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"At last, the morning star appeared in the gray sky. A hesitant light began to hover on the horizon. We were exhausted, we had lost all strength, all illusion."(87)
Again, the motif of night and darkness reappears in the book. In this sense, the night and darkness represent the illusion and the false hope they tell themselves. The light, which represents the truth, sheds upon the night when the night ends, and that is when they understand the truth and gravity of their situation. They depend on their illusion to continue to live and it is that false hope that gives them strength, so when the truth comes upon them, they lose all their strength and their motivation to live.

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“The snow seemed to me like a very soft, very warm carpet… Get up? How could I? How was I to leave this warm blanket? (Wiesel 88)

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Group 1: Chloe, Ava, Jasmine, Lauren, and Sabri

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Group 1: Chloe, Ava, Jasmine, Lauren, and Sabri

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“I was putting one foot in front of the other, like a machine. I was dragging this emaciated body that was still such a weight. If only I could have shed it! Though I tried to put it out of my mind, I couldn’t help thinking that there were two of us: my body and I. And I hated that body” (Wiesel

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group 4- eve, amanda, zoe, oliver, yusuf

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group 4- eve, amanda, zoe, oliver, yusuf

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“We were not permitted to bend down, we took out our spoons and ate the snow off our neighbors’ backs. A mouthful of bread and a spoonful of snow” (Wiesel 96). I found irony in this statement, for earlier on in chapter 6 the key to staying alive was not to surrender to the snow. However now, the thing that brought death becomes a means of survival. I just hope that the eating of snow isn't symbolic of them feeding themselves their own deaths.

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Group 5 Zachary Rosenberg, Bennett Kim, Asmara Bham, Emily Hernandez

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Group 5 Zachary Rosenberg, Bennett Kim, Asmara Bham, Emily Hernandez

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" The SS shoved us inside, a hundred per car: we were so skinny!"(Wiesel 97)  At the beginning of the book, the Jews were forced into cattle carts in a very similar way where they were stuffed with as many people as possible. You can compare this to what is happening now in the book where they are again getting stuffed into cattle cars.

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"Faster, you tramps, you flea- ridden dogs!" This is an example of dehumanization.

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"This was it, the end of the road. A silent, suffocation. No way to scream, to call for help" (Wiesel 94). The road represents his life. This symbol is used multiple times to represent the journey of someone's life. Elie's life was a windy road where he was silenced his whole life. He could not speak out against anything he thought was wrong. This was one of the times he could scream and speak his mind, because the guards did not have such a strong grip on all of them. It is ironic that in this moment he could not scream, when it was the only moments he could.

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Group 1- Chloe, Ava, Jasmine, Lauren, and Sabri

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Group 1- Chloe, Ava, Jasmine, Lauren, and Sabri

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"He was playing a fragment of a Beethoven concerto. Never before had I heard such a beautiful sound. How had he succeeded in disengaging himself? To slip out from under my body without feeling it?" (Wiesel 95)

The symbol of the Violin is representative of hope.

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“He must have died, trampled under the feet of the thousands of men who followed us. I soon forgot him. I began to think of myself again” (Wiesel 86).
Wiesel is showing a ramification of prejudice, by showing that the Jews have had to suffer through so much, death now has little significance for them. The Jews have been reduced to such a basic form only focused on self-preservation,  Wiesel can no longer be empathetic for the man that just died and must focus on his only think of himself. Wiesel wants to show that this simple form that he has been reduced to his no regular human wishes, hopes, or individuality, he can only focus on not succumbing to death. The pain that he's sharing will give Wiesel's audience empathy to the horrible situation of the Jews, and is significant to his purpose.

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Group 2: Grayson, Hope, Lorden, Amanda, Matt

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Group 2: Grayson, Hope, Lorden, Amanda, Matt

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Group 2: Hope, Grayson, Lorden, Amanda, Matt

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Group 2: Hope, Grayson, Lorden, Amanda, Matt

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Violin: Represents Juliek's and the Jews' lives that were stolen and the lives they could have lived if they had not died in the Holocaust.
"He was playing his life. His whole being was gliding over the strings. His unfulfilled hopes. His charred past, his extinguished future," (Wiesel 95, Blue Book).
Dehumanization: While running, the prisoners are referred to as dogs. "Faster you tramps, you flea-ridden dogs!" (Wiesel 85, Blue Book).
Silence: The deaths in this chapter are often silent.
"Not a sound of distress, not a plaintive cry, nothing but mass agony and silence. Nobody asked anyone for help. On died because one had to. No point in making trouble," (Wiesel 89, Blue Book).

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"A terrible thought crossed my mind: What if he had wanted to be rid of his father? He had felt his father growing weaker and, believing that the end was near, had thought by this separation to free himself of a burden that could diminish his own chance for survival" (Wiesel Blue Bk. 91).
This quote employs the recurring idea of self preservation among the Jewish prisoners. Among their peers and family falling to their deaths, they preceded to forget the losses of others to preserve their own livelihoods.

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"the snow seemed to me like a very soft, very warm carpet"(Wiesel 88). The snow being "warm" represented the comfort they got from not having to do anything.

