Furthermore, Fear can override compassion: ““My son, water… I’m burning up…. “Silence over there!” barked the officer. “Eliezer,” continued my father, “water…” the officer came closer and shouted to him to be silent…my father …continued to call me. The office wielded his club and dealt him a violent blow to the head. I didn’t move, I was afraid…” (111)In this case Elie allows fear of being beaten by the officer to overcome the compassion he has for his father, endangering and inevitably ending his father’s life. Then we can see how the masses can rob people, as seen with the Nazi’s, and the young pipel, “But his young pipel remained behind, in solitary confinement. He too was tortured, but he too remained silent. The SS then condemned
