Chapter 9

“If the drowned have no story, and single and broad is the path to perdition, the paths to salvations are many, difficult and improbable. (90)”

Are we drowned? How can we tell if we are dead? Many people who passed through this concentration camp did not have a story. They lived each day of their life as if nothing was wrong. The accepted the harsh treatment unjust officials placed on their backs. They did nothing about that fact. Yes, at one point they may have had a story, but of recently, their minds are blank. Because of the camps large number, and the hatred of the Nazi’s, the Jews were chosen at random to be killed. If the concentration camp is earth, then being killed is perdition. Hell is way worse, but being killed in a concentration camp must have been a lot closer to what we know of. The quote then says that if we are meaningless in the camp, and will die their, then being saved is a lot of ways, but is very unlikely. What their saying is that there are many ways to be saved, but none of them are likely. The paths are many because of the many circumstances the prisoners endure. There is always a chance to be redeemed; always a chance that you won’t be chosen. But that is not going to happen. The concentration had few rules. One of those though was that all Jews must die sometime. So are we drowned? If we don’t have a religion we are; we don’t have someone to save us. Luckily for us though, we have God to save us. He sent his son to receive our death. With that off of our backs, we can escape life’s penalty.