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“Don’t let yourself be overcome by sleep, Eliezer. It’s dangerous to fall asleep in snow. One falls asleep forever" (Wiesel 88). This shows how the snow represents death through the comfort of letting go. When Elie is finally able to lie down in the snow and rest, the dangers of losing consciousness become more relevant. This is a struggle for many of the Jews, the urge to succumb to the separation of suffering.

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"If one of us stopped for a second, a quick shot would eliminate the filthy dog" (Wiesel 85) Blue book.

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Group 5-Zachary Rosenberg, Bennett Kim, Asmara Bham, Emily Hernandez

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Group 5-Zachary Rosenberg, Bennett Kim, Asmara Bham, Emily Hernandez

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"My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me. He was running next to me, out of breath, out of strength, desperate. 86 I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his sole support" (Wiesel 86-87). This connects to the two brothers Elie met while working at the electrical depot back in Buna. The book described the brothers as living for each other Body and soul. It seems that Elie and his father have the same kind of relationship now where they rely on each other for support and hope.

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Group 1 - Chloe, Ava, Jasmine, Lauren, and Sabri

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Group 1 - Chloe, Ava, Jasmine, Lauren, and Sabri

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"My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me. He was running next to me, out of breath, out of strength, desperate. I had no right  to let myself die" (Wiesel 86) (Blue Book)
An example of how the relationship between Wiesel and his father has developed. From being distant to dependent. In the beginning Wiesel describe his father as unaffectionate and now shows how he lives to take care of him. Which he talked about in his famous interview, saying something along the lines of wanting to survive foe his father

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Group 3 - Aili, Khaila, Ruohan, Kimberly 

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Group 3 - Aili, Khaila, Ruohan, Kimberly 

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“The SS made us increase our pace. ‘Faster, you tramps, you flea-ridden dogs!’” (Wiesel 85, Blue book). Shows how the SS officers had such little regard for their humanity and shows the dehumanization of the Jews during the holocaust. Also shows that they had no longer had any form of identity because the officers would never refer to them by their names, instead they referred to them as animals.

“All I could hear was the violin, and it was as if Juliek’s soul had become his bow. He was playing his life. His whole being gliding over the strings…How could I forget this concert given before an audience of the dead and the dying?” (Wiesel 95, Blue Book). This shows that sometimes there could be light in dark times, but it never lasts forever because in the morning Elie found the boy dead next to his crushed violin.
“A small red flame… A shot…Deat h enveloped me, it suffocated me. It stuck to me like glue. I felt I could touch it. The idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me. To no longer exist. To no longer feel the excruciating pain of my foot. To no longer feel anything, neither fatigue nor cold, nothing” (Wiesel 86, Blue book). The symbol flames is shown in this quote and how it related to death. The author uses glue as simile to express how he felt at that very moment, which was trapped. He also sees death not as a terrible thing, but a way as to escape the pain.
“His son had seen him losing ground, sliding back to the rear of the column. He had seen him. And had continued to run in front, letting the distance between them become greater.” (Wiesel 91, Blue Book).
Even if relationships between people seemed strong they started to deteriorate after a while. The camps changed people so much that even a son would be willing to leave his father behind.

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Group 5 - Zachary, Bennett, Asmara, Emily, Brittany

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Group 5 - Zachary, Bennett, Asmara, Emily, Brittany

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"His whole being was gliding over the strings. His unfulfilled hopes. His charred past, his extinguished future" (Wiesel 95, Blue Book). The violin symbolized Juliek and his hopes and dreams which never got to be fulfilled, and instead were played out on a violin. He knew that he was going to die soon, and he wanted to still have something to contribute and a way of living the rest of his life; because he loved the violin so much, playing it became a way of releasing his hopes and dreams and everything his life was out into the universe to complete them in a way. It could also symbolize hope in general for all the prisoners because as Juliek was playing the violin, it also comforted and helped the Jews surrounding him that heard the sound. It reminded them of their past and a luxury that they used to have, a time when they weren't surrounded by death and the yells of SS soldiers. It was Juliek letting go of his hope of surviving and giving it to the rest of the prisoners so that they could be encouraged to continue to live and try a little more, for a bit longer.

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Group 5 - Zachary, Bennett, Brittany, Asmara, and Emily

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Group 5 - Zachary, Bennett, Brittany, Asmara, and Emily

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Dehumanization continues.
It is shown through two quotes in the blue book. "Faster, you tramps, you flea-ridden dogs"(Wiesel 85)! and "Faster, you filthy dogs"(Wiesel 85). This continues the dehumanization of the Jews by calling them dogs. It is like the Jews are just pets to the Germans. This is showing that the Jews don't decide what to do for themselves anymore, it is like the Germans are making decisions for them.

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Eve, Amanda, Zoe, Oliver, Yusuf - Group 4

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Eve, Amanda, Zoe, Oliver, Yusuf - Group 4

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“I was putting one foot in front of the other, like a machine. I was dragging this emancipated body that was still such weight. I only I could have shed it!” (Wiesel 84).
This recurring idea of dehumanization is shown, as Elie no longer sees his body as a part of him, but as something foreign and unnecessary. As a result of the horrors he has seen, the impacts of the camps shows him that his body is just used as a machine/object, not a part of individuality.