The Role of Food in Times of War

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Times had become so hard that they would have eaten them gladly. Food was so important to the survival of Elie, Paul, Muller and the others that they were, in a sense, “giving power” to the people who controlled the food. Food was used as symbol of friendship and trust...
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Due to the fact that it is so essential to life, it puts great power in the hands of people who have any control over it. When a German officer brings Madame Kahn, a Jew, a box of chocolate, “the optimists rejoiced.” (Wiesel, 7). If a German officer can be so kind as to present a Jewish wom n with a sweet treat, he has to be a good guy, right? The optimists soon learned the error of their thinking...
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