This Way For The Gas, Ladies And Gentlemen By Tadeusz Borowski

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In “This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen,” the author Tadeusz Borowski describes the systematic dehumanization of the camps and attempts to convey the horror of that places. Borowski uses lively and imaginal language, such as “multicoloured wave of people” and “pours from the train,” to depict how these people get off the train when they arrive the camp. Borowski successfully illustrates dehumanization not of new arrivals but of those who have been the camp. He depictures the ugliness of human in the concentration camp during World War II. Therefore, it seems that for those labor gang working in the camp were apathetic to this situation, and they just upload these Jews from the cattle cars and send them to their death in the gas chamber. …show more content…

The first one is having a mind that does not work normally, that is, ill in one person’s mind. Thus, the phrase “a blind, mad river” implies that these people probably suffer mental shock because of the war. They have no idea why they come here and what will happen next. It seems that they have lost their mind and become crazy. Another one means very angry. This meaning can explain that these people on the train are very angry. They are forced to from one place to another place. They are forced to find “a new bed” or a way to let them continue to survive. It also seems that they have lost humanity in this environment. Based on our knowledge of nature, river is flowing forward and will not stop. Therefore, this phrase “a blind, mad river” combined with the definition of two words implies how dehumanized people can become, regardless of region or race. This river does not know where to go and what it will face next; this river is angry because it cannot stop to take a rest or control the direction to move forward. In consequence, “a huge, multicoloured wave of people” who will be sent to the gas chamber just like “a blind, mad river,” has no chance to recover and no chance to have a breath of fresh air because they cannot control their

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