Let me start by apologizing for my posts being a little late. While reading pages 47-84 of the novel Night there were certain parts that I took note on. The group that Elie and his father were with stayed in Auschwitz for three weeks. While they were there Elie's father, Wiesel, was beckoned by a relative of his who he did not recognize. And to be honest, I don't think that Stein (the relative to Wiesel) even recognized Wiesel. I think he so desperately wanted to see someone that he might know, that could possibly give him some information. Stein wanted to know if his wife and kids were okay. Elie had no idea if Reizel (Stein's wife) and their children were safe and sound but to spare Stein the depression and possibility of suicide he told him otherwise. He had told the long lost relative of his that Reizel and the children were alright. After hearing that Stein was filled with joy. "'The only thing that keeps me alive,' he kept saying, 'is to know that Reizel and the little ones are still alive. Were it not for them, I would give up'" (45). Reading that made me so sad. Because even though I wasn't sure if Reizel and their children were okay, I had a good feeling that something bad had happened to them, and this poor man was going to have to find out eventually. And sadly, he did. It made me think about how many families suffered through this different kind of pain. The kind of pain that wasn't inflicted on them, but that drained the life out of them because of worry. Stein along with many others had to deal with not only his work that could possibly kill him, but thinking about how his innocent wife and children were going through the same thing, and there was nothing that he could do, as a father or husband to help them. One quote that stuck out to me while reading happened right before Elie had to go see the dentist (where he had his gold crown ripped from his mouth). "Ten minutes later, we stood in front of the warehouse. A German employee, a civilian, the Meister, came to meet us. He paid as little attention to us as would a shoekeeper receiving a delivery of old rags" (50). That quote alone can tell any reader that didn't know how the Germans were treating the Jews. They were being compared to treating the Jews to how a shoekeeper would be receiving a delivery of old rags. They obviously didn't care about them at all, or what happened to them. And why? Because they were different.. not even that different. Just Jewish.  It honestly disturbed me to read what was going on to these poor people. The little boy and his father being hung. That was one of the worst. And what made it worse was that the kid was just a young boy. There's something that makes a young boy being hanged worse than an adult. The young boy was not heavy enough to make the rope choke him immediately making him die instantly. So he suffered, and was there on display for everyone to see. The Jews went through so much pain and it really does discomfort me to have to read about it and imagine a world where this happened.