This way for the gas ladies and gentlemen

             The story, "This way for the gas, ladies and gentlemen" written and narrated by Taduez Borowski is about the Holocaust. Merriam-Webster defines Holocaust as "the name given to the period of persecution and extermination of European Jews by Nazi Germany during World War II." The narrator of this story is one of the prisoners at the Auschwitz, one of the death camps where the brutal killings happened. The story is inspired by Borowski's own concentration camp experiences. He wants to make his story unforgettable and to make the readers not judge his characters. The author uses irony in his writing by creating a feel of what life must have been like in Auschwitz, with the incidental horrors of the concentration camp.
             Tadeuz Borowski experiences the brutal event during the extermination of the
             European people and other backgrounds. He is a victim and a criminal at the same time. According to the story, he is one of the workers who unloads thousands of Jews from the cattle cars and sends them to the gas chamber. Also a victim, in a way that he is forced to work with the Nazis and do all terrifying actions. He creates an imaginative expression to what he has experienced during the war so that his readers will know how painful life is during those times. He denies his status as being polish because once the Nazis find out, he would be killed. " 'Sir, what's going to happen to us?' they jump from the train on to the gravel, anxious, worn out.' Where are you people from?' they repeat the question stubbornly, gazing into our tired eyes. 'I don't know! I don't understand polish." His stories tell all the details of his past experiences.
             At the same time, the narrator has the intention to influence the readers that will change their understanding towards the concentration camp world on its terms. Tadeuz Borowski's experiences in Auschwitz will cause an effect to the readers because of the shocking events play...

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