Yet, I am sure that any darkness of misery and gloom has a ray of hope that though bleak will eventually bring light into this darkness. However, after reading the book, I realized that at Auschwitz, even Hope seemed to be elusive and impossible to attain. The Chemical examination was a decisive turning point in the lives of every one taking it. This would lead them to a bifurcation, where one path would lead to redemption while the other would lead them back to where they started from. Despite this, there was an affirmative aspect if they did clear it. However, after having seen and experienced only sorrow and grave disappointments at Auschwitz, Levi did not want to seek temporary comfort in a dream that may have possible led to complete disbelief in one’s ideas, once it was shattered. This chapter is significant, since it is this Chemical Examination that shall eventually make Levi a Survivor of Auschwitz. Levi also says that while writing the book, he still could not get himself to believe the events that unfolded. This shows how utopian the chances of survival seemed, and if one did it was a fact of complete disbelief.
Saturday, 10 March 2007
Journal 10 : Chemical Examination
I already know the Lager well enough to realize that one should not never anticipate , especially optimistically. In Greek myth, when Pandora opened the box of troubles and released all the human miseries within it, she also released another integral aspect of human life, when she opened it the second time: HOPE. I do not know to what extent this myth may be true. 
Yet, I am sure that any darkness of misery and gloom has a ray of hope that though bleak will eventually bring light into this darkness. However, after reading the book, I realized that at Auschwitz, even Hope seemed to be elusive and impossible to attain. The Chemical examination was a decisive turning point in the lives of every one taking it. This would lead them to a bifurcation, where one path would lead to redemption while the other would lead them back to where they started from. Despite this, there was an affirmative aspect if they did clear it. However, after having seen and experienced only sorrow and grave disappointments at Auschwitz, Levi did not want to seek temporary comfort in a dream that may have possible led to complete disbelief in one’s ideas, once it was shattered. This chapter is significant, since it is this Chemical Examination that shall eventually make Levi a Survivor of Auschwitz. Levi also says that while writing the book, he still could not get himself to believe the events that unfolded. This shows how utopian the chances of survival seemed, and if one did it was a fact of complete disbelief.
Yet, I am sure that any darkness of misery and gloom has a ray of hope that though bleak will eventually bring light into this darkness. However, after reading the book, I realized that at Auschwitz, even Hope seemed to be elusive and impossible to attain. The Chemical examination was a decisive turning point in the lives of every one taking it. This would lead them to a bifurcation, where one path would lead to redemption while the other would lead them back to where they started from. Despite this, there was an affirmative aspect if they did clear it. However, after having seen and experienced only sorrow and grave disappointments at Auschwitz, Levi did not want to seek temporary comfort in a dream that may have possible led to complete disbelief in one’s ideas, once it was shattered. This chapter is significant, since it is this Chemical Examination that shall eventually make Levi a Survivor of Auschwitz. Levi also says that while writing the book, he still could not get himself to believe the events that unfolded. This shows how utopian the chances of survival seemed, and if one did it was a fact of complete disbelief.
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