"Night" by Elie Wiesel. Chapters 3,4 and 5.

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Night: Journal

Chapter 3

At Birkenau men and women are separated. Elie will never see his mother and his sister again. Elie and his father lie about their age and profession, so that they wouldn’t get killed. Elie and other Jewish workers witness babies being thrown into fire. Elie starts questioning himself if the god would allow something like this to happen for the first time. When they returned to the barracks from work they are taken to the showers, shaven at the barber, and given work clothes. When arriving to Auschwitz, a Gestapo warned the Jews that if they are not going to work, they will be burned in the crematoria. The prison numbers are given and tattooed to the prisoners. Elie and his father meet a relative from Antwerp. He asks them about his wife and children. He lies to him by saying that he has heard good news about them, but when the transport from Antwerp arrives, he realizes that they were dead. After four weeks of being at Auschwitz, the prisoners are taken to Buna work camp.

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In this chapter Elie starts to lose his faith in god. Loss of faith in God begins at Auschwitz, when he sees babies burning. Eli even questions himself “Why should I bless His name?”. It is significant how a religious boy of just 15, who was brought up in a very religious environment stops believing in god. I understand that all these dreadful events are making him lose faith in god and hope, but I can’t understand why the Jews do not unite and fight against the Nazis.

Chapter 4

Elie and his father are selected to work at the ...

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