chapter 7 part 2

1. Describe the setting.The setting in this chapter is when they are in the train getting transported to another camp
   
2. 2.What do you think elie meant when he said, “ to die today or tomorrow. What is the difference?”I think he meant to to just give up today and die or survive another day and die tomorrow.
   
3. 3.If his father was to die, do you think elie would have the motivation to live? I think he would come close to giving up but well still have a little bit of motivation left to survive
4. 4.What did the people do with the dead bodies? The people took the clothes off the dead bodies and threw them off the train into the snow.
   
5. 5.Describe how life was like in this chapter for them.Life was hell for them in this chapter they were starved and they were used for amusement
6. 6.What happened when a piece of bread was thrown into a wagon?There were men that fought to the death for the bread crumbs
7. 7.How do the german’s react to the stampede? They found it amusing and just laughed.
   
8. 8.The son that let his father die over a piece of bread, what was he behaving like? Why do you think people were acting this way? He was behaving like an animal like if he had no feelings
9. 9.How old is elie now in this chapter? elie is now 15 years old.
   
10. 10.Being his age and all things that are happening to him, could you relate to his feeling and troubles?I could not relate to his situation and troubles.
    
11. 11.Who was Meir Katz? Describe him. He was Elie's father good friend he was a gardener. He was the strongest man on the wagons he was in charge
12. 12.Who attacked elie, why?A random guy strangled him and tried to get his food
    
13. 13.What as this journey like for all the jews.This journey was hell for the Jews they were starved and they were freezing they acted like animals.
    
14. 14.Where did they arrive to? They arrived to Buchenwald
15. 15.Make a prediction about the next chapter, do you think father or elie will dies? I think Elie's father will die and give up hope.
    

chapter 7

1. How did Elie again help his father when they were on the train?He tried waking him up he slapped him and he woke up before the other people got the chance to throw him off.
2. Describe the scene Elie witnessed between the father and son.The father was on his hands and knees and he then ate bread and his son attacked him for it and the father died and then the son was killed.
   
3. How many got out of the wagon? Where had they arrived?12 People had gotten out of the wagons They had arrived at Buchenwald.
   
4. Explain how the father/son roles had been reversed in the case of Elie and his father?
5. Imagine being in Elie's position or the fathers position during this chapter, Tell me what you are going through and how would you handle it, feel, react, behave, or be!
   If i was in Elie's father position i would be depressed. If i was Elie's father i would feel like i have failed but i did not i tried, would feel like i was about to die. I would react slow to things my thoughts would be different. I am struggling to survive and cant provide my son everything that he needs.

Chapter 5

1. How was the day different of any other? They were getting transported to a new camp.
   
2. Find 3 examples that show that elie’s faith is questioned.He was tested with his father and the cold weather plus he had to keep on running if you stopped you were shot.
   
3. How was the solemn service?
4. What was Tom kippur?
5. Why does Elie not fast?
6. Why do you think he has a feeling f great void?
7. Where was elie transferred to ?what was his new job?
8. What do the SS man do when they found a weak one?
9. Describe what selection is like?
10. Who was Dr. Mengele?
11. Why was his dad in panic?
12. What was the inheritance? Why would he need those things?
13. Did his dad live? Who was not so lucky with the selection?
14. What is going on with his foot?
15. What journey were they going to go on?
16. Why do they wash/clean their area before leaving?
17. Based upon this chapter, how can you describe elie's dad, his attitude, and his relationship with his son? examples
18. eliezer's foot swells up, and he undergoes an operation. While he is in the hospital recovering, the rumor of the approaching Russian army gives him new hope.

chapter 2 vocabulary

• Provisions:The act of supplying or fitting out
• Exp:Provision of bread, 1535; of nuts and acorns, 1796; of stewards, 1486; of words, 1690.

1. Bitterness: having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste

• exp2.Exp: The food that was mad had a bitter taste to it
  

1. Hysterical:Of, characterized by, or arising from hysteria

• 3.HyExp: He was hysterical when he saw her dancing on the floor
  

1. Pious: the natural and inevitable result of it will be religious piety

• ee4.

1. Anguish: Excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain
2. Console:6.
3. Monotonous: Sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone7.
4. Scouring:prolonged diarrhea in livestock8.
5. Truncheon: a staff representing an office or authority 9.
6. Auschwitz: was the largest of Nazi Germany's concentration camps and extermination camps 10.

chapter 2 questions

1. How was the ride, comfortable? Describe. The ride was jammed packed dead people on people living, it was hard to get a breath of air it smelled liked dead carcass.
   
2. What did he Hungarian interpreter say? The Hungarian said " From this moment you come under the authority of the German army".
   
