This Blog is a resource tool for the students taking the "FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES" elective at Westborough High School, Westborough, Massachusetts.
Watching “The Choice” made me think about how terrible it would be in the women’s situation. It is crazy to think about and to know that instances like this actually happened in real life. I don’t understand how one could make a decision over which child to keep in that situation because they did not know what would happen to the children and choosing one kid over the other would be unthinkable. In this situation, you would really want to keep both children but it would be best to make a decision because keeping one child would be better than none. I also think keeping the boy would be the best option because he probably would have a better chance at survival.
This part of the movie wasreally hard for me to watch. I don't think I would have the courage to make a choice like the one she did. However, if I did not know where the children would be going, I think I would send them both so that they could be together and help eachother. Or I would rather risk my life if I knew my children would be safe. I think this movie really shows the choices that people had to make and the extremes of these choices.
I thought this movie showed the hardest desicion that a parent could ever make. I honestly don't think i could have made the desicion like she did..I wouldnt know what to base it off of and i would rather die with my childeren that spare one for my life and my other childs.
I agree with Marissa, I think at that time it could be a good idea to send both children so that they could try to help each other out. I wouldn't want to choose just one of my children for a chance at survival.
This film showed me just how hard a choice can be to make. Choices are not made hard by lack alternative but by severity. Choosing heads or tails is an easy decision to make. Like choosing children both options are appealing and very equal. With no overwhelming reasoning in either direction the person could sensuously shout heads or tails. That person should be able to live with themselves no problem. It would appear logical to do the same with the kids at first but humans are not capable of dealing with that much" what if." Humans should never have too deal with the weight of war.
I agree with Mike Rodenbush, as soon as the woman made the connection of choosing one child over the other the decision was unthinkable. The only one justification the woman could have offered was that one child might be given the chance for more life.
I thought the one scene we watched of this movie really depicts the cruelty of the Nazis. I can't imagine ever having to make such an awful decision. I agree with Mike because I don't think it'd be possible to make a decision between my two kids.
I think its near impossible to speculate about a choice like the one the woman had to make in this movie. I can't imagine myself being forced to choose the life of any human being over another. Therefore, it's even more difficult to fathom choosing the life of a child over another. I would probably make a snap decision in the moment my children were being forced from my arms. I may end up keeping the young girl becuase I would feel like she needed me more. I would let myself hope that maybe my son could survive on his own, even though the hope ends up being futile.
I agree with what Allie H. said about the cruelty of the Nazi's. I was so caught up in worrying about the woman that I forgot to think about the reason she was being forced to make such an awful decision. It all comes back to the Nazi's.
I think that this a disgusting act of inhumane cruelty to force a mother to pick between her two young children, and that nobody should ever have to make that choice. If I had known exactly what was about to happen to me and the remaining child, I would have tried to rebel, take his gun, start a riot, anything, because I knew I was going to die anyway. However, this woman did not know anything like that. She just assumed it was a work camp; she did not know where she was sending the child or where she and the remaining child would be going, and thinking that, I would probably have sent the girl because I would have assumed she would not have to work or have better treatment than if the boy were alone. Still, I also think that I might have sent the boy because I would have felt that the girl, being so little, would have needed me more in a place like that and be much more helpless than the boy left on his own. Giving up both would not be an option for me, my survival and maternal instinct would have kicked in to at least have kept one with me. There is no true right answer to this choice either, either way you pick, either way you go, you lose.
I can't even imagine going through what this woman went through in the scene we watched in "The Choice". When we were then asked to try to make the same decision she had to, I found myslef going through several scenarios in my head of the things that could happen. You could give up one of your children, give up both of your children by not making a choice, or you could try to sacrifice yourself, however it was likely that they would have killed the children anyways. I think that when put under that kind of pressure, I would have made the same decision, as hard as that would be.
The Choice was incredibly sad. I couldn't imagine having to make that kind of decision. When we were asked in class what we would do it was really tough to choose which child I would save. It was difficult because we know that it's really a death camp and what the outcome really is. It's a really tough situation and it's really hard to relate.
I thought this was a terrible thing to do to a mother right in front of her children.She also didnt know what was going to happen to them in the camp, which just makes the choice even harder to make.It just goes to show how heartless the Germans really were and how little they cared about other people.
I thought the choice was interesting to watch because it was a situation that no one would want to be put it and it was interesting to see how a mother would handle it. I was surprised that the mother was able to make the decision to give up one child in order to save the other. I didn't think she would have been able to do it even though I would have probably done the same thing in the situation.
This movie was absolutely heart wrenching. I had trouble putting myself in the mothers shoes when it was over because I cannot even imagine being in that situation. Each film we watch, the more hatred I have towards the Nazis. I cannot believe the terrible things they did to people and the terrible things they made people do. They are the definition of heartless and this movie proved it.
