According to the text, what view of paradise is presented?

After the soup, we gathered between the bunks. The veterans told us: "You're lucky to have been brought here so late. Today, this is paradise compared to what the camp was two years ago. Back then, Buna was a veritable hell. No water, no blankets, less soup and bread. At night, we slept almost naked and the temperature was thirty below. We were collecting corpses by the hundreds every day. Work was very hard. Today, this is a little paradise. The Kapos back then had orders to kill a certain number of prisoners every day. And every week, selection. A merciless selection…Yes, you are lucky."



Question 10 options:

An ironic view of paradise where the smallest scrap of humanity is interpreted as a gift.


The prisoners call it paradise as a code, so the SS officers won’t realize they are speaking badly about their treatment.


The prisoners are so weak and disturbed by their experiences, they don’t remember what it was like before the camp.


The use of the word paradise is referencing the beliefs of the Jewish people and their history.

Respuesta :

I'd go with C but I'm not so sure. I guess it's C because before the prisoners didn't know much about where they are now...

Answer:

An ironic view of paradise where the smallest scrap of humanity is interpreted as a gift.

Explanation:

The answer here is that is an ironic view. The prisoners are not living in paradise. They are living in hell. They only have the bare minimum of basic needs that one needs in order to survive. In most cases, this bare minimum still isn't enough. However, the prisoners that have been in the camp for a longer period of time remember when the conditions at the camp were even worse. To them, they see the current conditions as "paradise" since they are significantly better than before. Unfortunately, the "paradise" they talk about is still hell.