James Carroll learned the meaning of suffering at an early age. At the age of two, his brother who was only four contracted Polio. He would look at his brother and notice the bandages on his legs. When he would sleep, he would dream that they were his legs under the bandages and when he would wake up he would think he was the one who couldn't walk. He learned early, what suffering was. Later on in life he would be reminded of his brother's legs. The crucifixes all had his brother's legs and the nails were Jesus' polio. He was again reminded of his brother's legs the first time he saw pictures of the inmates of the concentration camps. That was also the first time he became aware of the slang term "Jew." He remembered hearing the term from his best friend Peter's parents. James and Peter...