12 March 2015
"Night" Section 5 Reaction
- - - How does Eliezer’s realization of what Rabbi Eliahou’s son did during the forced march affect the way he feels about his own father?
- - - Choose one theme that you can derive from the reading, support the presence of the theme in the memoir with evidence from text and EXPLAIN the theme.
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Eliezer and his dad are dependent on each other. They are trying to survive together. Eliezer and his fathers relationship has changed. It is leaning towards better more and more as the story goes on. His father keeps him out of snow so Eliezer can live. They are still family and love each other. Eliezer, even if he ever felt distant from his father, did not hate him. Now his father is all he really has left of his previous life. He does not want to lose his father like Rabbi Eliahou did. He does not want to leave his father, but he is willing to, if it is needed for his own survival.
ReplyDeleteOne theme that I have seen emerge is the animal instinct in humans. Every human can succumb to the brutality of an animal instinct. Eliezer witnesses a son beat his father over a few scraps of bread. When food is scarce, and in the situation they are all in, most people do not keep their human qualities anymore. Eliezer also says he hopes he will not have to leave his father behind. He is saying he is willing to if it means his own survival. Eliezer is changing into the animal himself, but is not as bad as the other prisoners, yet.
When he sees what the Rabbi's son has done, he is disgusted by the action of the son. He even prays to God because he feels that strongly about what the son did. I think this realization for Eliezer is kind of ironic in a way because before this he had been distant and a little bit selfish to his father. I think he realizes that in order not to turn into the rabbi's son he has to actually care and be there for his father. This also goes with the factor of that he does not want to be alone and that he needs his father.
ReplyDeleteOne of the major themes of this story is silence. Silence is shown throughout the whole book in different ways. Silence echoes through the camp and hangs over the dead and the living. One example of this is when Eliezer talks about how silent it was that first night. No one wanted to speak and I believe that is due to the fact of them thinking maybe if we don't speak it will make this situation less realistic. The silence in this case is show in a fearful manner to all who are surrounded by it.
1) Rabbi Eliahou's son completely abandoned his old father and that made an impact on how Eliezer felt about his own situation. Throughout the memoir, Eliezer has had moments of dependency on his father and moments of pure disgust and hatred. However, he has always regretted thinking the negative thoughts. When he realized what the Rabbi's son had done, looking from an outside perspective he thought it was the ultimate betrayal. This makes Eliezer become closer to his father because he never wants to betray him after everything he has done as a father in the camp.
ReplyDelete2) A theme that can be derived from the reading is the loss of devotion to religion in difficult times. This has been present from the very beginning of the memoir when Moishe returned from what he saw happening to the Jews and it changed him forever. He lost his spark of interest for God and the Kabbalah. He knew what was to come for the Jews and this terrible thought made him question God. Later when Eliezer had been in the concentration camp for some time, he begins this same thought process. Who once described himself as very religious and would spend hours praying and learning about his religion turned against God. He became angry with Him. He blamed God and not the Germans for all of the deaths, beatings and cruelties. In this section, he describes on the death march that the Jews were "masters of the world" and they "transcended everything". This means he was not looking to God for any support, Eliezer was the only thing that mattered at that point. It is hard for some to understand that God has a plan. It is believed that if you pray to God and believe completely in Him that nothing bad should come to harm you. This was not the case for the Jews and this is not the case for people today. Often, people think that God is punishing them when someone dies or a catastrophe happens. This is the theme in everyday life as well as in Night. When situations become unbearable, many lose their faith in God just like Elizer did.
It enables him to realize the bond between Eliezer and his own father. Eliezer depends on his father and vice versa. In addition, Eliezer takes note of how terrible the conditions are. Sons turn on their fathers, and the father son role is reversed. Instead of sons turning to fathers for support, fathers turn to sons.
