https://padlet.com/xxgcwang2002xx/53sdb33gc3bm Chapters 7-9 en-us 2016-12-07 13:48:39 UTC 2016-12-07 14:34:55 UTC hello@padlet.com xxgcwang2002xx https://padlet.com/xxgcwang2002xx/53sdb33gc3bm/wish/142285732 "I felt that I was not arguing with him, but death itself that he had already chosen (Wiesel 57)."

This passage takes place when Elie and his father had gotten off a train at their destination, Buchenwald. His father wants to lie down in the snow; too exhausted to keep going, but Elie is telling him to go on. This is because those we had thought the same thing were lying in the snow, and all were dead. 

The passage is symbolizing Elie arguing with his father's death. His father is asking him to just let him rest here, and Elie feels that if he doesn't keep arguing with him to go on, then his father will die here.]]> 2016-12-07 14:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/xxgcwang2002xx/53sdb33gc3bm/wish/142285732 xxgcwang2002xx https://padlet.com/xxgcwang2002xx/53sdb33gc3bm/wish/142288863 "Like a wild beast, I cleared my way to the coffee cauldron (Wiesel 58)."

This section compares Elie, himself, to a wild beast. It takes place where his dying father is asking him to bring him some water and he rushes to get some. This simile emphasizes Elie's rush to get some water for his father.]]> 2016-12-07 14:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/xxgcwang2002xx/53sdb33gc3bm/wish/142288863 xxgcwang2002xx https://padlet.com/xxgcwang2002xx/53sdb33gc3bm/wish/142290585 "He looked at me for a moment, and his gaze was distant, visionary; it was the face of someone else (Wiesel 58)."

This figurative language takes place when Elie sees his father from far away, but his father runs right past him. And in that moment's glance in Elie's direction, this is how Wiesel describes it.]]> 2016-12-07 14:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/xxgcwang2002xx/53sdb33gc3bm/wish/142290585