Moral

The topic of humanity coincides with many arguments over moral. In this chapter the subject is touched on multiple times but the most puzzling challenge to morality came when Elie lied to his distant relative about the conditions of the rest of his family. He wanted to give false hope to his relative, this I understand, parents do this for their children out of love. I question if Elie's actions were out of love, or if he was really trying to convince himself of the state of his own siblings. I think he was really lying to himself, and if so would he forgive himself if the truth was that his mother and sisters perished? The theme of false hope continues. At the end of the chapter the author reverts back to a narrative tone as he describes the giggling German girls, as an audience this left me unsatisfied as I would like to know more of what he was feeling as he witnessed happiness, while he was discovering misery. Possibly the narrative tone is metaphorical for the nakedness and numbness he was experiencing.