As the novel continues, the Germans start to treat the Jews badly to the point where they are identified using numbers instead of their real names, physically harming the Jews for any reason they could find, and forcing them to work by assigning them in certain areas for them to be at. Everything Elie had gone through caused him to lose his faith and only worry about surviving, but if there was a chance of death Elie would feel prepared. The following quote discusses the process of how the Jews got their new names tattooed. A few moments later, the SS officers called all the Jewish people's numbers to make sure they had everyone still in the Auschwitz camp. According to Wiesel, “The three “veteran” prisoners, needles in hand, tattooed numbers …show more content…
“Three veteran prisoners” were mentioned in the quote and they are the ones who are going to take over the work of the Germans. The textual evidence shows the tools were other stuff that was used to tattoo the prisoners. An examination of the quotes reveals that the veteran prisoners were ready to proceed with the work they needed to do, which was to tattoo numbers to the Jewish prisoners, which will be their name going forward in the future. In the story, they were given numbers as names, a form of discrimination. The quote shows how the SS officers checked to see if there were any missing inmates in the process of the lineup. Before the quote, Elie figured out that Auschwitz was not a safe place to be taken to. Food was also given to Elie and his father before the tattooing work was done. Elie was hungry but did not touch the food at all for the reason that he didn’t like it and was used to eating other stuff. In Wiesel’s words, “Tens of thousands of inmates stood in rows while the SS checked their numbers” (42). The quote expresses what happened after the prisoners got their new name on their left