Actual last

The ending of Night  seems like it came rather abruptly, the battle only lasted 6 hours and then they were free. You realize how much Elie had cared about his father when he states how nothing could touch hI'm after his father died

Last

It's amazing how much Elie did for his father and really sad how he had made it through all of the abuse at the camps only to die of disease months before freedom, although Elie had conflicting emotions aND ambivalence   regarding his father it's amazing how much he did for him until the ver end.

7th

its really sad to see how the Germans would throw bread into the trains to watch the Jews destroy each other.

6th

in this section Eli and his father are forced to flee the camp well the Russians are liberating the camp; they are marching and running while Elie is still suffering from his wound on his foot. The love he had for his father was so strong that it forced him to continue running instead of falling behind and getting shot. Although it's understandable it's also really sad that Rabbi Eliahous  son had abandoned his father purposely. 

5th

this section is where you first start to see the greatest loss of Elis faith in God, during Rosh Hashanna Elie   doesn't participate in the traditional New Year activities. He also doesn't fast for the Day of Atonement in fear of starvation and dying but also in defiance.for the  'New Year's gift' by the SS the Jews had to participate in selection. It  was hard enough to read how Eli's father first thought that he had passed selection, realized that he hadn't but then pass the final selection. I imagine that Elie was pleased but probably felt emotionally drained.

4th.

I think that Elie should have traded his shoes for a good unit and being with his father. Eli was really smart to not go to the dentist and to tell the dentist that he had a fever when they wanted to take his tooth until the doctor was no longer at the camp,  but ironic that later on the foreman realized he had his tooth still and made a doctor take it out with a rusty spoon, its sad that he took out his frustration with Elie on Eli's father.

3rd

I think it's odd that SS men told Eli that he should be 18 not 15 when they arrived at Auschwitz off of the train it almost seems as if he was trying to protect him but yet they're still very violent and demeaning. in this section he talks about how the first night in Auschwitz  turned the rest of his life into one long night, which is also the title of the book. 3 weeks after their arrival at Auschwitz Eli and his father are forced to move camps and go to buna after a four hour walk.

2nd.

Once on the train things started getting terrifying immediately. The people giving way openly to instinct is the first sign  that they could feel how bad things were going to get, also the fact that they knew to save their food. Im sure that there were other instances similar to the incident with Madame Schachter  on other trains and would be surprised if their weren't. The foreshadowing of her shouting about fire is spooky once you learn that it actually happened and wasn't something that Elie had placed into the story for a dramatic effect.

1st section

I was surprised at the fact that the people of Sighet  didn't do anything about Moche the Beadle  and his warning of what he went through, they didn't want to believe him but the stories of what the Gestapo  did would be hard for one to make up.

4/13

The Nazi's should receive a special, specific punishment for the crimes they committed, but we shouldn't go as far as to stoop to their levels in the hope of giving a fitting punishment. All members of the Nazi party should be given a fair trial where they are tried with as little bias as possible, people whose family members have been directly involved in the holocaust shall not be permitted to be a part of the trial. Once found guilty the accused party member shall be hung immediately following the trial and will not be kept in jail and paid for by community members.

Impressions on the Holocaust

The holocaust was when jews were imprisoned and then exterminated at concentration camps by the Nazis. Jews were shipped in by train from all over the country, they would be ripped from their homes and forced onto the train. At the camps jews were immediately sorted into groups, some were used for work, some were used for medical experiments and some who were too weak, old or young were immediately sent to the gas chambers and murdered.