Abby, I do agree with you about Elie having the necessities needed for surviving the Holocaust. At the beginning of Night, Elie had his family to support him and each other in the concentration camps, but later lost them due to the Nazis of course. It was as if God was planning out his fate for him. What I mean by that is when he first got moved into the concentration camps, he had no experience or guidance to help him throughout his journey, which is why his family was there to help him. Later on, when his mother and young sister died, he kind of got the hang of knowing how to survive there. Once his father died, he didn’t really need his protection or guidance anymore because he already had a very good sense of how to survive under those certain kinds of harsh conditions. What do you think Abby? Do you think God planned out Elie’s life to be that way? Why or why not?
Another thing that interested me was that Elisha had nearly the same situation, but he kind of drove his own life in certain directions for the better. Once he got out of the concentration camp, he refused to go back to his home; which I found very strange. Usually, people would want to go to the place where they feel themselves, but I think the reason why he didn’t is that he knew his hometown was nothing like it was before. It was almost as if God was trying to steer him in different places, while he just had to figure out what was best for him in the end. What do you say about that Abby? Do you think fate brings us in different directions so that we can make the right decisions?
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