"I decided to give my father lessons myself, to teach him to change step, and to keep to the rhythm. ... In this scene, an old man had obtained a piece of bread, but his son attacked him and killed him for one little piece of bread. ... The irony is that the son wanted the bread because he was starving and he killed his father, but the same thing had happened to him exactly after he had obtained the piece of bread. ... He could've kept the rubber or bread for himself, but instead he chose to give it to his son who he loves so much. ... His son's life is more valuable to him tha...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Elie and his father's lives form around bread and soup in order to survive. ... Elie instills faith in him, when he questions if he should give up and not fight any longer, but Elie doesn't allow his father to think that that's even an option, they endured so much together he wouldn't allow him to give up now. ... " (Wiesel, 86) Here the author is describing how he survived through sheer determination that propelled him to the point of not allowing himself to give up. He suffered already so much, he wouldn't allow himself to abandon his father and give up now. ......

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• Grade Level: High School

The Jewish year passes and on New Year's Day, the prisoners gather to celebrate and give thanks to God. ... Without his faith in God Elie might give up all hope of survival. ... After three days in the barracks of Gleiwitz without any bread or water, the prisoners are forced to march again because the Russian front is advancing. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

We can see this when Wiesel writes, "For a ration of bread I was able to exchange cots to be next to my father" (94). A ration of bread might not seem like much but these Jews went sometimes six to seven days without eating, and a ration of bread was like a gourmet meal to them. By seeing he would give up a ration of bread to be next to his father shows the love and compassion many could relate to when thinking about the love of a father. ...

• Word Count: 1662
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From there they were sent off to be put in wagons that tightly fit eight people, one window with bars so no one could escape a few loaves of bread and two buckets of water. ... As Elie and his father waited in line to learn their destination from the Angel of Death, others were giving him and his father advice on how to stay alive. ... They were even treated a little better by receiving an extra portion of food or bread that is all the Jews were served. ... He also had a little something else; he would not give in to hunger and the bitter coldness because he would not leave his father...

• Word Count: 2467
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

However, they did not know that they would not be able to keep them, but would have to give them up to the SS officers and their comrades. ... We were left a few loaves of bread and some buckets of water. ... Elie had to give up his shoes and even his gold tooth when he got to the camp (Wiesel 35, 46-54). ...

• Word Count: 1548
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School