Late- chap1

The Jews were really optimistic because they prayed for better times and that things will brighten for there future so when Moishe the Beadle came back saying terrible things about how they had to dig up there own graves, no one believed him. Not even Eliezer really which was his only actual friend. Many of the town people believed God would watch over them and that the war would end soon so all things were happening for the better. Not only is this optimistic but I believe it's almost naive too because a war was going on and Eliezer as the author describes everyone going back to "normal" in 1942. No one took the situation seriously, not even when they were not allowed to leave there house or keep valuables or wear a star. They knew they were leaving there town and they called it a vacation!!! Which seems absolutely crazy looking back on history because you know the horrible things that happened to them later.