Hope In The Face Of Devastation Theme Analysis

The theme I chose to best represent these quotes is “Hope in the face of devastation”, because throughout all of the hardships the Jews endured, they kept their hopes up with their strong beliefs for salvation. The Jews tried to lift up other Jew’s spirits by telling them to be strong and to believe that they will survive. Strong beliefs in their ability to survive, helped the Jews to last in the concentration camps longer.

The theme of hope even during all of the devastation surrounding the Jews is depicted throughout the novel. For example, Elie was packed into a cattle car where Jews were instructed to throw out dead jews to make room Elie’s father was on the verge of dying and the jews were ready to throw Elie’s father from the cattle car when Elie

In this quote, "Comrades, you are now in the concentration camp Auschwitz. Ahead of you lies a long road paved with suffering. Don 't lose hope. You have already eluded the worst danger: the selection. Therefore, muster your strength and keep your faith. We shall all see the day of liberation. Have faith in life, a thousand times faith. By driving out despair, you will move away from death. Hell does not last forever...And now, here is a prayer, or rather a piece of advice: let there be camaraderie among you. We are all brothers and share the same fate. The same smoke hovers over all our heads. Help each other. That is the only way to survive.” (Pg. 41) a character in the book directly addresses the devastation surrounding them and instructs fellow prisoners of religious and racial persecution, to keep their head high and to steer away from things that will eliminate their chances of hope. Even surrounded by massive devastation, they survived through their hopefulness. Some may argue that the quote, We finally arrived at our destination. Throwing down our bundles, we dropped to the ground: “Oh God, Master of the Universe, in your infinite compassion, have mercy on us…”