Monday, June 2, 2008

In the last chapter of Night, by Elie Wiesel the men are let out of threw blocks and are free. The loss of Elies father had taken a toll on him and he would only think of food and extra food.

Elie would be sent to a child’s block and would just sit there day dreaming. He wouldn’t think of his father or mother any more. It was a hard loss and he would only want to survive. He couldn’t wait for soup and extra soup was a real treat.

One day the Jewish men noticed that the SS man was very late and this was the beginning to the camps freedom. The men would be moved to another camp where they would be sent out into freedom every day. There was a little commotion when the red army had finally made it in. Elie was let go and given some food. Elie would become ill but fortunately pull threw and live after being treated at a near by hospital.

In this chapter of Night, it is a struggle for Elie to try to convince his father to stay alive. He wanted to rest instead of going threw a hot shower and getting into a cot. He said it would take to much energy. This was hard on Elie because he wanted his father to survive instead of dieing. He had fortunately made it to the cot but was terrible sick.

Elie did every thing to the best of his ability to save him. He would give him most of his portions of the bread and soup and would try to get him to a doctor. He finally got him to a doctor but he wouldn’t help Elies father. This was hard on him. He had done every thing he could to keep him alive till one day he woke up and his father had been taken away.

In this chapter of Night, it is a struggle for Elie to try to convince his father to stay alive. He wanted to rest instead of going threw a hot shower and getting into a cot. He said it would take to much energy. This was hard on Elie because he wanted his father to survive instead of dieing. He had fortunately made it to the cot but was terrible sick.

Elie did every thing to the best of his ability to save him. He would give him most of his portions of the bread and soup and would try to get him to a doctor. He finally got him to a doctor but he wouldn’t help Elies father. This was hard on him. He had done every thing he could to keep him alive till one day he woke up and his father had been taken away.

In this chapter of Night , the men are lying down beside one another trying to keep warm. They had made it this far and only had a couple of days left to get to the new camp. The men start to become crazed for any piece of bread that the German workers would throw over into the train.

Many men stated to die in these conditions, with the snow falling, wind blowing, and little to no food to eat it was hard for the men to make it. The men who died would be thrown into a wagon and taken away. Elie’s father almost was taken because he wouldn’t wake up, but fortunately Elie saved him by shaking till he woke up.

With the bad conditions the men could only try to stay warm to survive. They would have their wet blankets on their shoulders. They would stay close to one another, and would try to move in place just trying to make it another day.

They had finally made it to Buchenwald the new camp. With many dead, the men who survived got out of the train. Fortunately Elie and his father had made it out of the hundreds who died.

Friday, May 23, 2008

In this chapter of Night, by Elie Wiesel the men are moving to a new camp one that was far away. With the little food that the men had in them they were forced to run hard for several house. They were in the snow and were doing all they could so they wouldn’t die.

The men were on a light march to the new camp till they were told to run. The men would run as fast as they could with out stopping for long period of time. They could not stop or take a break or else they would be shot. This harsh run took a toll on a lot of the men. Many could not make it and it seemed horrible to hear the gun shots because they would only mean one thing which was death. On this run Elie had felt that he was separated into to things, one his mind and the other his body. He didn’t like his body because it was slowing him down. He was frightened when he had felt he could not make it. But this would not stop him fortunately. His dad had encouraged him to make it he told him that it wasn’t to far.

The men had finally made it and they were all forced to lye down even if it meant that you were on top of someone else. As many tried for air it was very difficult. Elie would have to do the same because he only had a little air. This forced hi to claw at the person on top of him with his nails. It would tear away skin and was his fight to live. Fortunately he made it and recognized someone and would talk to them shortly. He and his father had made it this far. They would have to get up shortly and have to stand in the frigged cold. They would eat little bread and for water the snow off the man in front of them back.

Friday, May 16, 2008

In this chapter of Night, by Elie Wiesel the Jewish people are coming up on the Jewish New Year. Also, the Germans are checking the Jewish people conditions and seeing who will be taken out of the camp.

Elie is now starting to question his faith and wondering why he would still be there if God actually was watching over them. He said that he stopped praying. But when the New Year came he went to the camp were all the men went to have a mass. He was didn’t say happy new year to the others because he felt it was not right. When he approached his father he noticed he felt the same way as him and didn’t wish him a happy new year. Reading this book I can see how it may cause people to question their faith. I could especially see this in a young person like Elie who is trying to figure out where he is going with his life.

As the Jewish people in the camps are getting checked over by the doctors head to foot people arre wondering if they are going to be called out and killed because they are not strong enough. Elie had passed the test and his father thought he did bet he was wrong. He found out the next day that he had his number written down which means he didn’t pass this was bad. Elies father gave him his knife and a spoon because he knew he was going to be killed. But later he found out he had one chance to save himself. He took the test one more time and fortunately passed.

Friday, May 9, 2008

In this chapter Night, you see Elie and his father they are on there way to a camp to work. They could not choose the camp and they were inspected by German doctors. They finally are moved into a camp and worked in an electrical building where they would be used for distributing materials.

Going threw the line of the medical doctors Elie was asked if he was healthy and then the next doctor was a dentist and he was only checking for gold teeth and implants. Elie had a gold implant and was put on a list not by name but number that was tattooed to his arm. He was later asked to go to the dentist where they would extract it, fortunately he procrastinated and the dentist was arrested for selling the gold teeth and crowns. Later, a SS man asked Elie for it and in return he would help Elie out by giving him extra food. Elie would refuse this until the man had made it to torturous for his dad who he would beat because he didn’t know how to march correctly. He finally gave it up, not knowing that in a week he would be moved to a different camp.

Earlier in the day Elie and his father were talking to veterans and were asking which the best camp to be sent to they said it was Buna. This was fortunately where they later would be sent to work with electrical materials. It was an easy job with a nice SS officer in command and good living conditions. Fortunately the material was not live with electricity and was easy to handle. This is where Elie and his father would work side by side sorting material.

Near the end of this chapter the men were given little hope with U.S. bombings happening around the camp and destroying some of the camps. This reassured the men that one day they may be free and them some motivation to live.