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    1 “Faith is Lost in the Night” The horrible accounts of the holocaust are vividly captured by Elie Wiesel in Night‚ an award winning work by a Holocaust survivor. It describes his time in the Holocaust and helps the reader fully understand the pain he went through. In the text‚ Elie continuously mentions how he is losing his faith to god. It is evident that he has nearly‚ if not completely lost his faith during the events of the holocaust. In the memoir‚ NightElie Wiesel’s faith changes because

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    The Odyssey/Night Elie Wiesel is a famous writer‚ the author of 57 books‚ the best known of which is “Night”‚ a memoir that describes his experiences during the Holocaust and his imprisonment in several concentration camps. The events took place in 1941 in Germany. In 1944 German and Hungarian police set up ghettos where all the Jews and other religious and ethnic people were kept‚ and Elie and his family were kept captive in this area by the Gestapo. When Elie and his family arrived at the

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    no help at all.” Dale Carnegie believed that perseverance could overcome even the harshest obstacles. Perseverance is inspired by a purpose‚ an unsatisfied drive to achieve a goal. During a cataclysmic event‚ only people with a purpose endure. In Night‚ Eliezer endures the Holocaust with a purpose to keep his father alive. He is a 15 years old boy when he and Chlomo began their journey through the perilous camps of Auschwitz‚ Buna‚ and Buchenwald. Eventually‚ Eliezer loses his faith in God but not

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    In the novel NightElie Wiesel shares his story on his personal experience during the holocaust and what it took to survive from 1933 to 1945. The novel follows Elie through his new harsh experiences such as his time in the concentration camps‚ the loss of his religion‚ the flexible relationship with his dad and many other scenarios that he struggles in. Elie Wiesel shows the relationship between the family to prove that fighting to stay together can strengthen and improve each other’s motivation

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    ethical and religious aspects in limit situations. Such a situation can be illustrated using Elie Wiesel’s reflections on the Holocaust. Reading Wiesel’s Night one could be tempted to believe that‚ due to the life conditions in death camps‚ man is driven away from his faith--and‚ according to some authors‚ one could find there an early form of a theology of the death of God. However‚ in his subsequent works‚ Wiesel brings more and more arguments in favor of a normal relation between doubt of or even rebellion

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    Elie Wiesel and John Robinson are two individuals that had the chance in life to have people show them who they are as one. Wiesel’s father simply asked him questions that made him think deep in himself. His father was able to ask questions about why he did certain things that made him dig deep to find the answers. While Robinson had to go through experiences to figure out whom he really is. Being born with a condition that will permanently make one different in others eyes is rough. Robinson had

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    traumatizing and life altering. In Night‚ the perspective of an actual Holocaust survivor is shown. In the memoir‚ Elie Wiesel‚ describes his story in great detail using evidence‚ metaphors‚ and other writing techniques. In my eyes‚ the title “Night” is used to symbolize death and loss of faith (which are two things Elie struggled with). Some examples of the terrible events which surfaced in the night‚ include Mrs. Schachter’s vivid hallucinations of hell and death‚ Elie and his dad’s arrival in Auschwitz

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    I believe that Elie Wiesel’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech Teaches about a great piece of history that should not be forgotten. Elie Wiesel wants to inform his audience of the unbelievable acts of the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel’s acceptance speech is sad and reminiscing. In the speech‚ Elie speaks of his time in the Holocaust. This makes him sad‚ because millions died‚ and he was a witness to the evil. He reminisces over what it was like‚ and how it happened. One of his quotes was “I swore never

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    30‚ 2016 Write about this line on page 29 – “The beloved objects that we carried with us from place to place were now left behind in the wagon‚ and with them‚ finally our illusions. “ What do you think this means? How was this a turning point for Elie? After Hitler’s announcement to annihilate the Jews and the Anti-Semitic attacks on the Jews of Budapest‚ “the race toward death had begun” (10). Restrictions were held upon the Jews. Under the pressure of death‚ Jews were forced to yield “gold‚

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    Eli has a lot of moments in his while living in the compound. One big moment Eli has is when he walks into the compound and the silver door locks (Bodeen‚ 2008‚ p.2). The door is symbolic because it is thought of every time Rex is brought up for putting them in the compound. It means they are safe but also in danger. This was a big moment because he was locked in the compound for 15 years now. Eli and his family entered the compound because a fake nuclear attack occurred. This fake nuclear attack

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