PER. 1: Chap. 4 Motifs, Symbols, Themes, and Connections by Jomeline Balatayo https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l Post your group's information, quotes, and ideas here! en-us 2020-10-01 15:19:04 UTC 2025-11-17 08:51:52 UTC hello@padlet.com Group 7- Faith Rodriguez, Malise Allen, Camile Costado and Lola Hamilton faithrodriguez2 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822112736 Motif: Eyes
" From time to time, a smile would linger in his gray-blue eyes" (Wiesel 47 blue book).

"The women silently greeted the musicians with their eyes" (Wiesel 50 blue book).

Eyes are something that pop-up a lot in this chapter but we picked these quotes because we believe the eyes represent how the Jews communicate now. You can't smile with your eyes, you use you mouth for that, but in the first quote he uses his eyes. They communicate through eyes now because they are too afraid of speaking.]]> 2020-10-12 16:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822112736 Group 4 Jaden Villarreal, Eve Trapnell, Shawn Jerry, and Ashish Bamba jadenvillarreal https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822113541 2020-10-12 16:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822113541 Group 6 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822114712 Jonathan M, Mary K, Charlie I, Yusuf M.

Theme : Dehumanization 
“You...you...you...They pointed their fingers, the way one might choose cattle…” (Wiesel 49). (Blue Book)
- The theme of dehumanization is shown in the quote above as the officers pick and choose which ones they want to serve over. ]]> 2020-10-12 16:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822114712 group 2 kianpetersmondry https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822114976 Kian, Adam, Millie, Oliver, Lia  ]]> 2020-10-12 16:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822114976 Group 4- Ashish Bamba, Jaden Villarreal, Eve Trapnell, Shawn Jerry ashishbamba https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822115415 “I anxiously thought of my father, who was at work. But I was glad nevertheless. To watch that factory go up in flames ─what revenge” (Weisel 60).

I chose this quote because the interpretation of fire in this quote is very different from the interpretation of fire in other parts of the book. Usually, fire has been a motif for punishment of oppression of the Jews. However, in this quote, when the Nazi factory explodes in flames, the Jews are filled with joy and happiness. Hence, in this quote, the fire is a symbol for optimism and revenge against the Nazis.

]]> 2020-10-12 16:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822115415 group 3 joselynsanchez1 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822117720 joselyn, Ariana, Abby, Victor]]> 2020-10-12 16:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822117720 Group 1: https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822122112 Tobey, Isaac, Connor, Xitlali, Lorie
Themes: Loss of Faith "Where He is? This is where- hanging here from this gallows…” (65 [blue book]). 


]]> 2020-10-12 16:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822122112 Group 5(Adam Kim, Isabella Healy, Rosa Garcia, Jack Fine) https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822123312 "Every bomb that hit filled us with joy, gave us renewed confidence” (Wiesel 60). the blue book
The bombs are a symbol of Hope]]> 2020-10-12 16:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822123312 group 2 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822125443 “Two cauldrons of soup! Hundreds of eyes were looking at them, shining with desire. Two lambs with hundreds of wolves lying in wait for them. Two lambs without a shepherd, free for the taking. But who would dare? (Wiesel 59).
- motif of hunger, which represents the thing Elie is reduced to, the only thing he is worried about/is in the eyes of the oppressor]]> 2020-10-12 16:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822125443 Group 4 jadenvillarreal https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822126815 "Each one began to choose the men he liked:
you... you... you... They pointed their fingers, the way one might choose cattle or merchandise" (Wiesel 49)]]> 2020-10-12 16:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822126815 Group 4 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822126822 “If you don’t give me your crown, it will cost you much more!... ‘No my son. We cannot do this’”(Wiesel 55)


]]> 2020-10-12 16:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822126822 kianpetersmondry https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822126956 2020-10-12 16:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822126956 group 2 kianpetersmondry https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822127113 “I refused to give him my shoes. They were all I had left.” (Wiesel 48) - symbol of dehumanization and is also related to the gold crown]]> 2020-10-12 16:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822127113 Group 7 . “I felt no pity for him. In fact, I was pleased what was happening to him: my gold crown was safe. It could useful to me one day, to buy something, some bread or even time to live.” Page 52 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822127165 I chose this quote because its shows how Elie is changing and adapting to survive.]]> 2020-10-12 16:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822127165 group 3 joselynsanchez1 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822127390  “ Each one began to choose the men he liked: You..you...you… they pointed their fingers the way one might choose cattle, or merchandise” ( Wiesel 49)
A reaccuring theme in the book Dehumanization the germans saying that basically thejews shouldnt be seen as people instead as things that should only be used for labor.


