What an awful way to spend the Jewish New Year. It says ''On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the last day of that cursed year, the entire camp was agitated and everyone of us felt the tension." During the pray Elie can't help but curse at God for what his people are going through. He refuses to say the prayer at first but reluctantly prays near the end. He can only wonder how other biblical stories had God save those oppressed. But now, they are alone, seperated from God.
"The SS offered us a beautiful present for the new year." After making it through all of that oppression, the Jews couldn't help but speak in that kind of cold sarcasm. Today they would have an examination of the prisoners and decide which ones were unfit to do work. Elie's father was one of those victims. But in the end, he passed the second selection and managed to stay alive. After hard work throughout the months, Elie goes to the infirmary and gets his foot operated on. Now he will be able to try it out on one of the death marches due to the approaching Red Army.
I probably wouldn't have been able to say that prayer either to God. It seems there is no God with them during that time. Also, it takes courage to be able to watch your father be selected like that. Even though he did make it through, it seems nerve racking to go through life after that. How could anyone survive through all of this? And if you become sick, it would not be wise to show off the luxurious of the infirmary.
4 comments:
Good job on this post. You got some very good pictures. Well done and keep up the good work
Good job on the summary. you included nice pictures and you explained everything well and let the reader know what was going on and elies emotions.
Good job on your post, you had a good summary and you included pictures.
The picture show the horrific image of that time. It is also a great summary of the chapter.
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