Journal Entry #8

Journal Entry #8
Chapter 8 : This Side of Good and Evil

The black market is a market where people trade forbidden items at a high value, or even trade off items in order to gain something that they cant' get legally. The black market in today's world is nortorious since trade in black markets may lead to terrorist activities or other catastrophe that may destroy many lives. The black market, however, was not created for such cruel intentions when it was first established. The black market was first established for people's needs, with no cruel intention.
This is similar to Auschwitz's black market. The black market in Auschiwitz was created for the same intentions for the primitive black markets. People traded food, clothes, spoons, and other daily needs that we consider as something so obvious. However, trading these items meant life and death to these prisoners. This shows how bad conditions were in Auschwitz, since people were trading off necessities of life in order to survive. While people these days trade weapons, extravagant items, or items in order to please them, the black market in Auschwitz was for mere survival.
In such a desperate condition, prisoners cry out for just a little bit of food, but what do we cry out for?