Elie's Father!

In the start of chapter Elie and his father are now in Buchenwald and his father is not in a very good condition because he could not keep up. When they got to the camp the SS were waiting for them and they were going to take showers. Elie's father kept telling him to have mercy on him because he kept telling him it's all over for him. He has know become childlike: weak, frightened, and vulnerable. Elie then took him to the doctor for help, but it was worthless because he said he's only a surgeon and to get out of his way because there are others he has to attend. After that Elie saw an SS officer and he told him to stop helping his father because he will not survive and that he's wasting his bread and soup. Elie knew that and he then went to his father telling him to just have the soup, his father asked why he was mad, but Elie knew he failed the test and then gave him some water. His father was said to have soup because he was sick, but no because the SS said that it would be a waste of food,

Things got even worse because Elie's father was been picked on by his inmates. They would team up on him and beat him and take his bread. He would tell Elie about to help him out. Later on Elie heard his father calling him because he needed water. While yelling to Elie he didn't hear the SS officer telling to quiet down. "The officer wielded his club and dealt him a violent blow to the head".(Witsel 111) Elie didn't do anything because he was scared that he would also get another blow to the head. Elie than heard he last word his father said,"Eliezer." In my opinion this chapter was very sad because of Elie's father dying and him quickly telling him where he hid all the silver and gold. I dislike most of the chapter because of Elie's father been beaten and not receiving any help(because it's a concentration camp)