Monday, February 23, 2015

LC #2


1) 

a. Dehumanization- To treat someone as if they weren't a human being; to deprive of human qualities or attributes
b. Prisoners eventually gave in to greed and would steal and beat one another, just to have an extra piece of bread or shoes (Which in Eliezar's situation, did happen) Some even would give up on their religions. Others wouldn't even cry if they were about to be hung, tears already dry without caring that they were about to die. 
c. Eliezar, who was frightened by the crematories and was even willing to kill himself in the beginning to prevent himself from being burned to death, changed a lot for a kid. He lost his religious faith that he worshipped so much, losing faith in god for putting him through such a horrible experience. He also had a lot of things stolen from him, like his shoes and even a tooth because he was weak. Up to the point we read up to, he was losing his emotions and wouldn't even care if anything happened. Not when people were hung, or even if his father was being beat right in front of him sometimes. 

2) 

  1. The three "veterans" with needles in their hands, engraved a number on our left rms. I became  A-7713. After that I had no name. (Part A)
  2. But I ceased to pray. How I sympathized with Job! I did not deny God's existence, but I doubted His absolute justice. (Part C)
  3. The prisoners all agreed, saying, "Buna's a very good camp. You can stand it. The important thing is not to get transferred to the building unit. . ." As if the choice were in our own hands. (Part A)
  4. He was very keep on my shoes; but I did not give them up to hi. (Later on they were taken from me just the same. But in exchange for nothing this time.) (Part C)
  5. He was going to be hanged. It was alleged that he had been running a private traffic of his own in the prisoners' gold teeth. I did not feel any pity for him. (PArt C)
  6. I had watched the whole scene without moving. I kept quiet. I was thinking of how to get farther away so that I would not be hit myself. What is more, any anger I felt at that moment was directed, not against the Kapo, but against my father I was angry with him, for no knowing how to avoid Idek's outbreak. That is what concentration camp life had made of me. (Part C)
  7. That same evening, in the lavatory, the dentist from Warsaw pulled out my crowned tooth, with the aid of a rusty spoon. (Part A)
  8. "You wait and see, kid.... You'll soon find out what leaving your work's going to cost you.... You're going to pay for this pretty soon.... And now, go back to your place." (Part A)
  9. Poor hero, committing suicide for a ration of soup! In our thoughts we were murdering him (Part C)
  10. "Several buildings have been flattened right out," he said, "but the warehouse hasn't suffered." In the afternoon, we went cheerfully to clear away the ruins. (Part C)

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