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Post by Charlie W on Feb 4, 2014 18:07:07 GMT
"And I did not know that in that place, at that moment, I was parting from my mother and Tzipora forever. I went on walking. My father held onto my hand."
Pg. 27
This event of leaving his sister and his mother will always be there in his heart. Losing someone you love is very hard,thatswhy when peoples parents pass away the children of the parents are usually very sad and have either a good thought or a bad thought of what their parents were like. In order to fill the gap in his heart where his mother used to be he will try to make friends to fill the gap or maybe one day be reunited with his Mom and his sister.
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Post by Katy M. on Feb 4, 2014 18:07:19 GMT
Which quote from Night best describes the new place of "family" in Auschwitz? Explain your choice."There was a women among us, a certain 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. The separation had totally shattered her." (Wiesel, 24) This quote form the book 'Night' shows the meaning of what family is in Auschwitz and it is broken. This family was separated and will most likely never see everyone together again. The concentration camp in Auschwitz tears all families apart and that "shatters" people. Back in Elie's old town family meant happiness  and fun but here now that the Germans have taken over family means separated  and most people hold onto what they have so closely because they never know when a moment might come and it could be taken away just like their family was.
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Post by Deirdre T. on Feb 4, 2014 18:07:42 GMT
"Yossi and Tibi, two brothers from Czechoslovakia whose parents had been exterminated in Birkenau."
When you are put in a concentration camp most of the times your family is split up between males and females. Sometimes you are fortunate enough to stay with parts of your family but sometimes parentsor siblings are killed like Yossi and Tibi's parents. After their parents had been killed they really didn't have anyone to look to other than each other but when the boys and Eli and his father were grouped together they kind became a small family. they had someone to watch there backs. Eli said that "They (Yossi and Tibi) quickly became my friends." they knew they were looking after each other. See when you are in a concentration camp your family really becomes the people that you work or room with. You don't know anything else. You don't know what will happen next. You make the best of it and try to keep the people you have met close to you because essentially they are your new family and you wouldn't want anything to happen to them just like you would for your real family.
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Post by Nick H on Feb 4, 2014 18:09:35 GMT
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Post by Lucy H on Feb 4, 2014 18:10:47 GMT
"Men to the left! Women to the right! Eight words spoken quietly, indifferently, without emotion. Eight simple, short words. Yet that was the moment when I left my mother. There was no time to think, and I already felt my father's hand pressed against mine: we were alone" Page 29 This quote shows how family didn't mean much to the Nazi's. They were separated in the beginning and didn't have much time together unless they were lucky. Families meant a lot before they were taken. They were supposed to be there with you when you grow up and help you whenever you need it. When they were taken, most of them had to leave their families behind and learned how to move on. Most of them didn't know it but when they were separated, there wasn't a high chance of seeing them again. If you were the only boy or girl in your family you had to go to the camp alone. Elie was lucky that he at least had his father still with him and that they weren't separated. The Nazi's didn't give families special treatment. Since it was so hard for to stay with your family, you needed to treasure it while you had it because you never know how much longer you have with them. this post by Danielle shows a different perspective. instead of just saying what family means to the people in the camp, she is showing how meaningless family is to the Nazis. she also has some similarities with my post because we both said that we can't take family for granted because you will probably only have a short time with them. |
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Post by Deirdre T. on Feb 4, 2014 18:11:34 GMT
"Yossi and Tibi, two brothers from Czechoslovakia whose parents had been exterminated in Birkenau. They lived for each other, body and soul." when you are at Auschwitz, it is very hard to be alone because you feel like you have no one to talk to or who feels your pain, even with so many people surrounding you. you are lucky to have family that is there with you because at any point it can be taken away. you have to hold on to each other and never take for granted that they are there. this is why Yossi and Tibi live for each other. they want to have their family with them and they never want to lose them. they want to be there for each other. family can also bring hope because if they can get through this, they will still have someone they love with them. people who don't have anymore family might give up hope because once they survive, they will have no one to share their joy with and they will still feel very alone. people who have family with them still know that they are alive, but the people who have nobody probably fear that their family is already gone, because they haven't heard anything about them. this is probably why Ellie told the man that his family was still alive. it was to give him hope so he doesn't feel lost. |
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Post by Nick H on Feb 4, 2014 18:11:47 GMT
Which quote from Night best describes the new place of "family" in Auschwitz? Explain your choice."There was a women among us, a certain 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. The separation had totally shattered her." (Wiesel, 24) This quote form the book 'Night' shows the meaning of what family is in Auschwitz and it is broken. This family was separated and will most likely never see everyone together again. The concentration camp in Auschwitz tears all families apart and that "shatters" people. Back in Elie's old town family meant happiness and fun but here now that the Germans have taken over family means separated and most people hold onto what they have so closely because they never know when a moment might come and it could be taken away just like their family was. I thought this was very accurate because it showing that the family is being split apart and that this makes them very sad and depressed. Families should stick together. Not broken apart. |
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Post by Katy M on Feb 4, 2014 18:12:59 GMT
