Entry 1 The worst news I’ve ever received was when my mom told me that my aunt had cancer. Fortunately, the cancer was only at stage 1. At first, I couldn’t believe it since she has always been healthy and I’ve never heard anything about her being sick. Eventually, I came to accept the fact that my aunt had cancer even if I didn’t want to. For the next few days, I kept on thinking what would happen to her and what my cousins would think about this. When my mom and I went to the hospital to visit my aunt, she looked exactly the same as when I last saw her, only in a hospital bed this time. As soon as we walked into her room, she started saying how bland the food was and how boring it was which was ironic because she worked at a hospital herself. …show more content…
I know that’s it’s probably just the pipes or something outside but my mind always goes to an intruder or murderer. Whenever I hear it, I would find an item to hit the intruder with, like an inflatable hammer, only to find nothing. Sometimes I would jump out and try to hit them but end up hitting a table or the wall. In the memoir, Night, by Elie Wiesel, when the prisoners were on the train, the sounds of Madame Schachter screaming about a non-existent fire terrified them. At first, the other prisoners felt pity for her since she was separated from her family and tried to calm her down by telling her that she’ll reunite with them at the camps. However, over time, they began to grow more and more afraid of her since it seemed as if she were possessed by an evil spirit. Some prisoners tied up her up and even hit her, with hits that could’ve killed her. She wouldn’t stop screaming about the fire, even though she was tied up and gagged. She kept on breaking out of her bonds, only to be tied up again. Later, when the cattle cars have arrived at the concentration camps, the first thing the prisoners see is a huge fire in the