Literary Check #1

1. Critical Stance
With each new decree given by the government, the Jews of Sighet continued to remain calm. They believed in God so heavily they had faith he could get them out of any situation. Despite the torture or inhumane acts the Jews were put through they continued with the mindset that it will all get better.

2. Dialectical Journal Entries
"Man question God and God answers. But we don't understand His answers. We can't understand him" Pg. 2
Before they were told to leave their lives behind, Elizer believed strongly in God's plan for him. He may not know where it will take him or why certain things happened, but regardless, he entrusted Him with his life.

"They went by, fallen, dragging their packs, dragging their lives, deserting their homes, the years of their childhood, cringing like beaten dogs." Pg. 15
The Jews of Sighet didn't know why they had to leave their homes. They created families and memories and at an instant they had to drop everything and leave; to only get killed in the end.

"You can go if you want to," he said to me and to my older sisters. " I shall stay here with your mother and the child..." 
"Naturally, we refused to be separated" Pg. 18
This quote shows the situations in which Eliezer could've grew up in. If he did't have much or lost everything important, there would always be something that would remain the same, family. No matter the circumstances Eliezer values family to the point of wanting to die together.

" Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible, even these crematories..." Pg. 30
Its sad to admit that torture to this extreme is now considered normal. The Jews started to expect all these inhumane acts like it was a casual occurrence. They started to lose that positive mindset because they anticipated their death.

" Yitgadal veyitkadach shme raba...My heart was bursting. The moment had come. I was face to face with the Angel of Death." Pg. 31
Even at the moment he could've died, Eliezer found the strength to pray to his God. To his advantage it worked. His life was spared. This shows how he used his beliefs to get through tough situations.