Night. Pages 99-109.

Robby Treadwell

3/19/13

Period 4

99-109

Summary: Eliezer wakes up at Buchenwald not with his father, but comes to find him accidentally, he is very sick. One morning Eliezer wakes up to find that his father was sent to the crematory. The nazis find out that the Nazis are coming and decide to kill all the Jews, however the American army shows up and saves him. 

Quotation: "Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. We thought only of that. Not of revenge, not of our families. Nothing but bread."

Quotation Significance:  This quote is significant because it shows how the prisoners cared more about eating than noticing they were free. It also shows that they were starved very badly. (109)

Reflection: As gorry, and grotest the whole book was I was very surprised by this ending. I was almost sure that they were both going to die at the end of the book. It was pretty crazy to read that when the Nazis found out that the Americans were coming that there idea of "evacuation" was to kill all the jews in the camp. It was sad to read about how Eliezer's dad was suffering and finally died. I think that if Eliezer's dad had passed away earlier in the back that Eliezer would be a lot more healthy and safe, because he didn't have the weight on his shoulder's of caring for his father. 

Discussion Question: Would Eliezer have been better off if his father died earlier in the book, and so he could carry on the plot by himself?