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 would like to know if he had a good life or an okay life before all of the Holocaust things started happening. I would also ask him if he had any good memories would he think of them when he was in the concentration camps?

One problem Elie faced in the beginning of the book was when he first got separated from his mother and sisters. I think this was a problem for him because he had never been away from his family. I think this was also tough because he didn’t know what had happened or what was happening to his mother and sisters. Another problem he faced were the selections in the concentration camps. I think this was a problem for him because it was a decision of whether he is going to die or stay alive. On top of that he also had to stay alert for his father and make sure he didn’t get selected either.