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This novel uses many accounts of symbolism to paint a vivid picture of death and to set a dreary atmosphere. Cold images of people being brutally beaten, towering chimneys used to burn family and friends symbolizing death and suffering, German SS officers symbolizing fear to all that succumbs to them. “Right next to us the high chimney of the crematory oven rose up. It no longer made any impression on us. It scarcely attracted our attention”, this line symbolizes the loss of hope and extremely low moral these refugees became to know as life.
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Major characters in the story are Eliser, Moshe the Beadle, and Eliser’s father. They endured the hardships out of love for each other.
The setting of the story goes through several concentration camps including the famed Auschwitz. Eliser is the main charactor and author of the book. Moshe the Beadle is a character that Eliser really looked up to. His father was his main companion during his years at the concentration camps and gave him a reason to live. ”
This book was an excellent choice for me because it was written on my reading level and the subject matter is of the type I prefer. The book went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 and is considered a masterpiece today, well on its way to becoming a classic. He tried to warn people of the German invasion but nobody would listen to him, and he was eventually killed. “Where is the divine mercy? Where is god? How can I believe, how can anyone believe, in this merciful god?”, is a line containing three rhetorical questions used to work on a readers emotion. The detail in which the author described the setting helped dramatically in the overall effect.
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