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Saturday, January 17, 2015
Chapter 3
In this chapter, we see the ways that Jews are treated like less than humans. When they arrived at the concentration camp, they were shaved, disinfected, and branded. All humans have names, and even animals have names. The way that the Nazis took their name away and replaced it with a number shows how inhumanely they were treated. They were also spoken to like animals by the guards. Wiesel seemed to by very affected by this treatment. He said that he did not feel anything when he saw his father hit in the face. The way people are treated is the way they began to act and feel.
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Cielo I agree that they were treated less than humans. To me, it was very sad when I read that part the first time. But I don't think that Elie didn't feel anything, it was more like fear was holding him back. He was also tired from everything they had done since they first arrived. After that though, he did say he felt some remorse so I assume he still felt something.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad to know that the Jews were treated like animals from the moment they arrived at the concentration camp. Reading chapter three was difficult because of the way the Jews were being treated. But I also agree with Yoaly that Ellie felt fear and let that fear hold him back from saying something. He may have been tired, but to me I think that it was primarily fear.
ReplyDeleteCielo, you are pretty much right. I felt like the Nazis were just playing with them because not only did they take their names away but they also stripped them down naked and made them run for some time. Perhaps Wiesel didn't feel anything was because he was tired and dehydrated and he and the rest of the Jews went through a lot in a short period of time. I think that if he had enough strength and if he hadn't been so humiliated and mistreated so cruelly, then perhaps he would have defended his father.
ReplyDeleteI agree Cielo, a name is an identity by taking their names away they were trying to take away their humanity and reduce them to animals.
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