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Thursday, May 10, 2012
PERIOD 3 - THE CHOICE
Please post your thoughts about "The Choice."
25 comments:
Matt Demers
said...
This segment was wry powerful because the decision the woman had to make was the hardest possible decision. It is a very good segment because it allows you to put yourself in her position and think of what you would do. I personally won't not be able to make that decision if I was forced to and would act on impulse and say which ever child came to mind to at least save one.
This clip of the movie was unbelievable. I could not even imagine being put in her shoes and having to choose between my two children. I don't blame her for being the way she was, and for being sad and depressed and guilty her whole entire life. This movie just showed how cruel and nasty the Nazis truly were, and how they did anything in their power to try and ruin the Jewish people's lives.
This segment was unfathomable. When asked to write what I would do if I were in her shoes, I drew a blank. I feel like that situation would be so emotionally straining I don't know how I would even consider how to handle it.
I was completely thrown off by this. When the commander went up to her and was being all sweet, and then threw "pick one of your children" i thought he was going to maybe save her, i know false hope even though i know it wouldnt happen. I thought that it was very brave of her, not many mothers or fathers would be able to make that kind of decision. I would not have been able to. On my paper i said out of simpathy that i would choose both. I would have rather given up both of my children ONLY BECAUSE, i couldnt handle having my children in the camp. starving and being beaten, and freezing. I would not allow it to happen. I would have told my children that "I love you very much and i will see you again, in a greater life". Imagine how her daughter felt! I want to say that i am empathetic in this situation, but noone in the whole room can't even say what they would or could really do. None of us have children, we don't know what we could have felt giving up a child of our own. We can't even pretent.
This section of the movie was unbelievable. I could not even begin to imagine how difficult it must have been for this woman to choose just one of her children. When we were asked to put ourselves in her position, I took a long time to make a decision because I couldn't even try to feel how torn she felt.
I think that this clip was extremely powerful. That decision would be the hardest decision there is to make as a mother. I can't even imagine having to make the decision of deciding between my two small children. I think that i would have probably asked to die with them. I can't imagine even living with myself after giving up one or both of my children. That would be so horrifying.
After watching this clip of the movie, the cruelty of the Nazis was made even clearer to me. As a mother, that is probably one of the worst decisions that you could ever have to make and nobody should have to make it. This clip also showed how the Nazis were not cruel to just Jews, they were also exteremly cruel to Poles and how they would stop at nothing to torment people. They were truly heartless people.
I found this film to be quite powerful. I can only imagine the internal anguish that had befallen this woman. I'd like to say that I would make a decision but how could I? I was completely awestruck,I kept hoping she would choose to prevent both of her children from being taken away. Unfortunately this was not the case and the Nazi troop stripped "the woman" of her children.
This was a really emotional film for me to watch. It is so hard to imagine trying to decide what CHILD of yours you are deciding to kill. It makes me nervous to think of having children of my own- I would never want to put myself and my kids through something like that. I was talking to my parents about it at dinner as well, and my dad was saying how its also important to think about what that would mean to the Jewish religion- in Judaism the woman determines the religion of the family, and with the concentration camps, its scary to think about the entire religion of people being wiped out. I can't imagine having a second family after losing the first in such a horrible way.
In my life I have felt like I had to make some pretty tough desicisions to make. But after watching this film segment today in class today I feel as if none of the desicisions I've made are truly tough ones to make.
Having to choose between your two children is one of the most heart wrenching and horrible things I have ever heard of. I cannot even imagine having to do such a thing. The fact that the Nazis went through all of this just to show the Jews and "unworthy" people how much they hated them makes me so angry. Living with such a thing would be so depressing and horrible.
I would have had the same reaction as the women in the film.."what are you talking about"? Did that man really think she could make a choice like this? This segment has been another piece to yet again make me open my eyes even more and see what these poor innocent people went through.
That must be the hardest thing to do as a parent: decide one child, the other, or neither of them. I've had tough decisions in my life but this easily is tougher than any decision that I can think of. I would have kept the younger one which from the film looked to be the girl. Although the boy did not look too much older than the girl, the older child could probably stay stronger than the younger child. Regardless of who is older, the whole thought of choosing one child over another is painful just to think about.
