After reading page four this passage immediately stood out to me as peculiar. I have never heard of, or witnessed, someone crying during prayer, and it presents itself as an extremely unorthodox response to the situation. Although, I can only wonder if he cries because he feels such a deep connection to God in those moments, or because God has yet to answer his many questions and it’s frustration that is causing the tears. (74 words)
This moment truly marks the end of Elie’s childhood as he must now take the role of an adult to help himself and his family through these tragic times. Yesterday he may have been a young boy running around the streets with his schoolmates, but tomorrow he will be a man who must fend like an animal to survive. As time goes on he will be forced to skip monumental moments in
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He just can’t simply wrap it around his head why the Lord would allow for millions of His followers to be tortured, beaten, starved and killed in brutal forms. This idea infuriates him, along with a few others who have also begun to question God’s purpose and motives. Judaism had once provided them with vigor strength and reasoning to fight through the pain, but why put up with endless beatings and lack of food if God isn’t planning on saving them from their captors? These thoughts are what raced through so many heads during the moments when they had become fully encompassed in pain, although Elie has one more reason to withstand the torture; his father. (140 words)
Elie has become comfortable with the concept of his own demise at this point in the novel, and finds it could be an escape from the constant pain he suffers. He understands that death is a reality, and is in the near future. Despite this, he continues to fight for the sake of his father, whom he believes wouldn't be able to survive without his assistance. (66