyze. It’s written really well and simply. In one sense, it was the easiest book to read so far just … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Survival in Auschwitz
Like all Holocaust stories, Survival in Auschwitz sparked many emotions within. At times it was shock, others despair, and never really was there a lot of happiness. Many of us are very familiar with the events of the Holocaust, the tragedies and unthinkable cruelties often times being used for film plots. However, when I hear […] Continue reading →
If This Is a Man
Reading the back cover of this book, I see among generally accurate praise the statement that “Survival in Auschwitz remains a lasting testament to the indestructibility of the human spirit”. I’ve clearly read a different book. In my eyes, If This Is a Man remains a lasting testament to the laughable frailness of the human […]
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Primo Levi- Dumb American Publishers and a Jew’s Timeless Purgatory
After reading Survival in Auschwitz for a second time, I have to say this is one of the best texts we’ve read all year. It’s the only true work of non-fiction (Columbus you were lieing through your teeth!) we’ve read throughout this entire course, and it makes me incredibly disappointed. This retelling made me remember […]
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Arlt, Borges and Hernandez
Alright, since there were quite a few stories to read on this week, I’ll go over some of my select favorites from each author (Borges being the only one with multiple…). The Cooked Cat: This stood out as a very weird, fragmented story to me. The nature of the characters are sadistic, and the writing […]
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The Metamorphosis & The Yellow Wallpaper
The Metamorphosis has now become one of my top 10 favorite short stories of all time. Yes, I absolutely loved it. The story hooks you in from the very first sentence, and it brings clearly to light one of the big themes of the entire work in that opener – the absurdity of life. It’s […]
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Arlt, Borges and Hernandez
After reading Kafka’s short story I wasn’t expecting to like these short stories as much I did. The story about the cooked cat was one of the weirdest stories I have ever read – it seemed to be about nothing … Continue reading →
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