What advice does the young Pole at Auschwitz give the new prisoners Why does Elie describe this advice as the first human words?
His one word of advice to them was to “let there be comradeship among (themselves)”; they should help one another, it was the only way to survive. The young Pole’s words were the first “human words” Elie had heard since being deported and imprisoned. Under his leadership, the prisoners were treated “without brutality”.
What does the young Pole in charge at Auschwitz say to the prisoners how does Elie describe his words?
The man in charge was a young Polish man who spoke to the group with words that sounded friendly. These are his instructions: You will suffer. Do not give up.
What advice does the inmate give Elie?
The man tells Elie: “Don’t forget that you’re in a concentration camp. Here, every man has to fight for himself and not think of anyone else. Even of his father.
What does the pole in charge of Elie’s group advise him to do?
when Elie arrived at the barracks, what was he made to do? what does the pole in charge of Elie’s group advise him to do? let there be comradeship among them selves and to help one another out. how does Drumer explain the reason the Jews are at the camp?
What was Block 17 in night?
The young Pole in charge of Block 17 begins by encouraging the Jewish prisoners to not lose hope and tells them to “muster your strength and keep your faith.” He proceeds to instruct the Jewish prisoners to maintain their faith at all times because losing hope will lead to death.
What was Elie’s punishment for seeing IDEK with a girl?
What is Eliezer’s punishment for stumbling upon Idek and the Polish girl? He would be given 25 slashing with a whip.
Why did the French girl PP 52 53 have such an effect on Elie?
The young French girl is a French Jew that passed as an Aryan. She helped Elie when the SS officer beat him by giving him bread. This is significant because after the hanging of a young man, all Elie cared about was how the food tasted.
How did Elie lose his gold tooth?
Elie’s gold crown is dramatically removed by a dentist from Warsaw who uses a rusty spoon to pull it out in a lavatory. This is done to satisfy Franek, a foreman who works at the electrical warehouse and who harasses Elie’s father as a means of bullying Elie into giving up the tooth.
Who takes Eliezer’s gold tooth?
Franek
What is ironic about Elie’s gold crown?
What is ironic about the loss of Elie’s gold crown (dental work)? Elie finally gives up his crown, and a fortnight (two weeks) later the Pole is transferred to another camp. His whole life, Elie thought he had a gold crown, but it was actually silver. The gold crown fell out on its own.
What does the look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me mean?
The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me” means that he sees himself but hes so beat down that hes not truly alive he is basically so used up he is a corpse and is pretty much dead the quote reflects that because of the whole seeing into a corpses eyes kinda reflects that he sees a used up dead person.
Why has the look in his own eyes never left Elie’s mind?
The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me. This is the final passage of Night, Eliezer’s final statement about the effect the Holocaust has had on him. Yet, when Eliezer says, “the look in his eyes, as he stared into mine,” he implies a separation between himself and the corpse.
What is the first thing the liberated prisoners do?
They had not been fed often and were starving. Once the liberation took place, all the prisoners wanted was to eat. Elie recounts the events that happened after they were freed. Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions.
Why is Mrs Schachter screaming?
Madame Schachter screams because she is going mad scared. She is put in a cattle car with her son after accidentally being seperated from the rest of her family. She “kept” screaming “FIRE!” because she was seeing visions of the Holocaust.
What do some of the people in the train do in order to stop Mrs Schachter’s screaming?
As Madame Schachter screams repeatedly in the crowded boxcar, no one seems to be able to subdue her. Several finally resort to hitting her in order to quiet her screams. When the boxcar arrives in Auschwitz, the deportees report Madame Schachter to the guards. She is an important character for several reasons.
What is wrong with Mrs Schachter?
Why has Mrs. Schachter gone crazy? She was separated from her husband and two older sons. They were deported accidentally.
What does Mrs Schachter symbolize?
Madame Schachter’s vision of fire actually represents the crematorium where people are sent, dead or alive, to be burned if they cease to be useful to the Nazi party.
What has totally shattered Mrs Schachter?
She was in her fifties and her ten-year-old son was with her, crouched in a corner. Her husband and two older sons had been deported with the first transport, by mistake The separation had totally shattered her” (24). Mrs. Schachter is an older lady in her 50’s that has a son with her going with them to Auschwitz.
How did Mrs Schachter see the fire?
When Elie and his father step off the train, leaving Madame Schachter on the train probably to die, they see the thick black smoke and smell the flesh in the air around them and they see, for the first time, that Madame Schachter’s vision came true. There were flames engulfing life within the camp.
How old was Mrs Schachter son?
ten-year-old
What treatment was given to Mrs Schachter?
Explain your answer. The treatment of Mrs. Schächter serves as a parallel to the treatment of all the people in the cattle car because the Jews are going to be tortured to work. 2.5) In what way does the treatment of Mrs.