In section four Elie and his father are still at Buna. While they are there they have to get medical examinations and dental examinations looking for any gold teeth. Afterward all of the prisoners are chosen by a kapo. Elie gets lucky and goes with his father, they both go to a kapo named Idek. For now and on Idek is there kapo as long as they remained at Buna. Idek has a very short temper and it is better for everyone to say out of his way and do what he says to do. Then all of the Jews are assigned to a certain block of work Elie and his father are put with a group of musicians and they all go to a  warehouse fixing electrical equipment. While working there in the warehouse Elie meets a French girl. Then Elie gets in Idek way and he gets in so much trouble they have tie him on his stomach and then they hit him he passes out half way then after its done he has no strength to get back up.