Journal Entery

Date: 12 December 2007

Journal Entry: 2

Page/Quote reflecting on: Pgs. 13-14

"The Hungarian police struck out with truncheons and rifle butts, to right and left, without reason, indiscriminately,their blows falling upon old men and women, children and invalids alike. One by one the houses emptied, and the street filled with people and bundles...The heat was intense. Sweat streamed from faces and bodies. Children cried for water...There was plenty, close at hand,... but they were forbidden to break the ranks." THe Hungarian police didn't need to be so abusive. Just yelling at them was sufficent enough to get them out of their houses. THey didn't need to go hitting them and especially the old people, the little children, and the sick. That's just extremely mean. Then having the people stand out in the scorching hot sun just standing there waiting for the order to move, without water or the chance to sit down. It's just really cruel. Image what it must have felt like if you were a little kid standing in the heat begging your mother for water and her unable to get it for you and you knowing it was just within the house, a few yards away. It's crazy how mean people can be.