The story begins with Elie talking about his old tutor Moshe the Beadle. He is very close to him and talks to him often. When he needed advice he would go to Moshe. One day Hungarian police arrested Moshe along with other foreigners and took them away on cattle cars. When Moshe returns he tells the people of the fate of the exile after they arrive in Poland. Later on Moshe was shot in the leg and assumed to be dead. Elie weeps for he will never see Moshe, his tutor, again.

German officers come along and force the Jews into Ghettos surrounded by barbed wire. They place anti-Semitic laws on the Jews that prohibit them from going to restaurants, trains, and synagogues.

Elie and his family are deported. They have very little food and water. On the trip, a woman known as Madame Schachter, insanely cries out about visions of burning. When they reach the destination, officers tell them false information about the situation. As Elie walks he can smell the retched smells of burning flesh.

On April 10, 6 P.M., American tanks arrive at the camp's gates. The prisoners are rescued and their hunger is satisfied with rations of bread. The suffering is finally over and they are liberated.

Yom Kippur comes around but Elie and his father do not fast for they need all the food they can get. Elie begins to lose hope in God for He is letting all these dreadful things happen to his people.

The book itself is not out dated. I think that in about 100 years it will not be out dated. It is an extremely beneficial book that allows everyone to see what the past was like and what not to do ever again. This book is a good book for anyone to read.

There are two characters from the book that are both very similar and very different. This is Elie and his Father. Throughout the whole story they work together helping each other survive. Where one would go the other would try to be. They both had similar strategies of survival and with both minds put together they were able to go a long way. They both cared about each other very much and promised never to abandon one another.

Getting actors, or directors, who have experienced the real concentration camps would be very beneficial. By doing so, they would be able to create a more realistic duplication of the conditions. By sharing their insight of their experiences, the movie would become more precise and influential.

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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)