Theme
Describe one way the SS Officer dehumanized the Jewish Prisoners
Name the first thing that happens to Elie when he gets off the cattle car
separates from mother and sisters
Teaches Elie the Kabbalah (mysticism)
Moishe the Beadle
Mrs. Schaecter continues to yell that there is a "---" when the Jews are on the first cattle car.
BONUS: What literary device is this and why?
Fire
Bonus: It is foreshadowing because they were burning bodies when they arrived at Auschwitz
What is a moment that directly contributes to Elie's loss of faith?
Little boy hanging, Akiba Drumer selection, Death March, Juliek's violin
What does Rabbi Eliahou's son do during the climax of the story? What happens to him?
He abandons his father; he is trampled
Akiba Drumer
What could the Soup Symbolize?
Hope, freedom, life, survival, etc
What aspect of his Jewish religion is Elie studying at the start of the novel?
Mysticism / the spiritual aspect
How does Elie feel when he is liberated?
Nothing, just hungry -- no revenge
The man who plays the violin as if he put his entire soul into it (after the death march)
Juliek
Why does Elie say the soup "tasted like corpses" one night? What occurred right before?
A little boy was hung
What does Elie's dad leave as an "inheritance" when he thinks he is failing selection?
A spoon and knife
If Elie stayed in the infirmary for 2 more days (instead of going on the death march), what would have happened to him?
Been liberated
Elie's relative who asks if his family is alright; Elie's father lies to him
Stein
Elie is able to lie to avoid giving THIS extracted. He then later gives it to someone else anyways.
His gold tooth
What is Elie's conflict with his father at the end of the novel, and what is one way that he see the paths he COULD take?
If he should just let his father die to help his own survival or not: the bread on the train and the Rabbi's son abandoning him in the death march
How many months was Elie in a concentration Camp? What season?
11 months; Spring
The SS Officer that Elie walks in on with a girl, and he then gets lashed by him as punishment
Idek
Night can symbolize a world without God's presence. What is ONE important moment that happens specifically at night?
Elie gets to Auschwitz and sees the babies tossed into the crematorium pit, Elie's father dies, soup scene, death march