Themes

#1  What is one things you have learned after reading this novel? What messages has Elie communicated to you?

One thing that I learned reading this book is how the Holocaust removed the will to live of so many people. As well as their souls. 

" from the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me."
"The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me."

#2  If Elie were to give advice to the St. Thomas More community on how to live your life today, what do you think he would say? 

I believe that Elie would tell us that we should never forget this. We must never forget what the Germans did and what the Jews had to go through. He would tell us not to hate, it is alright to dislike but never alright to hate. Hate leads to aweful things, things that we all regret.