The Jewish year is coming to an end and instead of celebrating they are working at a concentration camp. How would you feel if on New Year's Eve you were forced to do hard labor and werent allowed much to eat. Elie once agian questions the nature and even existence of his God but the Jews still pray before they eat.
Shortly after this "holiday" Elie is separated from his father and placed in the work kommando. Elie is one of the strong but his father was not. His father is condemned to death. He brings Elie his only inheritence; a knife and a spoon. They are then separated and Elie is almost certain he will never see his father again.
One day Elie returns from work and discovers that a second selection has been made and his father will no longer be killed. However Akiba Drumer was not so lucky. Winter is approaching and Elie is forced to have an operation for his swelling foot. While he is in the hospital he hears news that the Russian army is approaching and they may be liberated. Elie fears that those of them in the "hospital" will be killed when the Germans decide to evacuate the camp. So Elie and his father leave with the rest of the prisoners. As ELie is walking and leaving a trail of blood in the snow, his fellow members from the hospital have been freed by the Russians.
4 comments:
Very good summarization. Not too long. The whole section in a nutshell, but you could have gone into a little more depth with things. Otherwise its great.
THis is a great blog. It is very descriptive and explains everything in the section. It is not to long and boring. Good Job!
Nice job Ernie G. I like the summary because it is short and sweet. keep up the good work.
earnest i am very pleased with the effort you put into this summary. I can tell you worked very hard on this. Great job.
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