"what madman could be playing the violin here, at the brink of his own grave?" (wiesel 100)

   When elie was thinking this I couldnt help but to agree with him. this made me question if the enjoyment of playing his violin was worth the risk of being punished by the SS gaurdes. Juliek proves his deep love for his music from the first time he was introduced all the way untill he died.

"our eyes grew weary of scouring the horizon for the liberating train" (Wiesel 102)

   This quote shows that the prisioners hope for freedom. We were told that the allies were coming to defeat the germans and the Jews still had hope of this happening to them. the allies were obviously close and that was the reason that they were moving to another camp so they still had quite a bit of hope that they would be saved