How does the poet bear witness to tragedy or more difficult aspects of human life?
In “God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children”, Yehuda Amichai first starts off by making a claim that God does not pity adults, rather god pities children. This can be very synonymous to how children are not exposed to the cruel harsh world until they are adults. The poet believes that god only cares for some, but not for others. Here, the poet is relating it to his personal life. He has witnesses a war and questions how God can care for one side but not the other. In the end, Amichai says ” their own happiness will protect us” implying that the side that God does not pity will have to survive using their own happiness.
I liked how you compared how God pities children as they have not experienced the harsh real world yet. And He knows that children will eventually become adults and so he pities children as they do not know what’s to come. I also agree that he feels the way he does because of his experiences in war and struggles to survive on his own.
I did not make the assumption that the poet was referring to war in the poem. It makes sense that the poet would see God caring for the side that wins. I wonder if he wants God to help both sides of the war or prevent war from occurring.