After the services were done and was ended with a Kaddish, Elie went off looking for his father to wish him a happy year, but when he found his father leaning against a wall with his shoulders bent, sagging, Elie was speechless of what he saw. No words came out of him. The only thing Elie had done after he saw his father was he took his father’s hand and kissed it. Then he felt a tear on his hand wondering who dropped the tear. When Elie felt a tear drop on his hand he says, “Never before had we understood each other so clearly”(69) and Elie says this because he thinks his father dropped the tear because he lost faith in God, but as a Jew you would believe in God. In this case we see Elie giving up on believing in God, his savior. During the celebration Elie’s father didn't show up at the Appelplatz, and Elie thinks his father and him understood each other in a way where they both lost faith in God. How can Elie wish a happy year to his dad when they both understand one another that the situation they are in. For the 2 of them a happy year didn't come and would never occur as long as they are in the camp. The only thing they both know is that death is waiting for them every day.
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http://www.ou.org/news/article/kaddish
hey ryota
ReplyDeletethis response is pretty good but you have some grammatical errors and you should try to put more quotes like the part when Elie's father was leaning against the wall with bent shoulders sagging, that should in quotations because that sounds familiar in the book or it looks the same.