https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8 Post your group's information, quotes, and ideas here! en-us 2020-10-01 15:19:28 UTC 2020-10-15 22:42:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/825992544 Loss of individuality - “I refused to give him my shoes. They were all I had left...I would not let him take them. Later, they were taken away from me anyway. In exchange for nothing that time” (Wiesel 48, Blue Book). When Elie loses his shoes, he is being stripped away of his most prized possession, which is the only object that he could hold onto from his past. By taking away a part of his past, he is being stripped away of his identity, and can no longer be differentiated from the other Jews. ]]> 2020-10-13 17:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/825992544 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/825992639 "That night, the soup tasted of corpses," (Wiesel 65, Blue Book).
This symbolizes the things they experienced affecting things around them.   
"'For God's sake, where is God?' And from within me, I heard a voice answer: 'Where He is? This is where - hanging here from this gallows,'"(Wiesel 65, Blue Book)]]> 2020-10-13 17:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/825992639 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/825995752 Motif: Tradition, Religion - gets them through hardships. 
Angel (The boy referred to as an angel gets hanged in front of him) - Loss of faith in young Elie - "For God's sake, where is God," (Wiesel 65, Blue Book), Loss of innocence (an innocent child getting punished with death)
Fire - The Nazi's power and cruelty towards their prisoners, "Fear was greater than hunger," (Wiesel 59)
Corpses - "That night, the soup tasted of corpses," (Wiesel 65, Blue Book), represents death and stolen innocence (because Elie had to witness a child being hanged)
Food - life, without it the prisoners would die]]> 2020-10-13 17:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/825995752 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/825996284 "At the moment in time, all that mattered to me was my daily bowl of soup... The stomach alone was measuring time" ( Wiesel 52). 
"The Stomach" symbolizes dehumanization. At this point they were only their bodies. ]]> 2020-10-13 17:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/825996284 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826006155 Dehumanization stayed as a common theme in this chapter. “They pointed their fingers, the way one might choose cattle, or merchandise”(Wiesel 49). Blue Book. This shows how they were being treated like animals, that the Germans were superior to the Jews. To the Germans they were nothing but people to treat harshly.]]> 2020-10-13 17:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826006155 graysonlee1 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826007113 2020-10-13 17:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826007113 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826013234 “‘Where is merciful God, where is He?’...This is where—hanging here from this gallows…(Wiesel 65)
The death of the boy symbolizes the death of Wiesel's faith in God's justice. This further demonstrated the darkness of the camps, that even the most devoted religious person are deprived of faith by the brutality they see and witness.

]]> 2020-10-13 17:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826013234 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826016948 2020-10-13 17:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826016948 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826017210 "'For God's sake, where is God?' And from within me, I heard a voice answer: 'Where He is? This is where-hanging here from this gallows...'" (Wiesel Blue Bk. 65). Wiesel symbolizes the death of his faith through the hanging of the pipel. He had transformed from a young boy who had not questioned his religion, to becoming a prisoner of concentration camps. This transformation made him incredulous to the blind belief in God, as he couldn't accept that God would tolerate Jewish suffering.]]> 2020-10-13 17:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826017210 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826017288 A loss of faith in god. In the chapter many Jews are questioning where there god is more than ever after witnessing the execution of several adults and a child who slowly suffocated in the gallows." For God's sake, where is god? And from within me, I heard a voice answer: Where He is? This is where-hanging here from this gallows..."(Wiesel 65).]]> 2020-10-13 17:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826017288 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826020626 "In fact, I was pleased with what was happening to him: my gold crown was safe. It could be useful to me one day, to buy something, some bread or even time to live" (Wiesel 52) Blue Book. The gold crown in this passage symbolizes Wiesel's past  and the more humane way of life he used to live, which could even be seen as a luxury to him at this point. He didn't want to let go of something precious to him that was also a reminder of the life he used to live, a life without the horrors of the concentration camp and the oppression that the Jews endured. By holding onto the gold crown, he was trying to keep the good memories, the parts of his life that he needed to remember to keep up hope in the camp. The gold crown also symbolized hope that one day, he would be liberated from the camp and the oppression he endured, which is shown when he stated the crown could "be useful to me one day". He wanted to keep up hope that he would be set free from the camp and eventually live a better life one day, away from the terrors of Auschwitz and the dehumanization the Jews went through. Keeping the gold crown symbolized hope that he would have a future, and that he wouldn't die in the concentration camp.]]> 2020-10-13 17:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826020626 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826024654 Symbol: One symbol is the bombs because it gave them hope]]> 2020-10-13 17:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826024654 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826030794 “[We] filed past the hanged boy and stared at his extinguished eyes… on that evening, the soup tasted better than ever… And so he remained for more than half an hour, lingering between life and death, writhing before our eyes… That night, the soup tasted of corpses” (Wiesel 62,63, 65).

