“the Best of Humanity Is Possible Even in the Most Trying of Circumstances.”
Essay
“The best of humanity is possible even in the most trying of circumstances.” For the novel study, I read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas which is a holocaust based novel written by John Boyne. I believe that the statement above means many things, but I think that mostly it means that some people no matter what the situation still find time for others, and that it wouldn’t matter what race or religion they were.
The first person I believe supports this statement is a character who isn’t really in the book a lot and that person is Pavel. He is a Jew from the camp, working for a Nazi and his family. He respects them even after all they’ve done to him and perhaps his family. He is overall a very good person and I think he is one of the few that even during the final solution; he treated everybody with the same respect. He helps people if they are in need even if he knows they would never help him in return. He never takes any credit for things, and is quite happy the way he is. An example of his kindness is when he saw Bruno fall off the tire swing. The first thing he did was run out to him and picked him up; he took him inside and bandaged him up. However he never took any credit for this. He let mother take it all, maybe it was because he knew father wouldn’t be happy. Im sure he would be even less happy if Pavel did nothing. He didn’t have to it was out of his own good will.
The second person I believe fits what the statement means is Bruno, while he doesn’t listen and disobeys everything his father said he really is quite clueless. He goes to the fence every day to see the people his father claims ‘aren’t people at all’ page 53 and he brings food and games for the young underfed boy we know as Shmuel. He is completely unaware that his father is trying to wipe out people just like Shmuel and even though he has been told not to he treats the Jews as equal. He is a kind boy and doesn’t understand that he and Shmuel both are a part of the final solution
“The best of humanity is possible even in the most trying of circumstances.” For the novel study, I read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas which is a holocaust based novel written by John Boyne. I believe that the statement above means many things, but I think that mostly it means that some people no matter what the situation still find time for others, and that it wouldn’t matter what race or religion they were.
The first person I believe supports this statement is a character who isn’t really in the book a lot and that person is Pavel. He is a Jew from the camp, working for a Nazi and his family. He respects them even after all they’ve done to him and perhaps his family. He is overall a very good person and I think he is one of the few that even during the final solution; he treated everybody with the same respect. He helps people if they are in need even if he knows they would never help him in return. He never takes any credit for things, and is quite happy the way he is. An example of his kindness is when he saw Bruno fall off the tire swing. The first thing he did was run out to him and picked him up; he took him inside and bandaged him up. However he never took any credit for this. He let mother take it all, maybe it was because he knew father wouldn’t be happy. Im sure he would be even less happy if Pavel did nothing. He didn’t have to it was out of his own good will.
The second person I believe fits what the statement means is Bruno, while he doesn’t listen and disobeys everything his father said he really is quite clueless. He goes to the fence every day to see the people his father claims ‘aren’t people at all’ page 53 and he brings food and games for the young underfed boy we know as Shmuel. He is completely unaware that his father is trying to wipe out people just like Shmuel and even though he has been told not to he treats the Jews as equal. He is a kind boy and doesn’t understand that he and Shmuel both are a part of the final solution