The section about the two boys was a small storyline in the book, which is largely a love story set during the war. It was the awful reality for so many, brought to life in a work of fiction. The boys died together, confused, unwitting. Two boys held hands as they were captured by German soldiers, slept side-by-side in filth, were herded onto buses and a train and finally entered the gas chambers. As I approached it, there were intimations of what was going to happen, but I couldn’t help feeling hope denying the worst could happen. I was reading in bed when I came across the scene. In particular, one scene in the book stopped me in my tracks, causing me to catch my breath at the sadness the hopelessness. However, reading Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks brought me a little closer to understanding the heartbreak of World War II. It is even harder to understand the pain they might have gone through in extreme circumstances, such as during a war.Ī text book might teach us the facts, but it cannot help us fully comprehend the extent of the horror. It is very difficult to empathise with people we have never met, who lived a long time ago, in a country on the other side of the world.
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