I agree with Sean. Although it was extremely hard to watch, it was also somewhat interesting to see that the stereotypical "mothers instinct" isn't always as protective as it's cracked up to be.
I agree with mike that I would probably choose to keep the boy if put into this situation because even though she couldn't have known what was actually going to happen to either child I think the boy would have had a writer chance of surviving whatever they went through because he was older and stronger,
After watching 'The Choice' and putting myself in the same situation as the women, i realized how impossible it would be for a parent to save one of their children by sending their other child off somewhere not knowing what will happen to them.
i agree with delson and that after putting myself in the womens situation, id rather die with both my children on the spot then know that i sent one or both of them away alone to save one life
From watching the scene in the movie I can know see how impossible of a decision it is to choose what child will stay with you and which will go god knows where. From watching the scene I could the pain on the women's face when she made the decision and then when they were carrying away her daughter. I will never forget it.
I thought that this movie presented the most difficult choice any person could ever have to make. Having to pick between lives is beyond my comprehension. Sophie had to pick one because if she didn't, and they took both, then she would be robbing one of the children's chances of living. And she didn't know it was a death camp so she didn't know that the child she picked would be sent to their death. I don't think anybody in the world has the right to judge what Sophie did.
This film left in me a rather nasty sensation, I could never make a decision like that. It's atrocious that people were forced to make decisions similar to this on a daily basis during the Holocaust. I disagree with some of the people who say there was a good option, I don't think that a good option exists in this scenario.
I think that what the Nazi did to that mother is absolutely unbelievable. It almost doesn't seem human that one person could, in essence, torture another person in this way. The choice she was given was an impossible one, and one which she probably will regret for the rest of her life. But, this is what the Nazi's were striving for. They wanted to be as inhumane to the Jews as possible because they thought that they were better than them.
The part of the movie we viewed was extremely hard to watch. Just imagining conteplating such a question as abandoning and eventually sending a child to their death is far beyond my comprehension. The clip really left me without words and drove home all of the concepts the course has been about up to this point.
I thought The Choice was incredibly sad and kind of hard to watch. I can't even imagine being that woman, having to choose between her two children. At the time, she had no idea that she was really at a death camp and did not know what was going to happen. Knowing what we know now, I can't believe she chose to give up her daughter. I can also see why she made the choice she did. The scene that really got to me was when the little girl was screaming in the arms of the Nazi soldier. Watching this made me realize just how cruel and inhumane the Nazis were.
I agree with Lyndsie, I can't even imagine having to make a choice between my two children. In the heat of the moment, I would probably choose the young girl because the boy was older and may be able to survive himself, whereas the girl is more dependent on her mother.
This scene from the choice was very had for me to watch and is probably the hardest decision a parent could ever make. I can't imagine what that must have been like. This one scene just shows how cruel and unhuman the Nazi's really were. What kind of human being would make a parent make that kind of decision?
I agree with Sean, yesterday really did drive home all the concepts of this course and what this course really means. Yesterdays class left me speechless.
I thought that this film demonstrated the extremely difficult and awful decisions that the Nazi's forced upon people. How is a mother supposed to sacrifice one of her children? My heart broke for Sophie as she watched her daughter being taken away and listening to her scream, knowing that that was most likely the last time she would hear her daughters voice. When we were asked to put ourselves in her shoes and think about what we would've done my mind went blank. I honestly had no idea what I would've done. Obviously, I would want to save both children but when you're in a situation with only three options that will end with the termination of one, two, or all of you, ones decision making skills disapear and it becomes a spur of the moment decision. Sadly, I probably would've made the same decision as Sophie not knowing the concequences or the fate that was ahead.
This movie was very sad. It showed the agony and misery people suffered. They were separated from the rest of third family's not knowing what could have happened to them. Even considering being forced to make a choice like the mother did must have been the worst decision to make. Mothers and thier children have a special connection and seeing this happen to a mother is something I couldn't imagine witnessing. I cannot believe that none of th other nazi soldiers stopped that from happening. This is a sad example of the effect of brainwashed bystanders.
Watching "The Choice" made me try and think what I'd I was in that situation. It's so sad to think that during this time people actually had to make descisions like these. I can only imagine what it would be like for a mother to choose one of her kids over ther other. I honestly don't know what I would do in this type of situation, I would probably panic and make a spur of the moment descision like she did in the movie. It makes me so sad to see that another human could force someone into making that descision. No one could even know how that feels until your in that position.
41 comments:
I was absent that day.
I was absent for this part of the film.
I have no idea what movie this is...
