night section 5, Betsy Garcia Sarah Carbajal-2

                                                        Death Around Every Corner

The Jewish new year approaches and this causes Elie to question his survival. Its the last day of the Jewish year and he wonders if it will actually be his last day on earth. He is angry at god because he allows such suffering to happen in the world. " Why would I bless him? Because he caused thousands of children to burn in his mass graves?" (67) He doesn't believe a god that kills innocent people deserves to be praised. He begins to rebel against all he has ever believed in. On the day of Yom Kipper he decides not to fast. He does this in order to rebel against god and because his father asks him not to. After New Year there is another selection and Elie and his father are separated. Elie is sent to work in construction detail and his father stays behind. His father gives him his spoon and knife because he does not believe he will pass the next selection. When Elie returns from work he sees that his father did pass the selection but Akiba Drumer did not pass. Winter had started and the prisoners had to suffer through the harsh climate of the winter storms. Elie's foot began to swell and he had to go to the infirmary. The doctor says that he has to have emergency surgery. He liked being in the infirmary because there was more bread and he lived in better conditions but he was still worried about his father and selections. Elie's neighbor told him that there are also selections in the infirmary. He told Elie that he should leave as soon as he could walk because the weak and the useless were executed. Elie did not know if he should believe the man. Ever since he had been a prisoner he had seen so much darkness and hatred that he did not know whether or not to believe the man. He could take the chance the chance that he was telling the truth. One day he heard that they were evacuating the camp. He had to decide to go with his father or stay in the infirmary. He did not want to be separated by his father but he also didn't want to die. He decided to go with his father. Although, Elie's father hoped that they didn't regret evacuating the camp.

.Elie didn't have to leave the infirmary. The doctor had offered to allow him and his father to stay behind but Elie did not. He didn't stay because there was rumors that they were going to blow up the camp in order to hide all evidence and kill all the left over prisoners. Elie wanted to save him and his father. He later found out that the people left in the infirmary were  freed by the liberating army

These prisoners were getting ready to be evacuated from the camp.  Elie and his father were among these prisoners. Elie and his father hoped that they wouldn't regret this because Elie's foot was not fully recovered. If Elie's foot got worst they would have to amputate it and then he would be useless to the camp. That would put him at risk for execution.

Elie saw this throughout his life in concentration camps. He had lost his faith in god.  His rebellion was fueled by these images in his head. A young boy of sixteen had seen what grown men should never see in there life time. He hated the thought of praising a god that would hurt innocent people.