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jose16
jose16
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In Night, what eight words separate Elie and his family forever?

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Posted by jose16 on Tuesday February 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM and tagged with charcters, elie wiesel, night, quotes, themes.

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  1. cmcqueeney Teacher
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    In the third section of the book, Elie arrives at Auschwitz with his family.  As they depart from the train, the SS officers command, "Men to the left! Women to the right!"

    Elie responds with the thoughts, "Eight words spoken quietly, indifferently, without emotion.  Eight short, simple words.  Yet that was the moment when I parted from my mother.  I had not had time to think, but already I felt the pressure of my father's hand; we were alone."  After that time, Elie never sees his mother or sisters again.  The scene emphasizes the cold cruelty of the Nazi guards, and the tragedies that were daily wrought upon the Jews in the concentration camps.  Elie lost the majority of his family in a single, indifferent moment.

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    Posted by cmcqueeney on Wednesday February 18, 2009 at 5:36 PM