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Explain How Elie Was Forced To Mature And Grow Up In The Following Passage

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The passage shows how Elie was forced to mature and grow up by showing how he knew to control himself.This also emphasizes how Elie was only a teenager, by showing at what age Elie witnessed the inhumane things happening on the train. Clearly Elie's time at the camp has matured Elie enough to know what to do to survive. In the passage it talks about how bread was thrown in the wagon, and how the prisoners raced to get it.. In paragraph 3 it says “ A piece fell into our wagon. I decided not to move. Anyway, I knew that I would not be able to be strong enough to fight off dozens of violent men!”. This quote shows how Elie was mature and smart enough to not go for the bread, or he will get hurt. This shows later on to be the correct choice,
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