https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk By Elie Wiesel en-us 2021-12-02 14:06:44 UTC 2021-12-15 19:27:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2721.png mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1925225372 2021-12-02 14:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1925225372 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1925226156 2021-12-02 14:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1925226156 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1925229020 2021-12-02 14:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1925229020 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1927465531 "I had never asked myself that question. I cried because . . . because something inside me felt the need to cry. That was all I knew" (Wiesel, pg. 4). This was important foreshadowing because it shows what is to come in his life. He almost subconsciously knew the pain and suffering he and his people would go through later in his life. The sadness had already started to form.]]> 2021-12-03 14:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1927465531 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1927471822 I believe that Moishe the Beadle is correct that each person has their own path, they can't enter the Promised Land through someone else's gate.]]> 2021-12-03 14:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1927471822 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1927477995 When they were doing roll call, the sun and thirst were beating on Wiesel and he felt little sadness, only fear of what was to happen. The sun represents the oppression of the German people against the Jewish people. The thirst he suffered through represents his lack of freedom and his wish for water reflects that of his freedom.]]> 2021-12-03 14:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1927477995 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1927486561 Mrs. Schachter had gone insane on the train. I believe that she was seeing the Cremation Room at Aushwitz in her hallucinations, or at least, what was to come when they arrived in Aushwitz. The other Jews denied her claims and visions and believed that they would be fine once they arrive at their destination. Until they reached the camp and realized that the insane woman had been more grounded then they have been.]]> 2021-12-03 14:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1927486561 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1930341507 Jews in the train on the way to Auschwitz. They're families were reaching for them while they could do nothing but watch.]]> 2021-12-06 04:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1930341507 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1930347542 "It was if the madness had infected us all. We gave up. A few young men forced her to sit down, the bound and gagged her" (Wiesel pg. 26). Mrs. Schachter madness had started to take a very negative effect on the other Jews in her car. I understand why they wanted her to stop, but them binding her up is something that is just wrong. She is already trapped and now she is even more trapped.]]> 2021-12-06 04:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1930347542 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1938144240 I believe that Elie lying about his age is the only reason he survived. If he had not lied about his age and profession, he would've probably either followed his mother; been sent with Dr. Mengele or gone into the fire instead of being saved at the last minute. He needed to stay by his father, without him he wouldn't survive or want to survive.]]> 2021-12-09 13:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1938144240 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1938164531 "Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever" (Wiesel 34). The flames represent the concentration camp, squeezing out Wiesel's love of God and his faith. You can see this later in the autobiography when Wiesel is mad at God, questioning why would He punish his loving followers who worship him. If He is supposed to love them, then why is he letting them die and live in insufferable conditions. The quote makes me believe that Wiesel will lose his faith even after he is released. ]]> 2021-12-09 13:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1938164531 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1938187039 Wiesel couldn't believe that it had only been one night since the train cart. The cold wind swept through him and froze him to the core, but he was so lost in thought that he didn't realize how long they were out there. His father looked nothing like his former self and we can assume neither did Elie. Everyone was greeting each other, just relieved to see a familiar face in the crowd. This helps to build the scene of the aftermath of traumatic events and the fear each of them feel.]]> 2021-12-09 13:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1938187039 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1938327103 Elie has started to lose his faith in God. He is thinking that if God is so loving, so amazing, why does he let the people who worship him suffer like this? Why would he love a God who punishes him and his loved ones? It's not just him either, other Jewish people seem to be forgetting the meaning behind the prayers they are saying and seem to choke on their words while offering their thanks to Him. I infer that the Jewish people are losing their faith do to the Germans oppression and the savagery of which they are forced to live.]]> 2021-12-09 14:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1938327103 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1938347222 Elie refused to fast with the rest of the Jews of Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement. Elie saw this as an act of rebellion that is starting to break him apart inside. Religion has been a huge part of his life and now lose it so suddenly he feels empty knowing that he had changed. However, he feels fresh vigor at his rebellious act and feels good about what he did, sticking it to his God who abandoned him.]]> 2021-12-09 14:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1938347222 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1938371348 "The bell regulated everything. It gave me orders and I executed them blindly. I hated that bell. Whenever I happened to dream of a better world, I imagined a universe without a bell" (Wiesel 73). The bell is a symbol to Elie of his captivity and he hates how often he obeys it. In other words, the bell is almost like a captor itself.]]> 2021-12-09 14:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1938371348 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1940242906 "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). The children were treated well because some of the guards were secretly homosexual. Although, I wonder if the main German force would have punished them for having any relation with the Jewish children.]]> 2021-12-10 12:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1940242906 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1940252515 Elie makes friends, Tibi and Yossi, which is surprising because of where they are currently at. I believe that Elie making friends is an act of keeping himself alive. Elie will be less likely to do stuff that would get him killed because he has friends and his father there. He refuses to be separated from his father, which shows that he's still holding onto hope.]]> 2021-12-10 12:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1940252515 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1940266348 "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" (Wiesel 53). The French woman who said this probably helped to save Elie's life. Furthermore, Elie and the French woman were overcoming the adversity of the unfairness together, showing comradery which was a life tip there old block leader gave to Elie. ]]> 2021-12-10 13:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1940266348 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1944678209 During the Death March, Elie ran alongside his father the entire time. Elie later discovers that Rabbi Eliahu's son had abandoned his father and kept running even after his father fell behind. Elie sees this as a thing he never wants to happen to him throughout the rest of his and his father's life. I believe that this clearly shows that Elie will never be willing to give up on his life if his father is with him. Everyone overcomes adversity in different ways. Elie's way of overcoming adversity is his dedication to his father. ]]> 2021-12-13 14:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1944678209 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1946830537 "Then he smiled. I shall always remember that smile. What world did it come from" (Wiesel 90). I believe that Elie's father was actually content within this moment. He was forced to work and survive, but he was always grateful for his son who had not abandoned him. Elie waking him up proves that Elie loves him and wants him to survive. ]]> 2021-12-14 12:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1946830537 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1946848510 "One day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it in the wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest" (Wiesel 100). The other workers do not see the prisoners locked in the car as people, but as animals. In addition, the prisoners of the car were forced to be animals to survive, they were starving and not fed, which is another example of dehumanization.]]> 2021-12-14 12:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1946848510 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1946863626 "I could have screamed in anger. To have lived and endured so much; was I going to let my father die now? Now that we would be able to take a good hot shower and lie down" (Wiesel 105). Elie is fighting his father to keep going, which is a mirror to Elie fighting his own will to live to keep going. Furthermore, Elie has survived because of his father, only living because he wanted to survive with his father. Without his father, survival was pointless to Elie within the earlier book and now at the end he will lose him.]]> 2021-12-14 13:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1946863626 mason_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1946876561 "There was no choice: Gustav, the Blockalteste, made it quite clear with his club . . . But on our way we met some prisoners who whispered to us: 'Go back to your block. The Germans plan to shoot you. Go back and don't move" (Wiesel 114). The prisoners are still holding onto their hope for a future, even after this hell they endured. They keep fighting and defying the Germans to survive. This is an example of overcoming adversity.]]> 2021-12-14 13:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mason_montgomery1/f74h13cgw2plpyhk/wish/1946876561