117-18). Levi’s life was extended because he was given the opportunity to work in the Chemical Kommando, specifically the Kommando 98- “no more than an ordinary transport Kommando attached to the magnesium chloride workhouse” (Levi, 101). To gain the position, he had to pass an examination, which he claimed, “I can save myself if I become a Specialist, and that I will become a Specialist if I pass a chemistry examination” (Levi, 103). He saw that at his ticket out of the hard labor and in to a more privileged life. The labor was scraping magnesium chloride, with water up to the ankles that soaked into shoes, clothes and skin. The conditions were not the best but as a “specialized worker” he held the right to “new shirt and underpants and must be shaved every Wednesday and got to work in a laboratory with 65-degree heat, providing less suffrage from the hunger or cold of the winter”, a privilege not given to other prisoners (Levi, 139). Levi was very happy with these conditions and made the time pass quicker because he was in conditions only few could attain with his skill set and with passing the examination. In the end, he was still weak and still felt conquered by the forces pushed against him but because of the position he received, he could survive much longer than the
117-18). Levi’s life was extended because he was given the opportunity to work in the Chemical Kommando, specifically the Kommando 98- “no more than an ordinary transport Kommando attached to the magnesium chloride workhouse” (Levi, 101). To gain the position, he had to pass an examination, which he claimed, “I can save myself if I become a Specialist, and that I will become a Specialist if I pass a chemistry examination” (Levi, 103). He saw that at his ticket out of the hard labor and in to a more privileged life. The labor was scraping magnesium chloride, with water up to the ankles that soaked into shoes, clothes and skin. The conditions were not the best but as a “specialized worker” he held the right to “new shirt and underpants and must be shaved every Wednesday and got to work in a laboratory with 65-degree heat, providing less suffrage from the hunger or cold of the winter”, a privilege not given to other prisoners (Levi, 139). Levi was very happy with these conditions and made the time pass quicker because he was in conditions only few could attain with his skill set and with passing the examination. In the end, he was still weak and still felt conquered by the forces pushed against him but because of the position he received, he could survive much longer than the