Central Themes
Dehumanization
Degeneration of his faith and religion
Good Literary Uses
Pg. 25: Top (Metaphor, simile)
Pg. 27: Top (Writing style)
Pg. 28: See Germans as not human, but 2 pages before they were
doing the same thing
29
Herded like sheep: treated like animals
Separated from family
31
"We can't let them kill us like animals! We must revolt!"
32
"Children thrown into the flames. (Is it any wonder that ever
since then, sleep tends to elude me?)
34
"Never shall I forget...Never."
(Poem within the book)
35
Shaving heads like animals
36
"The instincts...finding either."
(Breaking spirits of people)
37
"In a few seconds, we had ceased to be men"
"I too have become a different ...by a black flame"Withered
tree
39
Chimney
40
Comparing Jews to other people in the world
"It was a beautiful day in May. The fragrances of spring were in
the air. The sun was setting"
42
Tattooed
Revived from dehumanization
Human kindness helps revive hope
45
Religion - he ceased to pray
46
Contrast between German and Jewish life
Eliezer Mind Map
Specific events/experiences
Books
Ideas
People/relationships
