Essay On The Book Night

There are no boundaries when dealing with survival. For example, in the book "Night" the main character had to deal with the Holocaust in which the Jew had to battle for food when it was scarce among other starving Jews. When survival is at play our basic instincts tell us that we need to survive. Second, if there were no government laws, allowing the opportunity for survival like in the primitive stages of humanity then humanity would do anything to survive. Statistics show that a human brain has the capability of maintaining themselves. We know that water,food, and shelter are basic necessities. On the other hand, if you take those resources out of the picture, a human will do whatever it takes to get them back. Also people in shows have

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After reading the book "Night" the Nazi treated the people like nothing. When families arrives at Auschwitz, the men and women are separated, and Elie sees his mother and sisters vanishing in the distance. He holds onto his father and is determined not to lose him. A fellow prisoner tells Elie to say that he is eighteen (though he is really fifteen) and that his father is forty (though he is fifty). The prisoners who have been at Auschwitz for a while are brutal and cruel to the new arrivals, and one of them tells them about the crematory. Some of the young men talk about revolting, but are silenced by their elders. Thereafter, everyone is forced to march past SS officer, who uses a baton to pick out who will remain alive and who will go to

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Authors use many different writing techniques in their writing to help convey their meaning, visualize what is happening, and help the reader feel what the author was feeling in a stronger way. Elie Wiesel effectively uses narrative techniques in his book Night, to show his loss of faith and identity. Night is about a boy named Elie and how when he was only fifteen years old, got sent toAuschwitz concentration camp. He tells a story of his personal experiences, like losing his parents, siblings, friends, and his whole entire previous life. He talks about how badly he and millions of others were treated and his story of survival. In his memoir Night, Elie Wieseluses personification and repetition to enhance his main ideas of loss of faith...show more content...

At this point he had just woken up from his first night in Auschwitz, he had look at his dad and said how he changed and had a veiled look in his eyes .He said, "The night had passed completely. The morning star shone in the sky. I too had become a different person. The student of Talmud, the child I was, had been consumed by the flames. All that was left was a shape that resembled me. My soul had been invaded–and devoured–by a black flame" (37). By Elie using personification it helps us understand his feeling on him changing and losing his identity. He felt like he was already death and that he was not there, it was just his body. He wanted to show us that his previous life was gone. His mom was gone, his sisters were gone, his friends were gone, and his house was gone. He had nothing left and felt like he was starting a completely different life. The night before the death walk Elie used repetition to show the death of humanity. At this point it is there last night in Buna before they have to do the death march to another camp, because Buna was about to get raided and bombed and burned down. He

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Imagine being forcibly stripped of all of your belongings, being separated from your family, and struggling to survive alone in an unfamiliar place that emits the aroma of freshly burnt flesh. The book Night by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography that depicts his lasting experience with horrors of the Holocaust. The book is written from Eliezer's perspective and recounts his remarkable story. The memoir exhibits three prominent themes: the relationship between father and son, a loss of faith, and inurement. One of the most important themes in Night is the relationship between Eliezer and his father, Shlomo. Throughout Eliezer's journey, his feelings toward his father are constantly changing. At some points, Shlomo serves as the center of Eliezer's...show more content...

Eliezer grew up as an extremely religious kid who accepted the existence of god without hesitation. With the exposure to extreme dehumanization such as innocent children cremated in front of him, Eliezer begins to question God's existence. Eliezer does not believe that God would let such horrible events take place. The first night at Auschwitz changes Eliezer's life: "The night passed completely. The morning star shone in the sky. I too had become a different person. The student of Talmud, the child I was, has been consumed by the flames" (Wiesel 37). After Eliezer hopelessly witnesses children burning, his faith in God is forever corrupted by this image. The flames that burns the children represent loss of faith as they engulf his faith. In the same way the flames take away the lives of the children, the flames take away Eliezer's faith in God. To Eliezer, God represented life and his will to live. God was a part of his everyday life and was always with him. This leaves Eliezer wondering where God is. Eliezer has become a new person. Furthermore, he evolves from a child who instinctively believed in God to a person who questions God's

