1) “My heart throbbed with pain as I watched my brother lying on the ground, pretending to be one of the dead bodies. Several shots were heard on the other side of town, and that distracted the rebels and made them turn the other way. Junior and the two others made it." -Chapter 4, page 28
Ishmael really loves his brother, and you can really tell with this statement. He does not want to lose his brother. He has already been separated from the rest of his family and it would hurt him so much if he lost his brother. You can tell that Ishmael looks up to his brother after everything that has happened so far in the story. His heart throbs with pain as he sees his brother trying to escape the madness going on by pretending to be dead.
Will Ishmael lose his brother? I know that there is a very high possibility that they will be separated, however at this point in the story, it
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seems like things will go well if they stick together. If the two brothers lose each other their lives will become harder and harder as they go through this hard time alone. I hope that they are not separated and they both have a happy ending. 2) “If we hadn’t stopped to rest on that hill, if we hadn’t run into Gasemu, I would have seen my family. I thought.” -Chapter 12, page 95 It is unfortunate that Ishmael lost his family so quickly. He is going through the stages of grief at this moment. He is angry at himself, at his friends, at the rebels, and at Gasemu. He is reliving the moments that happened before he lost his family and he has decided that Gasemu is the main cause he didn’t get to see them. He is frustrated and is putting the blame on the people around him. Does Ishmael miss his family now? I wonder if he struggled to write this part of the book. It must have been hard on him to lose his family at such a young age. However, it worries me that there is so much left of the book. I am sympathetic for Ishmael, because he is going through a lot this early in his life. I have a lot of respect for him because he has done things I would never be able to do. 3) “You have been great soldiers and you all know that you are part of this brotherhood. I am very proud to have served my country with you boys. But your work here is done, and I must send you off. These men will put you in school and find you another life.” -Page 129 Although Ishmael was not happy when he heard his boss say this, I was very happy for him. I could tell that this was going to change Ishmael’s life for the better. From this point on, he will go back to being a normal kid and he will live a free life. He might encounter other difficult points in his life, but nothing can beat the pain he went through during the war. Will Ishmael get used to living in a rehabilitation center? It might take him long, but I want him to become a better person. He needs to stop doing drugs and killing people because that is not morally correct. He may be trying to avenge his family, but he is ruining himself instead. 4) “This is going to hurt,” the nurse said when she was about to clean the cuts. “What is your name?” she asked as she dressed my hand. I didn’t answer her. “Come back tomorrow so that I can change the bandage. Okay?” -Chapter 16, page 141 You can tell that the nurse in this rehabilitation center will be kind and understand Ishmael. She will be one of the people that helps Ishmael rehabilitate and get used to not being alone. Ishmael is lucky to have met such a person. Without the nurse’s push he probably wouldn’t have gotten to where he is today. She convinced him to go out of his comfort zone and socialize with many new people. What happens to the nurse?
She may not be a very important character, but I can tell Ishmael enjoyed being with her because she was like a big sister to him. She cared for him and made him come back to her office, even though he didn’t want to at first. I can tell Ishmael really enjoyed the nurse’s company.
5) “My uncle didn’t believe it. “People are always lying to others with such promises. Don’t let them get your hopes up, my son.” he said.” -Chapter 19, page 189
I can understand Ishmael’s uncle when he says these words to his nephew. His uncle doesn’t want him to get hurt anymore. Ishmael has experienced many painful events in his lifetime, and his uncle is warning him to be aware of what can happen. He loves Ishmael and he will be depressed if Ishmael gets hurt again.
Does Ishmael like his new family? He had no idea who his uncle was before, but now he lives with him and his family. His uncle has a pretty big family and Ishmael may not be used to that, but it will give him the comfort of home. Ishmael will never feel alone again and it seems like his life will be going well from now
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Later on during their time in camp, Eliezer and his father develop a peer relationship. Both m...