I was absent yesterday so i dont know if anyone saw this movie or if we are going to see this tommarow.
i have no idea what movie this is
Watching “The Choice” made me think about how terrible it would be in the women’s situation. It is crazy to think about and to know that instances like this actually happened in real life. I don’t understand how one could make a decision over which child to keep in that situation because they did not know what would happen to the children and choosing one kid over the other would be unthinkable. In this situation, you would really want to keep both children but it would be best to make a decision because keeping one child would be better than none. I also think keeping the boy would be the best option because he probably would have a better chance at survival.
This part of the movie wasreally hard for me to watch. I don't think I would have the courage to make a choice like the one she did. However, if I did not know where the children would be going, I think I would send them both so that they could be together and help eachother. Or I would rather risk my life if I knew my children would be safe. I think this movie really shows the choices that people had to make and the extremes of these choices.
I thought this movie showed the hardest desicion that a parent could ever make. I honestly don't think i could have made the desicion like she did..I wouldnt know what to base it off of and i would rather die with my childeren that spare one for my life and my other childs.
I agree with Marissa, I think at that time it could be a good idea to send both children so that they could try to help each other out. I wouldn't want to choose just one of my children for a chance at survival.
This film showed me just how hard a choice can be to make. Choices are not made hard by lack alternative but by severity. Choosing heads or tails is an easy decision to make. Like choosing children both options are appealing and very equal. With no overwhelming reasoning in either direction the person could sensuously shout heads or tails. That person should be able to live with themselves no problem. It would appear logical to do the same with the kids at first but humans are not capable of dealing with that much" what if." Humans should never have too deal with the weight of war.
I agree with Mike Rodenbush, as soon as the woman made the connection of choosing one child over the other the decision was unthinkable. The only one justification the woman could have offered was that one child might be given the chance for more life.
I thought the one scene we watched of this movie really depicts the cruelty of the Nazis. I can't imagine ever having to make such an awful decision. I agree with Mike because I don't think it'd be possible to make a decision between my two kids.
I think its near impossible to speculate about a choice like the one the woman had to make in this movie. I can't imagine myself being forced to choose the life of any human being over another. Therefore, it's even more difficult to fathom choosing the life of a child over another. I would probably make a snap decision in the moment my children were being forced from my arms. I may end up keeping the young girl becuase I would feel like she needed me more. I would let myself hope that maybe my son could survive on his own, even though the hope ends up being futile.
I agree with what Allie H. said about the cruelty of the Nazi's. I was so caught up in worrying about the woman that I forgot to think about the reason she was being forced to make such an awful decision. It all comes back to the Nazi's.
I think that this a disgusting act of inhumane cruelty to force a mother to pick between her two young children, and that nobody should ever have to make that choice. If I had known exactly what was about to happen to me and the remaining child, I would have tried to rebel, take his gun, start a riot, anything, because I knew I was going to die anyway. However, this woman did not know anything like that. She just assumed it was a work camp; she did not know where she was sending the child or where she and the remaining child would be going, and thinking that, I would probably have sent the girl because I would have assumed she would not have to work or have better treatment than if the boy were alone. Still, I also think that I might have sent the boy because I would have felt that the girl, being so little, would have needed me more in a place like that and be much more helpless than the boy left on his own. Giving up both would not be an option for me, my survival and maternal instinct would have kicked in to at least have kept one with me. There is no true right answer to this choice either, either way you pick, either way you go, you lose.
I can't even imagine going through what this woman went through in the scene we watched in "The Choice". When we were then asked to try to make the same decision she had to, I found myslef going through several scenarios in my head of the things that could happen. You could give up one of your children, give up both of your children by not making a choice, or you could try to sacrifice yourself, however it was likely that they would have killed the children anyways. I think that when put under that kind of pressure, I would have made the same decision, as hard as that would be.
The Choice was incredibly sad. I couldn't imagine having to make that kind of decision. When we were asked in class what we would do it was really tough to choose which child I would save. It was difficult because we know that it's really a death camp and what the outcome really is. It's a really tough situation and it's really hard to relate.
I thought this was a terrible thing to do to a mother right in front of her children.She also didnt know what was going to happen to them in the camp, which just makes the choice even harder to make.It just goes to show how heartless the Germans really were and how little they cared about other people.
I thought the choice was interesting to watch because it was a situation that no one would want to be put it and it was interesting to see how a mother would handle it. I was surprised that the mother was able to make the decision to give up one child in order to save the other. I didn't think she would have been able to do it even though I would have probably done the same thing in the situation.
This movie was absolutely heart wrenching. I had trouble putting myself in the mothers shoes when it was over because I cannot even imagine being in that situation. Each film we watch, the more hatred I have towards the Nazis. I cannot believe the terrible things they did to people and the terrible things they made people do. They are the definition of heartless and this movie proved it.
