describes moments when the Jewish prisoners exercise humanity and sympathy towards each other
while in other scenes he illustrates how violent and callous the prisoners can act towards one
another. There are several moments when random prisoners offer their help to Elie and his father
in times of need. While standing in line for the selection process, a random prisoner advises
Elie to say that he is eighteen and tells his father to say that he is forty in order to
increase their chances of passing the selection. Elie is also advised to not show too much
strength in order to avoid working difficult, arduous jobs in the concentration camps. After
Elie suffers a severe beating from Idek, a female French prisoner comforts him and offers him
words of encouragement.
Elie also depicts how some of the Jewish prisoners
treat each other inhumanly during their time spend in the prison camps. The Jewish kapos
violently beat the Jewish prisoners when they first arrive at Buna. When Elie's...
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