“In time, the rhythmic shiver of thousands standing on Zählappell in the dark, cold nights of Auschwitz will become a familiar sound. But now it is new to my ears. It is the conclusion of my first day in Auschwitz. The first day of my new life.” Elli, I Have Lived a Thousand Years, Chapter entitled “Arbeit Macht Frei”, p. 90 (MAY 31, 1944)
Have you ever moved? To a different place, nowhere near your old home? Where you had to get used to how everything worked? Elli did, she understands that there is no going back to her old live. So she makes the best of what she has in Auschwitz. Elli tries to make the best out of Auschwitz as much as she can even though she knows it will be hard to get used to the way that they treat them.
Elli said that the “rhythmic shiver” will become a familiar sound, meaning she knew she would grow accustomed as time went on. If I were in Elli’s shoes I'm not sure I would be able to get over the fact that I would never get my old life back. But she did she understood it on her first day in Auschwitz. She had to go through some really gruesome that I tried not to think about it much because i just couldn't handle it.
This passage explains a time in my life when i had to move. I moved a lot when i was a kid and it was hard on me. I couldn't imagine what Eli had to go through moving a long way from home into a camp. It's really hard to get used to new things and new surroundings, Eli probably didn't have good surroundings at all. What would you do if you were in Eli's shoes? I hated leaving my old houses because they held a lot of fun memories but i new the new place would hold a lot more good memories, but not for Eli. I hated meeting new people and getting used to the area because i just wanted to go back to the old place and be happy. It's a sad thing to go through. Have you ever moved? If so, how was it like, was their a good outcome out of it or a bad one?
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