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When Elie talks about how after his father died he simply did not care anymore he went on living but did not see a point. He had lost everyone he loved and cared about; the one person he begged not to lose, his father. He did not even think of his mother, father, or sister anymore. It was simply just him.

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"Don'y yell, my son... have pity on your old father... Let me rest here... a little... I beg of you, I'm so tired... no more strength..." (105).
To me, this is hypocritical. Him begging Elie to just leave him be, the fact that he was giving up when previously he had begged someone else to not give up. He just decided I'm not going to do this anymore and I just wanted it to go another way.

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I do not like how they were just throwing people out of the train. The way Elie had to hit his dad to prove to the men that he was alive was just awful. They even tried to tell Elie he was wrong and take him anyway. The whole thing is just sad and I am not sure how else to put it in words.

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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 other face and over come adversity?

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How can learning about multiple viewpoints and perspectives help other face and over come adversity?

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A foreign jew who was taken away? He witnessed what had happened when they made them dig trenches and shoot everyone in them. He survived by getting shot in the leg and left for dead. He went back to warn them over and over, everyone called him crazy and ignored him.

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The Germans arrived in Hungary.
- Moved into ghettos
- German soldiers in houses with Jews
- Had to wear the star
- Had to give up any valuables they had
- Had a curfew of 6pm

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- Moishe had repeatedly told them
- The Germans put them in ghettos
- The radio broadcasts that happened
- They knew the "Final Solution" existed

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- 80 people per train car
- 2 loafs of bread and a pail of water

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Eyes are very symbolic. They keep making comments about eyes. They talk about how they finally opened their eyes but it was too late. They were always open but were blind to what was happening around them. They just stood there and watched the Germans do all of these things, they just never connected the dots as to what is really going on.

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Mrs. Schachter is hallucinating and seeing fire when it is not actually there. Everyone is getting mad at her for yelling while everyone else is trying to sleep. She has seen fire for days and no one can do anything but tie her up and gag her.

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I wonder why Mrs. Schachter gave up hope so quickly. Did she believe what Moishe the Beetle was saying? Did she just know something bad had happened to the other half of her family? I want to know the thought process of her, why did she not think to stay strong for her son?

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"'You don't understand,' he said in despair. 'You cannot understand. I was saved miraculously. I succeeded in coming back" (7).
This stands out to me because out of all things he could've done, he chose to return to a play he was a foreigner; just to warn people and try and help.

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I want to know why the Germans just stopped bothering the Jews. I was almost confused when reading it. If they were so worried about them why did all of them just disappear? And I know that there were still occasional police officers in the ghetto but I don't think they actually did anything.

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"Physically, he was as awkward as a clown" (3).
This is a simile and it is talking about Moishe and how he is in general. He is portrayed as a clown when no one believes him about the 'nonsense' he is spewing. As he is saying what he went through and what the German did really does make him look like a clown when the thoughts in the Jews' heads were, 'Oh, they would never do that. And, people wouldn't let that happen'.

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I am not a fan of how the book ended. It talks about how he was after the camp but not as much as I would have hoped. I wanted to know his thoughts, maybe even what his next step was now that his family was gone. I was just expecting more and that is not what we got.

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"It was a beautiful day in May. The fragrances of spring were in the air. The sun was setting" (40).
This is so ironic. It is ironic considering how not nice they days or weeks had been. The way the setting is described is like the opening lines to a fairy tale story. It is ironic because it is not in a fairy tale, its in a book about Auschwitz.

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"My soul had been invaded-and devoured-by a black flame" (37).
He had lost the innocence of his childhood and did not feel like himself anymore. With what he has lived through and have had to seen it makes perfect sense.

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When Alie's father was struck, I was a bit shocked but not at the same time. I expect something like that to happen to them but I was not actually expecting it to happen. Alie could not even do anything because he is so scared for his life.

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Why did Elie lie about his age and occupation?

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Why did Elie lie about his age and occupation?

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So he did not get sent to the doctor to get experimented on.

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What first horrifying sight that Elie at first disbelieved?

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What first horrifying sight that Elie at first disbelieved?

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The babies getting put into the pits along with the teenagers and adults.

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He did not do anything when his dad was hit. When you are so scared for your life it changes you for the worst.

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Elie's first impression of Auschwitz after leaving Birkenau?

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Elie's first impression of Auschwitz after leaving Birkenau?

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That it was better because it had cement buildings.

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What formalities did the prisoners have to go through at the entrance?

