His main reason for not giving up in the camps is so his father is not alone. ... Their relationship is so strong that is actually gives Elie a reason to keep on living through this novel. ... Someone threw himself on top of the old man and begins to hit him for the bread. ... Ive got some bread for you too for you too" (97). The other person killed his own father just for some food that his father was going to give him anyway. ...

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When they were feed, they were given small rations of soup, old pieces of bread, and occasionally coffee. ... German workers began to throw pieces of bread into the carts while stopped. ... I've got some bread for you too for you too he collapsed and died amid the general indifference." ... "I'll give you a sound piece of advice-don't give your ration of bread and soup to your old father. ... Many would give up on themselves and die a slow painful death. ...

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The blockalteste was telling Elie that he should just give up on his father. ... Only bread (Wiesel 115). ... At that moment, the man wanted Elie's shoes but he said that he'd rather not get his rations of soup and bread. ... "For a ration of bread I was able to exchange cots to be next to my father " (Wiesel 108). Elie continued to give up his food just to be next to his father during work. ...

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They may have savored every ration of bread they had instead of eating it as quickly as possible. ... The Jews had to keep up hope if they wanted to survive: to give up hope and to lose faith is to die. ...

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Again when they arrive in the first concentration camp he tries to give his son advice on how to survive, he says "You don't want to eat it all at once tomorrow is another day ... "(41), referring to his bread ration. ... My God, Lord of the Universe, give me strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou's son has done... While Elie Wiesel was pushed to his limits in the concentration camps, both physically and mentally, his ability to come out afterwards and tell his story to the world perhaps gives the greatest insight into himself as a person. ...

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Page 12: Batia Reich- a relative who came to live with Elie's family during deportation Page 16: Elie's family- before deported out of town they were then deported to the smaller ghetto Page 18: Martha- an old servant of the family, she tried to save the family by giving them safe refuge in her village Page 20: All jews for Elie's street- loaded into cattle wagons cramped and being deported Page 22-25: Madame Schãchter- about fifty, Elie knew her well, she was with her ten yr old son, her husband and two eldest sons were deported with the first tra...

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