PER. 3: Chap. 4 Motifs, Symbols, Themes, and Connections by Jomeline Balatayo https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y Post your group's information, quotes, and ideas here! en-us 2020-10-01 15:19:28 UTC 2020-10-12 18:26:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Motif - Group 1 arianarodriguez12 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822401714 Hunger - represents lack of empathy and the high amounts of dehumanization. On page 52 (blue book) a boy was being hanged and one of the inmates payed no mind to it and all he cared about was his next meal.]]> 2020-10-12 17:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822401714 One motif that emerges is silence, which represents loss of hope. One quote that really shows this takes place when the Americans bomb the concentration camp. "Then silence fell once more. The last sound of an American plane was lost on the wind, and we found ourselves back again in the cemetery" (Wiesel 58). alekzandervaux https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822402016 2020-10-12 17:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822402016 Motif Chap. 4 cassandraaulisio https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822402556 One emerging motif seen throughout chapter four is teeth. The motif of teeth expresses that the nature of human beings is to be selfish. The dentists teeth are described as yellow and rotten further representing the true intentions of this dentist. ]]> 2020-10-12 17:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822402556 Symbol brandonbrozgal https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822402677 Wiesel's gold tooth represents his values and how it was stripped away and taken without his consent.]]> 2020-10-12 17:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822402677 Motif and Symbols Chap. 4 (Group 4) leslielopez5 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822407827 Motifs:
1) Gold teeth representing the greediness the soldiers have. Dehumanizing the Jews more by not only taking away their emotions but physical parts of them too. 
2) The eyes signifying death as stated "Then the entire camp, block after block, flied past the hanged boy and stared at his extinguished eyes, the  tongue hanging from his gaping mouth" (Wiesel 62/63).
3) Family representing the idea of having unbreakable bonds. 
Symbols:
Soup representing stirrping all the Jews of their privileges.
]]> 2020-10-12 17:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822407827 Symbols soleadonnelly https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822408358 One symbol is his shoes and gold crown which symbolize the last of his possessions and it shows how important the items are to him because they symbolize a part of his humanity. To own things that belong to him.]]> 2020-10-12 17:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822408358 lucashohmann https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822410291 Motif and Symbol: 
“Two cauldrons of hot, steaming soup had been left unattended… A royal feast going to waste! Supreme temptation!... Two lambs with hundreds of wolves lying in wait for them. Two lambs without a shepherd, free for the taking… fear was greater than hunger.” (Wiesel 59)

Shows the motif of hunger and fear because they are all starving for them to have food which represents their craving for freedom and justice but in the end they are too scared of what there punishment would be if they go against the Nazis but in the end its their lack of risk and fight is what ultimately led to their demise.

“[Elie] had watched [his father’s beating] all happening without moving. I kept silent. In fact, I thought of stealing away in order not to suffer the blows.” (Wiesel 54)

This quote represents the themes of dehumanization and silence in the chapter. Throughout the chapter Elie and his dad both experience dehumanization by beaten by Idek. Idek treats both of them like they aren't real human beings and brutally beats them where they experience great pain. It also demonstrates the theme of silence because throughout all of Elie's father's beating everyone stayed silent. No one wanted to step up for him because they were too scared of the punishment. Silence is also represented when Elie ]]> 2020-10-12 17:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822410291 Chapter.4 yohanesisaac https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822410573 Gold teeth was a motif in chapter 4. To Elie it was his last chance of survival it was the only thing he lived for. This was him holding own to his humanity it was one of his last things that made him feel human and made him worth something. “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.”(Wiesel 52) This quote shows Elie's desperation to survive in a way the Germans make him less human everyday and there mindset changed to survival somewhat like an animal. This is why the gold teeth is so important because it gives him hope and a piece of humanity. ]]> 2020-10-12 17:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822410573 Symbols and Motifs Ch.4 lucasangeloaranda https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822411056 Motifs:
Teeth- loss of humanity ex: page 55
Eyes-Dehumanization
Family-Hope
Symbols:
Soup-dehumanization, loss of privileges.]]> 2020-10-12 17:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822411056 Theme brandonbrozgal https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822411242 Silence, it stated that he was silent while his dad was being beat up which shown what the camp had done to him. Also later it stated about how god did nothing.]]> 2020-10-12 17:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822411242 Motif https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822413938 2020-10-12 17:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822413938 Motif brandonbrozgal https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822416585 The two cauldrons. It was said that fear outweighs hunger. And the concentration camps seemed to be one fear is built off of.]]> 2020-10-12 17:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822416585 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822419729 Sebastian Sanchez.
Theme:Dehuminization 
 “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?”(54)
This passage shows how he had lost much of his humanity during his time on the camp because he stood silent as his father was beaten.

]]> 2020-10-12 17:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822419729 Symbol - group 1 mallorymcmullan https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822422605 Elie mentions on page 48 (blue book) "I refused to give him my shoes. They were all I had left". The shoes are one of the last physical belongings that Elie had left from before. His shoes being taken away represents the last bits of his previous, normal life being ripped away from him without purpose]]> 2020-10-12 17:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822422605 Symbol - Group 1 arianarodriguez12 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822423607 Throughout chapter 4, Wiesel mentions his gold crown a handful of times. It represents his life before the camps and he was holding onto that because everything else got taken away from him. Then they forced him to give it up which ties to the theme of the Jews freedom being taken away from them.]]> 2020-10-12 17:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822423607 Motif taniahorr https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822425011 Body parts are brought up a lot throughout the story, like teeth in this chapter for example.

