1a.) - a. The missed chances have shown me how there are always a few opportunities to choose between, but there is always a different outcome for each side. The book states, “In those days it was possible to buy emigration certificates to Palestine” (Wiesel 8-9). With this opportunity, Elie could have fled to Palestine, but he chose not to. Therefore, he is facing the realities of making a harsh decision and being in danger. 1b. Add a ss to the list. These unfortunate events show me the suffrage that the Jews really had with the experience of the Holocaust. In the beginning, I would have never thought about how many men, women, and children were killed throughout this period of time. Many Jews had died very quickly and had marched where they had to suffer for hours. The text states, “Chilled to the bone, our throats parched, famished, out of breath, we pressed on” (Wiesel 87). During this night march, they were going through very many hard conditions that they had to fight through and try their hardest to survive. The weather was horrible; they had hardly anything to eat or drink, and some even had injuries that they had to march through. Therefore, throughout this book, I have a better understanding of what the conditions were like during the war and why so many Jews died and gave up during the Holocaust. …show more content…
The weather during the evacuation was very harsh, showing the brutal conditions that the prisoners had faced during the evacuation. The text states, “The snow was piled high, the blocks’ windows veiled in frost” (Wiesel 82). They marched for hours, and it showed them suffering and hopelessness without being able to get any warmth. Symbolically, the weather references the prisoner's emotions and spiritual