It starts off in a small town, we learn about Elie's desires to study religion and Moche the Beatle. Moche's last name is never revealed or said, after a while he was taken away because he was a foreign Jew. The community was shocked at first then kind of forgot about it. Moche came back talking about how they were throwing infants in the air and using them as targets. He says he survived because they gave him a leg wound and left him for dead. This was the first time of many where the town shrugs it off and stays optimistic.
After those events officers came to isolate them, the community was a ghetto. The citizens were all thinking it was for the best since now they were closed off in their own community amongst fellow Jews. The German officers were also acting very nice at first. Elie's Father was a leader figure and there was a Jewish council. Everything changed once they were called to go to a concentration camp or another ghetto. The community went in groups, Elie was in the last group to go. He was sent to another ghetto.
Elie had lived in the ghetto shortly before being transported to his first concentration camp. But he has to endure a long train ride where everyone was hungry and thirsty. During the ride there was a woman who kept on yelling that there was a fire. After a while the people on the cart tied and gagged her. She would get loose and start yelling again until they eventually beat her to try and shut her up. When they arrived at their camp she started yelling fire again, and there was indeed fire/smoke coming out of the chimney. The place smelled bad, they later found out it was the smell of burning flesh.
Great description of the characters. I also liked how you sequenced the events in chronological order. I think you did a well job on describing the characters and setting. Good blog post!
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