The Nazi's intolerance towards many cultures lead to devastation for many people including Binjamin Wilkomirski and the racial prejudice in Cry the Beloved Country lead to the tearing apart of a family; discrimination and hate only leads to upsets.
Binjamin Wilkomirski was three or four when he was torn away from his family, and brought to the Nazi’s concentration camps. He slept in a twin bed with four other boys, and was forced to live in some unimaginable conditions all because of his religion. Wilkomirski wrote this story in flashbacks, he took us through his times in the camps, the orphanage, his foster family, and his adult life. He was traumatized by his childhood at the camps, his foster family made him feel even more alone and isolated by tell him “‘You’re making it up’” (Wilkomirski 150) and “‘You must forget about it’” (Wilkomirski 150). He could no longer make connections with people later in life, not even with the people who went through the camps with him, “[they were] always accompanied by a fear of touching what actually bound [them] together” (Wilkomirski 82). The intolerance towards Binjamin’s religion ruined not only his life but millions of others lives, Binjamin is just one story. The intolerance towards many cultures …show more content…
The city was separated by race, the African American population of the city “[saw] neither purpose nor goal that they turn to drink and crime and prostitution” (Paton 107) because of the hatred they received. Gertrude turned to a life of prostitution and Stephen joined a gang and killed a person. Stephen being of a man of God went to the city to try and save his family but the damage had already been done and there was no saving anyone. The discrimination and hate found in this city had torn apart a
Binjamin Wilkomirski was three or four when he was torn away from his family, and brought to the Nazi’s concentration camps. He slept in a twin bed with four other boys, and was forced to live in some unimaginable conditions all because of his religion. Wilkomirski wrote this story in flashbacks, he took us through his times in the camps, the orphanage, his foster family, and his adult life. He was traumatized by his childhood at the camps, his foster family made him feel even more alone and isolated by tell him “‘You’re making it up’” (Wilkomirski 150) and “‘You must forget about it’” (Wilkomirski 150). He could no longer make connections with people later in life, not even with the people who went through the camps with him, “[they were] always accompanied by a fear of touching what actually bound [them] together” (Wilkomirski 82). The intolerance towards Binjamin’s religion ruined not only his life but millions of others lives, Binjamin is just one story. The intolerance towards many cultures …show more content…
The city was separated by race, the African American population of the city “[saw] neither purpose nor goal that they turn to drink and crime and prostitution” (Paton 107) because of the hatred they received. Gertrude turned to a life of prostitution and Stephen joined a gang and killed a person. Stephen being of a man of God went to the city to try and save his family but the damage had already been done and there was no saving anyone. The discrimination and hate found in this city had torn apart a