ReplyDeleteIn the presence of darkness, a selfish nature arises. This theme means that when faced with a terrible situation like the Jews were, a survival instinct kicks in, and people fight only for themselves. In Night, this theme re-occurs in multiple instances over the course of the book. Rabbi Eliahou’s son runs from his own father to benefit himself, men fight over the crumbs of bread on the train, and even Eliezer loathes giving away his food to support his father. Each of these examples have the presence of this theme and it is an obvious instinct that is suppressed by everyone unless faced with a truly terrible circumstance.
I remember when I was younger, speaking with my dad of my fears that something might happen to us. Something bad. I asked, what if a store we were at was robbed and we were held at gun point. He responded with something that would linger in my mind forever. My dad said that if ever my life was threatened, he would protect me from it, even at the expense of his own life.
ReplyDeleteAnd wouldn't you do it for your own kin? For your daughter, who is younger than life has yet to see? For them, the lives they see in their young ones, elements of their own being that they attribute as an extension of their legacy. Eliezer's father, face to face with Death himself, would rather see his son live on past the misery and decay. He has come to terms with his resolve to meet the grave, and so has his son. When Eliezer thought about Rabbi Eliahou's son falling in the march, possibly separating purposefully from his father to escape the dead weight, he took on that feeling by attributing it to his own journey. Just as with the cattle cars and the march, if someone falls or something is to be gained, people will tread on and do what it takes to survive. But it isn't a bad thing, just as I mentioned in my introduction here. They are, just as Rabbi's son did, honoring their father's - no, their family's legacy. As well, Eliezer even became closer with his father from this realization. To the bitter end, he stuck with his father and grew with him to survive even when the skies were as dead as those around them. He even prays that he doesn't befall the same fate as the Rabbi's son, wishing for them to stick together. However, evidence of this has been seen in prior sections as well. For instance, when one of the work places at Auschwitz was being bombed by Allied forces, Eliezer completely disregarded the fact that his father was inside, and in fact cheered on the Allies and the bombs, wishing to see it burn. Although this is more of a darker spin on the idea, the prospect of death only makes Eliezer want to endure and make it through even more than ever before. Just in this moment, when it seems like there is no reason to keep on living, they find a way to press on, and carry on the family name.
Mortality is often the module by which human beings express their concern and regard extrinsically in the world they exist. This theme, which expresses itself since the first chapter of "Night" is not just important to the meaning of the book, but to the world at large. It reality, natural world remedies of life and death tend to dictate whether one lives or dies in respect to the different factors that the person interacts with. However, there is a limit to the being of everyone, and that is death. Man's own mortality invents their restrictions of desires. Yet, in "Night," in all of the prisons and concentration camps that existed in Europe, there was an unnatural mode by which human beings had to express that mortality. They were animals in the eyes of the SS; pigs for the slaughter. But time and time again, the novel pulls back the characters into the gravity of that situation. For instance, the weight that the doctors at the camps carry in deciding whether their patients live or die is important because it reversing completely the principles of the modern world. Just recently in the news, a doctor was accused of raping his patients by sedating them in his hospital room. This abuse of power is a theme in and of itself to be explored, but mortality is such a fickle thing, such a material and tangible thing that can so easily be manipulating by those types of wary hands. And this is not even to mention the SS officers, who mediate the Selection of victims that are "good for the crematoria." This exactly illustrates this theme, of how mortality is irregularly toiled with and flexed about the Nazi regime in each camp they traverse. Mortality, above all, is particularly evident in this section of the reading. Rabbi Eliahou's son, who was forced to literally run to death, had his mortality owned and manipulated by the SS who ran behind them, chased by dogs and machine guns. Eliezer's father, as well as himself, who have carried each other up from the depths of near submission to the consequence of death. Dysentery, the fall of Eliezer's father, is a factor that was artificially produced within the camp and among the prisoners. For conditions to be so poor could only help but reflect the design of their treatment. Mortality is also present in terms of legacy, and how it can die out as quickly as the people from which it stems. Eliezer's father wants to see that legacy, that mortality that everyone in that camp has, even the guards, to be passed on and endure through it all. This theme is one that will endure throughout the novel, and to every endeavor beyond.