That clip was quit powerful, it proved again to us how nazis were heartless and inconsiderate. Asking that woman of two kids to give up any of her kids up, would probably be the hardest decision any mother would have to face. No mother should ever be put in that kind of a situation again because as a mother you love your kids equal and you shouldnt have to give up any of them for reasons like being a certain race/religion/ethnicity. This was truly sad to the max.
This movie really made me think about how the nazis did not only kill massive amounts of people but they also abused their power in other ways. The segment that we watched made me think of how anyone could have made that decision. After we finished watching i was still thinking about how anyone could make that decision and that the only reason why she said to save the boy was because she thought that they were going to take both children. In the end i felt extremely stunned that any person could make a mother choose between children.
Likely the most difficult decision possible for a parent/mother. It is so difficult to lose your children, and then having to make the decision is unfathomable.
I thought "The Choice" truly put students in Sophie's shoes. I feel as though to make a decision on which child to keep, you must think with zero emotions. Even still, this video clip definitely had a drastic effect on the students and truly hit home.
I thought "The Choice" truly put students in Sophie's shoes. I feel as though to make a decision on which child to keep, you must think with zero emotions. Even still, this video clip definitely had a drastic effect on the students and truly hit home.
"The Choice" is a very heartbreaking film. I personally can't connect with Sophie because I don't have any kids, but I have an idea of how hard it was for her to choose which one of her kids the Nazis should take. Because she couldn't choose they took them both, and taking one kid is enough let alone both of them.
I thought that "The Choice" was a great film to help us get a better idea on how tough things really were. I know that if I had to make that choice I would have no idea what to do because that's just such a unbelievable decision to make. This clip was incredibly moving and did a great job at showing how cruel the Nazi's were.
The choice that this woman made must have been the hardest decision somebody would have to make. I honestly don't know weather I could have made that decision and lived with myself after.
The clip that we say from the film 'Sophie's Choice' was very insightful and helped to put a lot of things in perspective. Because the students in the class are not parents, it is easy for us to try and make a decision about what we would have done in that situation, but when you really sit down and think about it: how could you chose between the two of your kids? In the class discussion, Shaina had a good point in that: when you send one kid off with the Nazis, the last thoughts going through their heads are probably 'why didnt mommy love me enough? why was i not good enough?'
25 comments:
This segment was wry powerful because the decision the woman had to make was the hardest possible decision. It is a very good segment because it allows you to put yourself in her position and think of what you would do. I personally won't not be able to make that decision if I was forced to and would act on impulse and say which ever child came to mind to at least save one.
This clip of the movie was unbelievable. I could not even imagine being put in her shoes and having to choose between my two children. I don't blame her for being the way she was, and for being sad and depressed and guilty her whole entire life. This movie just showed how cruel and nasty the Nazis truly were, and how they did anything in their power to try and ruin the Jewish people's lives.
This segment was unfathomable. When asked to write what I would do if I were in her shoes, I drew a blank. I feel like that situation would be so emotionally straining I don't know how I would even consider how to handle it.
I was completely thrown off by this. When the commander went up to her and was being all sweet, and then threw "pick one of your children" i thought he was going to maybe save her, i know false hope even though i know it wouldnt happen. I thought that it was very brave of her, not many mothers or fathers would be able to make that kind of decision. I would not have been able to. On my paper i said out of simpathy that i would choose both. I would have rather given up both of my children ONLY BECAUSE, i couldnt handle having my children in the camp. starving and being beaten, and freezing. I would not allow it to happen. I would have told my children that "I love you very much and i will see you again, in a greater life". Imagine how her daughter felt! I want to say that i am empathetic in this situation, but noone in the whole room can't even say what they would or could really do. None of us have children, we don't know what we could have felt giving up a child of our own. We can't even pretent.
This section of the movie was unbelievable. I could not even begin to imagine how difficult it must have been for this woman to choose just one of her children. When we were asked to put ourselves in her position, I took a long time to make a decision because I couldn't even try to feel how torn she felt.
I was absent.
I think that this clip was extremely powerful. That decision would be the hardest decision there is to make as a mother. I can't even imagine having to make the decision of deciding between my two small children. I think that i would have probably asked to die with them. I can't imagine even living with myself after giving up one or both of my children. That would be so horrifying.
