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1.ContrastauthorityfiguresintermsoftheirlastinginfluenceonElieandhispersistentandthoroughself
study.Considerhisfatherandmother,MoshetheBeadle,Idek,Dr.Mengele,overseers,SSguards,the
JewishdoctorandCzechoslovakiandentist,andtheAlliedsoldierswhosethimfree.
2.Locatescenesinwhichthephysical,emotional,andmorallandscapesfallintocontrastingpatchesof
lightanddark.Expressthemeaningofthetitleasitappliestothesescenes.
3.WhatroledoeschanceplayinEliezerssurvivaloftheHolocaust?Whatroledoeschoiceplay?Doyour
answerstothesequestionshaveanyimplicationsregardingtheextentofcontrolthatapersonhasoverhis
orherlife?