First, who is Ishmael Chambers? He is the son of a very well-respected and prominent citizen of San Piedro, Arthur Chambers. When Arthur dies, Ishmael takes over the job as the local news reporter. He is introduced into the story as a journalist in the trial of Kabuo Miyamoto and appears to remain aloof, a passive third person eye that would analyze the information impartially. In addition to being a reporter, Ishmael is also a war veteran with a missing limb as a souvenir to boot. The reader gets the feeling that Ishmael plays a small and minor role in the upcoming plot. This, however, is false. As the book gathers momentum, it becomes increasingly clear that Ishmael ties into the fabric of the outcome of the story-from the childhood and young adult romance between Hatsue and him, to the emotional scene where his arm is amputated, to the final climax where he discovers the evidence that can clear Kabuo's name, Ishmael is the crux on which the storyline hinges.
Eliezer is trying to express his frustration and devastation. Everyone around him has faith in God yet he does not. He had lost all hope in God and his mercy. He spent nearly all his life worshipping God and he has strong feelings that God has abandoned him. His denial of faith makes him feel all alone by himself, without God or man.
Ishmael starts his journey with a will to escape and survive the civil war of Sierra Leone in order to reunite with his mom, dad, and younger siblings, who fled their home when his village was attacked by rebels. Having only his older brother, who he escaped with, and a few friends by his side Ishmael is scared, but hopeful. When the brothers are captured by rebels, Ishmael’s belief in survival is small, as indicated by his fallible survival tactics when he “could hear the gunshots coming closer…[and] began to crawl farther into the bushes” (Beah 35). Ishmael wants to survive, but has little faith that he can. He is attempting to survive by hiding wherever he can- even where the rebels can easily find him. After escaping, Ishmael runs into a villager from his home tells him news on the whereabouts of his family. His optimism is high when the villager, Gasemu, tells Ishmael, “Your parents and brothers wil...
When Elian was asked if he wanted to be with his father he said "He cares for his father but he would like his father to be here with him.
Moishe becomes weak and Eliezer begins to wish his father would die so he would only have to take care of himself. He feels guilty about this and takes his father to a doctor to find out that Moishe has a very high fever. People tell Eliezer to give up on his father and he again feels guilty for even considering this. The next morning, Moishe's body is gone and Eliezer sadly feels good about it.
Ishmael’s search for revenge ended when he was taken out of the front lines of the war by
Without a doubt, some decisions can affect not only the person making the decision, but also his most beloved ones. Elie truly understands this as he tells himself, “I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his sole support” (87). The purpose of Elie’s survival is to provide hope to his father, and to strengthen his desire to live. Indeed, his thoughts are not about his own survival at this point, but instead, to encourage his father to continue living. When one of them gives up, the other has no intention of continuing his life. As Elie’s father falls asleep, Eliezer tells his father, “’We’ll take turns. I’ll watch over you and you’ll watch over me. We won’t let each other fall asleep. We’ll look after each other”’ (89). When father and son rely on one another, it gives them more motivation to pass by the difficult situati...
Eliezer loses faith in his family. He and his mother and sister were parted at the camp and he has no hope to see them ever again. "Men to the left! Women to the right..."(pg 27).
