The prisoners are inspected. Eliezer is chosen to serve in a group that counts electrical fittings in a warehouse. He is very fortunate (or unfortunate?) that his father is with him. They are housed near the musicians (headed by a German Jew). Eliezer meets various musicians, among which are two brothers named Yosi and Tibi, and Juliek. Akiba Drumer also encounters Aliezer.
Eliezer, after he and his father arive to Buna, is called to the dentist who wishes to pull his crowns out (he was later hanged because he traded the gold teeth), and Eliezer gets out of this by faking sick. Elizer does not pity him. Eliezer encounters many problems with Idek, who was in charge of the unit. He beats him violently, but recieves confort when a French girl tried to console him (they later bump into eachother on a train in Paris; she was a Jew but worked i the warehouse as a laborer and not a prisoner). Idek also beats his father. Eliezer is angry at his father instead of Idek.
Then, an air raid strikes the camp. Two containers of soup are left in the open. A prisoner tries to reach the soup, and fails and dies from a gunshot. The Nazis build gallows and have their first hangings, in which the people who tried to steal thins during the air raid are hanged. Among them is a young boy who was basically innocent. The Jews by now are used to not crying, but everyone cannot help but weep at the site of the young boy struggling to stay alive.
This chapter summarizes all the things that had been happening into one chapter. His relationship is important with his father. However, as seen in the earlier chapters, the Nazis treating the Jews as nonhumans make them act as nonhumans towards eachother. When Eliezer sees his father get beat, not only does he not help, but he gets mad at his father (this is because he natural instincts have been stripped; the instinct to feel compassion for his father is gone and maybe even reversed).
The idea of being consoled also present. The French woman that he meets comforts him in his time of need. However, Eliezer is losing his faith. Akiba Drumer is the exact opposite of Eliezer's character. Akiba is surviving on faith alone, where Elizer's faith is being shapen into a smaller ball every day he is there. This is especially harmful when he sees the young boy being hanged, which almost destroys his faith completely.
At this point, in my mind, it's make or break for Eliezer. One more big impact could put him over the edge.
Eliezer, after he and his father arive to Buna, is called to the dentist who wishes to pull his crowns out (he was later hanged because he traded the gold teeth), and Eliezer gets out of this by faking sick. Elizer does not pity him. Eliezer encounters many problems with Idek, who was in charge of the unit. He beats him violently, but recieves confort when a French girl tried to console him (they later bump into eachother on a train in Paris; she was a Jew but worked i the warehouse as a laborer and not a prisoner). Idek also beats his father. Eliezer is angry at his father instead of Idek.
Then, an air raid strikes the camp. Two containers of soup are left in the open. A prisoner tries to reach the soup, and fails and dies from a gunshot. The Nazis build gallows and have their first hangings, in which the people who tried to steal thins during the air raid are hanged. Among them is a young boy who was basically innocent. The Jews by now are used to not crying, but everyone cannot help but weep at the site of the young boy struggling to stay alive.
This chapter summarizes all the things that had been happening into one chapter. His relationship is important with his father. However, as seen in the earlier chapters, the Nazis treating the Jews as nonhumans make them act as nonhumans towards eachother. When Eliezer sees his father get beat, not only does he not help, but he gets mad at his father (this is because he natural instincts have been stripped; the instinct to feel compassion for his father is gone and maybe even reversed).
The idea of being consoled also present. The French woman that he meets comforts him in his time of need. However, Eliezer is losing his faith. Akiba Drumer is the exact opposite of Eliezer's character. Akiba is surviving on faith alone, where Elizer's faith is being shapen into a smaller ball every day he is there. This is especially harmful when he sees the young boy being hanged, which almost destroys his faith completely.
At this point, in my mind, it's make or break for Eliezer. One more big impact could put him over the edge.
3 comments:
Good job on the summaries. Your picture was pretty funny, as well as appropriate.
Good summary. The reason why it said that he was unfortuanate to be with his father is because it is painful for them both when they have to watch eachother be mistreated, knowing they cannot do anything about it. Also, nice picture.
LOL great pic at the beginning and the summary was great. Nice job.
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