English Final Test Review
Vocabulary Lesson 1-7
1. Abhor: to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply.
Synonyms: detest, despise, abominate.
Internet synonyms: loathe, hate, execrate.
2. Adroit: skillful, expert in the use of hands or mind.
Synonyms: clever, deft, slick, dexterous.
Internet synonyms: skillful, adept, agile, nimble, capable,
competent.
3. Adversary: an enemy, opponent.
Synonyms: antagonist, foe.
Internet synonyms: opponent, rival, nemesis, combatant,
challenger, contender.
4. Artifice: a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a
clever skill; trickery.
Synonyms: ruse, stratagem, contrivance.
Internet synonyms: trickery, deceit, deception, dishonesty, guile,
cunning, evasion.
5. Ascertain: to find out.
Synonyms: discover, establish.
Internet synonyms: find out, work out, make out, learn, fix,
determine.
6. Bequeath: to give or pass on as an inheritance.
Synonyms: transmit, bestow.
Internet synonyms: leave, will, make over, pass on, hand on,
cede, consign, commit, entrust, grant, transfer, convey, donate.
7. Bereft: deprived of; made unhappy through a loss.
Synonyms: bereaved
Internet synonyms: cut off from, wanting, in need of, lacking,
without.
8. Brandish: to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous
fashion.
Synonyms: swing, shake.
Internet synonyms: flourish, wield, raise, twirl, wag, swish, flap,
display, flaunt, show off.
9. Buffet: to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force
with blows; to force one’s way with difficulty; to slap, blow.
Synonyms: sock, thump, pummel, toss about.
Internet synonyms: bash, beat, bat, attack.
10.
Chaos: great confusion, disorder.
Synonyms: anarchy, turmoil.
Internet synonyms: disorder, disarray, confusion, mayhem,
bedlam, havoc.
11.
Cogent: forceful, convincing, relevant to the point.
Synonyms: persuasive, compelling
Internet synonyms: convincing, strong, forceful, powerful,
potent.
12.
Copious: abundant in supply or quantity
Internet synonym: abundant, plentiful, ample, profuse, full,
extensive.
13.
Cursory: hasty, not thorough.
Synonyms: quick, superficial, perfunctory.
Internet synonyms: perfunctory, token, desultory, routine,
offhand, inattentive.
14.
Craven: cowardly; a coward.
Synonyms: fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous.
Internet synonym: cowardly, timid, timorous, fearful, trembling.
15.
Deft: skillful, nimble.
Synonyms: dexterous, adroit, proficient, clever, masterful.
Internet synonyms: skilled, ready, neatness.
16.
Demise: a death, especially of a person in a lofty
position.
Synonyms: decease, passing away.
Internet synonyms: dying, passing, expire, end, quietus.
17.
Dour: stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored.
Synonyms: harsh, bleak, forbidding, saturnine.
Internet synonyms: stern, unsmiling, unfriendly, frowning,
severe, morose, sour, gruff, surly, grim.
18.
Disheveled: untidy, disordered
Internet synonyms: untidy, unkempt, scruffy, messy.
19.
Extirpate: to tear up by the root; to destroy totally.
Synonyms: uproot, eradicate, wipe out, excise.
Internet synonyms: destroy, eradicate, stamp out, root out,
eliminate, suppress.
20.
Feasible: possible, able to be done
Synonyms: workable, viable
Internet synonyms: practicable, workable, achievable, attainable,
realizable, viable.
21.
Gape: to stare with open mouth, to open the mouth
wide; to open wide.
Synonyms: ogle
Internet synonym: open, yawn, part, crack, split.
22.
Gibe: to utter taunting words; an expression of scorn.
Synonyms: ridicule, mock, deride, jeer.
Internet synonyms: taunt, sneer, jeer, insult, barb, dig,
wisecrack.
23.
Inclement: stormy, harsh; serve in attitude or action.
Synonyms: blustery, tempestuous, implacable.
Internet synonyms: cold, bitter, chilly, raw, bleak, squally.
24.
Impervious: not affected or hurt by; admitting of no
passage or entrance.
Synonyms: impenetrable, resistant, proof against.
25.
Insidious: intended to deceive or entrap; sly,
treacherous.
Synonyms: cunning, dastardly, perfidious.
Internet synonyms: stealthy, subtle, sneaky, cunning, crafty.