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Elie Wiesel

Many families suffer from issues of hunger, money, addiction, and more. But not many family conflicts lead to a family member killing another family member. This although, was a common occurrence during the Holocaust. Many of the Jews killed each other for food and other needs that people now take for granted. In Elie Wiesel's novel, Night, Elie shows the digression of families throughout the beginning, middle and end of the book to demonstrate the inhumanity of the prisoners at the camps. At the beginning of the novel, when theJews first arrive at the camps, all they have left is their family, so they cling to them. During one of the work periods, Elie comes across two brothers, "Yass and Tibi, two brothers... whose parents had been exterminated... they lived for each other, body and soul" (Wiesel 50). This relationship between the two siblings shows, a bond that has been strengthened by loss. Elie includes this small tidbit about them to show that the Jews still have some hope and compassion still in them. Once news of evacuation hits the camp, Elie's only thought is of his father, "I was not thinking about death but not wanting to be seperated from my father" (Wiesel 82). This shows the personal level of howthe Holocaust affected the families in it. It shows that because family was the only thing that they had left, that was all that they could think about. The Jews lose everything when the arrive at the camp so they cling to what they have, their family. Then, throughout the middle of the novel, the strength of family bonds of the Jews is tested. After the run, a Rabbi asks Elie if he had seen his son, Elie tells him that he had not. Then Elie realizes that he had seen his son on the run, but he does not tell the Rabbi because his son left him behind on purpose. The text states, "He had felt his father growing weaker... by this separation to free himself of a burden that could diminish his own chance for survival" (Wiesel 91). This is where the reader begins to see the toll that the concentration camps are having on the families. Elie includes this to show, that now, family members see each other as burdens rather than a blessing. Later in the novel, family members go as far as taking a life. One old man

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Making decisions in life can be so minor that it can affect almost nothing, whilst other decisions have the potential to change one's entire life. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, the major decisions Elie made during his imprisonment in a concentration camp drastically alter his life's journey. Not only has his life been modified around the decisions he had made in the camp, but it also changes his views from what he has done or seen in the past. By making significant decisions around his father, his own beliefs, and for himself, Elie has seen many changes in his life, for better or for worse.

The one person in Elie's life that means everything to him is his father. During his time in the concentration camps, Elie's bond with his father ...show more content...

From the time where Elie had to decide to fight for his father's life, to the time where he questioned his beliefs, Elie has had to make many life–changing decisions. As some of his decisions left negative consequences, some were left a positive outcome. In the end, all the decisions Elie had made in the camps has made his life miserable or at its best. For better or for worse, the events that Elie encountered makes his life unforgettable as realizes there was more to life than he had thought of

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Thesis Statement For Night

By Elie Wiesel

Imagine you being stripped of all your dignity, hope, and freedom in one swoop. In Elie Wiesel's book Night he has many problems he needs to overcome. His family splitting up and he stays with his father while his sisters go with their mother. His father and him getting split up when he changed barracks. Him hurting his foot and having to tread through the snow with his father. Then, his fathers death in the new camp. Wiesel's main goal of this book is to show that if you don't give up you can do anything you set your mind to. Elie sets his mind to learn Kabbalah even though his father says not to. Elie goes to Moishe the beadle even though his father says "You are too young for that... first you must study the basic subjects, those

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Elie Wiesel

The book night is about the holocaust but more importantly. It's about a boy who goes through it and the terrible events that happen to him. Tragic events could have devastating effects on any one. Eliezer has gone through terrible events that changed his perspective on god. When the holocaust started and Eliezer's family got moved to the ghetto he questioned god but, didn't think much of it. Then when his mother and sister got separated and killed, he was angry with god. He started questioning god and everything around him. He just couldn't believe that god could let so many innocent people be murdered. Being forced to work with minimal food. While watching people die every day. With the possibility of being killed would change anybody's mindset.

