New York Trip12/16/2019 I think the play was absolutely great. It was one of the best play I’ve even seen. I believe that the main message conveyed in the play is that humanity is able to unite together regardless of country, race, gender and sexual orientation after a tragedy. It is also about putting personal prejudice down in order to help the greater good. I found it interesting that they included the task of saving animals. The advantage of musical play is that it is easy to understand and engaging. Music is universal. It doesn’t require too much knowledge to understand. Therefore, people from all backgrounds can listen and participate. A musical play is also short, that it compresses all the essential information in. Therefore, people have less time can also gain a lot of knowledge about it. Also, acting brings out the emotional and touching part of the story. I was sad when the woman talked on the phone announcing her son’s death. I was also very impressed by how only 12 actors can play both the roles of villagers and travellers, because it was so clever and easy to understand. However, there are many disadvantages of the play too. There would be much more details involved if it was a book: I remember in the documentary they were talking about combining two reporters into one. However, if it was not compressed, I bet there’s more interesting fact and small stories that are fun to read. Also, if the story is a book, I will have a chance to review any part that I miss and reread the book if I have time. However, I don’t think I’ve ever go to the same play again because it's far away and expensive.
The most important thing I learned is that remembrance is important. There are many layers to that. First, it was really important for the Jewish people to remember their identities, because it made them unite together and actively helped each other. Remembrance is also about love, because with love those people overcame harsh conditions and love brought them hope. It helped survivors overcome the fear or anger. At last, remembrance also let us, students who have not experienced the tragedy learn about what happened in the past, so that even when survivors past, the history still remains. Before I came to the memorial I thought that the Auschwitz concentration camp was inside Germany. However, I found out that it was actually in Poland. I think it is really important to know the truth because it has a different meaning to it. Being in Poland, people who were evicted from their own home were enslaved and killed in their own country. It was a great shame and tragedy. This is timely revenant because there’s still anti-semitism movements and speeches around the world. This is still a problem when it shouldn’t be. Therefore, I think it is absolutely for everyone to learn about the history before developing any hatred. The art I picked is the memorial square with victim's name in it. I think it is a really beautiful art because the lights and water surrounded it. Specifically, I think it is really creative to engrave victims’ names and have the light shine from inside to outside. The water is deep inside the center, flowing. I think it means that although so many people were lost, they are always within our hearts, as the water flows, their memories, and our memories to 9/11, will be flowing in others’ minds and history as well. The history will be passed on, generations after generations. The light around victims’ name have a similar purpose; their influences will always be lights that inspire people, warn people and always let people remember. The combination of water and light is brilliant. Because after I saw it, I just couldn’t forget it.
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