This week I chose an article about how survivors of the Holocaust have a higher rate of PTSD and other mental Illnesses. This is because of lower levels of Cortisol that they have adapted because of the Holocaust. Cortisol is a chemical in your body that eliminates Enzymes, and the extra Enzymes would allow these people to store a much higher amount of protein and sugar, allowing them to survive a much longer time without food. However, this means that the children of survivors are more susceptible to mental illnesses. So this is where you decide, become un-killable (but insane), or stay un-mutated but mentally sound.Some of the other Aow's that I viewed today were about how we have recovered from the Holocaust, and how others celebrate it. In Israel, they don't have a designated Holocaust remembrance day because they feel that one is essential. They think that they will continue to remember the death and cruelty shown through human nature, and that the Holocaust is really depressing and shouldn't be celebrated. Other articles showed reuniting of Liberators and Jews from the death camps, explaining how indebted that the Jewish were to these American saviors. The article also focused on how this could have been the last reunion, because many of the survivors and U.S. soldiers are getting old or may have already passed on.
Stanley - You sentence, "So this is where you decide, become un-killable (but insane), or stay un-mutated but mentally sound," is very insensitive based on the topic you are writing about. Survivors and their children has no control over this, so why would you phrase it as if they have a choice? Please revise.
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