This quote is important to Elie’s experiences because it shows that he no longer felt the need to beg for anything or change the situation he was in. They had to run for hours and he felt weak and lost but he made it to the house. His gashed foot leaving a bloody trail with every rigorous step. Once they arrived there he wanted to fall asleep and not wake up, but he remained strong. When they were being fed soup and their small portion of bread, he didn’t beg for more. When Elie was being whipped when they were at Auschwitz he went blank and didn’t plead for him to stop. As he watched the young boy be hung he was numb, as he watched the boy hang there slowly turning blue. Elie could no longer lament. The quote is important to the whole book because it describes how Elie felt in the middle of the …show more content…
The amount of death that Elie witnessed made him numb to the loss of someone. He remained stong, hopeless but strong. Throughout the book Elie speaks about God putting the Jewish people in this situation and how he feels he can’t pray to a God that would do such a thing. Elie no longer pleaded with God to save the victims of the Holocaust. Elie clung to the thought that he would do this with his father in the small idea that they could some how make it out alive, and that is why he remained strong. I can partially relate with this quote in the part that says “I no longer pleaded with anything”, and the part “On the contrary, I remained strong”. These parts I personally connected with because when I feel alone I don’t plead with anyone to give me what I think I need. I accept how I feel and move on. I always end up coming out stronger knowing that I went through something that could have put a ginormous damper on my life. This quote stuck out to me because I think it expresses Elie’s feelings in a magnificent way. He no longer pleads, he no longer morns death but he is still stong and feels he can