The title of the novel is become the symbolism. In the some part of the story, Elie described the setting in the night. It was close to midnight. Nobody felt like going to sleep, though some people briefly went to check on their homes. (p. 13) At that time, the setting takes time in the night. In the courtyard, about twenty people gathered to share story with Shlomo. But then the policeman entered and tell something that transformed Shlomo into pale-faced. After that he is going with the policeman, other people were waiting for Shlomo to come back even though it was midnight, they were not able to sleep. Shlomo is return with the terrible news about the transport. Jewish will led away to somewhere. It was to be the last night spent in our …show more content…
(p. 28) When the train stopped in the camp, they saw a flames rising into the dark sky. They did not know what burned there. As soon as the door opened they were have to go out and move faster. Flames in the darkness symbolize the power of the darkness soul . Not far from us, flames, huge flames, were rising from a ditch. Something was being burned there. A truck drew close and unloaded its hold: small children. Babies! Yes, I did see this, with my own e y e s … c h i l - dren thrown into the flames. (p. 32) The SS officers just finished interrogating Jewish, they led them somewhere. They are going to the crematorium. In there, Elie saw huge flames that burning something. There is a truck that takes a small children and babies. He saw with his very own eyes that a children and babies were thrown into the flames, burned alive. The quotation symbolize the power that burn humanity, innocence and faith. There is no humanity because the children who are innocent were burned alive. They are asking where is their God, why The Almighty let that situations happen, which shaking their faith to the …show more content…
They divided into some block. Elie is hungry but he cannot eat what is in his pocket. This is not the good time for eating the bread. The death march not even begun. The bread symbolize the chance of living, he is going to needed the chance of living it someday so he better keep it at that time. We were given bread, the usual ration. We threw ourselves on it. Someone had the idea of quenching his thirst by eating snow. (p.96) After the death march, they did not get any food. Many people die because the cold weather and because of hunger and thirsty. The bread that he brought had been consumed long since. The German officers do the selection again as soon as they arrived in the Gleiwitz. After that, they were given the usual ration of bread and someone get an idea to eating snow and other is following. The bread that given is symbolize as hope to live. After a few days they have not eat, finally they were given food even though it was the usual ration but at least they got a chance to live by eating the food. Stunned by the blows, the old man was crying: "Meir, my little Meir! Don't you recognize m e … Y o u ' r e killing your father… I have bread…for you too … for you too…