i find it interesting how this book really captures the whole point of people being degumanized by the degrading texhniques of the germans. it really gives you perspective on what these people went through.

Jeannette and her family moved across the Undited States from Phoniex to Welch. In Welch, Jeannette’s life got more difficult than her previous life back in the west coasts. She temporarily lived with her grandma who was abused her and her siblings. Jeannette is constantly being bullied or assault by other peers in her school. They rented a house in the woods with the house not having any electricity, running water, and a sewer system for the bathroom. She wanted to get back to Phoenix where she enjoyed and happy there, but Welch is not her new homes I think that Welch is gonna make her realize that she needs to leave her family and countine to purist her own life.

The start of chapter 2 all the prisoners are crammed into cattle cars as they get on their way to go to Birkenau. And if the prisoners tried to escape they would be shot down like dogs. After their long ride to Birkenau they finally arrive. Elizer and his father get split up from his mother and sister. They are standing in the  interrogation line, and they’re seeing people getting put to death right in front of them. Some man if front of them said they would have to change their identity and age or they possibly could be the next people to be killed. So they both change their identity and they make it past through the interrogation line. That night is when Elizer lost his faith in god. They stayed in Birkenau for a few weeks and then got move to Ausehwitz. And there they were given new names Elizer was A-7713 and it wasn’t as bad as the other camp, because they had a new polish officer who cared about there well being. But then he was removed as their officer, because they authority said he was being to nice. And there new officer is a vicious man with no attention to the prisoners well being.

It seems like the kids are gradually realizing that their parents are flawed. Jeannette wishes for her father to stop drinking, and although he tries he still goes back to his alcohol. This hurts her, and makes her lose a little hope in her father. I feel like the kids are going to become more, and more aware of their parent’s wrong doing and retaliate.

As the plot continues, things seem to get worse. From this point you can tell that the father is to blame for their situation. He seems to have a drinking problem, and is incredibly impulsive. Neither of the parents can keep a job, and the mother seems to not be able to stand up for herself. Jeanette at this point is still a young child, and i pity her in the way she tries to find good in her father, yet is constantly let down by him.