“At six o’clock that afternoon, the first American tank stood at the gates of Buchenwald.” - Night, p. 115
Elie must have had a big relief when he saw the American tank arrive at Buchenwald. His hope has lasted, the end of the Holocaust. He was going to be able to rest and eat full meals. Able to go put flowers on his fathers grave. Able to do regular things as children go out and play with lots new friends. The only bad thing is that he had lost his family at such a young age his sister and mother and his father has died and he is the only one left and survived. Now he had to think of where is he going to live and how is he going to move on in life.
A connection I have to this is like when I first got my phone I was relieved I finally got one. I was so happy to have my phone and for Elie he must have been happy to see the American tank at the gate of Buchenwald. A big relief for me getting a phone and for Elie knowing the war has ended. Another connection I have is that my family and I were going to Missouri. My dad said we not going to eat until we get there and it was a 5 hour drive. I was starving the whole car way. I had nothing in my mind but food. As for Elie he didn't eat a lot and for me I was starving for 5 hours. When I got food I felt relieved that I got food. Elie must have been a relieved to know the he can eat full meals and finally rest. In a movie called the The Pianist, Wladyslaw Szpilman was relieved every time he got food. I think that is how Elie must have felt when he say the American tank.
1 other thing he may have thought was , "I am still alive".
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I agree with. That is why I think Elie wrote the book to say look "I am still alive," and ready to tell my story.
DeleteI agree that Elie must have been really depressed from being in the concentration camp because he lost his family and dealt with all the harsh things that the Nazis did to the Jewish population at the camp. He must have been really relieved as soon as he saw the American tank because he knew he was going to be freed because the Nazis weren't really prepared for a tank to come to the camp. Elie must have been glad that he was finally going to be able to move on and start a new life for himself and would no longer have to deal with the concentration camp.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Harry, Elie must have been really depressed in the camp and must have been really glad to see the American tank arrive at the camp gates.
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ReplyDeleteYou going five hours without food maybe a better connection than you getting a phone, though you were probably excited. I think Elie was happy to be alive and sad at the loss of family.
ReplyDeleteThe experience of you getting your phone to Ellie's relief of finally seeing an American tank are different. The experience of you starving for the 5 hour car ride would be more connectable because you have an idea of what not only Ellie, but other prisoners at Auschwitz went through. Prisoners went months with little or no food, they were dying of malnutrition. While you weren't going through the same exact pain as they were you had an idea of what they went through. It isn't easy to understand what they went through, you'd have to be there with them to understand the horror of those camps. Ellie saw his father, mother and even his sister die before him. To understand what Ellie went through you would have to know the pain of losing your loved ones. If you haven't lost a loved one you can still grasp onto the pain and sorrow Ellie and other prisoners went through, though those who have lost family members in the past can get a better grip on the concept and can understand the pain and sorrow more. For example at a funeral someone who has also lost a member of the family can be a better comforter than someone who never lost a family member.
ReplyDeleteThank you for giving me feed back. I am staring to think I should of never but when I got my phone connection.
DeleteSergio, I think that your connection to Wladyslaw Szpilman is a very good one because both Elie and Wladyslaw were Holocaust survivors and they both know how it feels to lose mostly all of their family. Also, lets not forget the hard days they suffered, not knowing if they will live or die. I do agree that Elie must have been so happy to be finally rescued, but I think that Elie's inside feelings about what the Nazis did to him and his family, were that he was so shocked at what happened, he was probably to scared to show his true feelings. Lastly, your connection about how you received your phone, is probably not too close to Elie's joy about being rescued from the Americans. But, you receiving your phone is probably very different from how people view you getting your phone because people can't feel what you were feeling at the time.
ReplyDeleteSergio, I think that your connection to Elie and Wladyslaw Szpilman is a very good one because both Elie and Wladyslaw are Holocaust survivors, and they both know how it feels to lose mostly all of their family. Also, they suffered everyday, not knowing if they were going to live or die. I do agree that Elie was very happy that he was being rescued, but I think that Elie's inner feelings about what the Nazis did to him and his family were that he was very sad. Elie was probably too shocked about what happened to him and his family, that he was scared to say what he felt. Lastly, I think your connection about you receiving your phone to Elie being rescued by the Americans is not as equal as how Elie felt when he was being rescued by the Americans because Elie thought everyday he could die if this didn't happen to him, you didn't have to do that. But, nobody knows how you felt when you received your cell phone, so I shouldn't be one to judge.
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