26.
Jeopardy: danger.
Synonyms: risk, hazard, peril.
Internet synonyms: insecurity, instability, threat.
27.
Inter: to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to
oblivion.
Synonyms: unearth, exhume.
Internet synonyms: bury, entomb, inurn, inhume.
28.
Nonchalant: cool and confident, unconcerned.
Synonyms: composed, unruffled, blasé.
Internet synonyms: calm, cool, collected, airy, composed.
29.
Ominous: unfavorable, threatening, of a bad omen.
Synonyms: unpropitious, inauspicious, portentous
Internet synonyms: baleful, menacing, sinister, doomy,
portentous, unfavorable, dire.
30.
Panacea: a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all
problems.
Synonyms: universal, cure
Internet synonyms: cure-all, elixir.
31.
Plod: to walk heavily or slowly; to work slowly.
Synonyms: lumber, trudge
Internet synonyms: clump, stomp, tramp, lumber, slog
32.
Quintessence: the purest essence or form of something;
the most typical example.
Synonyms: paragon, exemplar.
Internet synonyms: prototype, picture.
33.
Redress: to set right, remedy, relief from wrong or
injury.
Synonyms: correct, mitigate.
Internet synonyms: right, rectify.
34.
Reprehensible: deserving blame or punishment.
Synonyms: objectionable, blameworthy, culpable, odious.
Internet synonyms: bad, wrong, ignoble, erring, errant.
35.
Skulk: to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding.
Synonyms: lurk, slink, prowl.
Internet synonyms: crouch, slink, avoid, bypass, creep.
36.
Sojourn: a temporary stay, to stay for a time.
Synonyms: visit, brief stay.
Internet synonyms: stay, stopover, residence, vacation, holiday,
lodge, board.
37.
Somber: dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in
spirit.
Synonyms: mournful, dismal
Internet synonyms: dull, drab, dingy, shady, restrained.
38.
Squalid: filthy, wretched, debased.
Synonyms: dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject.
Internet synonyms: dirty, grubby, grimy, mucky, vile, low poor.
39.
Stolid: not easily moved mentally or emotionally; dull,
unresponsive.
Synonyms: impassive, phlegmatic.
Internet synonyms: impassive, bovine, lumpish.
40.
Waive: to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off
temporarily, defer.
Synonyms: decline, relinquish, forgo.
Internet synonyms: relinquish, renounce, give up, reject.
II. Grammar
Noun: is a word used to name a person, place, thing, or idea.
Pronoun: is a word used in a place of a noun or more than one
noun.
Adjective: is a word used to modify a noun or pronoun.
Verb: is a word that expresses action or a state of being.
Adverb: is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another
adverb.
Prepositions: is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or a
pronoun to some other word in the sentence.
Conjunction: is a word used to join words or groups of words.
Interjection: is a word that expresses emotion and has no
grammatical relation to other words in the sentence.
III. Night- Elie Weisel
Vocabulary:
1. Hanukkah: A festival celebrating the festival of lights,
liberation from oppression, freedom of worship, and
finding light in the darkest of times. Celebration of the
second temple
2. Kaddish: Also spelled Qaddish, in Judaism, a doxology
(hymn of praise to God) that is usually recited in Aramaic at
the end of principal sections of all synagogue services.
3. Kabbalah: Jewish mystical interpretation of biblical texts.
4. Yom Kipur: The Jewish Day of Atonement—the most solemn
day of the Jewish year. A day devoted to self–examination,
and the chance to begin the New Year with a clean slate.
5. Rosh Hashanah: The Jewish New Year—a holiday observed
with festive meals and a day spent in prayer or quiet
meditation.
6. Talmud: Jewish Oral Law (Interpretations of the Torah)
Civil and ceremonial law comprising the Mishnah and the
gemara.
7. Torah: the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
8. Ghetto: minority groups.
1. Describe the following characters:
A. Elie Wiesel: protagonist, and narrator. Tells the story
of his persecution as a Jew because of Hitler’s army,
and his time in the concentration camps, specifically
Auschwitz wanted to study the Talmud.
B. Moshe the Beadle: poor and lonely religious man, he
tells the story of what happened when the foreigner
Jews were expelled from Sighet. He warned them about
the concentration camps and how the only reason he
was able to escape was to warn them, but nobody
believed him and believed he had gone mad.