ReplyDeleteIt created a feeling of love towards his father. The Rabbi’s son knew his father was weak and falling behind yet he still ran ahead. This made Elie realize that he never wants to treat his father the way the rabbi’s son did. It even made Elie pray that he would never do what the boy has done. Although Elie has slips of forgetting about his father but he always goes back to him once that savage instinct has dissipated.
ReplyDeleteOne theme from this book is that humans are the most inhumane towards each other. This theme means that people are evil towards one another to such extremes that they are treated as if they were not even people at all. This is shown all through the memoir. The way the SS men and guards treat Elie, his father and other prison mates is as if they are not important and that they are nothing more than an animal. Yet the SS men were trained to be that way, but they show no sign of humanity that say what they are doing to these people is wrong. Starving them, giving them little clothes, and making them run miles in the middle of winter. No care was given by any soldier or one of those who they passed by in the town. It was as if the prisoners were not human beings, but they were the dogs that no one want.
When Eliezer realized that Rabbi Eliahou’s son purposely left his father during the march, it showed Eliezer how selfish people are becoming because they are realizing its the fight for life now and everyone is on their own to stay alive. Rabbi’s son felt a weight with his father always relying on him to stay with him. If he pretended not to see his father fall behind it was an easy way to escape what has been pulling him down closer to his death bed. Eliezer knows he is in the same situation as the Rabbi’s son but he promises himself he will not take the easy way out of the situation and fight for both lives. Eliezer and his father have fought through this battle together this far and they know the end is near.
ReplyDeleteOne theme in the memoir “Night” is faith can diminish in hopeless situations. In the beginning of the memoir, the reader views the life of an innocent teenage boy who is fully guided by his faith. He is always striving to learn as much as he can about the Jewish religion. Although his family is fully against him expanding his religious knowledge, he still continues to find all he can for personal enjoyment and rebellious actions. Since the Jews have been deported to concentration camps, the reader can see that this once religious boy is now testing his faith because of the torture they have gone through. When Eliezer witnessed the second hanging with the little boy, he became angry that people around him questioned “where is God?” He knows that he is somewhere looking over them but doesn’t believe he is doing anything in his power to help them in their time of need. Faith seems hard for individuals to find or remain guided by it for influences around them are causing them to be manipulated. Many individuals in the world seem to undergo this very same thought at least once in their lives. For people who are becoming controlled by a higher power, it is very easy to find themselves lost in the world and second guess who they use to be. In poor conditions, people tend to give up easily because their lives aren’t going the way they think they deserve.
Eliezer's realization of this helps him to open his eyes a little bit. He vows to himself he will not treat his father or leave him the way the Rabbi's did. He even prays for the strength to stand by his father. He becomes even more protective of him now.
ReplyDeleteOne theme of this memoir is the battle of faith. Throughout the story Eliezer battles with his faith. His faith was very strong in the beginning, it was his entire life. Then he began questioning why God would do this to everyone. Then he says he does not believe in God anymore but soon we see him praying once again. Through out the story he continues to battle with his faith in God. We also see at the hanging people questioning where God is now. Everyone at this point is questioning why God would put them through this. This theme is very clear.
Eliezer realizes that the Rabbi's son had continued to advance in the crowd without helping his father. He had left him because he was weak. Eliezer says that he could never leave his father behind. This shows that he does care about his father and wants to help him as much as he can. They need each other to survive, also, and he knows that.
ReplyDeleteThere can still be hope in a hopeless situation. In a hopeless situation people can still find hope and a will to go on. In this section, Eliezer found himself trying to help others survive along the march. He tries to urge Zalman to continue and not give up. Also, he tries to convince a man not to sleep in the shed cause there is no one to wake him up. If he can find the strength to help others, then he must have hope that they will make it.