]]> 2020-10-12 17:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822425011 Motif evangeliagarza https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822426007 Bread is a motif used throughout the chapter to demonstrate compassion though all of the suffering. After Elie was attacked in the factory,  the French girl, "...was smiling her mournful smile as she slipped me a crust of bread," (Wiesel 53). She continues to console Wiesel, and other young children were given more food by their superiors. ]]> 2020-10-12 17:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822426007 Supporting Quote - Group 1 devinpark https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822426026 "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” (Wiesel 52). Blue book.]]> 2020-10-12 17:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822426026 Symbols soleadonnelly https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822426405 One symbol is his shoes and gold crown which symbolize the last of his possessions and it shows how important the items are to him because they symbolize a part of his humanity. Owning objects and property of any kind is a small personal freedom.]]> 2020-10-12 17:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822426405 Motif avaneubauer https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822429873 group 4
Ava Neubauer, Cassandra Aulisio, Lucas Aranda,Taizan Oku,Leslie Lopez
“Two boys came to join our group: Yossi and Tibi, two brothers
from Czechoslovakia whose parents had been exterminated in
Birkenau. They lived for each other, body and soul.”(Weisel 50).
One motif we recognize throughout the book is family and friends and how family and friends tend to be the only hope and motivation the Jewish people hold on to. 

]]> 2020-10-12 17:50:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822429873 Symbol https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822441134 His shoes and his gold crown represent the last part of him that is himself. All the other things about his identity like his hair and name have been stripped from him. But all he has left were his shoes and crown. ]]> 2020-10-12 17:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822441134 lexiejaramillo https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822445517 In chapter 4, Gold teeth are mentioned a lot. Gold teeth represents how cruel the SS soldiers were. "because you made me wait, it will also cost you a ration of bread. A ration of bread for one of my pals, a famous dentist from Warsaw. To pay him for pulling out your crown."]]> 2020-10-12 17:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822445517 Motifs kendallbattiste https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822446668 1.  One motif could be hunger because throughout chapter 4 they were willing to do anything for food.  
2.  Silence because as the silence broke it gave them a sense of hope that they would be saved.  
3.Eyes can be a motif because they show the feelings of the people in the camp. " From time to time a smile would linger in his gray-blue eyes" (Wiesel 47 blue book).]]> 2020-10-12 17:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822446668 Theme-Group 1 mallorymcmullan https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822450960 Faith was a theme in this chapter. Elie witnessed the death of a young boy which caused him to have a crisis of faith. How could a loving God send this boy to his death. In the opposite direction, Akiba Drummer threw himself into his faith and believed that Redemption was coming.]]> 2020-10-12 17:56:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822450960 Symbol taniahorr https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822452697 A common symbol is silence. The power the SS soldiers and Nazi have over them is very clear where they don't have their own voice. I believe this can tie into a bigger theme of maybe how forced silence is a form of dehumanization.]]> 2020-10-12 17:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822452697 Symbols and Motifs Ch.4 lucasangeloaranda https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822454082 Motifs:
Teeth-loss of humanity , ex: page55
Eyes-Dehumanization
Family-hope
Symbols:
Soup-dehumanization]]> 2020-10-12 17:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822454082 Symbol- Group 1 ryanjoo https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822456727 The code that young Elie was given represents his loss in identity. He is no longer Elie Wiesel but referred to as A-7713. This is seen where Elie states, "I was summoned by the block secretary: 'A-7713?' 'That's me" (Wiesel 51). He is now a single line of letters and numbers. He lost his identity. He is now like livestock. He is referred as a number. ]]> 2020-10-12 17:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822456727 Motif ingridbarillasalarco https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822460921 The gold crown that Elie had. They were taking away the gold crown but then he managed to keep it. That was one of the only things he had left and he still had it. It was taken away most people but they caught the dentist. It means them getting everything taken away, like their freedom, so that they will have nothing left.]]> 2020-10-12 17:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822460921 Symbol kendallbattiste https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822461921 One symbol was the bombs because it gave them hope. ]]> 2020-10-12 18:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822461921 Symbol ezekielsolidum https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822463212 His shoes and gold crown represent the last part of his identity and himself. All the other things about his identity had been stripped from him, like his hair and name. But all he had left were his shoes and crowns. ]]> 2020-10-12 18:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822463212 Elaboration devinpark https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822467444 The absence or withholding of food towards the Jewish prisoners symbolizes dehumanization and lack of empathy. When Wiesel describes the man crawling snakelike towards the cauldrons, he uses imagery to tell the reader that he is inhuman, and just a body searching for food. In the second quote, Juliek is untouched and unbothered by a boy being hung for stealing in the raid. Instead, he just focuses on his next meal.

]]> 2020-10-12 18:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822467444 lexiejaramillo https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822479724 The Gold Teeth/Crown represented the last thing that linked Elie Weisel to the past before he had been taken to the concentration camps. Another motif was eyes which represented the people's emotions. "Everyone came out of the blocks. We breathed in air filled
with fire and smoke, and our eyes shone with hope"]]> 2020-10-12 18:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822479724 motif/symbol alejandrogutierrezte https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/q6n0c0v7cwaop63y/wish/822490392 "You. . . you. . . you. . .’ They pointed their fingers, the way one might choose cattle, or merchandise." (Wiesel 49)

 Animals- During this chapter, the mention of animals are seen multiple times and represents the mistreatment of Jews and high amounts of dehumanization. This is because the Kapos had selected which Jews they preferred, or liked while making them stand in front of there tents. (new book)

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