Chapter 1

In chapter 1, we learn about a boy named Elie. He was a young jewish boy who lived in a little Jewish village, also called a shtetl in Transylvania. He is a young boy who dedicates his days to studying judiasm, studing the talmud during the day and studing kabalah. We learn first about his family and his mentor. Later in the chapter, the germans enter the village and the takeover begins. During the 7th day of passover, things start to get bad when first the jews were banned from leaving their homes under the penalty of death. Next, they could not own any valuables. Lastly they had to wear a yellow star on their arm. Throughout the rest of the chapter, fear rises when they start to be departed from the ghetto, to the concentration camps. Young Elie can only wait and predict what will be to come.