C. Chlomo Wiesel- Elie’s father. Cultured and
unsentimental, Elie said he cared more about the wellbeing of others than of his own kin, he was viewed
with the highest esteem by the Jews of Sighet. he didn’t
want Elie to study the Talmud or the Kabbalah. He is
arrested along with his son and imprisoned in a
concentration camp, where he dies.
D. Tzipora- Elie’s youngest sister, dies in the
concentration camp.
E. Franek- former student of Warsaw. Demanded Elie his
golden tooth/crown but when Elie disagrees, he
decides to torture his father, and when he Ellie finally
does give in the lateness caused Elie to lose half of his
rations.
F. Madame Schachter- fifty y/o deportee who had been
separated from her husband and other sons in another
group when being transported, she kept hallucinating
of a fire and screaming in the trajectory of the train
ride to Auschwitz.
G. Yossi- brother of Tibbi, Czech, their parents were
killed. They worked in the electrical warehouse where
they met Elie and became friends.
H. Juliek- Polish musician who plays the violin in Buna.
He always wanted to play Beethoven but was forbidden
for Jews couldn’t play German music. He gave his final
performance playing Beethoven when the prisoners
arrive at Gleiwitz and dies the next day.
I. Idek- violent Kapo in the Buna warehouse. He lashes
Elie brutally (25 lashes) because Elie had seen him lie
on a mattress with a woman.
J. Mangele- Nazi doctor who made the decisions in the
selection, chose who went into the crematorium and
who was good enough for work.
K Hilda- Elie’s oldest sister, works in the family grocery store.
Arrested and sent to the concentration camp.
M. Bea- Eli’s sister, second oldest child. Helped Hilda with the
work of the store.
N. Stein of Antwerp- A relative who meets Elie and has father at
Auschwitz, he is worried of his wife and sons, Elie decided to try
to cheer him up and tells him a lie saying that they had been
receiving letters from Stein’s wife.
O. Akiba Drumer- A Singer with a deep voice who had a strong
faith in God, but after being chosen in the selection he loses his
hope in God, he dies in the concentration camp, and though they
had promised to pray Kaddish on the third day (the day he was
supposed to die) no one did.
P. Rabbi Eliahou- an aged Rabbi, he searches desperately for the
son who in the run had left him behind without a second thought.
Q. Meir Katz- a strong gardener from Sighet, helped freeing Elie
from an attacker on the train to Gleiwitz but is overcome by grief
when he considers his lost family.
R. Zalman- worker in the electrical warehouse who dies in the
journey to Buna, because of dysentery.
S- Martha- former servant of the Wiesel’s she offered them a
shelter and safety, but Mr. Wiesel didn’t accept her offer. `
2. Mention the names of the concentration camps and where
they are located. Aushwitz, Belzec, and Chelmno.
3. Mention the external conflicts and internal conflicts found
throughout the novel. The main conflict through the story is
the Holocaust and its victims, the Nazi regime vs Jews.
Simultaneously occurs more specific conflicts such as the
Jew prisoner’s vs Nazi machinery such as machine guns,
gallows, gas chambers, crematoriums, and American bombs.
As well as man-made exterior conflicts, Eliezer and other
prisoners faced nature as an opponent; jews vs heat (in the
trains and bunks in summer), jews vs cold (during cold
night and the running to the field) and jews vs food (the
lack of) (the natural necessity to consume).
4. What themes are explored throughout the novel? Religion,
personal relationship, abuse, etc.
5. From what point of view is the novel written? First person
view.
6. The novel is divided into nine (9) sections. Write a
summary of each section. Make sure that the summaries
explore the elements of literature such as imagery,
foreshadowing, irony, themes, emblems, flash-forward,
suspense, and climax where appropriate.
1= There is a description of Eliezer’s life; how he studied the
Talmud, his family structure, Sighet and its atmosphere etc. It
shows the beginnings of the optimist perspective most Jews take
on the fascist regime. Examples such as how they thought the
remine would be limited to Budapest and how when they were
sent to the ghettos with only a backpack, they decline their
maid’s offer to help them escape as they didn’t know what was
held at store for them (irony). It also displays the character of
Moshe the Beatle, of his occurrences, loss of faith and maddening
display as nobody listened to his story. A series of themes are
touched on such as hope, faith, community, and political array.