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McBride 1 Brandy McBride McAndrew ELA August 6, 2017 Night In the book Night by Elie Wiesel there are many instances where his use of imagery helps establish tone and purpose. For example Elie Wiesel used fire (sight) to represent just that. The fire helps prove that the tone is serious and mature. In no way did Wiesel try to lighten up the story about the concentration camps or the Nazis. His use of fire also helps show his purpose. "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times scaled. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw...show more content... However he then stated "Where is he? This is where hanging here from this gallows..." "that night the soup tasted like corpses" (page 65). Here Wiesel had two very different opinions on the soup. The way he described the soup in the first quote showed he was hungry and happy although once he realized the truth everything changed. He soon found the soup to be repulsing and he wanted nothing to do with it. For example when he says the soup tasted like corpses he means that they did not feel the satisfaction of eating because they just witnessed a horrific occurrence. This helps with tone because the reader can tell how quickly his tone went downhill. Last but not least is the sense of smell which Wiesel used throughout the book by explaining the burners and crematories. "In front of us, those flames. In the air, the smell of burning flesh. It must have been around midnight. We had arrived. In Birkenau" (28, Wiesel). Along with the smell Wiesel had witnessed and heard awful events that took place in the burners. "Over there. Do you see the chimney over there? Do you see it? And the flames, do you see them?" (Yes, we saw the flames.) "Over there, that's where they will take you. Over there will be your grave. You still don't understand? You sons of bitches. Don't you understand anything? You will be burned! Burned into a cinder! Turned to ashes" (30–31, Wiesel). This shows a different tone. It shows fear and worry because does anyone really

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Title Humans are born with freedom and rights. Every human being should be treated fair and equal. They should have their rights and their rights should be protected.In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, the Jews were treated cruel and their rights were taken away as a human. They were treated like animals. The Jew's rights were violated by the Nazi's. Article two states that "everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political, or other opinion." , which has been violated,in the story it states , "We no longer had the right to frequent restaurants... to travel by rail, to attend synagogue, to be on the streets after six."(11). Humans should not be limited to be free. In article five it states that "No...show more content...

In the story it states "Wiesel received 25 lashes after witnessing Idek and a Polish girl fornicating."(57), and also in this other page "You shall receive 5 times more if you dare tell anyone you saw!"(58). Elie Wiesel did not have anything to do with these two characters fornicating and got punished just because he saw them. The Nazis are messed up for this because he was not the one that committed the act. The Jews were treated unfairly ,not just unfair but they were also burned, tortured, strangled and murdered. In article four it states, "No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms."in the book it states, "Here and there, the police lashing out with their clubs:'Faster!"(19). Humans should not be lashed which is also a sign of slavery, and slavery is against this article. Humans can not be treated like this because it is not right . If you think about it in a certain way ,as in you being in that situation, where someone just comes out of nowhere and starts hitting you and you are defenseless. It is wrong because these Jews have not committed a crime,to be Get

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Ready Player One hits some of the same situations as in the holocaust or for the book that we read "Night" like taking people spread out over a good area and combining them into a small dense area. They both also touch on the topic of how when someone is killed or something is blown up now one raises an eyebrow or if they do no one does anything about it. "My aunt's trailer was the top unit in a "stack" twenty–two Mobile homes high" and "TWO GHETTOS were created in Sighet. A large one in the center of town occupied four streets, and another smaller one extended over several alleyways on the outskirts of town." this shows how "Night" and Ready Player One are similar or discussed the same things because when times got tough or you were being...show more content...

Just as Sorrento had predicted." and "Look at the fire! Look at the flames! Flames everywhere..."Once again, the young men bound and gagged her. When they actually struck her, people shouted their approval: "Keep her quiet! Make that madwoman shut up. She's not the only one here... " Both of these quotes shows how even when danger was near or when something really bad happened in these times they looked at one person as a "madwoman" and how they blamed it on the normal things and never bothered to look into to find the real problem shows that people get down in dumps or dirt poor shows that have no time or interest in finding out what happened. In conclusion "Ready Player One" and "Night" have sort of same issues and this just shows that even though As Mark Twain put it, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme." shows how yes these events look similar and some ways are they are still different and not word for word or action for action because I'd rather not have another holocaust or even another Hitler, I'm looking at you

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Some might argue that there is no reason to retell such horrors that took place during the Holocaust to children, or that the Holocaust did not take place, so what is the point in teaching it? The Holocaust did in fact happen, and it happened not long ago. Some people can not see this as fathomable, but it is possible that if we do not tell posterity of these horrors, they could very well happen again. The book Night written by Elie Wiesel paints a dark and very real depiction of the Holocaust. It recounts the time the author spent in Auschwitz and how the experience affected him. There are a number of reasons why the Holocaust should be studied in schools, including how recently the Holocaust took place, the possibility that something similar...show more content...

