Buchenwald. Who is alive? SECTION 8 Vocabulary curtly: rudely, brusquely feeble: weak jostle: to push, to shove plaintive: pleading prostrate: lying flat face down 1. Describe the shift in the relationship between Elie and his father when they arrive at Buchenwald. What is his father’s condition? What does Elie realize about his father? 2. What occurs to Elie in the morning that makes him instantly ashamed? What does Elie do for his father, and how does he do it? What test does Elie ultimately not pass? 3. When the doctor will not help his sick father, what does Elie do? Why? 4. What advice does the Blockälteste give Elie? Why might the author include that advice as part of the story? 5. How does Elie’s father die, and what is Elie’s part in it? What is his father’s last word? 6. What might be the reasons Elie does not weep for his father?
Buchenwald. Who is alive? SECTION 8 Vocabulary curtly: rudely, brusquely feeble: weak jostle: to push, to shove plaintive: pleading prostrate: lying flat face down 1. Describe the shift in the relationship between Elie and his father when they arrive at Buchenwald. What is his father’s condition? What does Elie realize about his father? 2. What occurs to Elie in the morning that makes him instantly ashamed? What does Elie do for his father, and how does he do it? What test does Elie ultimately not pass? 3. When the doctor will not help his sick father, what does Elie do? Why? 4. What advice does the Blockälteste give Elie? Why might the author include that advice as part of the story? 5. How does Elie’s father die, and what is Elie’s part in it? What is his father’s last word? 6. What might be the reasons Elie does not weep for his father?