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What is the main idea of Chapter 4 in night?
Eliezer reflects on how inhumane the concentration camps made him; as his father is being beaten, rather than being mad at Idek, Eliezer is mad at his father for not avoiding the Kapo. Franek, the foreman, decides he wants Eliezer’s gold crown. Eliezer won’t give it to him.
What is chapter 4 about in Night by Elie Wiesel?
The young assistant of a Kapo is arrested along with the Kapo and two other prisoners after a power station in Buna blows up. The Kapo is tortured and sent to Auschwitz. The assistant, still only a boy, is tortured and then brought with the other two men to the gallows before the assembled camp.
What is the tone of Chapter 4 in night?
The tone of the chapter 4 is solemn.
Was it surprising that the Kapos were so cruel considering that they were prisoners?
Was it surprising that the Kapos were so cruel considering that they were prisoners? It is not surprising at all. When your in a concentration camp your only focus is keeping yourself alive.
What is Elie’s main internal conflict in Chapter 4?
He is worried about his own survival. He is not angry at Idek for beating his father but upset with his father for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s wrath. When the prison foreman, Franek, sees Eliezer’s gold crown, he also wants it. Franek’s lust for gold makes him cruel.
What is the punishment for stealing soup?
What was the punishment for stealing soup? Death.
How does Eliezer change in Chapter 4?
He undergoes a transformation from a child to someone else from the beginning of the Holocaust to his time in the concentration camp. Eliezer has lost his innocence, his faith, and now he is on his way to losing his Jewish morals and values.
Where is Elie in Chapter 4 of night?
Eliezer remains in a camp located in Buna with his father on the musicians’ block run by a sweet Jewish man. The two work in a warehouse under the power of Idek, an irrational and unpredictable foreman, where Elie is responsible for counting electrical parts.
How did the French girl comfort the author?
How did the French girl comfort Elie and what was her secret? She gave him bread and told him not to cry. Her secret was that she was jewish and she was just fluent in german.
Why did the officer take such an interest in the younger children?
Why did the officer take such an interest in younger children? The officer took interest because he was sexually trafficking the children. What was the unfortunate incident with Elie’s shoes? The unfortunate incident with Elie’s shoes was that they were taken from him.
What happens in chapter 4 to murder Elie’s God?
The inmates are unmoved by daily cruelties in the camp, but the death of a child on the gallows brings tears to their eyes. A man wonders how God can exist in a world with so much cruelty. Eliezer too is shaken and feels that for him, God has been murdered on the gallows along with the child.
Why is the fight scene between the father and son ironic?
How is the fight scene between father and son ironic? The fight scene is ironic because both father and son wanted bread to survive, but fighting for the bread ultimately killed them both. Additionally, father and son are supposed to take care of each other like Elie and his father have been doing.
Why was Eliezer’s father being beaten?
Elie tells of meeting this same woman many years later in Paris. Idek beat Elie’s father with an iron bar because he was moving too slowly. Elie was angry, not at Idek, but at his father for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s wrath. This was yet another way in which the Nazis dehumanized the Jews.
What do the air raid sirens signify in night?
The air raid sirens generally indicate an imminent threat from the enemy, but to the prisoners it symbolizes the idea that they aren’t alone and that…
Why did the citizens resist the truth in night?
Why did the citizens resist the truth, even when it was right in front of them? They were in denial; they could not believe that this was actually happening. 8. Describe the conditions on the train (at the end of the chapter).
Where did the train finally stop in night?
The next night, Madame Schächter begins her screaming again. The prisoners on the train find out, when the train eventually stops, that they have reached Auschwitz station. This name means nothing to them, and they bribe some locals to get news.
What is dysentery in the book night?
Elie’s father is fatally ill with dysentery, an infectious disease that attacks the intestines and causes bloody and loose bowel movements. Guards refuse to feed the sick, which means Elie’s father is deprived of critical nourishment and care.
Why did the train stop in the middle of a deserted field Why did this make the prisoners so happy?
THE PRISONERS SO HAPPY? The SS wanted to dispose of the dead bodies; there would be more room on the train. This meant that the remaining passengers could eat food (bread) thrown at them by German townspeople.
Who comforted Elie after beating him?
Eliezer’s story of his encounter with the French girl who comforts him after he is beaten by Idek the Kapo is unusual because it is one of the few places in the memoir where he jumps into the future to explain what happened after the liberation of the concentration camps.