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At any rate, sometimes things may seem right when in reality they could be wrong. Usually, when someone makes a bad choice it’s because they have faith in something else. For Elie’s family they didn’t want to believe that things could get worse even after getting warned, like on pg. 10 when Moshie gives them their last warning. Despite the fact that the Germans were already invading their land. Later in the story people are faced with more do or die stitutions, which could lead you to doing something horribly wrong. A prime example is the dentist who we learn from Elie was, “dealing in the prisoner's gold teeth for his own benefit.” Of course,this may sound like the right idea in the long run, but not only is it wrong to sell other people's

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