2= They are put in cattle cars where there is a complete lack of
space for mobility. And as it was enclosed, for air even. They
were told they were simply getting relocated. An official tells
them if they do not give out their belongings they will be shot
and if they try to escape, they will be shot. This is where they
realize, although only slightly, the gravity of the situation.
Madame Schächter begins to scream of fire, and they all take her
for mad, especially because they have not eaten, drunk, or barely
breathed in the past week. The fire she fears so deeply will later
on the ever-present threat of death. Her continuous screams are
cause for her physical apprehension; they gauze her mouth, so
she is unable to scream. She liberates herself and continues. Her
10-year-old son simply cries. Her screams of fire foreshadow the
crematorium. Once they arrive, they are told they will be put to
labor to repay German debt, along with their families and will
receive well treatment; a lie easily given by a fellow prisoner.
Once they smell the scent of burning flesh, they realize truly
what awaits them.
3= Eliezer is separated from his family. His mother and three
sisters are put to the woman’s section while his father and
himself to the men’s. After this, begins the first selection, where
a fellow inmate advises them to lie about their age; Elie who was
15 was told to be 18 and his father who was 50 was told to be 40;
this would help them to survive as old men and young boys do
not survive much long. They walk to the unknown as they see the
crematorium for babies. The crematorium is symbol to the Nazi
regime and the atrocities they committed. Most begin to cry and
recite Kaddish but Eliezer loses faith completely. He asks himself
why to thank God and how could the world allow this in this time
and age. They walked right past the adults’ crematorium and
Eliezer contemplated suicide, but they were pushed to the side to
the barracks. His father is beaten by the Kapo and Elie does
nothing to stop it and instead blames his father for getting beat
up. He immediately regrets his sentiment and fears his loss of
empathy. They are kept for weeks in Auschwitz where they are
tattooed their prisoner number, shaven, bathed etc. Eliezer finds
Stein, a former acquaintance who asks of his family which is
where Elie lies for extra portions of bread. They are then moved
to Buna to begin working.
4= After reaching Buna, his father and himself are put to the
same workplace, the counting of electrical fittings. He meets
Juliek, the violinist, Yosi and Tibi, brothers who, like Elie, were
very religious, studied the Talmud and after leaving the camp
wished to live in Palestine, and he meets Akiba Drumer who
ponders over the idea that God brought them to the
concentration camp to atone their sins and test their faith. He
also meets his Kapo, a German Jew who at first seemed
benevolent but turned aggressive as he learned of Elie’s gold
plantings in his teeth and wanting for them, he also meets Idek,
the Kapo of his workplace, who is extremely violent and often
beats up his Chlomo. Eliezer finds him having sex and he grows
angry and whips Eliezer 35 times. His is where he meets the
French girl who tells him to save his tears and his anger for
later. They meet again in Paris serendipitously and speak of the
past. She was Jewish but passed as Aryan and worked in assigned
forced worker units other than the concentration camps. He also
meets his dentist who wished to remove his gold plate for his
own gain, something that Elie mediates by pretending illness
until his dentist is caught and hung for betrayal and theft. Eliezer
describes, as well, the gallows. Many people are hung from them,
even daily, as a sign of control and repercussions but one pipel
was hung once and according to Elie, he lived for half an hour
more until his breath finally stopped; everybody cried. This is
where a vision of God is destroyed entirely to Eliezer; God died
in the gallows.
5= Time passes, and it is Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of
atonement. Here a descriptive mental warfare occurs in Eliezer’s
mind pondering why anybody could praise a God in a time like
this. He chooses to rebel against God and not fast or say his
prayers. His father and himself have a moment of a poignant
truthfulness they seemed to understand all each other’s worries
for just that moment. Then arrives the Jewish New Year, where
another selection occurs. As Chlomo is so frail, Eliezer worries
for the fate of his father. Chlomo is chosen for execution and
gives his son his knife for remembrance and protection. He is
saved by miracle. Others, however, didn’t have the same luck as
Chlomo and were killed, Akiba Drumer and a rabbi were told to
have lost all faith in God as this happens. This is one of the major
themes of the memoir. Winter arrives and as Eliezer lacked
shoes, his foot got destroyed and had to undergo surgery. It is
rumored that the Russians will come to capture the Nazis and
Eliezer makes the decision to leave the infirmary in fear of death
and runs out with the others during a snowstorm. This proved to
be the wrong decision as all prisoners in the infirmary were
liberated the following day (irony).