"My hand tightened its grip on my father. All I could think of was not to loose him. Not to remain alone." (Page 30) I've selected this quote because this same theme comes up frequently in the book. Elie wants to be with his father constantly. His father is all he has left that shows, or reminds him of love and freedom. The place where he was raised, friends, and most of his family have been removed. His faith is left in question, but his father is there, and keeps Elie going. On page 45 of the book, after Elie and his father encounter their relative who they lied too, the relative gave up, knowing that the family is gone. Family is what inspires people to live, and keep going. I think that Rose did a very nice job explaining this. In other words Rose is saying that family is to special to lose and you have to keep hold on it for as long as you can because you never know when they will take that away from you as well. I agree with Rose but also think that the meaning of family overall at Auschwitz was separation, because the Jews were being separated from their family members and it was tearing them apart. |
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Post by Charlie W on Feb 4, 2014 18:13:23 GMT
I think it was great how you showed that Elie was teaching his father by helping him march. You also told me how this is good to help family members when they are having just enough as a hard time as you are. You again showed me that you knew what you were talking about when you gave an example that in these times helping each other will give you hope and survival. |
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Post by Deirdre T. on Feb 4, 2014 18:14:34 GMT
Which quote from Night best describes the new place of "family" in Auschwitz? Explain your choice."There was a women among us, a certain 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. The separation had totally shattered her." (Wiesel, 24) This quote form the book 'Night' shows the meaning of what family is in Auschwitz and it is broken. This family was separated and will most likely never see everyone together again. The concentration camp in Auschwitz tears all families apart and that "shatters" people. Back in Elie's old town family meant happiness and fun but here now that the Germans have taken over family means separated and most people hold onto what they have so closely because they never know when a moment might come and it could be taken away just like their family was. |
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Post by Sloan E. on Feb 4, 2014 18:15:07 GMT
"Would you like to get into a good Kommando?" "Of course. But on one condition: I want to stay with my father." Elie was willing to undergo large amounts of pain and suffering just to be in the same Kommando as his father. Elie was willing to make sacrifices for his father and him to be together this is because his father is the only thing he can hold on to. Elie's father is Elie's only possession. I don't agree with this because Elie did care about his father a lot and loved him but if you keep on reading beyond this quote you'll see that he wouldn't even trade his shoes to be with his father in a good Kommando. So Elie wasn't really willing to undergo large amounts of pain or a large sacrifice to be with his father. Also Elie had other possesions like his shoes and his gold tooth. |
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Post by Katy M. on Feb 4, 2014 18:17:09 GMT
"Please, sir... I'd like to be near my father." "All right . your father will work here, next to you." " We were lucky."
I think this is the best quote that represents family because he asks the man if he can work by his father the man that he was very close too. Family means to stick together through good times and hard times. That's exactly what Elies' intentions for this quote were. He knows what it was like when he was in Auschwits and his father was part of his family. Other than him the closest thing hes got to family are the people working with him. I agree with what Nick put because he goes into a deep thought about how family means to stick together with good supporting evidence. It is what family meant in Auschwitz. |
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Post by Lucy H on Feb 4, 2014 18:17:30 GMT
"Yossi and Tibi, two brothers from Czechoslovakia whose parents had been exterminated in Birkenau."
When you are put in a concentration camp most of the times your family is split up between males and females. Sometimes you are fortunate enough to stay with parts of your family but sometimes parentsor siblings are killed like Yossi and Tibi's parents. After their parents had been killed they really didn't have anyone to look to other than each other but when the boys and Eli and his father were grouped together they kind became a small family. they had someone to watch there backs. Eli said that "They (Yossi and Tibi) quickly became my friends." they knew they were looking after each other. See when you are in a concentration camp your family really becomes the people that you work or room with. You don't know anything else. You don't know what will happen next. You make the best of it and try to keep the people you have met close to you because essentially they are your new family and you wouldn't want anything to happen to them just like you would for your real family. i like how this post talks about how family is someone who can watch your back and look out for each other. i also like how it seems like they are a small family, even if they aren't related. if you have someone with you, it is all that matters. |
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Post by kenzie f on Feb 4, 2014 19:22:27 GMT
"I saw many children your age go with their mothers".
This is showing that the children that are still older went with their mothers to try and help to keep as much family together as possible. The fathers of the family went to the labor camps, and I think that the mothers believed that if the children went with them that they wouldn't have been through so much work, but they eventually all ended up working. So Eliezer went with his father. And he made this choice because I think that he didn't want to let his father go to a different camp by himself. He wanted to stay with his father so they could both endure the same amount of work and to get through it together. Most of the family's were all split up so they were lucky to have stayed with each other.
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Post by Kenzie R. on Feb 4, 2014 19:24:30 GMT
"I stood petrified. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked..."
I think that this shows the meaning of family while they are at the camp. Everyone cares about what happens to their family, but they wont defend them as much as they think they should or would have if they were not in this situation. I think that they have this mentality because they are so scared and they have seen everything that has happened and they don't want to get punished for stepping in and helping a family member, so they don't do as much as they would have. They all still care about each other and care what happens to everyone, but they are more cautious about what they will do to help but they always have it in there head what will happen to there family members.
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and fun but here now that the Germans have taken over family means separated 
and most people hold onto what they have so closely because they never know when a moment might come and it could be taken away just like their family was.