Section 4 - Ashly Dominguez period 2

    In section four of the book "Night" by Elie Wiesel, Elie goes through quite an adventure. Even though he gets away from the dealing dentist who gets locked up, he still doesn't get away with loosing his golden tooth which is valuable to him. A cruel foreman, Idek, finds his way to get Elie's tooth by torchuring his dad until the point where Elie couldn't take the pain to see his dad suffer any longer. In the book, Elie says, "It was untenable. We had to give in" (56). 

At camp Buna, Elie and his father are never seperated. They are housed to a musicians' block where Elie meets Juliek, and two brothers named Yossi and Tibi. Elie and his father both work in a civilian warehouse where they count electrical fittings. Elie and his working crew are assigned a very violent Kapo named Idek. When Idek is in a bad mood, he torchures Elie and his father for no apparent reason. He has even humiliated Elie in front of a lot of inmates at the camp. Elie says, "He took his time between the lashes. Only the first really hurt." (57). Idek is very selfish and thinks only for himself. Elie has changed toward his father because instead of getting mad at Idek for beating his father, he gets mad at his own father for not being able to dodge Idek's fury.

 One day, as Elie was resting from work, the camp Buna was bombed. All the alarms went off and all the Bloclalteste gathered the inmates in their blocks. Anyone who was to be found outside of their blocks, were to get shot by the SS. Since so many things were happening at this time, next to the kitchen were two unattended cauldrons of hot steaming soup. So many inmates desired for the soup, but fear overtoook hunger. One starving inmate was the only one who dared to try to get the soup, but once he reached it, he was immediately shot. To everyone, he was already dead once he took a step toward the soup. After the bombing was over, Elie and all the other inmates were to clean the ruins that were left of the several flattened buildings. A week or so later, Elie experienced his first hanging in camp Buna. The last hanging he experienced was horrible for him because the boy being hanged was so young and innocent. Because of all his experiences in the holocaust, Elie has lost his faith in God. He doesn't think he should serve a God who is not willing to protect such innocent people.

 I think this section was a rough stage for Elie because he went through so much at camp Buna. From his tooth, the bombings, to Idek constantly humiliating him and lastly to the hangings. Elie has changed his ways toward God and even his own father. Elie is a very strong boy but the holocaust has changed him.

Inmates in Camp Buna being observed by SS.

Camp Buna Factory

Night chapter 4, johnathan gutierrez-2

In chapter 4, Elie and his father have just arrived at a new camp: Buna. Elie describes the camp as " though it been through an epidemic: empty and dead." The head of thecamp met tem there, he was a stocky man with big shoulders, neck of a bull, thick lips, and curly hair."(47) Elie and his father then began to look for people they knew. Many inmates described the camp as " Buna is a very good camp. One can hold one's own here."(48) "A tough looking boy with shifty eyes" as Elie described him came over to him and asked him if he would like to get into a good kommando. the only thing he boy asked was for Elie's shoes and in return Elie asked for his father to stay with him. But then later Elie's shoes were later taken away. He then was sent for a medical checkup, but they hardly examined him, they just asked " are you in good health?"(48) Him and his father were then moved to the musicians block. They had a as there leader. One day Idek was venting with fury and happend to cross his path. idek then threw himself at him like a wild beast, Elie was aching all over. Idek was a Kapo and was very violent. At the end of the chapter, Elie asks himself where god is, while a child was hanged. "For God's sake, where is God."(65)

     

The Unexpected - Alondra Tamayo 3

This picture below shows Jewish people being hanged.

               The beliefs of the Jewish people faided  when they saw the hangings that occured. The prisoners were forced to see these 3 people die that day which one of them included the young boy. They were all sentence to death because the two men hanged stole two plates of soup which they weren't suppose too and they were caught. This was a message for the prisoners that ment that if you steal you will pay the price.

              A young boy was hanged because he was caught stealing when a electrical plant at Buna failed. Which they found a trail where they found important superior weapons hidden. The boy was also sentenced by law that condemned to death. Everyone was forced to see the three gallows during roll call. The three prisoners were in chains and everyone just staired at them.

