On one hand, I feel happy that Elie and his father survived by the end. By the start of Chapter 7, about a hundred Jewish prisoners were transported via wagon. Only of those Jewish prisoners did twelve survive. Elie and his father were part of those twelve people. It felt good considering that most of the other Jews were letting their malicious and animalistic side take over. During that wagon ride, the Jews were killing each other over small pieces of food and other resources (ex. clothes). Taken into consideration that Elie and his father were still being civil and level-headed, I predicted that both of them would encounter immense danger. My prediction was true as Elie’s father was almost thrown off the wagon after people assumed he