Wiesel is using the soup as a motif to represent Wiesel’s attitude and emphasize the ramifications of the prejudice the Jews have faced. First, the soup represents that Wiesel is immensely happy to be alive after witnessing another prisoner’s death. This shows that the holocaust, which was caused by prejudice, has put the Jews in such a dangerous and barbaric situation, young Elie is forced to take happiness in another man’s death because it wasn’t his. However, the soup tasted like corpses the second time(because he witnessed the death of an innocent child)  to show that Wiesel was distraught and that they were constantly surrounded by death and the fear of death.]]> 2020-10-13 17:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826030794 graysonlee1 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826032518 "poor hero committing suicide for a ration or two or more of soup... In our minds, he was already dead" (Wiesel 59). The soup represents their feeling of escape. The two pots of soup represent a chance of escape that everyone wanted to take. When Wiesel says  he was committing suicide, he means that going to "escape" will cost him his life. To add on, everyone in the camp wanted to escape, that is why they were so tempted to approach the pot. But since they did not want to die, no one wanted to take the chance, even though it could grant them freedom. ]]> 2020-10-13 17:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826032518 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826033242 "I was nothing but a body.  Perhaps even less: a famished stomach. The stomach alone was measuring time" (Wiesel 52) Blue Book. a motif that represents dehumanization and the slow decay of Wiesel. In this quote Wiesel has absorbed the constant dehumanization thrown at him and now sees himself as the object that the Nazis portray him as. Something only capable of consuming till he eventually dies]]> 2020-10-13 17:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826033242 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826034857 The end of the chapter really highlights the diminishing of young Elie's faith in God. "I heard the same man asking: ‘For God’s sake, where is God?' And from within me, I heard a voice answer: ‘Where is he? This is where-hanging from this gallows…" (Wiesel 65) This shows the decrease of hope of reaching a salvation through the help of God by not only Elie, but most Jews. ]]> 2020-10-13 17:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826034857 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826057062 “I refused to give him my shoes. They were all I had left” (Wiesel 48).

The shoes are a symbol that represents Wiesel's hope because they are tied to his past. The shoes are the only thing remaining from his first visit, so they remind Wiesel of the life he once had and the life he wants to return to, which is why they represent hope. He's hoping he can return to the life he just had which are represented in the shoes, and that is why he refuses to give them up.]]> 2020-10-13 17:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826057062 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826057410 Symbol: Gold crown

"My gold crown was safe. It could be useful to me one day, to buy something, some bread or even time to live." (Wiesel 52) This quote shows that the the gold crown represents survival, especially when he says "or even time to live." ]]> 2020-10-13 17:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826057410 mayamatsuura https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826063421 This showed that they had lost faith and all hope. And that God had died that night with the hangings. 
"I never saw a single victim weep. These withered bodies had long forgotten the bitter taste of tears" (Wiesel 63, Blue book). They all had went through so much torment and seen so much horror they could no longer express the pain that they experienced everyday. They also might have not cried because it was the only escape from the harsh reality of these concentration camps. ]]> 2020-10-13 17:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826063421 sabrisheik https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826068291 "Then, once more, there was silence. The last sound of the American plane dissipated in the wins and there we were, in our cemetery"(60). This shows how silence represents the loss of hope because they were full of hope and joy when the bombs came, but when the bombers left, it was silence. The cemetery was their suffering in the concentration camp and their death in the concentration camp.

]]> 2020-10-13 17:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826068291 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826081599 "Caps off!...Cover your heads!" (Wiesel 62, Blue Book).
They did this a lot to pay there respects. This did this mostly when they hung people. They mostly do it when some one is killed.]]> 2020-10-13 18:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826081599 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826084589 “And yet, if a bomb had fallen on the blocks, it would have claimed hundreds of inmates' lives. Every bomb that hit filled us with joy, gave us renewed confidence” (Wiesel 60).  ]]> 2020-10-13 18:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826084589 sabrisheik https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826094748 "Total silence in the camp. On the horizon, the sun was setting"(64).
This shows two motifs we were discussing in class. The first is silence. Silence represents the loss of hope. The other was night. The night represents delusion and evil. Also it represents their loss of faith in God, and therefore their path into darkness. Both symbols represent a loss of hope.]]> 2020-10-13 18:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/3u523e3ffyx5bza8/wish/826094748