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Night Pages 95-103. Quick Recap. Prisoners Forced to eat snow off of each other’s backs Germans laughed at this spectacle Elie revives father When he thinks his father is dead, Elie begins to hit his father harder and harder Violence is caused by fear. Germans Throw crumbs in cattle car
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NightPages 95-103 Quick Recap
Prisoners • Forced to eat snow off of each other’s backs • Germans laughed at this spectacle • Elie revives father • When he thinks his father is dead, Elie begins to hit his father harder and harder • Violence is caused by fear
Germans • Throw crumbs in cattle car • Laugh while prisoners attack one another • Flash-forward • Woman throwing coins at children • “Charity” – language fails to appropriately describe situation • Elie has never forgotten about this event
Cattle Car • Son kills father • Elie • Tells us “I was sixteen” • Major events in his life are now related to the suffering of others. • His concept of time is forever related to the Holocaust • Meir Katz • Strongest prisoner dies • Loses son = loses hope
Elie • Turns into an animal • Attacks people in order to save himself. • Cattle Car • Starts with 100 or so people • Only 12 survive