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"Pa. Amish community grieves, forgives"

Within this article an anonymous author writes how families of the five girls grieve their deaths. Since this is a recent publishment of the article, it is constantly being updated with new information. In Georgetown, Pa. the Amish travel to the funerals in horse- drawn buggies and dark suits and girls and women in long black dresses with black mourning bonnets. The Amish do not believe in the use of electricity. Frankly, they do not want anything to do with the modern world. I don't blame them for not wanting to deal with our world today. Our Modern world has evolved into such an industrial world that generations today do not even know the meaning of hardwork. The Amish believe in the art of a simple wooden coffin; narrow at the head and feet and wider in the middle. As the funeral services for the five girls begin, the Amish community forgives Charles Carl Roberts IV. He was a 32- year- old milk truck driver in the village of Nickel Mines who murdered 5 girls in a one - room schoolhouse on Monday, October 2nd. Seeing as, I am not Amish, I would have a very hard time forgiving Roberts. I'm sure it does not come easy to the Amish people but it shows how they are so forgiving when there is a traumatic events within their community. Although, the author shows no define point- of- view, their tone shows a feeling of sadness. Almost as if they too are feeling the pain and suffering of the Amish community. As the black buggies pass, people cried and mourned. Seeing a coffin go by in a buggie with a child's body is extremely sad. The Amish community is still grieving to this day.