Blog Post 1
The book made feel a lot of different emotions. I felt sad, happy, disgusted, and angry. I felt sad that Elie and his father were separated from his mom and sister, and that they will never see them again. I felt happy but not in the way you usually experience happiness. I felt happy in a way that even though they were deported, put in a concentration camp, and separated from their families, they still had hope and they were happy and joyful when they found someone they knew. I felt disgusted at what the Nazis did. I will always be disgusted at what they did. The two things that made me disgusted were that they literally had no soul. How could they not realize what they were doing? The Nazis killed Jews because, according to Hitler, the Jews were to blame for Germany's demise. The other thing that disgusted me was that Eli had to see dead babies, adults, and children thrown into pits like they were trash. "Yes, I did see this with my own eyes... children thrown into the flames."(pg 32). I felt angry the moment I read that. I always feel angry when reading and learning about the Holocaust. There is this little ball inside that just wants to pop every time I learn about or discuss this topic. I feel that Elie Wiesel writes directly and simply and does not use complicated language or phrasing. He writes with a purpose and gets to the point quickly. He says what he wants to say.
"Eight words spoken quietly, indifferently, without emotion. Eight simple, short words."(pg 29). This shows how simply he writes a very complicated and serious novel.
"Eight words spoken quietly, indifferently, without emotion. Eight simple, short words."(pg 29). This shows how simply he writes a very complicated and serious novel.
Dear jacob,
ReplyDeleteI also felt sad when elie was separated from his mom and sister. The one other time when I was happy was when the man told elie and his dad what age they should say they where. I completely agree with you that they had no soul the nazis had the sick report to the "hospital car" but we know that they will just be killed because they were not in working condition and that is horrible.
Dear Jacob,
ReplyDeleteI like how you described that you felt happy. I think that it is really interesting how you phrased it " I felt happy but not in the way you usually experience happiness". I totally agree with what you said about they still had hope. It was really sad when Elie and his dad where separated from his mom and sisters but they had hope and that helped them. It is true that the Nazi's had no soul what so ever and treated the Jews horribly. You picked a good quote to talk about how the children were getting throw into flames. It is extremely sad and horrible and i still can't get the picture out of my head! You described everything very precisely. Great job!
Dear Jacob,
ReplyDeleteI like how you described that you felt happy. I think that it is really interesting how you phrased it " I felt happy but not in the way you usually experience happiness". I totally agree with what you said about they still had hope. It was really sad when Elie and his dad where separated from his mom and sisters but they had hope and that helped them. It is true that the Nazi's had no soul what so ever and treated the Jews horribly. You picked a good quote to talk about how the children were getting throw into flames. It is extremely sad and horrible and i still can't get the picture out of my head! You described everything very precisely. Great job!
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ReplyDeleteDear Jacob,
ReplyDeleteI agree with the emotions you felt especially with disgust and sadness because I also felt those emotions while reading this book. The quote that you chose was a good one because that was a good example of the reason you felt all the emotions you did while reading the book. I think you did a great job portraying all the emotions and thoughts you felt while reading the book. Good Job!