Similarities
These two things are required of the prisoners after both hangings.
take caps off and walk past the hanged
This is what is revealed about the Warsaw youth by his last words?
he is defiant and ready to die
This is what is revealed by the use of ellipses during the Warsaw youth’s verdict.
this is one of many executions... the words are meaningless
The Warsaw youth did this to earn an execution. The pipel did this.
stole during an air raid... was "working for" a man who stole weapons
This was said at both hangings by at least one person being hanged.
Long live liberty!
This is revealed by the pipel’s absence of last words.
he is scared
This is asked by inmates after the pipel’s execution and it’s labeled as this literary device.
Where is God?... rhetorical question
The Warsaw youth was executed by these. The pipel was executed by these.
inmates... SS guards
Both hangings took place here in the camp.
Appelplatz
This is revealed about the Lagerkapo and his two assistants for the willingness to act as executioners for the Warsaw youth.
they are putting their survival over the lives of others
“In his ‘service’ was a young boy, a pipel”
This is the literary device used. Explain its deeper meaning.
verbal irony... "service" implies volunteer and work, but he is forced to act as a pipel
The Warsaw youth took this long to die; the pipel took this long to die.
immediately... 30 mins
What is a pipel?
A young boy forced into sexual service
This is what the prisoners did after the executions.
ate soup
The Lagerkapo does this at the pipel’s execution and this is what is revealed.
refuses to kill the child... he has some empathy left
Elie says this to tell us how old the Warsaw youth is and this is roughly how old the youth is.
The Warsaw youth was executed with this many people and the pipel was executed with this many people.
by himself... 2 others
Elie describes these two things as he walks by both executed inmates.
eyes & tongues
This is how the SS guards react to the pipel’s hanging and this is what is revealed.
they are uncomfortable... they understand that some of what they do is wrong
This literary device is used when the Warsaw youth yells right before his death and this is what is revealed.
situational irony... he won't live long
This was the mood of the first hanging and this was the mood of the second hanging.
boredom, commonplace... heartbreaking