Eliezer realizes that Rabbi Eliahou's son abandoned him during the march in order to help himself. This realization brings him closer to his father because he sees how much it hurt the Rabbi that he could not find his son. If he would leave his father, he knows it would kill him. They depend on each other for survival. He understands how much these concentration camps change people and break the strongest of bonds. In an attempt to keep this from happening, he prays to God, which he no longer believes in, to give him the power to never leave his father. His love for his father is so strong that it caused him to go against what he believes and pray to God.
ReplyDeleteOne theme that is shown in section five is hope is a powerful motivator that can keep people alive in the most dyer of situations. This means that hope is a powerful force that can give people the strength to stay alive. Eliezer and his father marched many miles in below freezing temperatures with minimal clothing and no food but still managed to stay alive. They had hope that the end of the war was near and they would soon be free which gave them the strength to keep marching. Also, when they reach the camp, Eliezer finds Juilek and discovers that he had managed to keep his violin with him the whole march. In the silence, Juliek plays one of Beethoven's symphonies as a sign of rebellion. This act gives all the prisoners a sign that hope still remains.
1. 1. The way Eliezer feels about his own father is put into perspective when he recalls the story of Rabbi Eliahou and his son. The Rabbi's son wanted to get rid of his father to have a lesser burden on himself. Eliezer is so shaken by his memory of this event that he says a prayer to God. He has anger at God and this event made him rekindle his praying days. He hasn’t prayed in so long and he prays to avoid being like the Rabbi’s son. He does not want to ever try and get rid of his father. He knows that they are in this together and he must not give up on his father no matter how weak he becomes.
ReplyDelete2. A theme that has presented itself in the memoir is that humans have a cruel nature and are mostly concerned only with them selves. This memoir portrays the Holocaust through the eyes of a prisoner. Through his story, he has experienced much cruelty from others and also his inward thoughts. The streak of cruelty starts with the Nazi’s coming and treating the Jewish people in Eliezer’s town in a horrible manner. Their brutality rubbed off on the prisoners throughout the years at the concentration camps. The prisoners attack each other for food and beat each other up when someone with more power is not respected. They are all in the same camp dealing with the same situations. They have turned cruel because they need to survive. They think by fighting for that last crumb of bread will help them survive, but it only shows how the Nazi’s have changed them. The Holocaust also showed the cruelty of other nations in the word, such as the Unites States. The US could have put a stop to Hitler, but they were too concerned with their own safety to help others who are in much worse conditions. These examples explain the theme that some people are evil deep inside. Circumstances make people the way they are and the Holocaust truly brought out the selfish and horrible nature of all humans.
1.) He realizes that people are abandoning their own flesh and blood, fathers, sons, brothers, for the survival of themselves. He realizes that this is a situation that won't stop; the Nazis will keep driving them like cattle deeper and deeper into Germany until defeat is physically inescapable. This affects how he feels about his father in that he doesn't want that to happen to them. He even asks a God he no longer believes in to not let that happen to them.
ReplyDelete2.) One theme of Night is silence. The passage “Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live” gives us an idea. It is the idea of God’s silence that he finds most troubling, as this description of an event at Buna reveals: as the Gestapo hangs a young boy, a man asks, “Where is God?” yet the only response is “total silence throughout the camp.” There is also a second type of silence operating throughout Night: the silence of the victims, and the lack of resistance to the Nazi threat. When his father is beaten at the end of his life, Eliezer remembers, “I did not move. I was afraid,” and he feels guilty about his inaction. It is implied throughout the text that silence and passivity are what allowed the Holocaust to continue.
During the march, Eliezer notices the Rabbi’s son had abandoned his father because he felt that he would not survive. Instead of going out to tell the Rabbi the truth about what happened, Eliezer claims he had not seen his son. He feels sorrow for the Rabbi because of what the son did to him. No matter the circumstances, Eliezer hoped that he would never leave his father. He realized just how much they depend on each other. He also feels that because they had gone through so much together, there is no way they can give up now.
