A Prisoner and Yet

A Prisoner and tho is an autobiographical piece of non-fiction that was written by cwm ten holla two years after her release from the Ravensbruck concentration camp in Nazi Germany.The book is set up in a modality that differs from what I am used to. In it, rather than focusing on her story, Corrie send fores individual occurrences she experienced over the course of her imprisonment. Later on, she treats each(prenominal) almost like a parable, using the one to two page subchapter to illustrate either a phantasmal or moral lesson for the reader. everyplace the course of the 170 page book, she addresses a widespread variety of topics including faith, compassion, fear, acceptation of death, courage, strength, sin, love, morality, turning the other cheek, timidity, prayer, covetousness, kindness, and even the bond between brothers and sisters in saviour despite of language barriers.Its really quite remarkable. I started the book persuasion the set up would prove awkward and unse ttling, but I in short found myself engrossed, incapable of putting the book down. With each flip of the page, my thirstiness for a definitive ending to Corries struggles grew. I was hooked.As an autobiographical account, the hero of A Prisoner and Yet. . . was naturally the author, Corrie ten Boom, and, boy, let me advertise you, she was a hero.Selfless and strong-willed, the Dutch watchmaker s besidesd firm in her beliefs even when she had missed everything her freedom, her family, her country, and even the clothes off her back.The Lord Jesus Christ was her Conqueror. done His grace and glory, she knew she would be delivered. Corrie did not fear death in the camps. Rather, she embraced the opportunity to spread the Word of God. She preached daily, sometimes up to five times, and prayed with those in read or coming into the faith.It was amazing that someone so laden and in such close proximity to death could still boast so much hope and conviction. Throughout the book, Corri e attributed much of her endurance to the constant companionship of her sister Betsie. Betsie was equally faithful and often provided spiritual guidance when Corrie felt herself straying or in need of extra help.They were inseparable. Sadly, Betsie was a frail thing. She could not carry out heavy(p) labor and became sick easily. Corrie often wondered at her sisters seemingly vindicated view of their wretched surroundings. She always looked so two-eyed violetful. It was terrible to read when scummy Betsie died of sickness, but at least she had gone to a far violate place.The story begins with a recollection of the authors life before imprisonment. The readers are effrontery a quick description of the authors home which she shared with her father, Casper ten dollar bill Boom, siblings, and an eclectic group of Jews. After the fall of Holland in 1940, the Ten Booms had joined the Dutch resistance, offering a safehouse for Gods People. According to the author, it was often said (that their house), was the gayest underground address in all the Netherlands (ten Boom 7).They were contented, as close to at peace as they could be in such a dark time. Sadly, on February 28, 1944, that peace ended. The ten Boom residence was raided by the Gestapo. Their house was searched and the family was interpreted into custody. Corrie, her father, and Betsie were transferred to Scheveningen Prison. There, Corrie hardly ever saw the sunlight, spending her days locked in solitary confinement.Later on in her time there, waiting to go on trial, she found out that her father had died shortly after existence brought to the prison.She and her sister were reunited when they were sent to Kamp Vught, a political concentration camp. There, conditions were not so bad. They were able to slack off at work and received rose-cheeked Cross packages and mail from home.Due to her background as a watchmaker, Corrie was given the opportunity to do detailed work on piano tuner parts. After aw hile, she and her sister were transferred to a German concentration camp called Ravensbruck. As Corrie aptly described it, the place was hell. They were stripped naked and pressure to hand over their belongings before being redressed and sent to barracks where the beds looked to a greater extent like a line of shelves, tightly packed with women instead of books. exploitation a bible they had snuck in, the sisters performed worship services with the girls in their barracks daily, keeping up the dwindling morale. Slowly, they became thinner and weaker Betsie more so than Corrie. Finally, one day in late fall of 1944, Corrie heard the voice of God tell her that her release was drawing near and that she would be free by the first gear day of winter. This prediction became reality, but sadly fifteen days too late for Betsie. Corries sister had gone Home to meet her Maker.The author ruined the story by telling of her return to the Netherlands and documenting her decision to open a home which would soon be the happy home of people who had been released from the misery of imprisonment (ten Boom 169).In the end, I believe that Corrie Ten Boom wrote this novel as a testament to the horrors of her experience and to the change of her faith through the experience.A Prisoner and Yet. . . immortalized both her story and, by extent, the stories of many women, men, and children who were held at the various prisons and camps across Europe during the Nazi regime. I am thankful that I stumbled upon it and I would recommend the read to those attempt with their faith, growing in their faith, or merely interested in the discussion of political prisoners in WWII.