character evolution timline by KAYLA ORBEGOSO https://padlet.com/2624311/aqyz0d8sh5sqfyjh en-us 2023-05-16 19:15:22 UTC 2023-05-17 21:52:06 UTC hello@padlet.com powerless: "In a few seconds, we had ceased to be men." (pg.37) 2624311 https://padlet.com/2624311/aqyz0d8sh5sqfyjh/wish/2595225263 This quote gives the emotion of them feeling powerless because it's when the prisoner receive their first set of prison clothes. This is one of the first instances when the Jews lose their individuality. By giving the Jews indistinguishable uniforms, the Nazis further forced them to conform.]]> 2023-05-17 20:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/2624311/aqyz0d8sh5sqfyjh/wish/2595225263 ashamed: "I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name." (pg.42) 2624311 https://padlet.com/2624311/aqyz0d8sh5sqfyjh/wish/2595243139
This quote shows someone feeling ashamed because they aren't currently at the beginning of losing everything about who they are because the veterans mark the new captives with a number, stripping away their names. Any family history, traditions, or religious values held in their names become totally insignificant. All become cold numbers and faceless digits.]]> 2023-05-17 20:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/2624311/aqyz0d8sh5sqfyjh/wish/2595243139 scared: "He threw himself on me like a wild beast, beating me in the chest, on my head, throwing me to the ground and picking me up again, crushing me with ever more violent blows, until I was covered in blood" (pg.53) 2624311 https://padlet.com/2624311/aqyz0d8sh5sqfyjh/wish/2595257891 This quote shows him being scared becauseIdek’s arbitrary rage vented physically upon Wiesel. The traumatic experience of the work camp altered Idek and transformed him into a “beast.” Feeling trapped and powerless in his situation, Idek uses the power he has to abuse his underlings.]]> 2023-05-17 20:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/2624311/aqyz0d8sh5sqfyjh/wish/2595257891 desperate:"One day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest" (pg.100) 2624311 https://padlet.com/2624311/aqyz0d8sh5sqfyjh/wish/2595288744 This quote shows desperation because it shows how even fellow prisoners began to see each other as objects or animals. The ones pointing at the Wiesel and his father are Kapos, given special authority to demean the other inmates. To survive, the prisoners had to forget about their fellow man and potentially even use each other to preserve themselves.]]> 2023-05-17 21:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/2624311/aqyz0d8sh5sqfyjh/wish/2595288744 lost: "Men were hurling themselves against each other, trampling, tearing at and mauling each other. Beasts of prey unleashed, animal hate in their eyes." 2624311 https://padlet.com/2624311/aqyz0d8sh5sqfyjh/wish/2595293478 This focuses more on the Jews’ side of the bread exchange. As soon as food comes into the picture, the prisoners transform from walking corpses to savage animals fighting for their lives. ]]> 2023-05-17 21:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/2624311/aqyz0d8sh5sqfyjh/wish/2595293478