Question

Which excerpt from the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro is a symbol for the Holocaust experience?

a. “blue as blood on his left forearm”
b. “spilling his protection, like acid”
c. “I am drowning in his silence”
d. “Questions choke me”

Answer 1

“blue as blood on his left forearm” is the excerpt from the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro is a symbol for the Holocaust experience. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the first option or option "a". I hope the answer has come to your help.

Answer 2

I believe the answer is: A. . “blue as blood on his left forearm”

“spilling his protection, like acid”
Describes the feeling when his father hug him because his father felt so helpless in the sitution

“I am drowning in his silence”
Describes the situation where his father could even fathom to explain the situation that they're in to children

“Questions choke me”
Describes the tension that Shapiro felt when he tried to find out where did the other jews gone to.