ReplyDeleteOne theme found in this section is the testing of father-son bonds. This theme explains how the relationships between fathers and sons have endured over time. Each father and son agreed that no matter what, they would always stick together, and fight for survival together. However, when it comes to extreme starvation, many of the relationships had fallen apart, each one fending for their own survival. The tests in the section are quite brutal, involving the Rabbi’s son who ditched his father so he could be able to survive on his own while his father was left trailing behind in the march so he might die. Eliezer’s relationship with his father, however only grew stronger because he promised to himself that he would never abandon his father, even in difficult times.
It affects him positively. He feels better about himself, knowing that he would never be so cruel as to abandon his father. He finds a little bit of good in himself, something he hasn't lately. It even causes him to send a prayer to a god in which he no longer believed.
ReplyDelete2.) One theme is that happiness is relative to the person. This means that a person could find happiness, no matter the situation. It kust depends on their point of view, and their attitude. When the Jews were confined to the ghettos they were happy since they didn't have to deal with the glares from the other people in town. When they went to the camps they found happiness in the smallest bowl of soup or tye slightest shower or the kindest voice. When they changed camps Juliek found happiness since he could finally play Beetoven whom he adored. on the news we see the images of people who are going through war or who have just lost everything to a natural disaster, but still smile. They could smile over food, or some money, or an old heirloom. They could be kids just smiling to be famous on TV, but they are happy for some reason, because they choose to be happy for one reason rather than sad, or angry for another.
--- Once Eliezer realizes what Rabbi Eliahou's son did, it makes Eliezer remember to never abandon his father. He makes a surprising prayer to God asking for the strength to not do what Eliahou's son did, showing that Wiesel never wants to leave his father's side. Besides, his father is the only person keeping him alive, so if he dies, Wiesel's will to live will just disappear.
ReplyDelete--- I think a theme of when faced with live threatening situations, family is the most important thing to keep close to you. We see a change in relationship between Eliezer and his father from the beginning of the book up until now. Before they were sent to the concentration camps, they didn't really have a strong relationship. Fast forward to this point in the memoir and we see a completely different relationship. There were examples of failiong families, such as the situation on the train to Buchenwald when the son killed his father over the piece of bread. Also, Rabbi Eliahou's son may have abandoned his father, as he may have wanted to get away from him. We do not see this between Eliezer and his father. Many times throughout the story Eliezer comments how he is only alive because his father is, and if he died his will to live would just vanish. Eliezer will not deliberately abandon his father just to benefit his own survival. This importance of family relationship is an important theme in this memoir.
--- When Rabbi Eliahou's son abandoned him, Eliezer realizes he doesn't want to end up like that with his father. He wants to stick with his father as long as possible and keep him alive. He loses the feeling that he would be better off without his father.
ReplyDelete--- One theme in the story is that humans will turn on each other in the worst of times. On the train friends and neighbors were attacking each other over a piece of bread. During the march, the Jews just trampled one another. We also see children turning on their own fathers for a better chance of survival.
1) Eliezer recognizes his own situation in this experience with Rabbi Eliahou and his son. It is only natural that one would, in a life or death situation, choose to rid himself of the weakened. Eliezer recognizes his own desire for freedom, in Rabbi Eliahou's son, but prays for the strength not to do what he has done.
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Eliezers reaction to what Eliahous son did during the march made him feel guilty about his father. Eliezer loved his father and cared for him, but a little part of his mind thought his father was a burden. Although, any time he thought of his father as being a nuissance he quickly disregarded that thought and felt guilty.
ReplyDeleteI believe a theme is that under awful circumstances, people can change dramatically. This theme, I believe, relates to the text accurately. The holocaust showed brutatily and ruthlessness on a high level, showing no mercy for the young or old. These awful conditions, can cause people to do and say things they wouldn't normally do. For example, on the train ride on the way to the middle of Germany, we see a boy kill his own father over a piece of bread. The man was pleading his son to have mercy on him, but the boy didn't care, he killed his own father for a piece of bread.
