Friday, April 13, 2012
Satanic Titanic
It is now 12:23 p.m., April 15th, 1912. My name is Mollie Cobb and I was a 2nd class passenger on the Titanic. I have just gotten word that our captain, Captain Smith, knew there were ice reports and didn't slow down speed or change his direction. Thanks to him I had to leave my husband that I had just married behind. He is dead now thanks to that jerk. I will never forgive him for this. Him and the stupid crew. Thanks to them our boat did not go back and help save those poor souls left to freeze in the ocean. We only had 12 souls on our boat including crew. I know that if we went back that my husband would still be alive..
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Forgive a Nazi?
In the book The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal a SS man named Karl asks a "Jew" for forgiveness for his sin in Dnepropetrovsk. This "Jew" is Simon. I believe that Karl should be forgiven because everyone makes sins, horrible or not so horrible, and God views them all as if they were all equally bad. Karl didn't know he was going to kill all of those people but he was given an order to obey and he did so.
"Believe me, I would be ready to suffer worse and longer pains if by that means I could bring back the dead, at Dnepropetrovsk...". This was said by Karl himself. In my opinion, Karl did not want to kill those poor innocent people but he was forced to by his commander. Who knows if he hadn't had done what he was told to. He might have been killed and his loved ones back home would have as well. Also, he feels so much guilt because he was not born a murderer. He was born a Catholic and enjoyed his faith. Deep down inside, he never wanted to kill anyone.
"I know that what I have told you is terrible. In the long nights while I have been waiting for death, time in time again I have longed to talk about it to a Jew and beg forgiveness from him...". By saying this, I believe that Karl has already admitted to himself that he has done something wrong and he has spoken to God about it in his prayers. He just feels so guilty about it he needs to ask someone who belongs to the religion, in which he was forced to kill the believers, for their forgiveness. This way he will feel that everyone will have acceptance of him in every way they can.
"Believe me, I would be ready to suffer worse and longer pains if by that means I could bring back the dead, at Dnepropetrovsk...". This was said by Karl himself. In my opinion, Karl did not want to kill those poor innocent people but he was forced to by his commander. Who knows if he hadn't had done what he was told to. He might have been killed and his loved ones back home would have as well. Also, he feels so much guilt because he was not born a murderer. He was born a Catholic and enjoyed his faith. Deep down inside, he never wanted to kill anyone.
"I know that what I have told you is terrible. In the long nights while I have been waiting for death, time in time again I have longed to talk about it to a Jew and beg forgiveness from him...". By saying this, I believe that Karl has already admitted to himself that he has done something wrong and he has spoken to God about it in his prayers. He just feels so guilty about it he needs to ask someone who belongs to the religion, in which he was forced to kill the believers, for their forgiveness. This way he will feel that everyone will have acceptance of him in every way they can.
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