After watching this clip of the movie, the cruelty of the Nazis was made even clearer to me. As a mother, that is probably one of the worst decisions that you could ever have to make and nobody should have to make it. This clip also showed how the Nazis were not cruel to just Jews, they were also exteremly cruel to Poles and how they would stop at nothing to torment people. They were truly heartless people.
I found this film to be quite powerful. I can only imagine the internal anguish that had befallen this woman. I'd like to say that I would make a decision but how could I? I was completely awestruck,I kept hoping she would choose to prevent both of her children from being taken away. Unfortunately this was not the case and the Nazi troop stripped "the woman" of her children.
This was a really emotional film for me to watch. It is so hard to imagine trying to decide what CHILD of yours you are deciding to kill. It makes me nervous to think of having children of my own- I would never want to put myself and my kids through something like that. I was talking to my parents about it at dinner as well, and my dad was saying how its also important to think about what that would mean to the Jewish religion- in Judaism the woman determines the religion of the family, and with the concentration camps, its scary to think about the entire religion of people being wiped out. I can't imagine having a second family after losing the first in such a horrible way.
In my life I have felt like I had to make some pretty tough desicisions to make. But after watching this film segment today in class today I feel as if none of the desicisions I've made are truly tough ones to make.
Having to choose between your two children is one of the most heart wrenching and horrible things I have ever heard of. I cannot even imagine having to do such a thing. The fact that the Nazis went through all of this just to show the Jews and "unworthy" people how much they hated them makes me so angry. Living with such a thing would be so depressing and horrible.
I would have had the same reaction as the women in the film.."what are you talking about"? Did that man really think she could make a choice like this? This segment has been another piece to yet again make me open my eyes even more and see what these poor innocent people went through.
That must be the hardest thing to do as a parent: decide one child, the other, or neither of them. I've had tough decisions in my life but this easily is tougher than any decision that I can think of. I would have kept the younger one which from the film looked to be the girl. Although the boy did not look too much older than the girl, the older child could probably stay stronger than the younger child. Regardless of who is older, the whole thought of choosing one child over another is painful just to think about.
That clip was quit powerful, it proved again to us how nazis were heartless and inconsiderate. Asking that woman of two kids to give up any of her kids up, would probably be the hardest decision any mother would have to face. No mother should ever be put in that kind of a situation again because as a mother you love your kids equal and you shouldnt have to give up any of them for reasons like being a certain race/religion/ethnicity. This was truly sad to the max.
This movie really made me think about how the nazis did not only kill massive amounts of people but they also abused their power in other ways. The segment that we watched made me think of how anyone could have made that decision. After we finished watching i was still thinking about how anyone could make that decision and that the only reason why she said to save the boy was because she thought that they were going to take both children. In the end i felt extremely stunned that any person could make a mother choose between children.
Likely the most difficult decision possible for a parent/mother. It is so difficult to lose your children, and then having to make the decision is unfathomable.
I thought "The Choice" truly put students in Sophie's shoes. I feel as though to make a decision on which child to keep, you must think with zero emotions. Even still, this video clip definitely had a drastic effect on the students and truly hit home.
I thought "The Choice" truly put students in Sophie's shoes. I feel as though to make a decision on which child to keep, you must think with zero emotions. Even still, this video clip definitely had a drastic effect on the students and truly hit home.
"The Choice" is a very heartbreaking film. I personally can't connect with Sophie because I don't have any kids, but I have an idea of how hard it was for her to choose which one of her kids the Nazis should take. Because she couldn't choose they took them both, and taking one kid is enough let alone both of them.
I thought that "The Choice" was a great film to help us get a better idea on how tough things really were. I know that if I had to make that choice I would have no idea what to do because that's just such a unbelievable decision to make. This clip was incredibly moving and did a great job at showing how cruel the Nazi's were.
The choice that this woman made must have been the hardest decision somebody would have to make. I honestly don't know weather I could have made that decision and lived with myself after.
I was absent that day.
I was absent the day we watched this.
The clip that we say from the film 'Sophie's Choice' was very insightful and helped to put a lot of things in perspective. Because the students in the class are not parents, it is easy for us to try and make a decision about what we would have done in that situation, but when you really sit down and think about it: how could you chose between the two of your kids?
In the class discussion, Shaina had a good point in that: when you send one kid off with the Nazis, the last thoughts going through their heads are probably 'why didnt mommy love me enough? why was i not good enough?'
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