2) Hope is a fundamental need of the human person. People need nourishment and rest for survival, but without hope, even the best rested and nourished person has no chance of survival. People survive difficult situations because they have something to which to cling. This theme is evidenced in the fact that Eliezer chose to keep living through the death March because his father needed him, he chose to keep running with the hope of eventually being allowed to stop, he chose not to sleep in the snow in hopes of surviving, etc...
ReplyDeleteHe realized that his father was going to die and reminiscined about Rabbi leaving his father and thought it was a good idea besides the fact that it was his father.
ReplyDeleteBeing self centered is a theme because of how Elliezer thought about leaving his father and
Eliezer has relied on his father throughout his time at Buna, and his father has just as equally relied on him. They follow a dual support system. Eliezer knows he loves his father and that he could never leave his side, but the importance of this is really enforced when he witnesses what happens to Rabbi Eliahou. The Rabbi enters the shed desperately looking for his son. He is lost, confused, and so weak. Eliezer could never imagine his father in such a state, and even though he has lost his faith, prays that he would never abandon his father like the Rabbi's son did. He realizes that even though they may not have truly loved each other before they entered the camp, their love has grown, and Eliezer finally has a real relationship with his father.
ReplyDeleteIn certain conditions, humans can build strength to defy the impossible. This theme is quite apparent within the memoir. The Jews are emaciated, weak, and on the edge of death, yet they still continue through life threatening conditions. As Eliezer points out during the march, soon their legs moved on their own, almost mechanically. The Jews have become institutionalized. They will do whatever it takes to survive. With life sitting on the edge of their fingertips, they push on through below a below freezing blizzard, in very little clothing, with very little food, and with almost no strength left. These conditions that have threatened their life have somehow given them even more strength to push on than an other human being could possible accomplish. They have defied the impossible.
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ReplyDelete1. Eliezer prays to God for the strength never to act in the same way that Rabbi Eliahou's son did. The only reason he was still fighting to be alive was to protect his father. He didn’t want to abandon him, so he prayed he would never do that to his own. I think Eliezer knew how Rabbi Eliahou’s son felt because it’s hard to take care of his father also. Eliezer was weak himself and too look after his father also made it that much more difficult.
2. A big theme in the book is inhumanity toward other people. The Nazis treated the Jews as if they were creatures who needed to die. At first the Jews couldn’t believe something so evil. In the camps they witnessed things they couldn’t believe, such as the hangings. In the camps the Jews were no longer treated like humans. The loss of humanity among the prisoners made them vicious towards each other also. Children would abandon their parents, starving people would kill each other for scraps of food, and people would beat each other up for no reason. When people are not treated like humans and are threatened to death, they may lose the ability to act like a decent person towards others in the same situation. Empathy is one of the finest human qualities, but it can easily be crushed.
1. Eliezer realizes what Rabbi Eliahou's son did was very wrong. His son looked at the Rabbi as a burden and hoped that when he passed him running that would be the last he sees of the weak man. Eliezer prays to God to give him strength to never do that to his own father.
ReplyDelete2. One theme I can detect from this section is the loss of individuality of the prisoners. The prisoners running became numb and disconnected from their bodies , which made it easier for them to do the impossible. Their bodies were weak and fragile but some still managed to make it through and run more than 40 miles in the blistering cold. It shows the readers how people lose there self and there morals in such extreme conditions.
When this happens to Rabbi Eilahou's son Eliezer is shcoked and when realizes what Rabbi Eilahou's son has done, Elizer hopes that he would never do something like that to his own father. As a result of this Elizer prays to god so that he never does something such as this.