            "All eyes were on them." (64) He was the last one to die the two older men right away the young boy lasted for 30 minutes still moving and breathing. "His tongue was still red, his eyes not yet estinguished"(65).

Religion ( Kaddish)

Elie's feelings toward God changed throught the book. In the beginning Elizer was very religious and wanted to know more about Kaddish. Now in Chapter 4 his feelings toward God faided. "This is where- hanging here from this gallows..." (65). This shows that Elie thinks that God is dead because since they were send from concentration camp to concetration camp God didn't help them at all. So how could he thank God if they are living in hell right now.

This picture shows how Jews were laughed at and touchered by the SS officers. Which connects to Elizer's father that was beaten up by Idek. Elizer was angry because his father did not defent himself from Idek. He knew that he could of have beaten up Idek, but he didn't. Idek (Kapo) is a very violent man and is he explodes he will tourcher the first person he sees. Elizer's feelings towards his dad changed from the beginning till now "I felt anger at the moment, it was not directed at the Kapo but at my father" (54).

Night Section 4-Damien Munguia, David Munguia

Soon after Eliezer and the rest of Jews are sent to Buna, another concentration camp, they then wait to be asigned to their new Kommandos-the worst being the Construction Kommando. The next day began the medical examinations of all the prisoners. The physical examinations were unorthodox, while the dental examination was far from discovering tooth decay. The examinations were unorthodox because the doctors were simply asking, "Are you in good health?" Beyond that there were no other questions. Elie and his father are chosen by a Kapo to serve in a unit of prisoners who's job is to count electrical parts. They are both housed in a musicians block, led by a German Jew. After a few days in Buna, Eliezer is summoned by the dentist, when Elie asked the dentist why he had been summoned, the dentist replied with, "I shall remove you gold crown, that is all." Elie quickly reply with, "Couldn't you wait a few days sir? I don't feel well, I have a fever..." Two weeks later, the dentists office was shut down because he was trading in the gold for his own benefit. The dentist was immediately hung for his crimes. Eliezer's "Kapo," Idek, was going into a rage and Elie was unfortunate enough to come across it. The young women working next to him however, assisted Elie in both cleaning him up, and making him feel better with some kind words. "Bite your lips little brother . . . Don't cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now . . . Wait. Clench your teeth and wait . . ." Eliezer and his father were unfortunate enough to be caught in Idek's fits. One day, his father was the one that Idek directed his anger towards. Instead of being angry with Idek, Elie was primarily mad towards his father for not simply avoiding him. Franek was another man who took advantage of Eliezer's weakness. His gold crown that he managed to keep safe from the dentist, was pried from his mouth from a rusty spoon. 

Elie had changed so much due to the cruelty of the camps; from his father, to his belief, and finally, towards his thought of death. One hanging that he witnessed involving one man that had stolen during an air raid had hardly affected him. He was actually grateful because of the statement following the ceremony. "I remember that on that evening, the soup tasted better than ever . . ." But yet another hanging occurred, but this time involving a young pipel and two other men for harboring weapons. The young pipel was beloved, no one was able to watch with dry eyes. Not even the executioner was able to do his work and denied to do his job. Once the floor was removed from their feet, the two men died, but the young boy remained alive for half an hour. This had made Eliezer taste the soup of that of corpses, as well as severely cripple his faith in God

God? Fades or Stays? Jackiee Salinas Per 2

During Elie Wiesel’s time, the concentration camps were very crucial. During section four Elie is confronted with many things. Throughout that time Elie always stuck with his father he never left his side. He experienced many things. One thing that happened to him was seeing his father get hit right in front of his eyes. He too got many blows. They were the only ones. He also faced the little food they always gave him. In this section Elie and his father and many inmates were shocked from a hanging. The victim was hung because of an air raid he dared to eat unguarded soup. He said the food tasted great that day. Elie said this because he knew that rebelling was the worst thing you can do especially in a concentration camp, however it was considered a great honor to be hung for rebelling. He experienced another hanging but this one was way worse than the last. It involved two men and a small child. The small child was a sign of god to Elie. When the small child was being hanged he said that the soup tasted bitter. He said that because as the little kid was hung he realized that it was similar to his faith in god. The small child was dying slowly and fading slowly just like Elie’s faith toward god.

