https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9 Connotations, Figurative Language en-us 2019-02-05 23:33:17 UTC 2019-02-06 00:11:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066243 The word hurry shows the SS are very inpatient and want everything done quick]]> 2019-02-06 00:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066243 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066250 This shows that even the leader of the Jewish community has been mentally defeated by the Nazis, and this extends to rest of the Jews, showing how they have had their identity and humanity taken away from them]]> 2019-02-06 00:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066250 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066378 He considers himself lucky that he is going to be in the last convoy. He doesn't know or understand what is coming for him in his near future.]]> 2019-02-06 00:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066378 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066392 The use of the word "must leave" connotes the panic in the SS because the nearing of the end of the war. It connotes distress and power because everyone follows the SS commands. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066392 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066402 Reinforces the idea of death]]> 2019-02-06 00:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066402 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066405 Personification was used comparing the way the gaping doors and windows "looked" to an actual person curiously looking out and observing what is happening. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066405 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066416 This quote has of connotations the lack of time. It also foreshadows the end for the majority of people in the ghetto as lead is poisonous and can be fatal if it builds up in the body.]]> 2019-02-06 00:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066416 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066421 Implies that the Jewish people are not only leaving their homes behind, but they're lives as well. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066421 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066424 "Gaping doors and windows looked out into the void"-Shows that not only is the street empty, but also the general community has had a hole punched through it, and taken away, as though there is a major portion missing.]]> 2019-02-06 00:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066424 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066460 Like a page torn from a book- this shows that they're irrelevant because their page is gone and they no longer matters]]> 2019-02-06 00:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066460 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066465 water often has the connotation of being cleansed and this indicates that they are struggling to the point where they long to be cleansed of the pain and maybe even who they are]]> 2019-02-06 00:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066465 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066473 "Fairgrounds" - it shows a juxtaposition to the circumstances by having the connotation of fairgrounds be a happy place, even after empty but the gettos once emptied was viewed as an extremely sad place. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066473 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066479 "They passed me by, like beaten dogs."]]> 2019-02-06 00:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066479 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066491 This shows that everyone he knew for years that passed by him was broken or defeated.]]> 2019-02-06 00:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066491 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066496 They passed me by, one after the other...
They passed me by like beaten dogs...
Repetition enforces the message that even Elie stayed silent at mistreatment of his friends]]> 2019-02-06 00:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066496 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066559 "like beaten dogs"
this represents how the people weren't treated like people, but instead were treated like animals. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066559 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066626 The author uses a constant theme of heat and fire to foreshadow later events.
"sweat streamed from people's faces and bodies", "Molten lead," "God's hell".]]> 2019-02-06 00:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066626 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066741 "an open tomb"what was once his home is being described as an open tomb indicating that something has just died and it is surrounded by loss and sadness.]]> 2019-02-06 00:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066741 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066745 "They passed me by, like beaten dogs." Represents how Elie saw the people in his town as beaten and broken. Whether he had once respected or ignored these people now they were all the same.]]> 2019-02-06 00:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066745 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066831 This implies that Eliezier is being separated from the people he grew up with, his community and some of his most loved ones. This must be extremely emotional for him as he just stands there and observes everyone except for his family being separated from him and he must suffer through all of this. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066831 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066839 "weariness had settled into our veins, our limbs, our brains, like molten lead" - It gives us a description on how the weariness is effecting them. We can infer that they didn't get much sleep the night before because they were worried about that day. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066839 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066868 This not only says that the houses were like open tombs, but it is foreshadowing what could happen. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066868 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066901 this word connotes good things and refreshment, it's also presumed to be cold, which is opposite to heat. Heat in this part of the text is being used as a metaphor for hell, and so water can be used as a metaphor for heaven. This metaphor can also be used for a reason why they weren't allowed water. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066901 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066920 this gives the visual image to the reader of a resting place for a lot of dead people, as the spirits have left the body. Elie likens this to seeing the place of all their homes, deserted.]]> 2019-02-06 00:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328066920 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067117 "An open tomb" is used as a metaphor in the ghettos which is meaning how empty the streets were with places abandoned with rooms cleared out. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067117 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067175 "the tombstones" and "an open tomb"
this is foreshadowing the deaths of the people before and when they reach the concentration camps. it makes the ghetto seem like a cemetery, with the graves already dug. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067175 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067185 2019-02-06 00:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067185 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067211 The repetition of death related words gives off a negative connotation.]]> 2019-02-06 00:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067211 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067224 These Jewish people who were very religious saw that standing on the street was hell. The blazing sun shining on them felt like hell. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067224 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067253 This idea of tomb and tombstones are already prominent at the start of the book and reinforces that idea of death ]]> 2019-02-06 00:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067253 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067265 "They passed me by"
From this we can see the pain in Elie ignoring the treatment of his friends and close ones because of his survival. ]]> 2019-02-06 00:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067265 https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067266 it was discriminately striking the weak. Old men, children, cripples etc]]> 2019-02-06 00:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/msansomgower/7yh7ljtgfnz9/wish/328067266