ReplyDeleteI think one of the main reacuring themes in section 5 of Night is, inhumanity towards other humans. When Eliezer arrives at the camp he struggles to believe and acknowledge that there is even a god anymore. It seems almost like Eliezer make sense of the world around him. I think that the reason he feels this can be credited to the Nazis harsh ways and the extreme actions that the Jewish prisoners take to get things as simple as and extra piece of bread. This is also displayed in section 5. Soon after the Jewish new year there is another selection. The Nazis do this right after a significant Jewish holiday and seem as if they are almost doing this because of this holiday, they never get a break from death and suffering. The second and most significant example is the death march. There are several acts of inhumanity towards the Jewish people all throughout the march. Eliezer recalls anytime a Jew would stop to take a break or sit down they would be shot without second thought. Also when they are on the train. they are locked away like cattle and half of the people in Eliezer's train car end up dying before they reach the second camp.
1. Elizer realizes, although horrifically to himself, that he feels his father is a burden on his own survival. Elizer thinks abandoning his father would help him, and quickly decides to not abandon him for the time being, feeling horrible about it.
ReplyDelete2. Another theme becoming apparent in the book is whether it is better to worry about oneself, rather than others. Elizer had already felt a bit of pain about watching out for his father, such as jests from the prisoners about teaching his father how to march in time, and now he has to deal with thoughts about leaving his father to fend for himself. This shows a struggle between the survival of self, and the survival of many.
1.) At this point in the memoir, we can see that Eliezer and his father are dependent on each other. Whether Eliezer acts like the father or his father acts like the father, they both are dependent on one another. They use each other as a reason to survive. I feel that after seeing Rabbi's son actions, it makes him want to become even stronger with his father. He even decides to pray to God. Seeing this situation with the Rabbi's son puts Eliezer's relationship with his Father into perspective. He realizes how valuable his relationship with his father is because they haven't turned on each other like some of those around them, such as Rabbi and his son.
ReplyDelete2.) I think one theme established in this section as well as other sections of the book is the power of silence. I believe this is also another reason why the book is called Night. At night, we are silent because we are asleep. The silence that each other the campers faced was they never spoke out against the Nazi's. Eliezer said they barely ever spoke when they did their work. They didn't speak when they traveled. This just shows that the people are so mentally exhausted, they can't even speak.
1. When Eliezer recalls the story of Rabbi Eliahou and his son, he realizes how he really feels about his own father. The Rabbi’s son wanted to basically get rid of his father, something Eliezer is so stunned about. The son wanted to have less of a load on himself so he watched his father die and stood there doing nothing. While Eliezer thinks about this event, he prays to God that he will never be like the Rabbi’s son. This is also when he begins to regain his faith back. Eliezer never wants to get rid of his father even when he is at his weakest point in his life. He will always be there for him and take care of him even if Eliezer is suffering himself.
ReplyDelete2. A theme that is emerging from Night is the loss of faith in religion during difficult times. This theme is all throughout the memoir. From the very beginning when Moishe returned from what he saw happening to the Jews, this changed his outlook forever and what terrible things happened during there. This foreshadows what happens when Eliezer is at the concentration camps. When they both witness these awful things, they start to lose faith in God and wonder why God would ever let this happen to them and the other Jews. Eliezer blamed God for all the deaths of the Jews and not the Germans, this represents how angry he was and how much he lost all faith for a little bit. During the death march, Eliezer describes it as they are “masters of the world” and they are not looking to God for any support because he did not help when they needed it the most. The Jews rely on themselves during this section. As well as in Night, this is a theme that we come across every day. Situations can become so intolerable that many lose faith in God.
--During the march Eliezer saw that Rabbi Eliahou's son has abandoned his father even knowing that he depended on him living for him self to survive too. This really hit home for Eliezer because he feels that his father very dependent on him but it is actually a co-dependency. They are only living for each other at this point because they are they have left. It gives them a reason to hold on. This also goes with the theme that you need to cling on to something that will give you hope in a hopeless situation. When you are feeling down and have no motivation to do anything just thinking of things you have to do can be a pain, but if you have to do something for someone else and they are depending on you it makes you do it no matter what. It
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