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Why is it important to remember and tell stories of conflict and adversity?

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Why is it important to remember and tell stories of conflict and adversity?

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How can learning about multiple viewpoints and perspectives help others face and overcome adversity?

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How can learning about multiple viewpoints and perspectives help others face and overcome adversity?

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"I had never asked myself that question. I cried because . . . because something inside me felt the need to cry. That was all I knew" (Wiesel, pg. 4). This was important foreshadowing because it shows what is to come in his life. He almost subconsciously knew the pain and suffering he and his people would go through later in his life. The sadness had already started to form.

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I believe that Moishe the Beadle is correct that each person has their own path, they can't enter the Promised Land through someone else's gate.

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When they were doing roll call, the sun and thirst were beating on Wiesel and he felt little sadness, only fear of what was to happen. The sun represents the oppression of the German people against the Jewish people. The thirst he suffered through represents his lack of freedom and his wish for water reflects that of his freedom.

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Mrs. Schachter had gone insane on the train. I believe that she was seeing the Cremation Room at Aushwitz in her hallucinations, or at least, what was to come when they arrived in Aushwitz. The other Jews denied her claims and visions and believed that they would be fine once they arrive at their destination. Until they reached the camp and realized that the insane woman had been more grounded then they have been.

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Jews in the train on the way to Auschwitz. They're families were reaching for them while they could do nothing but watch.

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"It was if the madness had infected us all. We gave up. A few young men forced her to sit down, the bound and gagged her" (Wiesel pg. 26). Mrs. Schachter madness had started to take a very negative effect on the other Jews in her car. I understand why they wanted her to stop, but them binding her up is something that is just wrong. She is already trapped and now she is even more trapped.

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I believe that Elie lying about his age is the only reason he survived. If he had not lied about his age and profession, he would've probably either followed his mother; been sent with Dr. Mengele or gone into the fire instead of being saved at the last minute. He needed to stay by his father, without him he wouldn't survive or want to survive.

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"Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever" (Wiesel 34). The flames represent the concentration camp, squeezing out Wiesel's love of God and his faith. You can see this later in the autobiography when Wiesel is mad at God, questioning why would He punish his loving followers who worship him. If He is supposed to love them, then why is he letting them die and live in insufferable conditions. The quote makes me believe that Wiesel will lose his faith even after he is released.

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Wiesel couldn't believe that it had only been one night since the train cart. The cold wind swept through him and froze him to the core, but he was so lost in thought that he didn't realize how long they were out there. His father looked nothing like his former self and we can assume neither did Elie. Everyone was greeting each other, just relieved to see a familiar face in the crowd. This helps to build the scene of the aftermath of traumatic events and the fear each of them feel.

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Elie has started to lose his faith in God. He is thinking that if God is so loving, so amazing, why does he let the people who worship him suffer like this? Why would he love a God who punishes him and his loved ones? It's not just him either, other Jewish people seem to be forgetting the meaning behind the prayers they are saying and seem to choke on their words while offering their thanks to Him. I infer that the Jewish people are losing their faith do to the Germans oppression and the savagery of which they are forced to live.

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Elie refused to fast with the rest of the Jews of Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement. Elie saw this as an act of rebellion that is starting to break him apart inside. Religion has been a huge part of his life and now lose it so suddenly he feels empty knowing that he had changed. However, he feels fresh vigor at his rebellious act and feels good about what he did, sticking it to his God who abandoned him.

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"The bell regulated everything. It gave me orders and I executed them blindly. I hated that bell. Whenever I happened to dream of a better world, I imagined a universe without a bell" (Wiesel 73). The bell is a symbol to Elie of his captivity and he hates how often he obeys it. In other words, the bell is almost like a captor itself.

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"Like the head of the camp, he liked children. Immediately after our arrival, he had bread brought for them, some soup and margarine" (Wiesel 48). The children were treated well because some of the guards were secretly homosexual. Although, I wonder if the main German force would have punished them for having any relation with the Jewish children.

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Elie makes friends, Tibi and Yossi, which is surprising because of where they are currently at. I believe that Elie making friends is an act of keeping himself alive. Elie will be less likely to do stuff that would get him killed because he has friends and his father there. He refuses to be separated from his father, which shows that he's still holding onto hope.

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"Bite your lips little brother . . . Don't cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now . . . Wait, clench your teeth and wait" (Wiesel 53). The French woman who said this probably helped to save Elie's life. Furthermore, Elie and the French woman were overcoming the adversity of the unfairness together, showing comradery which was a life tip there old block leader gave to Elie.

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During the Death March, Elie ran alongside his father the entire time. Elie later discovers that Rabbi Eliahu's son had abandoned his father and kept running even after his father fell behind. Elie sees this as a thing he never wants to happen to him throughout the rest of his and his father's life. I believe that this clearly shows that Elie will never be willing to give up on his life if his father is with him. Everyone overcomes adversity in different ways. Elie's way of overcoming adversity is his dedication to his father.

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"Then he smiled. I shall always remember that smile. What world did it come from" (Wiesel 90). I believe that Elie's father was actually content within this moment. He was forced to work and survive, but he was always grateful for his son who had not abandoned him. Elie waking him up proves that Elie loves him and wants him to survive.

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"One day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it in the wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest" (Wiesel 100). The other workers do not see the prisoners locked in the car as people, but as animals. In addition, the prisoners of the car were forced to be animals to survive, they were starving and not fed, which is another example of dehumanization.

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"I could have screamed in anger. To have lived and endured so much; was I going to let my father die now? Now that we would be able to take a good hot shower and lie down" (Wiesel 105). Elie is fighting his father to keep going, which is a mirror to Elie fighting his own will to live to keep going. Furthermore, Elie has survived because of his father, only living because he wanted to survive with his father. Without his father, survival was pointless to Elie within the earlier book and now at the end he will lose him.

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"There was no choice: Gustav, the Blockalteste, made it quite clear with his club . . . But on our way we met some prisoners who whispered to us: 'Go back to your block. The Germans plan to shoot you. Go back and don't move" (Wiesel 114). The prisoners are still holding onto their hope for a future, even after this hell they endured. They keep fighting and defying the Germans to survive. This is an example of overcoming adversity.