Final Blog Post

In chapter eight of the book Night, there are some very sad scenes. When they first entered the camp they were told to separate into groups. There was a lot of confusion and the S.S. officers started whipping at all the prisoners to get in line. Elie's father was really weak by this point. He just wanted to sit down and rest, and at one point he dragged Elie to a pile of snow and told Elie to leave him there and come back for him after the showers. Elie refused to leave him and screamed at him telling him to get up. Then sirens began to wail and all the prisoners were brought to their bunks. The next day, Elie woke up and remembered about his father. Elie walked around for hours looking for his dad. When he found him Elie found out that his dad was very sick with a very bad fever. He was considered a part of the sick, and he got to stay  in his block while the rest of the prisoners went out. Elie's father didn't get food because it was considered a waste. Everyday Elie's dad was getting weaker. Elie's father had Dysentery, but no doctor wanted to help him. One day, Elie's dad told Elie that the people of his block would beat him and steal his food. Elie told them to stopped but the men just mocked him. Elie layed on the top bunk above his father when his father was dying. Elie's dad was calling for him but Elie did not answer, and in the morning, Elie's dad was taken away and replaced by a new sick person. 

Elie and his father have gone through so much, and it is very sad to see how they begin to get seperated. I feel bad for Elie and for Elie's dad. Elie is going through a very hard time with all of this. He starts to concentrate more on his dad than on himself, and that could be a bad thing in the concentration camps. I feel bad that Elie's dad has to go through all the suffering that the concentration camp has brought him. This chapter was very sad to read with the death of Elie's dad that we knew was coming. This has probably been one of the saddest chapters in the book because of the way things ended with Elie and his dad and because of the death. In my opinion, I agree with what the Blockalteste said. Elie was caring too much for his father and was not accepting the fact that his father was going to die. It is nice that Elie keeps on taking care of his father but I think that Elie also needs to learn how to let go. It is surprising that we are already near the end of the book. To me it feels like just last week we were starting the book. I enjoyed reading this book a lot and I am sad to say my final goodbyes to the blog posts for Night.