1st Signpost: Contrasts and Contradictions on page 84. On this page the Blockaltetse forced the inmates to clean their living space, because 'here lived men, not pigs.' I thought this was odd, because the men keeping the Jews captive had always referred to them as less than men, and now they said that they were. I think they acted that way because they wanted to seem more civilized than they were. If the Allies knew how the Nazis were treating their prisoners, they would definitely think they were insane/evil. Which they were, but the Nazis didn't want others to think so.
2nd Signpost: Words of the Wiser on page 105. On this page, Elie is trying to keep his father up and moving, because if he stopped, he would die like the corpses around him. Elie's father had become delirious and sick, becoming more childish than Elie, so Elie was now the wiser one. This is not much of a life lesson, but Elie was giving advice that would keep his father alive for at least a little bit long. 3rd Signpost: Again and Again on page 109-110. Here, Elie's father is continuously beaten for his portion of bread, as his fellow inmates know that he is about to die. Elie continues to protect him and give a portion of his meals to him, even though he is told not to. The author brings this up multiple times because it happened, and to show Elie slowly realizing that his father was going to die.
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