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    THemes 1.) Man’s inhumanity to man Removal of human looks that defined who they are * Same uniform * Cut hair to remove individuality. * “In a few seconds we had ceased to be men” 37 * “I became A-7713. From then on‚ I had no other name”42 The harshness of the camp quickly transformed them into selfish indifferent people * “I had not even blinked‚ only yesterday I would have dug my nails into the criminals flesh” 39 * “you’re killing your father”101 * “The old

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    The novel "Night" is a stunning personal history of a youthful adolescent named Elie Wiesel’s encounters taken hostage by the Nazis‚ and living eighteen months in the a wide range of inhumane imprisonment of Germany. The story starts off in the little town of Sighet‚ Romania in 1944. The reader can without much of a stretch‚ distinguish the hero Elie‚ spending incalculable measure of hours in his synagogue thinking about the Talmud‚ and contemplating Jewish mysticism. As of now‚ there isn’t even

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    keep their thoughts to themselves and are afraid to speak for other people. Just like in the book NightElie was concerned about the other Jews being taken to extermination camps‚ however his father told him not to worry about it because it wasn’t them being taken and they lived in denial that anything as unpleasant of what was reality was happening to the Jews and the same would happen to them. Until Elie and his family were captured‚ he continued to believe what his father said by not taking a stand

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    themselves or beliefs. It forces them to reflect on their decisions and their moral code. Elie went through a very traumatic event‚ in which no one should have to endure‚ let alone a child. The Holocaust changed him‚ as it would anyone. Elie questioned his faith many times in God and humanity. Throughout the novel you can see specific times where his faith waivers and changes. In the beginning of NightElie and his father got put into a concentration camp during the Holocaust. All prisoners stood

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    “He spoke of only what he had seen. But people not only refused to believe his tales‚ they refused to listen”(Wiesel‚ 7). The first time that the idea of silence is ever seen in the book is one of the scenes in the very beginning; where Moishe the Beadle arrives back in Sighet to tell the people of the horrors he had seen in the forest‚ but to no avail. The people shut him out; they say nothing to the man who has seen what nobody should ever see. It’s a state of denial‚ the people have implemented

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    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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    killing the person they thought they were into something unrecognizable and degrading. where if they see themselves in the mirror they wouldn’t even know who that image staring right back at them is. Elie Weisel develop the theme of identity in the book night in many ways. In the beginning of Night‚ Elizer identity is a

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    physically and mentally. Although Eliezer life was more revolting than mine‚ I can still see the similarities between our lives. Reading Night was dejavu. It brought back many memories that I thought were forgotten and opened wounds I thought were healed. According Eliezer‚ “only those who experienced Auschwitz know what it was.Others will never know.” (Wiesel‚ 1955) Although I have not experience living on concentration camp‚ I do know how it feels to live in a control and strike environment. When

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    Dehumanization is the psychological process of demonizing the enemy‚ making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatment. This can lead to increased violence‚ human rights violations‚ war crimes‚ and genocide.Going back to a time period where light was non-existent. Darkness covered the earth‚ not even the stars could give off light in its piercing darkness. Stars give off a light ‚ the star of David was the light of the Jews‚ that light of the star was overshadowed by the pitch

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    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 those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things‚ even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never." ( page 34) - Elie Wiesel. The mass killings in Germany activated against the Jews created a new word‚ genocide. The Nazi almost exterminated more than half

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