6= The escapees are made run 42 miles barefoot and starving
during a snowstorm. Many weak die, like Zalman who suffered
intestinal diseases and had to stop running. All those who did
would be shot. All those who slowed the pace would be shot.
Aliezer keeps running for the sake of his father, not God. Rabbi
Eliahou is found looking for his son, they had been inseparable
for 3 years, but Eliezer can’t find courage to tell him of his sons’
betrayal. He detests his understanding of it as he, too, wishes his
father would die; to be left alone. They could only remain awake
by eating the snow off the ground or other people’s clothes. After
reaching Gleiwitz camp where they are all put on on top of the
other. Eliezer is surrounded by more living than dead, a half
alive half diseased pit of tired men. He calls for his father and
hears he is there. He hears the sound of Beethoven on Juliek’s
violin. He played more for the dead than for the living. Eliezer
wakes up to find Juliek dead by his side with his violin made to
scraps. They remained there for three days until the selection. In
which his father was chosen to die but by the havoc eliez4r
created, he was able to distract the S.S. and save him. They
walked towards a railroad in which, when the roofless cattle cars
arrived, 100 each were fitted to them, and the convoy then left.
7= The journey to Buchenwald is explained with imagery of a
cold cemetery. He thought his father to be dead but convinced
himself otherwise as the S.S. was throwing out the corpses and
his screamed for his father until he opened his glassy eyes. They
weren’t given food and ate the snow off their fellow inmate’s
clothes. Once a crumb was thrown into the cattle car and the
Germans spectated the fight for that miserable piece of bread.
Eliezer mentions how years later in Aden, Yemen a Parisian
woman laughs at the throwing of coins to the “natives”. How
cruel it was to say she liked to give charity. The crumb situation
happens various times through the journey and many people died
in the fights. On the cattle, as well, Eliezer is attacked and Meir
Katz, a gardener at Buna and friend of Chlomo saves him.
Desperation grew to panic as all began to cry in the cars, it was
especially cold that day. Among those who arrived at
Buchenwald, were 12 people of Eliezer’s cattle car, out of the
100.
8= Chlomo had become more ill even than before after the trip to
Buchenwald. He cannot move, speak, and cannot gather courage
to eat. Internally, Eliezer feels relief as he thinks the liberation
from his father is nearby. Simultaneously he feels the guilt he
swore not to have after seeing Rabbi Eliahous’ son’s actions.
Chlomo suffers from dysentery leading Eliezer to think it better
for him not ever to feed his father and save the food for himself.
He looks for doctors as a last hope resource, but nobody wishes
to cure an old man who will surely die. Chlomo is beaten for his
cries of pain and wanting of water constantly. On January 29,
Eliezer discovers his father had been taken to the crematorium,
he cannot cry.
9= After God’s and his father’s death Eliezer lives only for food.
On April 5, rumors of American troops arise, and Nazis begin to
kill thousands of Jews daily and plan their cowardly escape. On
April 10, only 20,000 Jews remain in the camp, but an air-raid
begins. On April 11 evacuation begins, it takes foodless weeks
until they are all freed. The prisoners can only think of eating
and satisfaction. They do not think of revenge or their families.
Eliezer had food poisoning and finds himself bedridden for
weeks. The last line describes the image of a corpse staring back
at Eliezer, he did not recognize his ghastly body. The corpse
Eliezer alludes is emblem to not only literal and physical death
but mostly spiritual death. It can be noted that night, throughout
the memoir is a metaphor for hopelessness in the darkness.
7. Where is Elie’s home? Sighet, Romania.
8. Who are the first Jewish oppressors in Elie’s town?
The Hungarian Police
9. Why do most people ignore Moshe the Beadles’s warnings
when he escapes from the Germans?
All he asked was for them to listen to his story but most people
thought him for a lunatic and didn’t heed his warning.
10.
What are the things that the Jews allowed to take with
them when they are deported?
A backpack with some food and a few items of clothing.
11.
When does Madame Schachter stop screaming?
Madame Schacter stops screaming after being physically abused
and put a bound to gag her. They removed it as she quieted down
but began again. This happened many times until they saw out
the window that the fire was true; it was the crematorium.
12.
What smell assails the nostrils of the Jews when the
first enter Auschwitz?