'''']]> 2020-10-12 16:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822127390 Group 1 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822128572 “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).]]> 2020-10-12 16:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822128572 group 2 kianpetersmondry https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822130755 “What's more, if I felt anger at that moment, it was not directed at the Kapo but at my father. Why couldn't he have avoided Idek's wrath? That was what life in a concentration camp had made of me.” (Wiesel 54) - forced to blame themselves because they couldn't do anything to the oppressors]]> 2020-10-12 16:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822130755 Group 6 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822132991 "A-7713" (Wiesel 57 [Blue Book]) - The Jews were not called by their names but by numbers they were given which shows how they were dehumanized.]]> 2020-10-12 16:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822132991 Group 4 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822134302 Jaden Villareal, Eve Trapnell, Ashish Bamba, Shawn Jerry

”Then the entire camp, block after block, filed past the hanged boy and stared at his extinguished eyes, the tongue hanging from his gaping mouth.”(Wiesel 63). blue book

“The bread, the soup-those were my entire life. I was nothing but a body. Perhaps even less: a famished stomach alone was measuring time.”(Wiesel 52) blue book


”I refused to give up my shoes. They were all I had left…Later, they were taken from me anyway. In exchange for nothing, that time.”(Wiesel 48) 

]]> 2020-10-12 16:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822134302 group 3 victoryamamoto https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822135346 "Then the entire camp, block after block, filed past the hanged boy and stared at his extinguished eyes, the tongue hanging from his gaping mouth. The Kapos forced everyone to look him squarely in the face...I remember that on that evening, the soup tasted better than ever… " (63)
Soup reflects Elie's satisfaction with survival]]> 2020-10-12 16:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822135346 group 3 joselynsanchez1 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822136844 “ Every bomb that hit filled us with joy, gave us renewed confidence” ( Wiesel 60) 
The bomb can be seen as a symbol for hope because everytime one hit it meant that people knew what was going on and were trying to help them.]]> 2020-10-12 16:23:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822136844 group 3 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822136970 Motif: soup
"'Where He is? This is where—hanging here from this gallows…' That night, the soup tasted of corpses" (Wiesel 65).
Here, the soup represents Elie's fear of being killed, as watching a young boy die made it seem more possible he could die. The soup could also represent Elie's feelings of empathy and sorrow after seeing the boy being killed.]]> 2020-10-12 16:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822136970 group 2 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822138336 “Each one began to choose the men he liked: ‘You...you...you’ They pointed their fingers, the way one might choose cattle, or merchandise” (Wiesel 49). 
- this is a connection to the way they picked african american slaves and treated african american slaves]]> 2020-10-12 16:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822138336 Group 5(Adam Kim, Isabella Healy, Rosa Garcia, Jack Fine) https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822140228 "for a pittance: your shoes. I'll give you another pair . He liked my shoes. I would not let him have them"(Wiesel,48)blue book
it is a symbol of greed]]> 2020-10-12 16:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822140228 Group 6 yusufmaung https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822140455 Motif: Soup
" At that moment in time, all that mattered to me was my daily bowl of soup, my crust of stale bread"(Wiesel 52)
Wiesel uses soup throughout the chapter many times. The soup represents the hunger of the prisoners. This quote also shows how deprived the prisoners have become where the only important thing to them is their daily ration]]> 2020-10-12 16:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822140455 group https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822141265 Quote for last pages “We saw three gallows, three black ravens, erected on the Appelplatz. Three prisoners in chains—and, among them, the little pipel, the sad- eyed angel” (Wiesel 64).
- represents the last time they  had hope/were all together]]> 2020-10-12 16:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822141265 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822141350 2020-10-12 16:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822141350 Group 1 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822143732 “ 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 … “ (Wiesle 53).]]> 2020-10-12 16:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822143732 group 7 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822145319 “I had watched it all happening without moving. I kept silent. In fact, I thought of stealing away in order not to suffer the blows. What’s more, if I felt anger at that moment, it was not directed at the Kapo but at my father. Why couldn’t he have avoided Idek’s wrath? That was what life in a concentration camp had made of me…” Page 54
This shows how Elie is chnaging to avoid death.]]> 2020-10-12 16:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822145319 group 3 victoryamamoto https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822146500 "At that moment in time, all that mattered to me was my daily bowl of soup, my crust of stale bread. The bread, the soup— those were my entire life. I was nothing but a body. Perhaps even less: a famished stomach. The stomach alone was measuring time" (52).

Soup represents Elie's basic needs for survival]]> 2020-10-12 16:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822146500 Group 7- Faith Rodriguez, Malise Allen, Camile Costado and Lola Hamilton faithrodriguez2 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822146580 Theme: Death

"And so he remained for more than half an hour, lingering between life and death, writhing before our eyes. And we were forced to look at him at close range. He was still alive when I passed him. His tongue was still red his eyes not yet extinguished" (Wiesel 65 blue book).

We also believe this quote foreshadows the hangings/death a little bit: 

"Don't kill yourself. There's no hurry. But watch out. Don't let an SS catch you" (Wiesel 50 blue book).

The first quote shows that the Jews have an eminent death of either the furnace or hanging. They can't escape their death and it is going to happen eventually. They were sent there to be killed. Death is re occurring and inevitable for the Jews.

]]> 2020-10-12 16:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822146580 Group 7 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822149992 "The gallows threw its shadow over him" (61). 
This is another example of the theme of eminent death. The inspiration to resist the Nazis is tamped down by the threat of hanging for the prisoners. The looming doom is shown here. ]]> 2020-10-12 16:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822149992 Group 1 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822155078 “ 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 crate” (Wiesel 58).]]> 2020-10-12 16:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822155078 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822158417 2020-10-12 16:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822158417 Group 5(Adam Kim, Isabella Healy, Rosa Garcia, Jack Fine) https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822159046 "we were given new clothing and settled in wo tents." (Wiesel 47) blue book 
this motif represents dehumanization because they don't get to keep any of their belongings

]]> 2020-10-12 16:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822159046 Group 1 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822162808 “Fear was greater than hunger” (Wiesel 59).]]> 2020-10-12 16:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/459ttga65xr4j17l/wish/822162808