Night by Elie Wiesel Notes Chapter 1 * 1941‚ Eliezer is 13 * Wants to study Kabbalah‚ but father won’t let him * Moishe the Beatle teaches him * Moishe and all foreign Jews sent off * Year later he comes back‚ already been to labor camp‚ shot in leg‚ escaped * Town assumes war won’t come to them; they are wrong * Germans polite at first * Rules upon rules; wear yellow star * Moved to ghettos * Get told they are being shipped out * Eliezer’s family in
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When the book begins‚ Eliezer was a young and innocent child. A faithful follower of God who dedicated his time reading holy books. His innocency was defaced by the treatment of the Nazis not only to him and his family but also his fellow jews. Eliezer experienced several heart wrenching events‚ the death of his mother and sister‚ the enslavement on the concentration camp‚ and the burning of his neighbors in thousands. His faith in God’s justice and mercy shattered and throughout his life he
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prisoners changed‚ because of the intense hardships they faced. In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel‚ the protagonist Elie struggles to survive the Holocaust. Elie changes‚ as a result of the inhumane living conditions and hardships he faces‚ during the Holocaust. Throughout Elie’s harsh experience‚ he loses faith in God. Specifically‚ Elie becomes quite angry and unthankful to God‚ for they are admitted into the camp. Elie feels that there was no reason to praise God’s name because the “terrible Master
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The Holocaust it’s a tragic and horrible event that occur where millions of innocent people died. Night‚ an autobiography of Elie Wiesel; where he tells the readers what he went through‚ things that no person should ever have to go through. It has been shown through the story that Elie is going through a lot and will continue to see and feel different emotions. You can tell that Elie has stop having faith in God from every movement he does‚ it shows that it has impacted him in many ways that will
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Night by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography about his experience during the holocaust when he was fifteen years old. Elie is fifteen when the tragedy begins. He is taken with his family through many trials and then is separated from everyone besides his father. They are left with only each other of which they are able to confide in and look to for support. The story is told through a series of creative writing practices. Mr. Wiesel uses strong diction‚ and syntax as well as a combination of stylistic
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Holocaust‚ Elie Wiesel once said‚ “Having survived by chance‚ I was duty–bound to give meaning to my survival.”(“Having Survived”1). Elie Wiesel did not know at the time that he had a reason for surviving this tragedy‚ but soon realized that he survived to offer a story and message about the horrors of that time to a world that often seemed to block it out completely and forget (“Having Survived”1).To spread his message to the world‚ which is one of peace‚ redemption‚ and human nobleness‚ Wiesel speaks
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Night In the book Night‚ the awfulness of the Holocaust and abhorrent treatment of Jewish beings was narrated through the eyes of fourteen year old‚ Elie Wiesel. His family lost all privileges and freedom when they were taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944. Eventually‚ Elie would lose contact with his sister and mother. Therefore‚ he only had his father by his side. Both of them had experienced the tremendous atrocity of the gruesome life in camp. Elie’s father had seemed to lose all
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Relationships in Night In Night by Elie Wiesel‚ the narrator‚ Elie Wiesel‚ gives a first hand account of Auschwitz. A concentration camp led by Germany during World War II. The story begins when Elie starts to notice that things are starting to change in Germany and neighboring countries‚ that involve the Jewish population. Throughout the book he tells the stories he has from Auschwitz‚ and explains what was his thoughts and feelings about certain things that go on inside of the camp. Toward the
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even surprise themselves with how much their thoughts can change. Before Elie Wiesel is sent to a concentration camp he is very religious. However‚ during his time in the concentration camp he loses faith quickly and often questions himself about God and his ways. Elie Wiesel wants the readers of his book to see how the camp changed him and his beliefs. In Night‚ Elie Wiesel uses tone‚ imagery‚ and diction to
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killed or be killed and for most‚ killing comes without a second thought. Night is a memoir written by Elie Wiesel. Night is a story of Elie‚ one of the jews in the camp of Auschwitz and how he and his father survived. Wiesel discusses all of the people he met‚ the dangerous places he survived though‚ and the horrible acts he saw while in Auschwitz. Each of the examples demonstrate how survival acts as the dominant instinct. Wiesel utilizes characterization‚ setting‚ and mood to show that when survival
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