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Title of Chapter 1:Hitler's Reign

Summary: 

*meets Moishe the Beadle<Poor Jew who lives 

in Sighet like Elie

*elie<very religious kid who is Jewish as well, 

studies the talmud and goes to the temple 

every night.

*forced to leave sighet, captured, hungarian 

police, cattle train

Symbol: Kabbalah of power

Elie devotes his life to the Kabbalah at 

age 12 and he reads the Kabbalah of

power every day as well as 

associating with Moishe the 

Beadle.

Quote:"Jews listen to me. its all i ask of you. I 

don't want money or pity. Only listen to me."

Sometimes my family doesn't listen to me 

when something is important they show love 

and care but they don't listen to everything.

Literary Device:

 Where did i get my strength from? I wanted to come 

back to sighet and tell you the story of my death.

This is a simile due to the figure of speech where moishe 

the beadle comes back from a concentration camp and 

try's to explain what happened to him while still alive.

Title of Chapter 2: Taken

Summary:

*packed inside cattle trains tightly on their way to a 

concentration camp which is unknown at this point.

*Now under German jurisdiction they pass the 

Hungarian border.

* Mrs. Schächter is beaten by some of the people in the 

cattle car because she has proceeded to scream the 

whole way and the passengers (more like victims) are 

getting fed up.

*Mrs. Schächter screams more about the fire and this 

time the Jews can see the crematorium.

*Jews beaten and forced out of the cattle trains now 

arriving at Berkenau.

Symbol: Fear

There is so much confusion and fear in 

this chapter the Jew's are now packed 

inside cattle trains as they meet Mrs. 

Schächter who screams often about what 

soon 

comes a reality.

Quote:   "You must be patient"

Thats what i say to the people who have 

patients because i am far from patient i have 

no patience what so ever.

Literary Device: a piercing cry split the silence

This is a metaphor considering the fact that silence 

really cant be split by a cry. the cry is described as 

piercing through the silence

Title of chapter 3: The lost path

Summary:

*personal items and bags left in the cattle train

*The prisoners learn about Auschwitz 

*Dr. Mengele now comes into place when all of the male 

prisoners are now being questioned.

*some of the men are heading towards work others are 

headed for the crematorium.

*Elie loses his faith this night seeing so mach as babys 

being dumped into fire pits alive and people 

automatically being cremated.

*in the morning they see prisoners digging holes and 

carrying sand.

*a new transport comes to Auschwiz people discuss faith 

but elie has lost his the next morning elie and his father 

are assigned their duties

Symbol: Loss

Elie loses all of his hope in this 

chapter and does not pray 

anymore when the others do just 

because what he had seen in the 

few hours he had been in the 

camps.

Quote: "You must never lose faith, even when 

the sword hangs over your head. that's the 

teachings of our sages..." (pg.40)

Sometimes i get so down in the dumps that i 

lose something like my faith or as in my words 

belief in whatever i had but my mind tells me 

not to lose that "faith" and i must go on 

another day.

Literary Device: "My fathers voice drew me 

from my thoughts"

This quote is a metaphor because chlomos 

(elies fathers) words did not really draw elie 

away like an artist and his character he 

attracted him with his words rather than drew.

Title of chapter 4: Dead Empty

Summary:*Buna seems empty

*Elie looks around for a good work assignment

* Next day there is a medical and dental check the 

doctor checks for health and the dentist is looking for 

gold crowns he almost takes elies out but elie gets out of 

it.

*idek   goes crazy and beats elies dad and then wants 

elies gold crown that the dentist did not get.

*gallows set up in the middle of the camp

*a young polish man is hanged for steeling something in 

the air raid.

*after that everything taste of death for the rest of the 

night.

Symbol: Death

This picture is symbol of death by the gallows  

are put in the middle of the camp and the 

polish boy dies but this death puts a hold on 

elie the rest of the night.

Quote: "Your lucky son"

someone has once told me i was lucky i believe 

so i guess i am I've gotten very lucky with 

many things.

Literary Device: That night the soup tasted of corpses

This is a simile because Elie was comparing the soup 

with the corpses and soup doesn't taste like a corpse. 

Title of chapter 5: The Russian Invasion

Summary:

*Jews in Buna come together to celebrate Rosh 

Hashanah, elie doesn't ask for forgiveness.

*On Yom Kippour Elie nor his father participate 

*Elie is transfered to construction kommando and isnt in 

the same block as his father anymore.

*Akiba Drumer is going to die and he ask for them to 

remember him at the Kaddish.

*Elie hurts his leg and he cannot feel it but while he is in 

the hospital he hears about the Russian's being close

*The prisoners have to mop the floor of the barracks 

before they are evacuated and go out into the snow.

Symbol: Loneliness 

The symbol of this chapter is loneliness 

because Elie feels lonely mostly 

through this chapter and he isn't so 

happy with being split from his father.

Quote: "Quickly go on take what I'm giving 

you"

Sometimes people try to give me things that i 

don't want such as my grandma she gave me 

some money and i really did not want it but 

she insisted i take it.

Literary Device: Near me lay a Hungarian Jew 

who had been struck down with dysentery -

Skin and bone, with dead eyes.

This is a simile because the fact that the mans 

eyes were dead is not true they can be 

gauged, cut, poked, etc. but they cannot die. 

Title of chapter 6: Dead Snow

Summary: 

* Prisoners run through the snow, if they are to stop 

they will be shot on the spot.

*Zalman is trampled to death.

*The Rabbi's son leaves him behind.

*Julieks violin gets smashed, he is struggling

*when Elie lays down he hears Juliek playinng 

Beethoven.

*When Elie awakes he sees Juliek dead and his violin 

tarnished. 

Symbol: Corpse

There are so many corpses in this chapter and 

so much death but the main thing is a lot of 

people die during this travel through the snow 

including some of Elies friends.

Quote:   "I can't..."

The word i can't has been used a lot in my 15 

years of living but i learned to get through it 

you should never ever say "I can't..." because 

you can do anything you put your mind to.  

Literary Device: all around me death 

was moving in silently, without 

violence.

This is a simile because death doesn't 

move in Elie is giving death a human 

like personality. 

Title of chapter 7: Fighting for attention

Summary:

*crammed in a train car for the night

*Elies dad almost thrown out

*German workmen throw bread into the cars amused to 

watch these poor souls fight to the death for a crumb.

*someone cries out as they die then everyone else starts 

to wail

*The train arrives at Buchenwald

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