ENG130: Sentence to Novel Reading Assignment Quiz Prep

Flashcards based on key elements from the ENG130 lecture notes, highlighting significant vocabulary and concepts related to the assigned readings.

Moishe the Beadle

Helps Elie explore Jewish mysticism and spirituality.

Elie's relationship with his father

Distant; father focused on the community rather than family.

Sighet

Elie's hometown where his family is respected and financially stable.

Kabbalah

A form of Jewish mysticism that Elie wishes to study.

Ghetto

A segregated area where Jews were forced to live under oppressive conditions.

Deportation

The act of forcibly removing Jews from their homes to concentration camps.

Madame Schachter

A woman who screams about seeing flames, foreshadowing crematoria.

Auschwitz-Birkenau

The concentration camp where Elie is taken and separated from his family.

Number tattoos

A method the Nazis used to strip Jewish identities upon arrival.

Idek

A violent kapo who beats Elie during moments of rage.

Franek

A foreman who wants Elie's gold crown and punishes his father for his weakness.

Humanity stripped away

The gradual dehumanization of prisoners, illustrated by hangings.

Soup after hangings

Tastes like corpses, symbolizing despair after witnessing death.

Nazis' extermination process

Included horrific acts like throwing babies into flames.