In Chapter 6, after Elie first saves his
father by staying by his side and pushing him on as they were forced to run nonstop from their camp in Buna to
the new Gleiwitz Camp, he again saves his father when the next selection is made. This is how Elie is able to save his father.
How was Elie able to save his father and some others from the selection at the end of the march and before loading into the cattle cars?
When Elie’s father is sent to the left to die with the weak, Elie, who had been sent to the right, breaks rank and runs after him. SS officers pursue him, and in the ensuing confusion, many of those on the left side, including Elie and his father, are
able to come back to the right undetected
.
How did Elie save his dad from being thrown off the train?
The train stops and the SS officers order
the prisoners to toss any dead bodies
out of the train. The prisoners are happy to get rid of the dead to make more room in the train car. Eliezer’s father, who looks pretty dead, is almost thrown out, but Eliezer manages to revive him (by hitting him repeatedly) just in time.
What happened to Elie and his father when they arrived at the camp?
How does Elie respond to this? … When his father was sent to the left (where the weak prisoners were sent),
Elie ran after him which spurred other prisoners to “switch sides
.” At the end of the commotion, Elie and his father were on the “right” side and avoided death.
What was Elie’s father’s last words?
At dawn on January 29, Elie wakes and discovers that another invalid occupies his father’s bunk. He assumes that his father has been taken to the crematory and recalls that his father’s final word was “
Eliezer
.” Too weary for tears, Elie realizes that death has liberated him from a doomed, irretrievable burden.
Why did the gravediggers throw the corpses off the train?
When the train stopped what did the SS officer make the prisoner’s do? They were ordered to throw out all the dead corpses from the train. Prisoners rejoice at the thought of more room on the train. Prisoners
stripped the corpses of their clothes
(more clothes/ more warmth) as gravediggers took the bodies.
What happens to Elie’s father when he continues to ask for water?
Elie tries to get his father to a doctor and give him food. What happens to Elie’s father when he continues to ask for water?
The other inmates get mad because of his groaning and his dysentery just gets worse due to the water
. … they didn’t feed them because they were going to die soon and it would be a waste of food.
Why was water the worst poison for Elie’s father?
In Night, water was the worst poison for Elie’s father
because it was polluted with fecal matter
, which was the cause of his dysentery. Drinking it would simply bring on another round of diarrhea.
How does Elie feel when his father dies?
By the time Elie’s father dies, Elie is simply too emotionally exhausted to cry. He has stayed with his father during his a long train ride to Buchenwald
Why was Elie’s father’s last words so significant?
Chlomo’s last words emphasize
the importance of the relationship between the father and son
. After being separated from the rest of their family, Elie and Chlomo only have one another. For Chlomo in particular, Elie has become his entire world, especially since the roles of parent and child have slowly been reversed.
Why did IDEK beat Eliezer’s father?
Idek beat Elie’s father with
an iron bar because he was moving too slowly
. Elie was angry, not at Idek, but at his father for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s wrath. This was yet another way in which the Nazis dehumanized the Jews. Franek, the Polish foreman, wanted Elie’s gold tooth.
Why does an SS guard shatter Eliezer’s father’s skull?
Why does an SS guard shatter Eliezer’s father’s skull?
Because he keeps calling Eliezer for water and he won’t be quiet.
Why didn’t Elie want his father to sit and rest until it was his turn to shower?
By Elie Wiesel. At Buchenwald, Eliezer and his father go to take a hot shower. … Eliezer refuses to let his father sit down and rest
because he sees the ground covered in corpses who tried to do just what his dad wants
—to rest and give in to death.
Why was Elie hit with the whip?
Elie gets whipped by
Idek because he was spying on him and Elie found the little Polish girl that Idek was having sex with
. Idek saw Elie spying on him and he was very angry and told Elie that he would pay for his actions later. Idek called Elie up in front of everyone and whipped him 25 times.
What are Wiesel’s thoughts during the months after his father’s death?
What were Wiesel’s thoughts during the months after his father’s death? How did he “cope”?
Numbness and secret relief; He tries to forget and focuses all his energy on finding food.
What disease does Elie’s father have?
His father died of
starvation and dysentery
in the Buchenwald camp. Two other sisters survived. After the war, Mr Wiesel lived in a French orphanage and went on to become a journalist.