"The Death of God"Daisy Tello 3rd period

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 sees Idek fooling around with a girl so he starts to laugh. When Idek sees him he gets very mad and he decides to whip him 25 times in front of everyone. Elie cannot sand its way to much pain so without noticing he passes out. Then the wiping is over and he is not able to stand up. Afterwards the camp is attacked and all of the solders went a hid leaving all of the Jews alone. At that moment one man was brave to go to the kitchen and try to steal food but when he was there in front of the pot of soup he got shot by one of the solders. That afternoon that man was hanged in the gallows. everyone has to whatch this he was hagged with other  2 kids and that day elie starded to tell him self that god was dead. that he was there hanging from the gallows.

Angel At the Gallows Jason Negrete Period 3 Guadalupe Perez Period 6

-Jewish women going through an inspection-

Eli and his father are in Buna and they are all assigned to a certain block and a Kapo. Eli’s Kapo is Idek. Idek is very short tempered and will take out his anger on anybody who gets in his way. They’re all put through medical inspection to be searched for any gold teeth or valuable possessions. They’re assigned to a certain block with a group of musicians. They work in a warehouse fixing electrical equipment. They were only given a blanket, washbowl, and a bar of soap. Eli is told to go to the dentist to get his teeth inspected for any gold fillings. He puts it off for a few days until the dentist gets fired for stealing and selling the gold fillings he extracted from other Jews. While Eli is working in his lock, he gets in Idek’s way during one of his fits of rage. Everyone watched as he was beat for doing absolutely nothing. The mysterious French girl tried to reassure him to not lose hope. She said to him, “Bite your lips, little brother…Don’t cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now…Wait. Clench your teeth and wait…” (53) —Flash forward—Eli is in Paris at a metro and he notices a French woman that looks familiar to him. It turned out to be the young French girl who dried his tears years ago. A few days later when they’re all busy loading diesel engines onto trucks, Eli’s father gets in Idek’s way. Eli feels the fury crawling up his skin. Why must his father be so stupid? “Why couldn't he have avoided Idek’s wrath? “ (54) The foreman Franek was actually a nice man, but if he  didn't get his way…you’d suffer the consequences. Franek found out about Eli’s gold tooth and he wants to keep for to himself. He forces Eli to give him his gold tooth and he believed that if he did then Frank will follow through with his agreement and stop torturing his dad. Of course Franek doesn't keep his agreement. 

We chose this image because the Jew is being
whipped as Eli was after his encounter with Idek.

You might think the beating in this section is over, but Eli suffers one more but this time it was his own fault. On a Sunday, Idek decides to send his Kommando to the depot under Franek’s command. Everyone was so confused. Why were they there on a Sunday? Eli, out of curiosity decided to find out why, and when he did his thoughts put him in a lot of trouble. “Just you wait, kid…You will see what it costs to leave your work…You’ll pay for this later…And now go back to your place…” (57). He gets whipped in front of everyone 25 times. He passes out cause of the pain. Why? He got whipped simply because he laughed at the view of Idek fooling around with a girl. How pathetic is that? To scare Eli into staying quiet, he tortured the young boy. 

This image shows men at the gallows.
It represents the 2 main hangings in section 4.

 After that incident, the camp was attacked. All the Jews remained hidden−all but one. This brave man used this attack as an advantage to get to the cauldrons of soup. He was hung. Eli felt no pity for the man. After his hanging, Eli devoured the soup as if it was the best feast anyone could have. That wasn't the case when a young boy, a pipel, was hung. Eli couldn't bear to see the child being hung, watching the life slowly suck out of him. He couldn't enjoy the soup that day.