3. What will happen to someone who escapes?
4. Describe Madame Schachlter, what was she like in the cart? Madame schachlter was depressed and just broke down when she was separated from her family, On the third night she screamed "Fire! I can see fire! I can see fire!
   
5. What did she scream, why?On the third night she screamed "Fire! I can see fire! I can see fire!
6. How did the people respond to her madness? They thought she was going crazy one person put a cool wet cloth on her forehead.
   
7. Where did they arrive to at the station?They had arrived at Auschwitz.
   
8. What were the conditions like? The conditions were good families were not separated and only young people would work.
   
9. What was happening to Madame? She was getting beaten and she had to wait to go to the hospital to gettreated
   
10. When they arrived to final destination, what did see and smell? The was an abominable odor in the air
    
11. Find an image to represent this chapter

chapter 8 part 2

1. What fascinated Elie,why? why the boy wanted to ditch his father
   


2. 2.Was it easy to take showers, describe? It wasnt easy to take shower becuase the ss officers lost controll of every thing so you had to get in on your own and get there quick.


3. 3.Describe how the father is now, what can you say about his spirit and his will to live, how has it changed? His father is growing weaker and weaker by the minute his spirit is dying out and losing will to live before he was struggiling to live and just kept on going.


4. 4.Why does elie mean he says, “ I felt that I as not arguing with him, but with death itself.”?


5. 5.Why was elie ashamed of? What was he thinking about? elie was ashamed of the thought that he had of leaving his father and just letting him die alone.


6. 6.Why didn’t father eat anything? He wasnt hungry he just wanted to rest and something to drink.


7. 7.Describe what is happening to Elie’s father. His father is growing weak and is dying slowly.


8. 8.How are you suppose to live in a concentration camp? You are supposed to live in a concentration camp like your the only person that you have to worry about and not care about anyone but you.


9. 9.What was the last memory of elie’s father? his last memory was of his fathers bloody face and cracked skull.


10. 10.What happened to Elie’s father? Elie's father was dead the next moring.


11. 11.Did elie cry? Why or why not? Elie didnt cry he felt like it was one less person to worry about and felt free in a way.


12. 12.What does he mean “free at last”? He could have ment that he was free because of his father dying or he could have ment that the father felt free from all the death and torture that was going on.

Chapter 6 vocabulary

1. faltering: To be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
2. automatons:acting of one’s own will
3. midst: the interior or central part or point
4. famished:extremely hungry
5. parched: Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
6. indeterminate: not definitely or precisely determined or fixed
7. illusion:An erroneous perception of reality. An erroneous concept or belief
8. condemned: To express strong disapproval of: condemned the needless waste of food
9. withered:
10. petrified: To convert (wood or other organic matter) into a stony replica by petrifaction
11. distress: To cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
    
12. privation: Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life. The condition resulting from such lack
13. staggering: to walk, move, or stand unsteadily
14. encumbrance: an onerous or difficult concern
15. semblance: An outward or token appearance
16. jostled:To make one's way by pushing or elbowing
17. bereaved: to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death
18. rabbi:honorary title of the Jewish masters of the Law

chapter 4 vocabulary

lividly: bluish or discolored as a result of bruising,very pale, especially unnaturally so

Exp: He had a lividly color after he threw up at the party.

Hoisting:To raise or lift somebody or something up, especially using a mechanical device such as a winch

Exp: He got hurt from his friend hoisting wood from the roof then fell on him.

savage: unrestrained, violent, or vicious,brutal and severe,living wild, beyond the control of people

Exp: The hole city was savage during the earthquake all the stores were broken into and the cops were lootin to.

chapter 4 questions

1. The person in charge of the tent was well built and he looked kind he took an interest in them and gave orders for them to be brought food.
2.The best camp was the buna's camp.
3.They need to stay in quarantine to make sure that they have no diseases or that they are not sick so that they will not get any one else sick.
4. He would have to give up his shoes to get into a better unit.
5. The dentist was pulling out everyones gold crowns because he was ordered to.
6. Juliek was a girl a french girl.
7. Elie's group was to work in a warehouse with electrical equiptment.
8. Tossi and Tibbi were brothers that were in the group.
9. Alphonee was the head of the block he would try to feed everyone and look out for everybody.
10. Yes he had to go to the dentist it was mandatory for his gold crown.
11. No the dentist did not get what he wanted he wanted to get his gold croen but he was killed before he got it.
12. Elie walked in on Idek and then Elie was punished for that he was whipped.
13. The girl was Juliek and she gave him advice for that he will feel better.
14. I think that he had no pitty for his dad because he was used to what happend and had seen worse.
15. He lost his gold crown because the officer saw it and told him that he had to take it out.
16.His consequence was that he was whipped.
17. They did not escape during the raids because they were scared.
18. No they were not afraid during the bombing because they wanted to die.
19. He responds to it by thinking about it.
20. I think that his faith is dying because he does not understand why god will let this happen.
21. The death of the innocent people represents to him sadness and loss and that he starts loosing his faith.