The smell of burning flesh.
13.
Upon entering the concentration camp, what is the
process to which the Jews are submitted?
First name and age must be stated; this divides the men and
women from one and other. Afterwards, they check for health
impediments or how useful a prisioner can be in the process
called selection where the ones who didn’t pass the test would be
experimented on and then cremated.
14.
Why is Elie glad that he and his father did not pass
themselves off as being sturdy men?
Sturdy or strong-looking men were chosen for working in
Kommando, the crematoria.
15.
What is Elie’s reaction when the gypsy hits Elie’s
father?
He was angry at his father for having provoked him and for
potentially exposing himself as his son and being in trouble.
16.
Why does Elie say to Stein about recently seeing Stein’s
family?
He said so to gain benefits such as half of Stein’s portion of
bread.
17.
Why does Idek whip Elie?
Elie walked by Idek and a girl having intercourse and Idek
thought Elie was spying on him and whipped him 25 times.
18.
Why doe Elie imagine a universe without bells?
The bell represents Nazi oppression and control, he abhorred the
bell’s rings and wished for a world without them; hence a world
with peace.
19.
Who saves Elie from being strangled by a prisoner?
Meir Katz
20.
What shocks Elie about the behavior of Rabbi
Eliahous’s son?
The Rabbi’s son left his father during the running to die although
having survived 3 years in the concentration camp. He did so to
be freed of the worry and to fend only for himself.
21.
How does Zalman die during the march to Gleiwitz?
He suffered from intestinal pains and couldn’t help but pull down
his pants and rest but he was run over by other prisoners behind
him. He also could have been shot by S.S. soldiers who killed
anyone who stopped but it is unknown.
22.
When is the only time Ellie weeps during a hanging?
When a young boy-pipel who was sentenced to death due to his
Oberkapo’s sabotage damage. The Lagerkapo refused to be
executioner to a child so three S.S. replaced his job. Two other
men were hung but the pipel remained alive for half an hour;
which is why all cried.
23.
Why was the dentist unable to extract Elie’s gold
tooth?
Elie kept delaying surgery by claiming sickness until one day the
dentist was hung at the gallows for running private traffic of
prisioner’s gold.
24.
Why is it a great risk for the French girl to try to
encourage Elie after he is beaten?
She had been pretending to be a non-Jewish Aryan to be assigned
forced labor inmate and not concentration camp. She spoke in
perfect german as she told Eliezer not to cry and keep his anger
and clench his lips.
25.
Why is Elie’s decision of not remaining in the hospital
not a wise one?
He thought because all who remained in the hospital were unable
to work; they would be massacred but only the contrary occurred
as they were saved by allied forces the following night.
26.
How does Elie’s father escape selection at Buna?
Eliezer runs after him instinctively and causes commotion. This
confuses the guards and they, without realizing it, let his father
pass.
27.
What does the SS do when the American tanks arrive?
On April 5 evacuation of prisoners begins although the S.S. says
that the cmo resistance has decided not to abandon Jews and is
going to prevent liquidation”. Ten blocks would be deported each
day and no more food was to be distributed. On April 10, 20,000
prisoners would be released, along them Eliezer, the S.S. flees
and resistance of allied forces take the camp.
28.
What is the prisoners’ first act as free men?
They could only think of eating and once they were satisfied,
they thought of their bodily desires. They never thought of
revenge or their deceased past acquaintances. A displeasing
realization of loss of humanity.
29.
Compare Elie’s faith in God at the beginning of the
novel, during this novel and at the end of the novel? Do you
think this change is justified? Why
Eliezer, beginning the novel, was worried about God’s
satisfaction and his own enlightenment. He wanted to study the
Talmud and move to Palestine; he lived for his own faith. After
being drafted to the camp and sees the children’s grave he falters
and after seeing the pipel in the gallows he sees God die with
him. Eliezer saw the darkest and most utterly demonic actions a
human being can take on upon another. He saw the sheer hate in
the Germans and the weak and un-resilient victims that where
the Jews. In this sheep and wolf environment he lost all of his
faiths and hopes. As the book finalizes a depth-less Eliezer stares
back unknowingly into himself in the mirror. However, years
after the holocaust he found his reason to live in the faith that he
lost. He regained it and spread the message of the terrible
occurrences in the Holocaust; there he found his reason.