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"Never shall i forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. never shall i forget the smoke." (pg34) Elie had made it through selection with his father after lying about their ages and Elie is reflecting on when he saw the horrifying sight of men and children dying to the pit of fire.

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"I no longer felt anything except the lashes of the whip...It was over. I had not realized it, but I had fainted. I came to when they doused me with cold water. I was still lying on the create." (pg 58) Elie had been whipped just because he witnessed something the officer did. Elie learned to be strong in this moment. This also shows how in human it was under there control.

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January 5th, 1945/ March to Buchenwald. 

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January 5th, 1945/ March to Buchenwald. 

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"His son had seen him loosing ground, sliding back to the rear of the column. He had seen him. And he had continued to run in front, letting the distance between them become greater." (pg 91) Elie had experienced a kid and father relation ship become destroyed first had and that is when he realized he would never let that happen to him.

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Jan 20, 1945/ People around Elie try to convince him to leave his dad.

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Jan 20, 1945/ People around Elie try to convince him to leave his dad.

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"He placed his big hairy hand on my shoulder and added: listen to me kid. Dont forget you are in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every man for himself, and you cannot think of others. not even your father...You cannot help him anymore." (pg 110) This stranger was telling Elie to stop helping his father due to the fact he is basically a lost cause. Elie needed to start looking out for himself for once or he to will die.

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I did not weap, and it pained me that i could not weep. But I was out of tears. And deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like: Free at last!..." This is the worst thing that could happen to a child, loosing their parents and Elie didn't even cry. It shows how much lack of emotion that he has. No energy. The only thing he feels is freedom.