He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time. (Night's introduction)

Eli Wiesel wrote this during the introduction of Night. He said this to emphasize the importance of writing about the Holocaust for the sake of the victims. Elie Wiesel was freed at the end of the Holocaust in 1945 (106) which was only 71 years ago. (page 106) The majority of the victims have passed on, but there still remains some who can give a recount of what they experienced. This opportunity will become unattainable soon, but there is still a chance to sit down with a victim and hear their story. We owe it to the victims of the Holocaust to retell their accounts and make sure that their stories aren't left behind in history. Also because this happened so recently it brings into perspective how possible it is for it to happen again. There are people out there capable of committing mass genocide, and even wiping out an entire group of people for whatever reason. It is essential that posterity know this and prevent it from occurring. If the book Night is taught in school, it shows students that atrocities like this should not be left on the wayside, and there is no reason for this to ever happen

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Night is a novel written from the perspective of a Jewish teenager, about his experiences as a prisoner during the Holocaust. Our teenager named Eliezer grew up in the small community of Sighet, located in Hungarian Transylvania. It's here that Eliezer studies religion, both the Cabbala and the Torah. At the beginning of the war Eliezer was dedicated and absolute in his belief of God, but throughout the events of World War II his faith slowly starts to wither away. Eliezer's main conflict that governs the story would be sustaining his belief in God. This becomes especially hard throughout the book, as he has to face more and more challenging issues. Moshe the Beadle is the one character that Eliezer learned about his faith from, Moshes...show more content...

It's in these moments that Eliezer has lost all faith he had in humanity and religion, which he had previously learned from Moshe. One point in the story that Eliezer questions his faith in God is when they are forced to watch the hanging of other prisoners, one time the Gestapo even hangs and kills a small child for being associated with the rebels. It seems that during this point the prisoners start to react for means of survival only, family members were turning on each other. The prisoners turn cold hearted and cruel towards each other because now their only concern is survival. Because of the horrific events in the concentration camp and the ever–present risk of death does Eliezer begin to lose his faith in humanity and his God. Eliezer has a tough time understanding how the world and the Gestapo can be capable of this much fury. Because his teachings tell him that God is good, and since God is everywhere the world therefore must be good. Another strong theme from the book is the importance of family bonds, especially if that's all you have left in harsh conditions. Eliezer has a hard time watching the other families interact because they no longer share a special bond of love but instead share the idea of selfishness. More than once Eliezer experiences the rupture of the bond a family shares between both the father and son. He describes his bond with his father as a support system; they both ensure the other has enough to survive

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Tom races down the street to make it to the movies before they start the show. He turns left, then right, then right again dodging people and carefully placing his feet as he flies in the air. Above him, his yellow paper is dancing in the wind going down the street and around buildings.

As it flies in the air, it gets stuck multiple times, on clotheslines, peoples shoulders, under people's feet until finally gliding to Toms work building, up 7 stories and onto Tom's boss'; Mr. Wilchinski's; desk. Mr. Wilchinski turns around to face the window as he talks on the phone, smoking a cigar, still unaware of the paper, and feels the wind bellowing through. Mr. Wilchinski is a large, wealthy, balding man, wears pinstripe suits with red neckties...show more content...

"Come to my office, I think I have a project you could work on to get that promotion you want."

"I'm on my way!"

Brian drops everything and gracefully rushes through the office. He pauses at the door and takes a breather, fixes his clothes, and adjusts his glasses before opening the door.

"Mr. Wilchinki, it's Brian...You told me to come?"

"Yes, come in, have a seat. I want you to do this, exactly. If you change anything and I'll have you out of here quicker than you can say 'But Mr. Wilchinski'.

"Yes sir. Will do sir."

Brian grabs the paper and walks out reading it, over and over until he could repeat it by memory and gets right to work. He was super sufficient in planning, researching, designing and organizing everything. Mr. Wilchinski was confident he could do the job better than even himself. Hethought about how his business would boom once this project was done. While Brian, was thinking about how he would deliver the news to his girlfriend, he was ecstatic!