I agree with Sean. Although it was extremely hard to watch, it was also somewhat interesting to see that the stereotypical "mothers instinct" isn't always as protective as it's cracked up to be.
I agree with mike that I would probably choose to keep the boy if put into this situation because even though she couldn't have known what was actually going to happen to either child I think the boy would have had a writer chance of surviving whatever they went through because he was older and stronger,
After watching 'The Choice' and putting myself in the same situation as the women, i realized how impossible it would be for a parent to save one of their children by sending their other child off somewhere not knowing what will happen to them.
i agree with delson and that after putting myself in the womens situation, id rather die with both my children on the spot then know that i sent one or both of them away alone to save one life
I was absent for this film
From watching the scene in the movie I can know see how impossible of a decision it is to choose what child will stay with you and which will go god knows where. From watching the scene I could the pain on the women's face when she made the decision and then when they were carrying away her daughter. I will never forget it.
I thought that this movie presented the most difficult choice any person could ever have to make. Having to pick between lives is beyond my comprehension. Sophie had to pick one because if she didn't, and they took both, then she would be robbing one of the children's chances of living. And she didn't know it was a death camp so she didn't know that the child she picked would be sent to their death. I don't think anybody in the world has the right to judge what Sophie did.
This film left in me a rather nasty sensation, I could never make a decision like that. It's atrocious that people were forced to make decisions similar to this on a daily basis during the Holocaust. I disagree with some of the people who say there was a good option, I don't think that a good option exists in this scenario.
I think that what the Nazi did to that mother is absolutely unbelievable. It almost doesn't seem human that one person could, in essence, torture another person in this way. The choice she was given was an impossible one, and one which she probably will regret for the rest of her life. But, this is what the Nazi's were striving for. They wanted to be as inhumane to the Jews as possible because they thought that they were better than them.
I agree with Sean. I don't see any good option that one could choose in this dilemma.
The part of the movie we viewed was extremely hard to watch. Just imagining conteplating such a question as abandoning and eventually sending a child to their death is far beyond my comprehension. The clip really left me without words and drove home all of the concepts the course has been about up to this point.
I thought The Choice was incredibly sad and kind of hard to watch. I can't even imagine being that woman, having to choose between her two children. At the time, she had no idea that she was really at a death camp and did not know what was going to happen. Knowing what we know now, I can't believe she chose to give up her daughter. I can also see why she made the choice she did. The scene that really got to me was when the little girl was screaming in the arms of the Nazi soldier. Watching this made me realize just how cruel and inhumane the Nazis were.
I agree with Lyndsie, I can't even imagine having to make a choice between my two children. In the heat of the moment, I would probably choose the young girl because the boy was older and may be able to survive himself, whereas the girl is more dependent on her mother.
This scene from the choice was very had for me to watch and is probably the hardest decision a parent could ever make. I can't imagine what that must have been like. This one scene just shows how cruel and unhuman the Nazi's really were. What kind of human being would make a parent make that kind of decision?
I agree with Sean, yesterday really did drive home all the concepts of this course and what this course really means. Yesterdays class left me speechless.
I thought that this film demonstrated the extremely difficult and awful decisions that the Nazi's forced upon people. How is a mother supposed to sacrifice one of her children? My heart broke for Sophie as she watched her daughter being taken away and listening to her scream, knowing that that was most likely the last time she would hear her daughters voice. When we were asked to put ourselves in her shoes and think about what we would've done my mind went blank. I honestly had no idea what I would've done. Obviously, I would want to save both children but when you're in a situation with only three options that will end with the termination of one, two, or all of you, ones decision making skills disapear and it becomes a spur of the moment decision. Sadly, I probably would've made the same decision as Sophie not knowing the concequences or the fate that was ahead.
I was not present to watch it.
This movie was very sad. It showed the agony and misery people suffered. They were separated from the rest of third family's not knowing what could have happened to them. Even considering being forced to make a choice like the mother did must have been the worst decision to make. Mothers and thier children have a special connection and seeing this happen to a mother is something I couldn't imagine witnessing. I cannot believe that none of th other nazi soldiers stopped that from happening. This is a sad example of the effect of brainwashed bystanders.
I agree with Alli. The film really does highlight the heartlessness of the nazi's.
I also agree with Alli and Conor.
Watching "The Choice" made me try and think what I'd I was in that situation. It's so sad to think that during this time people actually had to make descisions like these. I can only imagine what it would be like for a mother to choose one of her kids over ther other. I honestly don't know what I would do in this type of situation, I would probably panic and make a spur of the moment descision like she did in the movie. It makes me so sad to see that another human could force someone into making that descision. No one could even know how that feels until your in that position.
Post a Comment