Elie says, “I stood petrified. What had happened to me? My father had been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked” (Wiesel 39). Then Elie later says that he would have dug his nails into the criminal's flesh. This shows how the Holocaust made people's reactions numb to violence and changed their perspective forever. The Jews became so fearful of the idea of death that they started acts of violence on other Jews just for little amounts of food. Another form of violence came when the Jews were forced to move to a different location in the cold temperatures with very little warmth. They aren't fed consistently, and the portions are very small. Elie has to care for his dying father. He then saw another son and father sneak a large portion of the bread. Elie stated, “They jumped at him. Others joined in with the snare. When they withdrew, there were two dead bodies next to me, the father and the son. Wiesel 102. Elie, at such a young age, had gone through so much that this torture didn’t even phase him. This also goes along with the idea that people had to worry about their own survival and didn't have time to worry about
Elie says, “I stood petrified. What had happened to me? My father had been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked” (Wiesel 39). Then Elie later says that he would have dug his nails into the criminal's flesh. This shows how the Holocaust made people's reactions numb to violence and changed their perspective forever. The Jews became so fearful of the idea of death that they started acts of violence on other Jews just for little amounts of food. Another form of violence came when the Jews were forced to move to a different location in the cold temperatures with very little warmth. They aren't fed consistently, and the portions are very small. Elie has to care for his dying father. He then saw another son and father sneak a large portion of the bread. Elie stated, “They jumped at him. Others joined in with the snare. When they withdrew, there were two dead bodies next to me, the father and the son. Wiesel 102. Elie, at such a young age, had gone through so much that this torture didn’t even phase him. This also goes along with the idea that people had to worry about their own survival and didn't have time to worry about