When Thursday rolled around, Brian was almost done, he just needed a few more hours for the deadline was only in 36 hours. Four hours later and Brian was done. He was walking to Mr. Wilchinski's office when Tom Came out of the corner of his eye. Tom was looking though his work to make sure it was perfected, every "t" crossed and every "i" dotted. Brian runs into Tom just before reaching the door and makes Tom drop his papers. They both apologize

Elie Wiesel

Night is a recollection of Elie Wiesel's time spent during the holocaust. It is a gripping tale of survival and death. While it is a small book, it has a huge message. During the time in which the book takes place, the Jewish people were srtripped of their humanity. Elie and his fellow inmates at Auschwitz endure dehumanization throughout starvation and on the train to Buchenwald. The merciless starvation was a constant factor at the concentration camps. The inmates received a daily ration of soup and bread, but that was it. They were also forced to work daily on these empty stomachs, as if the starvation wasn't bad enough on it's own. "The bell announced that we were dismissed. We went to fetch the evening meal: bread and margarine. I was terribly hungry and swallowed my ration on the spot. My father told me, "You mustn't eat all at once. Tomorrow is another day..." This quote is a perfect example of relentless work and merciless starvation. ...show more content... This is clear on the train to Buchenwald. The S.S. officers threw bread at the inmates as a game. The inmates were so hungry that they went as far as killing each other. "Meir, my little Meir! Don't you recognize me... You're killing your father.. I have bread... for you too... for you too..." They lost all humanity, killing their own family, for bread.

Elie Wiesel's Night is more than just a novel. It is a terrifying tale of unreal horror. It tells the true story ofthe holocaust. This book teaches a lesson. It says to never forget. If you forget history then you are also forgetting all of the innocent lives that have been stolen. Will you Get

"Night" is a book based on the childhood of the writer Elie Wiesel and his experience during Nazi–Germany. He writes about his experiences from 1944–1945 the height and downfall of the second World War.

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The book night is narrated by Eliezer. A jewish boy in his mid teens. He studies the Torah and lives in Sighet, in Hungarian Transylvania. He also studies the Cabbala (a doctrine of Jewish mysticism). His instructor a man named Moshe the Beatle was abruptly deported. After a few months went by Moshe returned with horrible news. He claims that the GESTAPO (German police) took control of his train and led everyone in the woods were they systematically killed of many Jews. No one takes Moshes story to be believable and he is labeled as a lunatic. Then in the spring of 1944, Nazi Germany occupy...show more content... Shortly after the are rounded up in cattle car and deported on a long dangerous journey. nearly starving and in a car for days and nights the jews finally arrived. The place they had made it too was Auschwitz arguably the toughest concentration camp to survive. When they arrived they were separated from their mother and sister. They were also shaved, stripped, and beaten. Eliezer and his father are strong enough to work so they are sent to the electrical–fittings factory. At this point of the book the Jews rely on each other and faith. As the conditions get worse and worse it becomes survival of the fittest. Sons and Fathers don't even protect each other. One of the most grouse parts was when a german took out Eliezers gold tooth with a rusty spoon. The prisoners are forced to watch there friends and family being hanged with makes them loose most morals. Months passed and finally Germany was being invaded. They had to evacuate all of the Jews and sent them on a 50 mile death run to the next camp. Most died and the rest were rounded up in cattle cars

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Every night there was a shadow out the window and it just lingered there. It was there one second and then it was gone. I had a feeling that someone was there but I didn't want to believe it. The next night I waited until I saw the shadow again and this time I got up and quietly walked out the front door. As I made my way around the yard I looked around to see if I could see anything that might look suspicious. I got to my bedroom window where I saw the shadow the previous nights but this time all I saw was footprints in the dirt and no–one in sight. They were not human footprints but much larger and more deformed. I heard a loud growling noise behind me and I was far away from the front door. I turned around and saw the giant shadow that was now a monster. I ran around the house as fast as I could and made it to the backyard. I jumped the fence but the monster was still behind me. I made it to the back door but it was locked and now I was trapped. Just when I thought I was about to get killed by the monster it fell to the ground and when I opened my eyes a tall dark man was standing there with a sword. He had killed the monster just a moment before it got to me. Then just as I was about to say something to him he was gone just as fast as he was there. I stood frozen and speechless. As I walked back to the house I was just silent and thinking about everything that just happened. I went back to my bed and laid there until I fell asleep. When I woke up the next

