Last Blog Post and Elie's Dad

This is my last blog post ever and a sad one too because Elie's dad has passed away. They went to the Appelplatz and they're not even fazed by the crematory chimneys anymore, which is another huge sign of dehumanization. They were in line for showers and the sirens go off so they all ruh in barracks and Elie loses his dad, in the morning he finds him and gives him most of his coffee. After lots of suffering he has died in the night while  Elie was asleep and then brought to the crematory. Elie wakes up to a new prisoner in the spot of his dad. They were all just stuffed in blockades and dying basically and then those who were healthy would stand outside for hours while the clean the barracks . Elie would give his father i\his portion despite being starving himself.
In my opinion Elie's father had been suffering a lot and at this point it was just better for him to die and get rest. Not even doctors were willing to help him, it's not like they could though. He had Dysentery and he couldn't digest water. He is begging his son for water, which is the very thing that will kill him and Elie gives in because he hates to see his dad suffering so much. He couldn't even pass the test to walk in a straight line and this shows just how bad his suffering was. Elie's dad was basically begging for Elie to let him die but Elie wanted to allude it more. Also Elie shouldn't feel guilty for wanting to get rid of him because he was such a "burden" because anyone at that point would think that and would be thinking about self survival. Elie's dad was on the path to death ever since he didn't pass the selection test. Only the mentally strongest people were able to survive the concentration camps. Even the strongest people physically were not able to survive if they were weak minded. You had to have a will to live and a good/independent mentality.
Elie also says that the German Citizens and anyone who knew the Holocaust was going on is just as fault as anyone else because to stay silent is the biggest sin of all. This challenges us to step up and do the right thing because when no one does that it leads to things like the holocaust. if someone would have opened their mouth an stood up to what was happening instead of staying quiet, more people would join in and it  couldn't have been nearly as bad as it was.