The winter had arrived, nights were unbearable for the prisoners. They would have to work outside in the freezing temperatures, Due to Elie working in the construction area. He would have to pick up heavy stones, they were so cold that they felt their hands would remain stuck on the stones. Around the middle of January, Elie's right foot began to swell and it hurt him whenever he would stand on it. So, Elie went to the infirmary, the doctor was Jewish and a prisoner like them. The doctor told Elie that they would have to operate it immediately, if they waited his toes or his whole leg would have to be amputated. Elie was placed in a bed with white sheets, Elie had forgotten that people slept on white sheets, which was kinda sad. Elie described that being in the infirmary wasn't bad at all, they were fed well, no more bells, no more roll call, no more work, and sometimes he was able to send bread to his father. It was time for Elie's operation, he was taken to the operating room. Elie wasn't put to sleep during the operation, the operation lasted one hour. Elie ended up passing out from all of the pain, when he woke up the operation was completed. The operation went well, the doctor told Elie that he would have to rest for the next two weeks in order for his foot to fully heal. If Elie walked or ran with his foot if he didn't rest, his foot would get infected again and possibly he would have to get it amputated. This was bad because, if he stayed there to long the S.S could send him to the crematory.
After two days from Elie's operation, rumors were said that the Red Army was getting closer to Buna, and that they will soon be freed. However, Elie's faceless neighbor who had dysentery, said that all the jews would die before being freed by the Red Army. He said that Hitler would keep his promise of killing all of the Jews, like how he described in "Mein Kampf." Sadly, they were told hat they would have to soon evacuate Buna. The doctor told the patients that they would be able to stay in the infirmary, while everyone else were being transported. This made them wonder if the S.S would actually leave them behind and not take them to the crememetories. In the end, Elie asked his father what they should do, it all depend on Elie. Was he able to run on his foot, Elie decide to not stay in the imray and leave with the other with his father. After the war, Elie learned that the patients that stayed in the infirmary were later saved by the Red Army. In the beginning of the book, we were told that Elie's father didn't make it. Now we know as to why.
Overall, good job, Emily. This is similar to a summary, but I enjoyed reading how you explained what happened so far in Night. I would suggest to add more of your thoughts and opinions about what we read in the next blog post that we do for Night. Sadly, yes, Elie made the choice to not stay in the infirmary and be transported which lead to his father's death. If I was in his place, the burden of knowing that this choice lead to my father's death would be on me until I die. Even though his father may not be dead in the book yet, we already know why he is going to die... Good job, Emily.
ReplyDeleteGood job on this blog post and explaining the conditions that the prisoners were in with the winter coming. You also involved a summary about Elie's foot and what happened. Setting the difficult decision that he had to make was also good and how the people who stayed were saved a little while later. This would cause lots of regret with Elie and his father could have survived.
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