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What formalities did the prisoners have to go through at the entrance?

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They got tattoos and then role call where they just stood and stood and stood.
A-7713 was Elies number

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Why was the prisoner in charge of Elie's block removed from his postion?

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Why was the prisoner in charge of Elie's block removed from his postion?

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He was too nice, too humane. They did not like that he was trying to keep hope alive.

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Breakfast: Black Coffee
Lunch: Mystery Soup
Dinner: Ration of not good Bread

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What is the irony of the gate that says "Arbeit Mach Frei"?

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What is the irony of the gate that says "Arbeit Mach Frei"?

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It talks about being free while they are imprisoned in a concentration camp.

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In the camp Buna. His 3rd camp in about a month.

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What were the objectives of the medical examinations?

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What were the objectives of the medical examinations?

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1. They wanted their golden teeth/crowns because they were of value.

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Why were the Jewish musicians not allowed to play by Beethoven?

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Why were the Jewish musicians not allowed to play by Beethoven?

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Beethoven is German and Jewish are not good enough to play something by someone German.

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Describe one of Idek's bouts of madness.

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Describe one of Idek's bouts of madness.

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Elie's father was beat with a lead pipe.

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How did Elie initially avoid losing his gold crown?

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How did Elie initially avoid losing his gold crown?

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He says he is sick when he isn't because he doesn't want to lose his crown.

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Describe the scene with the soup cauldrons.

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Describe the scene with the soup cauldrons.

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They went into lock down for a raid and there was soup in the street. The one brave man who went and got it, got shot.

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During one of the preliminary "ceremonies" for a hanging, what did Juliek whisper to Elie?

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During one of the preliminary "ceremonies" for a hanging, what did Juliek whisper to Elie?

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Can we just eat already. They are becoming so food deprived and cold hearted that they do not care what is happening, they just want their rations.

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I do not like that Elie's dad has to stay in camp. It is giving me anxiety and it broke my heart that Elie is telling him to 'keep his spoon, he'll need it'. Deep down he knows what is going to happen and doesn't want to admit it to himself because then he will have no one.

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Akiba went from being faithful and trusting to miserable, hopeless, and faithless. This is a huge cause and effect event. Because he lost hope and faith he got selected and was killed.

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Elie had to have surgery on his foot because it was full of pus. Now they have got word that everyone will be moving out of camp and into a new one except the people in the "hospital". Someone who Elie is next to in there starts to tell him how everyone who is left behind will get thrown into the furnace. So he ends up leaving the hospital place and marching with his dad to the next camp. He later finds out that the people who stayed behind were found and saved two days later.

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Explain how father/son roles have been reversed in the case of Elie and his father?

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Explain how father/son roles have been reversed in the case of Elie and his father?

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Why does he say, "I shall not describe my life during that period. It no longer mattered" (113).

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Why does he say, "I shall not describe my life during that period. It no longer mattered" (113).

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"One died because one had to. No point in making trouble" (89).
It breaks my heart that they are thinking like this but at the same time I know that it's because they have been in the camos

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Concerning realization Elie came to about Rabbi Eliahou and his son?

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Concerning realization Elie came to about Rabbi Eliahou and his son?

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That the son left his dad on purpose.

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What happened to people who could not keep up in the march?

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What happened to people who could not keep up in the march?

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Either shot or trampled

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How did Elie help his father when the selection was made?

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How did Elie help his father when the selection was made?

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He ran after his father and made lots of confusion. They both made it back to the right side without getting shot.

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He played the most beautiful song Elie had ever heard on his violin.

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How did Elie again help his father when they were on the train?

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How did Elie again help his father when they were on the train?

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He woke his dad up when they were throwing the dead off of the train.

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What did Elie think of the advice given to him by the head of the block?

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What did Elie think of the advice given to him by the head of the block?

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What happened to each of them at the end of this chapter?

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What happened to each of them at the end of this chapter?

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Pg. 113

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What was the resistance movement? What were they trying to accomplish?

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What was the resistance movement? What were they trying to accomplish?

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They

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What did the prisoners do when they were freed?

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What did the prisoners do when they were freed?

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They just wanted food. They wanted soup.

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He almost died after he got out for how sick he was.

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What did Elie see in the mirror the first time he looked at himself? How is this symbolic to why he tells his story?

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What did Elie see in the mirror the first time he looked at himself? How is this symbolic to why he tells his story?

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He sees his corpse. He would be the same as everyone else is he knew about everything that happened and had not said anything.