In section 4 of "Night" Elie and his father remain at Buna. Here they are placed too work in a warehouse counting electrical fittings. They are placed here along with Jewish muscians and the block is headed by a kind German Jew, but with a Kapo who sometimes has "fits a madness" and releases his anger on the Jews. Not long after working here Elie is called to the dentist to have his gold crown removed, but Elie is clever and holds off his dentist appoinment long enough until the dentist is hanged for trading the gold for his own well-being. Even though the dentist dies a tragic death Elie feels no pity for him because he is too concerned for himself and his own well-being. One day as Elie is working at the warehouse, Idek has one of his fits and needlessly beats.After Elie finds comfort with a French girl who works next to him whom he thought spoke no German , but finds out that she speaks fluently. Not long after Elie's own father is victim to one of Ideks's rampages as well. After Elie finds himself mad at his father for not being able to stay away from Idek and realizes how much the camps have changed him. Days later a prison foreman sees Elies's gold crown and asks for it. Elie refuses to give it up as advice from his father. The foreman starts to beat his father until Elie gives up the crown. Days later the Polish prisoners are transferered to another camp and Elie feels as if he gave up his crown for nothing. During an air raid to Buna 2 cauldronsof soup are left unattended in the middle of the camp and all the prisoners are staring at them with hunger in their eyes, but no one dares to get any for fear of death. One man steps out of his block and just as he is about to feed himself he is shot. Days later two men and a little boy are hung form the gallows . Elie says that if there is a God how could he l;et a little boy be hung and realizes that his faith has been shattered.
great 3.5
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