The Tattooist Of Auschwitz By Heather Morris

The novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, follows Lale Sokolov and his experiences during World War II. He had volunteered himself from his family to go to work for the German government after posters were put up demanding each Jewish family hand over a child eighteen or older. Lale and the others were not sent to work for the government as they initially thought, but were forced to instead “continue with the construction of this camp.” The main character's first job was to lay tiles on the roof of a would-be block to house further prisoners. After a few weeks of that, Lale was approached by French prisoner Pepan, the Tätowierer at the time. The French recruited Lale to be the assistant of the Tätowierer. This gave him seemingly

It was captivating, confronting, and horrifying. I have a great deal of respect for Lale for reliving his nightmare once more to ensure “that it (the Holocaust) wouldn't happen again.” He was willing to re-experience the loss of his family and friends and all the deaths he had witnessed. Just so others wouldn't have to endure the things he had. His selflessness, good heart, and strong will to live saved countless lives alongside his own. For instance, he risked his life to buy additional food and medicine from Victor and Yuri–locals who were working at Birkenau for extra money. He paid them using jewels and gems smuggled by the girls from Canada, one of the buildings where the girls worked, distributing them among his fellow prisoners. If I were him, taking his place at Auschwitz, I'd like to say that I could do the same but that would be a lie. Never in a million years would I do, let alone think, about doing what Lale did. I would be too petrified and have just bent my head, living day by day. If it came to that, my desire to save myself would likely be greater than saving the lives of others. Presumably what the majority of other people would do too. That small percentage of people who would protect others over themselves is who I aspire to be like. And knowing that I was reading through a survivor’s memories and what he lived through in the 1940s during Hitler's reign, I found this difficult

The children in The Darkest Minds couldn't help that they survived the contagious disease, IAAN, nor could Jews change the views that Hitler and the Nazis had of them. Both parties were rounded up and put into camps designed to keep them confined. Jews were sent to concentration camps and the majority of them were worked to death. On the other hand, survivors of IAAN were sent to camps just so the government could keep an eye on them. As Ruby stated, “‘Having been told that our gifts were finally being brought to light… I had to bury mine in darkness.’” She had to keep her head down and avoid detection that she was in fact an Orange to keep herself from getting killed. In this film, Reds and Oranges were considered too dangerous and were killed immediately upon arriving at the camps; the government was scared of the fact that they may not be able to control them. In the end, all they cared about was control. When she ended up being discovered, she escapes the camp she was in for six years with the help of an associate of the League, only to join four other runaways searching for the famed East River. Once they find it, they are warmly welcomed into the group by the one and only Clancy Gray, who happens to be an Orange himself. However, things with Clancy and the so-called haven went pear-shaped. It turned out that the haven's