Quotes from the text
“I cannot forget it…ever since Hitler I don’t like to throw out even a crumb” (238).
This quote is very meaningful to the novel and understanding Vladek’s character. This quote helps to show the everlasting struggle that the Holocaust has left in Vladek’s life. The effects of the Holocaust have been always present on Vladek’s daily interactions and mindset.
This quote is important to readers because this passage helps them to understand Vladek’s character and that his difficult behavior is most likely a result from all of the struggles and difficulties encountered during the Holocaust. It always allows for us as readers to reflect upon the importance of food and how much we can take for granted in life. The Holocaust has shown Vladek the importance of food to survival, which helps illuminate the value of these bare necessities that we often overlook.
“And we came here to the concentration camp Auschwitz, and we knew that from here we will not come out anymore. We knew the stories—that they will gas us and throw us in the ovens. This was 1944…we knew everything. And here we were” (159).
This passage is very important to the text because it shows the power of the concentration camps, particularly the death camps. The stories and knowledge about Auschwitz made everything much more frightening and scary because it filled Vladek and all others with fear and hopelessness. This quote demonstrates how terrifying the experience at Auschwitz was, and provides a visual for how the prisoners would be gassed and cooked in the ovens until they were exterminated.
This quote is meaningful to us because it really allows us an insight to what it was like for Vladek and others in the Holocaust. Like the quote, we are hearing stories, and though we will not ever experience this horror, we are able to observe the terror and difficulty that Vladek experienced. As future educators, this quote can be useful to show students that the texts we are reading about genocide are not just stories, but realities for very many people.
“It wasn’t so easy like you think. Everyone was so starving and frightened, and tired, they couldn’t believe even what’s in front of their eyes…and then Jews lived always with hope. They hoped the Russian can come before the German bullet arrived from the gun to their head and—“ (233).
This quote is meaningful to the novel because it shows the emotional turmoil that the Holocaust left on Vladek’s. This passage demonstrates the emotional rollercoaster that those in the Holocaust had to endure, such as dealing with fear, disbelief, and torture yet still maintaining hope.
To us as readers, this passage is important because it allows us to see how mixed the emotions experienced throughout the Holocaust were. There were feelings of hope, fear, starvation, disbelief, hope, and many more. The passage also helps to demonstrate that summing up the stories and experiences is not “easy” and that there was not one common experience or feeling throughout the time. As educators, it is important that we remember that one story cannot act as a summary for a whole genocide.
This quote is very meaningful to the novel and understanding Vladek’s character. This quote helps to show the everlasting struggle that the Holocaust has left in Vladek’s life. The effects of the Holocaust have been always present on Vladek’s daily interactions and mindset.
This quote is important to readers because this passage helps them to understand Vladek’s character and that his difficult behavior is most likely a result from all of the struggles and difficulties encountered during the Holocaust. It always allows for us as readers to reflect upon the importance of food and how much we can take for granted in life. The Holocaust has shown Vladek the importance of food to survival, which helps illuminate the value of these bare necessities that we often overlook.
“And we came here to the concentration camp Auschwitz, and we knew that from here we will not come out anymore. We knew the stories—that they will gas us and throw us in the ovens. This was 1944…we knew everything. And here we were” (159).
This passage is very important to the text because it shows the power of the concentration camps, particularly the death camps. The stories and knowledge about Auschwitz made everything much more frightening and scary because it filled Vladek and all others with fear and hopelessness. This quote demonstrates how terrifying the experience at Auschwitz was, and provides a visual for how the prisoners would be gassed and cooked in the ovens until they were exterminated.
This quote is meaningful to us because it really allows us an insight to what it was like for Vladek and others in the Holocaust. Like the quote, we are hearing stories, and though we will not ever experience this horror, we are able to observe the terror and difficulty that Vladek experienced. As future educators, this quote can be useful to show students that the texts we are reading about genocide are not just stories, but realities for very many people.
“It wasn’t so easy like you think. Everyone was so starving and frightened, and tired, they couldn’t believe even what’s in front of their eyes…and then Jews lived always with hope. They hoped the Russian can come before the German bullet arrived from the gun to their head and—“ (233).
This quote is meaningful to the novel because it shows the emotional turmoil that the Holocaust left on Vladek’s. This passage demonstrates the emotional rollercoaster that those in the Holocaust had to endure, such as dealing with fear, disbelief, and torture yet still maintaining hope.
To us as readers, this passage is important because it allows us to see how mixed the emotions experienced throughout the Holocaust were. There were feelings of hope, fear, starvation, disbelief, hope, and many more. The passage also helps to demonstrate that summing up the stories and experiences is not “easy” and that there was not one common experience or feeling throughout the time. As educators, it is important that we remember that one story cannot act as a summary for a whole genocide.