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The death of Zalman
Once the men began to run, Zalman — a young boy — got a stomache ache. He had to stop and was killed by the people running behind him. Elie knew he had been trampled, but he forgot about him moments later. This emphazies how plain and habitual death was. It also says something about how it is every man for himself. -
German Army Vehicles arrive in Sighet
This was in Spring of 1944, and it was one of the beginning of the journey that would scar Elie for years. The Germans came peacefully at first, yet later in the book, these people are the ones who take Elie and his family to Aushwitz. -
Town Meeting - Transports arrive
This brought dread to the townspeople as they knew it would come one day. Schlomo returned with news of transports taking the Jews away, This was important to the story because it brought the Jews of Sighet to the concentration camp. -
The journey to the transports in Sighet
The journey was important because as the Hungarians beat them into running and oppressing them, Elie starts to hate them which he says himself that very same page...19. Elie begins to hate them as the are his oppresers. He will be their enemies from now until his life ends. -
Madame Schater 's Vision
Madame Schachter had a vision about the fire in Aushwitz. She foresaw the burning of Jews and tried to tell everyone on the train, Of course they just thought she was crazy, and she was beat several times to be quiet. This was important because it foreshadowed that they were going to Aushwitz...and they would be killed in crematoriums. -
Separation of Elie's family
This was the moment when all of Elie's family was killed except for his father. He was all alone now. Elie would never forgive the Germans for this. -
The Crematorium Experience
When Elie, so close to death, witnessed people, even babies, being burned alive, he started to question his faith. He asked himself where god was and how he could let something like this happen. The main topic of losing faith starts here, in this moment at the back of his head. -
First Alert at Buna
In the bombing, the Buna factory was being dedstroyed and the inmates were filled with joy. Even though their lives were in danger, Elie says," We were not afraid. And yet, if a bomb had fallen on the blocks, it would have claimed hundreds of inmates' lives. But we no longer feared death." This shows that the inmates didn't care about death anymore, they just wanted the war to end. -
Hanging of the Pipel
When the Pipel is hanged, the man close to Elie says,"Where is merciful God, where is He?" And again later he says, "For God's sake, where is God?" ELie then answers in his mind saying that god is dead/gone. He let the boy die -- in Elie's eyes, and Elie now had even less faith than before. -
The Eve of Rosh Hashanah
In the beginning of the chapter, Elie rebels against God, saying that He doesn't deserve to be celebrated or respected for allowing these actions happen to the Jews. Elie seriously questions God's greatness and his very own faith for good reason in my opinion. -
Yom Kippur
On Yom Kippur, Hebrew people usually fast the entire day. Yet, as Elie debated it, he decided that it wasn't worth it. His faith just keeps decreasing to the point where he almost doesn't care about his religion anymore. He specifically says that he ate as an act of rebellion. -
The First Selection
Directly after Elie was put in the construction kommando, people started talking about the first selection. Everyone was frightened by this, and it enhances the storyline drastically when he almost loses his father to it. -
Foot Surgery
As Elie rested in the hospital, a faceless man lay next to him in the bed. He pointed out that Hitler would kill all the Jews before the Russians got to the camp. After Elie lost his temper at him, the man assured him by saying,"I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people." This also refers to God. He is saying that you should have more faith that Hitler will hurt the Jews than having faith about God saving us all. -
EVACUATION
This evacutation gave Elie an unltamatum.... stay in the hospital to be either killed in the end or liberated, or move to a different camp and risk dying along the way. The descision is important to the book because if Elie has stayed, he would still have his father, and they both wouldn't have had to endure the pain of the journey. -
The exhausted neighbor
In the shed, where many people were resting or dead/dying, Elie had a neighbor that was trying to wake his dead friend. Once the neighbor realized his friend was dead, he himself fell asleep. Elie warned him to not sleep in this place because he will never wake up. The snow would've killed him. Despite Elie's warning the man falls asleep and likely dies. This shows how the men didn't even care about death anymore. It was better to them than this never ending journey to just another hell. -
The Bread "Charity"
At first, a worker threw his piece of bread into a train section, and everyone started killing each other for it. Sons killing fathers, men then killing young boys, , all for a piece of bread. It emphazises the idea, like on our Socratic Seminar, that in this book, food is the greatest weakness. -
Juliek's last song
As the Jews arrive at Gleiwitz, the men pile on top of each other, suffocating one another. Juliek happend to be under Elie when this occured. Silently, Juliek managed to slip out and find his violin. He played for the audience of " dead and dying" as his last song. Here he shows beauty in a place so sorrowful. -
Throwing out the dead
In the train to the center of Germany, there were far too many people aboard. So, the dead were to be thrown off the side for more room. The neighbors were actually glad to get rid of their neighbors so they had more room. This just showed how every person grew selfish and greedy, not caring about the relatives watching as they threw their family members out like trash. -
Schlomo's Death
Every day, Schlomo got weaker and weaker until one day he could no longer take it. He suffered from Dysentery and died soon after. The entire story was about Elie sticking with his father. After he died, Elie had literally nothing to live for. From that moment on, he cared about nothing. -
THE LIBERATION
There was a secret resistance acting within the camp of Buchenwald that took on the SS officers. The battle only lasted about two house and the resistance prevailed. That same day Americans arrived at the camp, and the people were free.