Chapter 3 vocabulary

•1.Petrified-to benumb or paralyze with astonishment, horror, or other strong emotion. Ex. I became petrified when I saw the horrible car accident.
2.Existence-continuance in being or life; life. Ex. The rat’s mere existence was unacceptable in my eyes.
3.Monocle-an eyeglass for one eye. Ex. The monocle that the psychiatrist wore made him look all the more knowledgeable.
4.Crematory-a furnace for cremating, burning people. Ex. The fume build up in the Nazi crematories were released out of the enormous chimney’s protruding in the sky.
5.Agony-extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering. Ex. The agony of being stabbed in the torso did not subside until the doctors began pumping be with a strong sedative.
6.Humanity-all human beings collectively; the human race. Ex. Humanity is set to experience changes of unimaginable proportions in the year 2012.
7.Convulsively-to shake violently; agitate. Ex. Prisoners of war often shake convulsively at night when they are thinking about the atrocities of war and of losing friends.
8.Wreaths-any ringlike, curving, or curling mass or formation. Ex. During the Nazi regime, Jewish bodies were arranged in giant wreaths at concentration camps.
9.Nocturnal-done, occurring, or coming at night. Ex. Owls and bats are a few examples of nocturnal animals.
10.Bestial-without reason or intelligence; brutal; inhuman. Ex. Jewish extermination was a bestial example of how to create fair and cleansed society.
11.Threshold-any place or point of entering or beginning. Ex. The threshold to the house was painted over with a beautiful mural.
12.Lucidity-easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible. Ex. The instruction on how to set up the computer programming system had a great deal of lucidity.
13.Oblivion-the state of being completely forgotten or unknown. Ex. The man threatened to blast the other man into oblivion if he did not hand over his wallet and car keys.
14.Harangued-a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe. Ex. The harangued speech that McCarthy directed towards many of the federal government’s employees resulted in an official censure of his credibility.
15.Convalescent-to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health. Ex. The convalescent young man took only a few weeks to recover from his leg injury.
16.Colic-pertaining to or affecting the colon or the bowels. Ex. The colic infection was not as serious as the woman initially thought.
17.Clout-a blow, esp. with the hand; cuff. Ex. The bully gave him a painful clout on the head.
18.Reverie-a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing. Ex. The young soul experienced a rather enjoyable reverie of the times of the 1960s counterculture and its drug use.
19.Compulsory-required; mandatory; obligatory. Ex. The compulsory movement that the boy made when his foster mother tried to hug him was due to the fact that his birth mother used to beat him on a daily basis.
20.Disperse-to drive or send off in various directions; scatter. Ex. Different types of birds disperse long distances on a seasonal basis.

Chapter 3 questions

•1.The ride was almost unbearable. Thirst was torturing all of the deportees, and the heat was tremendous. People were even having sexual intercourse in the midst of the darkness of the car.
2.The Hungarian interpreter told the Jewish deportees that they were under the authority of the German army. He also told them that all of their valuable possessions should be given up, and that anyone discovered to have kept something will be shot on the spot.
3.If someone is found to be missing, each and every one of the remaining Jews will be shot like dogs.
4.Madam Schachter was about 50-years-old, and was a quiet woman with tense, burning eyes. While in the cart, she began to lose her mind. She was constantly screaming that she saw a fire, a terrible fire. However, no one believed her and many of the men gagged her and tied her up so that she would cause anymore annoyance.
5.Madam Schachter scream “Fire! I can see a fire! I can see a Fire.” This meant that she was foreshadowing the horrible fates that awaited most of the Jewish prisoners at the concentration camp. Some how she knew about the burnings of the people, and she was warning everyone else in the cart.
6.Her screams shocked all of the other deportees. They trembled from it. People began to think she was crazy, and even went as far as to gag and tie her up.
7.They arrived at Auschwitz. The largest, deadliest concentration camp during the Holocaust.
8.There was a labor camp. Conditions were good. Families would not be split up. Only the young people would go to work in the factories. The old men and invalids would be kept occupied in the fields. The barometer of confidence for the Jews was soaring initially. The camp was a sudden release from the terrors of the previous nights.
9.Madam Schachter was still screaming of the fires and a German officer was called by the man I charge of their cart. He suggested that she be taken to the hospital, and the German officer told him that she will be going there shortly.
10.Through the windows they could see barbed wire. They saw a tall chimney in which flames were gushing out of. There was an abominable odor floating around in the air, which smelt of burnt flesh and bone.
11.An image that would represent this chapter would be one including a picture of Auschwitz, and the smoke coming from the chimneys of the crematories.