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    The Loss of Faith It is very difficult for a young teenager to keep faith in a God during a crisis. This can be very well shown in Elie Wiesel’s novel Night. This novel is a personal‚ first person account of a young child‚ named Eliezer‚ and his time in a concentration camp with his father. It shows how Elie’s faith‚ once strong and incredibly vibrant‚ becomes almost nothing. Be it through the loss of faith one of his mentors has‚ or seeing human bodies burn around you‚ or seeing a helpless

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    the death that evil brings upon it. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel‚ he describes the event of selection which occurs every two weeks. Never shall I forget that night‚ the first night in camp‚ which has turned my life into one long night‚ seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children‚ whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. (Elie Wiesel) This quote symbolizes Elie’s first selection

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    because sometimes it can be a challenge to let go of something that was always a part of ourselves‚ such as letting go of a teddy bear‚ or a blanket‚ but for other people‚ it can be almost instantaneous. Eliezer‚ the main character of the autobiography Night‚ written by himself‚ is portrayed to be a very religious man who puts all his faith in God. He wants to study and learn all about God and all about how He created the world and why. At the beginning‚ it is evident that Eliezer is relying on God to

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    Night Report The book Night by Elie Wiesel‚ is about the journey a teenage boy name Elie. Elie wrote this book about how he survived the holocaust. From the beginning we know he survived long enough to tell the stories about the terrible things man has put other man through. Elie changes a lot throughout the book. His religion‚ family‚ and his perspective on life changes drastically. Religion has a big role in this book. Elie was a very religious jew. Being jew was the reason he was taken to the

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    Even Elie who heard of Meadle’s stories took pity on him not fully aware of what was to come. The Jews of Sighet caught glimpses of what waited for them unwilling to believe in Hitler’s plan or escape whatever was to come. Until the Jews experienced first-hand the horrors that existed‚ they cannot believe that such horrors exist. On the first train to the first labor camp Elie felt optimistic when arriving to Auschwitz saying “Confidence soared. Suddenly we felt free of the previous nights’ terrors

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    to realize we are truly blessed to have these necessities we refuse to even think how life would be if these very items were stripped from our lives the way those of the Jewish faith were stripped of any humanization they had‚ as displayed in “Night” by Elie Wiesel. As we are guided through Wiesel’s horrific experience‚ we are challenged to understand how specific items and events symbolize the pain and suffering of the Jewish people. In such case‚ tattooed numbers‚ the process of selection‚ and the

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    Dehumanization in the Night Do you know how many people died during the time of the Holocaust? The number went up to eleven million deaths. Six million of them were Jews. Which left only three million Jewish people alive. Here is one story. In the novel‚ Night by Elie Wiesel‚ Tattoo‚ Star of David‚ and Transporting are ways the Jew were dehumanized. One way of dehumanization was the tattoo on their arms. The tattoo was a series of letters and numbers. Elie Wiesel numbers were A-7713. “I became

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    Elie Wiesel uses Night to symbolize the darkness‚ fear and torture Jewish people had to live with‚ and survive from‚ during World War II. It symbolizes the dark and cruel path that Jews had to suffer from. Night was a time to be feared of because; the Nazis were brutal to the Jews and acted inhumane. In addition‚ humans are also inherently evil because‚ although it was hard to survive during the time‚ instead of sticking together‚ the Jews turned against their own families. Although some say that

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    NIGHTMARE COME TRUE In Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ the day before Elie and his family and friends were to be deported‚ they were taken to the local synagogue. Elie described the place of worship as a huge station luggage and tears. (Wiesel 19) The Nazis had destroyed much of what had been inside. The bimah (altar) was broken‚ all of the wall hangings had been ripped from their places‚ leaving the walls empty. When Moishe the Beadle comes back into the ghetto in the novel Night by Elie Wiesel‚ several opportunities

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    Silent Night While reading “Night” by Elie Wiesel‚ I came across a lot of key ideas and themes that ran consistently through out the book. Three major ideas that I felt were important were Elie’s trial to keep faith in his God‚ the use of silence and night and finally‚ having to keep your mind at ease amongst all the inhumanity. Although these ideas are different‚ they play off of one another. Elie’s biggest struggle is to maintain his belief and fate in God’s hands. Elie’s battle with his

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