"Pressed up against the others in an effort to keep out the cold" (Wiesel 103). This is kind of ironic on how they are leaving in a vechical and is going somewhere, they don't kow. When they were first going to the camp (the first one) it was a bad thing to be huddled togeather, because lack of air, but now they're leaving the camp in Buna and their huddeld togeather to stay warm. "Lying don was out of the question, and we were only abel to sit by deciding to take turns" (Wiesel 32). At first he was complaining about it being crowded but now since they are all smaller and it's colder they want the warmth to stay warm not cold.
"'I can't go on. . . . This is the end. . . . I'm going to die here. . . .'" (Wiesel 110). Those were the words spoken to Elizer from his dad. Since coming to the consentration camp and being seperated from his mom and sisters, Elie has wanted to stay by his dad's side threw out the whole time. He wanted his dad to be in the same block as him, work with him and many more exaples. He truely cares for his dad. To hear something like this from your father at a time of despare and fearfullness of dieing soon, it's shocking. I think that in Elie's head he understands that his dad won't make it, because they all suffered too much. I belive that Elie's dad is the reason why Elie still trys hard for both of them, so he doesn't have to loose him!
"'You at least, have some mercy on me. . . .' Have mercy on him! I'm his only son!"(Wiesel 114). Elie's dad's been abused since day one in Buna's consintration camp, but when he got sick it was worse he couldn't do anything for himself elie did it for him. So to show mercy on him was enevedable, Eliezer's been doing that threw helping him out. He may feel the need to do it since they are family member's he's his dad. Personally if I was Elie, knowing that my dad would die soon I would do the same thing show mercy, let him die happy. Kind of like what Gorge did to Lennie in Of Mice and Men. Both Elie and George allowed the ones who were close to them die happily. Of course Elie's dad was happy with the mercy being showen to him.
"The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me." (Wiesel 119). His eyes are Eliezer's eye's from what he adored at the camp, loosing his family and yet surviving it all. The eyes that stare back at him are the eyes of a survivor. The last part of the quote "has never left me" shows that he can still feel/see the way he looked threw his eyes from that day! When he says "his eyes" he means the refelction of himself in the mirror, he saw how he really was, what he really looked like. His livlyness, happyness and much more is gone with the lives of his family so of course his eyes were different since the human eye can reveal alot about a person. His revealed to me how he changed, loosing his family, becoming ill, thinking that one day he'll die! To me his eyes show the life he had in the consentration camps not in Transylvania where he spent his childhood at, or the ghetto's. He changed!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Night Quotes 3 :)))
"'Don't be worried son. Sleep-you can sleep. I'll look after you myself'" (Wiesel 95). Those were the words spoken by Elizer's dad. Elie and his dad afraid of what will happen to them. Eliezer wanted both of them to sleep but in turns so they can look after eachother. He's tried to be by his dad's side threw out the begining of them coming to the consentration camp and being seperated from their family. Both truely want the best for eachother, right now it's sleep! Elie's dad is kindhearted and wants the best for his son from day one. He regreted Elie not going with his mother, him being seperated from her and being in the camp. All he wants to do is protect his son and make sure he is doing well. Like every parent wants for their child.
"'Don't be afraid,' he added . 'Everything will be all right'" (Wiesel 85). It's ironic how the doctor will tell Elie that everything will go all right especially when he's injured. Elie knows that if your injured your basicaly dead. The SS want you to be able to work, if you can't work due to an opetation then your going to die. So is what the doctor said really true if Elie get's the operation. He's already warry about the camp. After his operation that lasted an hour he finally woke up after slipping into unconsiness he relizes he can't feel his leg. The first thing he thinks it's amputated. The operation may have went well but having to wait to heal knowing another selection was coming up is not all right.
"'Don't be afraid,' he added . 'Everything will be all right'" (Wiesel 85). It's ironic how the doctor will tell Elie that everything will go all right especially when he's injured. Elie knows that if your injured your basicaly dead. The SS want you to be able to work, if you can't work due to an opetation then your going to die. So is what the doctor said really true if Elie get's the operation. He's already warry about the camp. After his operation that lasted an hour he finally woke up after slipping into unconsiness he relizes he can't feel his leg. The first thing he thinks it's amputated. The operation may have went well but having to wait to heal knowing another selection was coming up is not all right.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Night Quotes 2
"Strip! Fast! Los! Keep only your belts and shoes in your hands...." (Wiesel 43). The words were used to show that they had no controle on what they could do. It showed that the prisoners had to listen to their orders If they don't listen then they would die, even though they were going to die already.
"Where is my mother at this moment? And Tzipora . . .?" (Wiesel 54). That quote right there shows how much Ellie cares for his mom and sister's safety kowing that they could be dead. If Ellie wasn't carring he wouldn't have asked his dad knowing that he; his dad, didn't know. In the end I belive Ellie would try to do anything he can to see his sisters, and mother again and be by them
"Where is my mother at this moment? And Tzipora . . .?" (Wiesel 54). That quote right there shows how much Ellie cares for his mom and sister's safety kowing that they could be dead. If Ellie wasn't carring he wouldn't have asked his dad knowing that he; his dad, didn't know. In the end I belive Ellie would try to do anything he can to see his sisters, and mother again and be by them
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Night Quotes 1 :))
"The one day they expelled all the foreign Jews from Sighet. And Moche the Beadle was a forigner" (Wiesel 16). This quote is foreshadowing the events that will happen later; the Jews will leave Sighet. First they expelled all foreign Jews from Sighet. Then the Jews of Sighet are sent to a big ghetto and a little ghetto. Only to wait to be deported. The Jews who weren't deported the second time were moved to the little ghetto and waited until they were deported.
"In front of us flames. In the air that smell of burning flesh" (Wiesel 37). "In front of us flames" makes me feel kind of edgy/eeiry because Madame Shachter was yelling the whole time about flames and fire and how she could see it. But not only did she say that she saw it a head of time, it was like she could see into the future or was predicting it! "smell of burning flesh" when I read that part it made me think. The final solution was to kill them all easily, by gassing them then burning them in a human oven (Cremater... thing) The edgy/eeiry feeling comes from whats happening twards the end. It already is telling you that all the jews (or most) are going to end up in a camp. However it doesn't tell you what they're going to see there or what'll happen. Like for the foreigner Jews in Sieght they had to dig their own graves, but when the Jews who were in the little ghetto of Sieght they see fire, and smell burning flesh.
"In front of us flames. In the air that smell of burning flesh" (Wiesel 37). "In front of us flames" makes me feel kind of edgy/eeiry because Madame Shachter was yelling the whole time about flames and fire and how she could see it. But not only did she say that she saw it a head of time, it was like she could see into the future or was predicting it! "smell of burning flesh" when I read that part it made me think. The final solution was to kill them all easily, by gassing them then burning them in a human oven (Cremater... thing) The edgy/eeiry feeling comes from whats happening twards the end. It already is telling you that all the jews (or most) are going to end up in a camp. However it doesn't tell you what they're going to see there or what'll happen. Like for the foreigner Jews in Sieght they had to dig their own graves, but when the Jews who were in the little ghetto of Sieght they see fire, and smell burning flesh.
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