Chapter 14 : Kraus
“He does not yet know that it is better to be beaten, because one does not normally die of blows, but one does of exhaustion…he seems to think that his present situation is like outside, where it is honest and logical to work, as well as being of advantage, because according to what everyone says, the more one works the more one earns and eats." Primo has a criticizing tone about Kraus, a hungarian. It seems that Primo does warn him about things, but he is hopeless when he does so. I think Primo has such criticizing tone agains Kraus because he was only able to see Kraus as a fool working so hard for no reason. In such a devastating situation, his prejudice overrode him, and he was being illogical.
The chapter describes Kraus and how Primo thinks of Kraus, but I wanted to talk about a certain quote that I thought had many meanings beneath it. "When it rains we would like to cry.' This quote is short, and may seem pointless when we take a first glance at it. However, I found out that this quote has so much meaning to it. First, I figured out that prisoners cried when it rained since the rain brought them so much bain. The work was harder, and their feet would decay faster if their feet was damp and wet all the time. Second, and the most important, I thought that the prisoners liked to cry when it was raining since that was the only time when they could disguise their grief. If they weeped when no rain was coming, and everyone knew that you cried, no one would appreciate such act while everyone is having a hard time. So their only chance to show their grief and sorrows was when the rain fell down from the skies, when they were able to disguise their tears as raindrops falling down their face.
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