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Butterfly Project - Dairy Entry By Helga Weissova “Preparing For The Commissions Visit”

Holocaust book club reflections

     In my book Night  the main character Elie Wiesel repeatedly showed he loved his father. When they first got to the concentration camp he did not want to get separated from his father. Through out the book they gave many examples of Elie not wanting to leave his fathers side. Like when they were in the concentration camp he always wanted to be with his father. When they got out of the cattle car Elie’s father was sent to a line were people that could not walk well were sent and Elie saved him from being killed, the reason why he went back for him was because they had gotten separated. Another time when Elie kept his farther alive was when they were in the death marches and Elie’s father wanted to take a nap but Elie did not allow him because he said his father was the reason for him living. This shows that he did not want to be left alone. These examples also show how Elie always had his fathers back and he would care for him. This teaches me to care and have my families back no ma

Book Club Blog Post

I have had many feeling through out the book. In the beginning of the book I was feeling not really feeling many things just because  my book focused on the life of the Jews before the Holocaust. Once the book got more in depth I started to feel bad for how Elie would describe his experiences. I would also feel anxious at some parts. I would feel anxious at parts when Elie’s and his father would get into bad situations. I would also get anxious when Elie and his father got into life or death situations. If I could talk to Elie Wiesel and ask some questions, one question I would ask is was there ever hope that he was going to survive or make it out of the concentration camps alive? I would ask him this question because I think it would be interesting to know what was going on inside his head when he I was in the concentration camps. Another question I would ask Elie is that was there any good memories from before the Holocaust? (Like from his childhood.) I would ask him this because I