Lit Circles Journal Entry 3

In this past week we have read up to pg. 80 of the book "Night" by Elie Wiesel. So far in the story, we see Elie and his father yet again moving from camp to camp, and as the story further goes along, it seems that we see more and more suffering and oppression. A notable part of the story so far is the concept of "selection" (P. 71), which as the book explains, is how the German Nazis weeded out the people not fit to work anymore, and got rid of them: permanently. As a group, we have discussed if we are implicated in injustice and whether or not we can do anything about it. In my opinion, I think it is true that in the world we live in, people everywhere are implicated by injustice; and it is just an ongoing cycle which we, as individuals can't do much about, due to things that we can't control. Although I think as human beings, we help feed the fire that burns us: in a way that we further oppress ourselves than what is already necessary. Based on our group's progression I would say, we have further grown in trust of each other: That is to say, we are now more comfortable talking loosely about things within the book, and we have built a stronger respect for one another. We now try to built upon each other's ideas and try to go deeper within the EQ questions. Such as how we further asked each other: "What are the things that further implicate humanity into injustice?" Overall, I think our group is heading towards the right way, and much progression has been made since the beginning