This new behavior leads him to develop new character traits. While Ellie was in the concentration camp he became angry at many things, for example “I would have dug my nails into the criminals flesh” (Wisel 39). Elie shows extreme anger when the Nazi officials are beating Elie’s father. Elie was angry because the Nazi soldiers were not treating them nicely and putting them in poor conditions. Elie is usually not a person for anger but he shows this when his family members are being hurt. Elie wants to stand up for what is right and for his family members. Despite his studying, Elie wavered in his belief in Kabbalah while he was at the camp. In the book Elie says, “‘Where are You, my God?’” (66). Elie is wondering why God is not helping the Jews. Elie had complete faith in his religion until now, when he is starting to question his beliefs. He had learned that God will punish evil and save the righteous. However, when Elie saw that God was not helping the Jews situation, then Elie asked himself the question, “Is God real?”. Elie became worried because he felt he had lost a companion that always seemed by his side at all times. He lost hope. While Elie was in the camp he had changed the way he acted towards his Dad. Before Elie was sent to the camp Elie had a love hate relationship with his dad. However while they were in the camp together they became closer. Elie showed this when, “I tightened my grip on my
“In this place, there is no such thing as father, brother, friend. Each of us lives and dies alone,” (110). For example, one of the prisoners murders his father for a ration of his bread; thus, demonstrating a breakdown in humanity. Terrified that he might resort to this level of violence, Elie clings to his father—and in a sense, his innocence and humanity. Yet, since his father’s death, “nothing matters” (113) to Ellie anymore. He—arguably—loses his will to survive, his ability to feel emotion. This proves that compassion is necessary in the plight of
His hope was crushed out of him. He doubted if god was with him. He lost his entire family. A person who has to deal with that type of trauma at such a young age is incredible. I would definitely recommend this book to others especially people who take things for granted, or don’t appreciate what they have. There are a lot of themes that the book night present. The theme that I saw was the fact that Eliezer was stripped of his identity of an innocent child. His head was shaved he was given a number instead of a name. His identity when he enters the concentration camp is a child. When he leaves what is Eliezer? He is a person who’s seen things that he probably wants to un-see. He says towards the end of the book that he’s face look of a corpse. What I think he meant bye that is his body is living but his soul has
That families should never fall down and never get back up when there is rough times. “Oh God, Master of the universe, give me the strength to never do what Rabbi Eliahou's son has done. (Wiesel 91) The main character, eliezer, sees this and prays that it doesn't happen to him, Because he loves his father and he wants to stay loyal and stay committed to him.This act shows how not giving up and staying positive is really important to survive in these type of situation. Also not giving up on each other is really important because if one of the family members give up on you then it is going to be hard to move forward and to stay together as much as possible. Families should always think of what is best for the whole family. Families should alway sacrifice for the good of another to make the situation better. “I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his sole support”. (Wiesel 87) That Eliezer chose to stay by his father’s side out of love, loyalty, and commitment to his father. So he stays with his father for the good of both of them Eliezer sacrifice a little of his time to be with his father to guard him so that he would not get in any more hurt than what he was originally. That sacrificing something that is that little can go for a long way. Families should always be thinking of what is better at that time of the situation. That they should be sacrificed on what they love the most
This new behavior lead him to develop new character traits. While Ellie was in the concentration camp he became angry at many things, for example “I would have dug my nails into the criminals flesh” (Wisel 39). Elie shows extreme anger when the Nazi officials are beating Elie’s father. Elie was angry because the Nazi soldiers were not treating them nicely and putting them in poor conditions. Elie is usually not a person for anger but he shows this when his family members are being hurt. Elie wants to stand up for what is right and for his family members. Despite his studying, Elie wavered in his belief in Kabbalah while he was at the camp. In the book Elie says, “‘Where are You, my God?’” (66). Elie is wondering why God is not helping the Jews. Elie had complete faith in his religion until now, when he is starting to question his beliefs. He had learned that God will punish evil and save the righteous. However, when Elie saw that God was not helping the Jews situation then asked himself the question, “Is God real?”. Elie became worried because he felt he had lost a companion that always seemed by his side at all times. He lost hope. While Elie was in the camp he had changed the way he acted towards his Dad. Before Elie was sent to the camp Elie had a love hate relationship with his dad. However while they were in the camp together they became closer. Elie showed this when, “I tightened my grip on my
He has probably been admiring the fatted cow that was killed for his brother, imagining the occasion the father would order them to kill it for him. He was discombobulated (permit me: means confused), he couldn't understand the kind of love his father had for his younger brother. The father understanding how the older son felt, came out to meet him. He reached out because he knows the hearts of his sons.