This whole book has to do with the loss of things; family, food, personal items, and religion. Family is the first thing that is lost in the novel and throughout more and more family members are lost. "I didn't know that this was the place that I was leaving my mother and Tzipora forever." (Wiesel 29). Within this one sentence Elie lost four family members well before he ever should have. Rabbi Eliahou, a very loved and respected man, had his son abandon him. All because the son thought the father was thought to be too weak to care for and look after any more. Religion and faith is another intangible item the Elie Wiesel loses. He goes from what to learn everything he can about his religion to not wanting anything to do with it. Elie also lost throughout his experience all of his personal items; home, shoes, and even his gold tooth. By the end of the book Elie has lost everything and doesn't have a single thing to his name when he is set free.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Loss
This whole book has to do with the loss of things; family, food, personal items, and religion. Family is the first thing that is lost in the novel and throughout more and more family members are lost. "I didn't know that this was the place that I was leaving my mother and Tzipora forever." (Wiesel 29). Within this one sentence Elie lost four family members well before he ever should have. Rabbi Eliahou, a very loved and respected man, had his son abandon him. All because the son thought the father was thought to be too weak to care for and look after any more. Religion and faith is another intangible item the Elie Wiesel loses. He goes from what to learn everything he can about his religion to not wanting anything to do with it. Elie also lost throughout his experience all of his personal items; home, shoes, and even his gold tooth. By the end of the book Elie has lost everything and doesn't have a single thing to his name when he is set free.
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