"I was simply walking in my sleep. I manage to close my eyes and to run like that while sleep." (Wiesel 93).
As the prisoners where evacuated to the next camp the wounded where to be left, the slackers killed, and only the strong willed could keep living. Eliezer had the will to survive, to keep up, despite his wounded foot. The will to live, kept them running on.
"As we were not allowed to bend down, everyone took out their spoon and ate the accumulated snow off his neighbor's back. A mouthful of bread and a spoonful of snow." (Wiesel 102).
When the surviving men where evacuated from their new camp, all of them had to stand and wait for the transport train to arrive. In their bundles of clothing in the freezing cold, all of them where given bread and no water. So to solve this issue one man decided to scoop up the snow off his neighbor. This was more proof that they where not mindless animals, they are still men despite what horrors they have seen and gone through.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Night Sections 1-2 Quotes and Analysis
"My father wept. It was the first time I had ever seen him weep. I had never imagined that he could. As for my mother,she walked with a set expression on her face, without a word, deep in thought..." (Wiesel, 28).
The scene painted for us here show how the process of being taken from one's own life work, broke the people affected. Each Jew lost rights to everything and everything that was valuable, or to big to take with them, they were stripped of everything as they had known and loved. To imagine countless people packed in and going through the deportation process, is an overwhelming example of imagery.
"...the Hungarian police burst into all the Jewish houses in the street. A Jew no longer had the right to keep in his house gold, jewels, or any objects of value." (Wiesel, 20).
This is just one example of what decrees where established onto the Jews, there where many upon many decrees. With each one, tearing down the Jews faith, hope, and lives. They didn't take it seriously, but as this quote describes; those Germans where plenty serious about taking their lives, taking them away from those homes and past, and killing every last one of them.
The scene painted for us here show how the process of being taken from one's own life work, broke the people affected. Each Jew lost rights to everything and everything that was valuable, or to big to take with them, they were stripped of everything as they had known and loved. To imagine countless people packed in and going through the deportation process, is an overwhelming example of imagery.
"...the Hungarian police burst into all the Jewish houses in the street. A Jew no longer had the right to keep in his house gold, jewels, or any objects of value." (Wiesel, 20).
This is just one example of what decrees where established onto the Jews, there where many upon many decrees. With each one, tearing down the Jews faith, hope, and lives. They didn't take it seriously, but as this quote describes; those Germans where plenty serious about taking their lives, taking them away from those homes and past, and killing every last one of them.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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