SUMMARY #7: pages 104-120
The journey to Buchenwald has made Eliezer's father very weak and close to death. Elizer leaves his father so that he could sleep. In the morning, he begins to search for his father, but halfheartedly. Part of Eliezer is thinking that he will be better off if he abandons his father and become concerned only with his survival. However, he finds his father, who is very sick and unable to move. Eliezer brings him soup and coffee, but feels that he should keep the food for himself to keep up his strength. You soon learn that Eliezer’s father continues to approach death. He is infected with an illness called dysentery, which makes him terribly thirsty. It is extremely dangerous to give water to a man with dysentery, but Eliezer gives him water anyways since his father pleads for it every time. The had of the block tells Eliezer that Eliezer should concentrate his energy on his own survival, and not his father's since he is already dying.
The next time the SS patrol the barracks, Eliezer’s father again cries for water, and the SS officer, screaming at Eliezer’s father to shut up, beats him in the head. On January 29, 1945, Eliezer wakes up to find that his father has been taken to the crematory. But instead of feeling sad, he is relieved.
On April 5, with the American army approaching, the Nazis decide to exterminate all the Jews left in the camp. Daily, thousands of Jews are murdered. On April 10, the Nazis decide to evacuate and kill everyone left in the camp. When it seems that all has returned to normal and that the evacuation will proceed as planned, the resistance movement strikes, driving the SS from the camp. Hours later, on April 11, the first American army tank arrives at Buchenwald. Everyone is finally free from the concentration camps. Soon, Eliezer is struck with food poisoning and spends weeks in the hospital. When Eliezer looks at his reflection in the mirror, he is shocked. “From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me.”Wiesel writes. Eliezer has been through a lot that he didn’t even recognize his own reflection in the mirror. It was as if there was a completely different person staring back at him in the mirror. :O
THE END!
So guys, what did you think about the book Night? Did you find Eliezer's experience during the Holocaust interesting to read? (:
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I thought the book was good and interesting because looking at the world now, I would of never thought people could do such horrible things to one another. I did find Eliezer's experience interesting but I know everyday to him was a living hell. Imagine if history repeated itself and we had to go through this too? Wow that would be something.
ReplyDeleteIf history did repeat itself, that would be so horrible! The thought that this event could happen again is very scary. I did find Eliezer's journey in the book very interesting, the way he described his horrible moments during the holocaust. I was glad that he survived the Holocaust, but I was sad that he was the only one in his family who did. :[
ReplyDeleteI agree with you guys. I honestly do not think I would survive. The Holocaust was a very scary thing. While I was reading, I found that some of the things Elie Wiesel described going through were so unvelievable, that sometimes I forgot how real the story really was.
ReplyDeleteI was very upset to read that his father died at the end. I felt like he survived so long, only to die with a few months left.. :/
I thought it was very interesting to read Elie Wiesel's experience because when I was younger, I red from work sheet and text books but never from personal experiences. It was a new way to look at things.
I really liked the book, even though it was terribly depressing. I've read books about the Holocaust, but they never talked about the specific death of someone close to them. This time I really saw Elie's situation, and the death of his father made me so depressed. If his fatehr had only stayed alive a little longer....... :( Did you know Anne Frank died ONE MONTH before she would have been freed and turned 16? HOW DEPRESSINNNGGG!
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