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Blog Post #3 Dana


Night keeps getting more intense. for example…. “I was thinking not about death but about not wanting to be separated from my father. “ (page 82.)  one of the main things Elie Weisel talks about in his book Night is being scared to be separated from his father. They turned out not to be separated but evacuated with the others. “The SS made us increase our pace. "Faster, you tramps, you flea-ridden dogs!" Why not? Moving fast made us a little warmer.”  (page 85). This reminds me of the first blog Post that we wrote where we were talking about the names that the Germans called the Jews. the SS officers were terrible people following Hitler's rules, but at least Elie got what he wanted not being separated from his father. These events made me think about how scary it would have been to live in the time of the Holocaust. Elie’s experience reminds me of a kid whose friend got shot in one of the recent shootings in the US. Ellie saw many of his friends died. just like the friends of the victims of the shooting.
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  1. AnonymousOctober 29, 2018 at 3:16 PM

    Dana,

    Great work! I think the quotes you chose were very good about showing the point you had in mind that you wanted to show. I also think it was really different how you chose to compare Ellie's experience of seeing friends die to people more recently seeing their friends die. I would never have thought to make that connection! \Great work!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 30, 2018 at 12:52 PM

    Dana,

    I thought your post was well written. The quotes you used really showed your point very well. I was interested to see how you connected Elie's story to the modern day. I certaintly would have never thought of that. Overall I very much enjoyed reading this post

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