Before chapter six, the Jews heard terrible news that they would be evacuated to another camp since the Soviets were starting to get closer and Elie had the decision to stay in the infarmory, or leave with the other Jews, but he decided to go with the other Jews because he did not wanted to die there. Then he later heard that those who stayed in the infomry lived and got liberated. So Elie was saying that he is the reason his father died because if they stayed none of this would be happening. In chapter six the Jews are forced to leave the camp that they are currently are in, which is Buma and they have to leave because the Soviet Union is pushing Germany. They had to walk all the way to the other concentration camp and it was very far away, and also it was very cold and they had not that much food to eat. So the prisoners were forced to run through the night and the S.S officers were orders that if the prisoners stop running, they will be shot, and those who were weak would be shot too. Everyone around Elie is dying, so the evacuation is lethal. Elie could of giving up at the start, but the only reason he wanted to continue was because of his father and he did not want to leave him there a lone. Later Elie and his father made an agreement to take turn sleeping for about 45 minutes because of hyperthermia and his father took the decision to let Elie sleep first time he is his son and he cares for him a lot.
In my opinion, Elie's father remind me of Atticus a little bit because he had the courage to not sleep, even though he is very tired, and let his son sleep first because he cares for him a lot. I feel very bad for the prisoners who got shot and killed because they could not run anymore and they were tired. I think most just wanted to die because they wanted their suffering to end already so most gave up early because they wanted too. I wonder what would've happened if Ellied decided to stay in the infarmory with his father and instead of them suffering more, they would of survived and get liberated early and also his dad would of survived. I think Ellie had a lot of courage to keep going even though he wanted to stop, but he did not want to leave his father a lone, so he kept going for him.
Well done with your blog post, you did a very good job summing up the chapter. I agree with you, in some ways, Elie's father is a lot like Atticus. He shows true courage by giving up his rest for his son to live. I am pretty sure that a lot of people wanted to die, and many of them did. I agree that Elie shows a lot of courage through continuing to run and not stop the miserable pain he is going through.
ReplyDeleteGood Job Aldo! You did a great job describing what happened in many details. I also agree with you about ELie's father reminding you of Atticus. Because he was tired as well and he is much older and he still wanted his son to rest even though he was much tired, he's old. Overall you did a good job telling why Elie would not stop running, because of his father, his father needs him.
ReplyDeleteGood job with your blog post, summarizing in the first paragraph and then adding your thoughts on the second. I agree with you that Elie's father is like Atticus, showing courage by letting his son rest first, even though he must be weaker than Elie and really tired, and I also agree that Elie has courage too by choosing to stay alive rather than take the easy way out. I felt bad for the prisoners who couldn't keep up and were shot too, at least they got a quick death and didn't suffer. Good job with your blog post.
ReplyDeleteYour right on how Elie's decision how much it meant life or death. You also got a lot of information on this blog post especially talking about the poor conditions they were to be evacuated in. With the cold weighing on them being forced to run, and being shot if your too weak or too slow and everyone around you is dying, that must be brutal.
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