Chapter two is about Elie describing his experience on the cargo box on the train. There were about 80 of them in the car. They were unable to lie down, so they had to take turns sitting. There was only a couple of windows. It was dark and uncomfortable. They had little food and they started to become dehydrated. The train stopped in Kaschau, a small town on the Czechoslovakian border. When the door slid open, a German officer stepped in accompanied by a Hungarian lieutenant, act as his interpreter. He said "From this moment on, you are under the authority of the German Army. Anyone who still owns gold, silver, or watches must hand them over now. Anyone who will be found to have kept any of these will be shot on the spot. Secondly, anyone who is ill should report to the hospital car. That's all." They also threaten the Jews that if anyone escaped, all of them would be shot like dogs. Elie said they had fallen into the trap, up to their necks. The world had become a hermetically sealed car.
A sad instance happened inside of the train car. Mrs. Schachter was a fifty year old women with a ten year old son. They both sat in a corner. Her husband and two older sons were separated when they were deported with the first transport, by mistake. This tore her apart. On the third night of the trip, she started to scream in terror. She claimed she saw a terrible fire and was pointing at the darkness through the window. Everyone assumed she was just a mad, sad, poor woman. They tried calming her down, but all she did was scream. She was hallucinating and became thirsty. Her son tried to calm her down, crying, and clung onto her. They ended up constricting her. Once she got free, they gave up. This time no one did anything. When they arrived somewhere, someone had read "Auschwitz". They've never heard of it. They finally arrived at the concentration camp. I feel bad for this woman. She's already broken but she has not seen the worst of it. She will have to probably be separated from her son. She's going through suffering that I could not imagine.
Good job on the blog post and good job on summarizing the chapter. Mrs. Schachter was warning the Jews that there was going to be a fire because she was a prophet. This is foreshadowing when they arrive at Auschwitz. The Jews finally believed her when they arrived in Auschwitz because they actually saw a fire from the building they were going to and they smelled burning flesh.
ReplyDeleteGood job on the summary of the chapter and the blog post overall. I can also see you main point in the blog post. You told us and explained to us very well that Mrs. Schachter was a prophet.
ReplyDeleteVery good job Akio in your blogpost. When I read the chapter I didn't think that she was a profit until the last pages when they smelled flesh. you also summarized the whole chapter. good job on being very specific.then they would do anything to quit her down even kill her. Overall good job Akio.
ReplyDeleteGood job Akio! You did a good job at describing what was going on in the train and what happened to Mrs.Schachter because I felt bad for her because she was seen fires when there really wasn't any and she was been beat up by other Jews so she could be quiet while her son who is 10 watched as his mother was beaten. Overall you did a good job on describing what happened with her and I also agree for feeling sorry for her.
ReplyDeleteGood job on your blog post. You did a great job on the detail that you put in your summary. I also feel bad for Mrs. Schachter, she was just trying to tell the jews that there was a fire. However, they ended up blowing her head so hard, that should could have almost died. The most shocking thing was just a couple things before they were people like us, but changed quickly to hurting a 50 year old women with her children begging them to stop. Overall, Good job.
ReplyDeleteI think you had a great understanding and summary of the chapter. I agree with you, I felt bad for the woman, because she was beat, because people couldn't understand what she was going through. They all thought she was just crazy. I wish were able to imagine what she is going through, since she was separated from her family, but we can only have sympathy for her. Overall, good blog post!
ReplyDeleteGood job on your blog post. It had a lot of great detail that showed that you have read. Good job catching on that Mrs. Schachter was a prophet all along. I also agree with you that I feel bad for her because no one would listen just because she has been through a lot just like Moishe.
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