Eli further demonstrates how his thoughts are detached from inevitable actions by resorting to prayers yet again, even though he stresses his lack in God. Prayer has become routine, almost like it has to be done out of habit but isn't truly what he consciously believes.
Chattahoochee River
Monday, February 2, 2015
Chapter 6
Elie distinguishes the thoughts of the mind and the actions of the body throughout chapter 6. As everyone kept running, he describes this in a way that demonstrates their compulsive robotic-like movements as they run even though consciously they want to give up, or to succumb to their physical weakness even though their minds are telling them to keep up (it depends on each of their exact conditions).
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I agree with you Diana, Elie's seems to be so inhuman at this moment and I belibe it is because of the fact that he is so emotionally drained and he was made to be detached by the Nazis.
ReplyDeleteI think his description of the desperation he faced when being forced to run despite that going against all biological and logical instincts proves to us that, when the motivation is great enough (in this case survival in order to bear witness to the world of these horrific events as well as surviving for his father) will literally enable humans to do anything. Anything.
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