Elie and his father have been separated, and now they are facing their greatest challenge in Buna concentration camp. The selection was to happen after Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement. Without his father, Elie became distressed, unable to know whether his father was to live through the selection or not. He had company however. The two twins whom he worked with at the electrical depot were with his new Kommando, whose names were Tibi and Yossi. Together, they passed the test, and were not selected. Elie then asked his father of his name had been written down or not. His father said no, but he was petrified the very next day, where he told Elie that he was told to stay at camp for the day, and told him to take his inheritance; a knife and spoon. Elie was scared for his father, and he would have to wait if divine intervention would save him...
This chapter takes things to a turn for the worse. Firstly, Elie and his father are separated, and Elie is transferred into a hard labor Kommando for construction. Also, the selection almost killed the two, and, even worse, his father has to go back and try to pass the second selection, or else he would be killed. Lastly, Elie doesn't celebrate with his fellow Jews on Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, disconnecting him even more from his faith. He doesn't know if this is a test, or if it is a punishment from God, against his people, who have not done bad to the world like the Nazis. I know how it feels to lose a family member, but inly on a temporary scale. Whenever my family goes home to the Philippines every other year, I am very sad, and I sometimes even cry whenever I leave them, as I know that I will not see them for a long time. My situation is not as serious and bad as Elie's, but it is still the same feeling as he has when he found out that his father has to to the selection again.
Great job on going into depth about the selection and like where they were. Also good on how you ahd said how Elie would have been different without his father. Greta job on adding lot of information in two short paragraphs that go into depth, both of them really say a lot. You cover everything and it is done very well in two paragraphs, both say a lot.
ReplyDeleteI really likied how you described what heppened in this chapter and how you inserted your own commentary. I also know what it is like to lose a family member, both temporarily and permanentley. It really does hurt, and even though I know that they will come back or are in a better place, I still get very sad. I lost two people in my life and whenever something important happens in my life, I get really sad and wish that they were here.
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