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We would walk through the city every night. It would not be an 80 degree night, no, more like a 68 degree night, where all you need is warm sweater to shelter your kidneys. No wind, no rain, just the empty air. You and I and the empty air. As much as we adored hanging out during the shinning days, we always favored the night. The night had more intimate and exclusive qualities. The night has a misty glow that makes the world shine in a way that the sun fails to achieve. The night conceals itself behind an unlit cloak and requires effort to unravel the true beauty underneath. That's how it feels existing around you. It's similar to having an exhausting day and all that is anticipated is the night. You can stroll to relaxation and contentment. You are my night. When we are together, I suppose, it is only for the moon to see. We would walk through the city every night, specifically on the sidewalk and the rhythmic clicks of my boots echoed throughout the entire block. My boots wanted to show you off to the entire city. Each click lets everyone know that I am with you and no one else. Each click lets everyone know that I am confident and delighted when I am around you. Each click lets everyone know that I am not ashamed of who I am around you. However, your shoes would not make any noise. They never do. We would walk through the city every night at the same pace. Side by side, left foot, then right, then left, and then right again. We are in harmony, yet relish the silence.

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What would it do to a person to go to a concentration camp, see the horrible things, and come out alive? This book, Night, is about Eliezer Wiesel, who is both the main character and the author. Elie's book is a memorial about his experience in Hitler's concentration camps, what he went through, and how he survived. This paper is going to be about Eliezer's horrific experience and the ways that it changed him. One of the horrific moments that Eliezer went through is the time the small boy got hung and it took half an hour for him to die. "But the third rope was still moving: the child, too light, was still breathing... And so remained for more than half an hour..." (Weisel 65) This changed him a lot because he knew how brutal the world...show more content...

An event very related to his feeling after his father's death was when he saw the mob of people fighting over the bread and he saw a child kill his own father just for a piece of bread: His eyes lit up, a smile, like a grimace, illuminated his ashen face. And was immediately extinguished. A shadow had lain down beside him. And this shadow threw itself over him. Stunned by the blows, the old man was crying: "Mier, my little Mier! Don't you recognize me... You're killing your father... I have bread... for you too... for you too..." He collapsed. But his fist was still clutching a small crust. He wanted to raise it to his mouth. But the other threw himself on him. The old man mumbled something, groaned, and died. Nobody cared. His son searched him, took the crust of bread, and began to devour it. (Weisel 101) The boy killed his father without any sign of grief or hesitation just so that he could have a simple piece of bread. Eliezer knew he could never do something like this to his father, but he was thinking about just letting him die, so that he wouldn't have to deal with him. Even with this thought he was able to resist the urge, unlike the Rabbi's son. "...Separation to free himself of a burden..." (Weisel 91) The Rabbi's son had left his father so that he would have better chances of survival. These events led Eliezer to realize how people, including himself, could change while trying to survive inside one of Hitler's concentration camps. These three events, Get more content

Night Book review

I went Into Elie Wiesel 's Night having read the book in various stages in my life. It seems to follow me through my schooling years. In junior high I read it in standard English class, just like any other book I would have read that year. In high school I read it for a project I was creating on World War II, looking at it from a more historical approach. Being a firsthand account of concentration camps made it a reliable source of historical information. But during previous times when I was reading, I never thought to take a look at it from a theological point of view. Doing so this time really opened my eyes to things and themes I hadn 't noticed during previous readings.

On the surface, Night is a standard Holocaust memoir, I know I had that impression the previous times I have read it, but what makes it stand out more than other more historical telling of the Holocaust is Elie Wiesel's discussion about his loss of faith, especially when looking at it from a theological point of view. So, while the book can be summarized as the story of a teenager who survives several concentration camps during the Holocaust, it is also about how someone can completely lose his faith. In the beginning Elie is a young man who is so religious that he voluntarily studies Judaism in his spare time, but as he witnesses horrific incidents and loses every member of his family, he abandons his belief in a loving, merciful God and with that comes out a changed person.

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