is what individuals go through in life makes them what they are. Individuals have to go through good and bad to learn love and strength. Two examples that support the validity of this quotation are Night by Elie Wiesel and The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. In Night by Elie Wiesel‚ the protagonist‚ Eliezer‚ is taken to Birkenau during World War Two with his father and is separated from the rest of his family. When seeing such horrific conditions in the concentration camp‚ Eliezer starts
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prevent history from repeating itself?” (Elie Wiesel‚ vii). In the introduction of the book “Night” Elie‚ questions himself if he wrote the memoir to prevent genocide like the Holocaust to happen again. The memoir “Night” is written by Elie Wiesel. Were he writes about a specific time in his life as a victim of the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel wrote his memoir to prevent history from repeating itself by the use of figurative language‚ imagery‚ and diction. Elie Wiesel wrote his memoir to prevent history from
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to the edge. Similarly‚ Elie reaches his breaking point at the loss of his father‚ just prior to his liberation from the Nazis. Throughout the novel‚ Elie and his father agree to keep each other alive as they are the only remnants of their family left‚ but it becomes too difficult as his father grows sick. After his father eventually dies of sickness‚ Elie says that his life “no longer mattered. Since my father’s death‚ nothing mattered to me anymore‚” (Wiesel 113). Elie then continues to live his
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to be put into words on paper. It exercises our mind and our way of thinking. When you write you say what you mean. Some people use writing as an outlet‚ a way to express themselves or relieve stress and anxiety. It can be used for any purpose. Elie Wiesel uses his experience in the holocaust in a lot of his writing. He feels that he must be the one to tell the story of the victims‚ the ones who can’t tell it for themselves. As a survivor he is responsible for never letting anyone forget about it
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Holocaust Final Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl and Night by Elie Wiesel are both memoirs written by Jewish men telling their stories of survival in the horrors of Nazi concentration camps. Both men discuss their experiences in the camp and how their experiences influenced their lives. These books are excellent at conveying every emotion the two men face in their ordeal. These great books have many similarities and differences. Universal Themes Man’s Search for Meaning and Night
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Jews‚ even himself—is capable. In Night‚ Eliezer says that the Holocaust “murdered his God‚” and he often expresses the belief that God could not exist and permit the existence of the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel and Eliezer are not exactly the same‚ but Eliezer expresses‚ in most cases‚ the emotions that Wiesel felt at the time of
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own people‚ there is a mass of trust lost. During WW॥‚ thousands of people were dreary and had no hope for their countries and others. In Night and Farewell to Manzanar‚ Elie and Jeanne were both treated horribly‚ but Elie lost more faith in his piers and humanity itself. Jeanne went through horrible experiences just like Elie in Farewell to Manzanar. “I’m going to kill you this time” (Houston 68). Throughout the books‚ both of the children’s families changed for the worse. Jeannes father threatened
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Elie has been a follower of God ever since he was brought into this world‚ and truthfully I cannot imagine him ever giving up hope in his God. I would have to say probably the only thing in the world that could have ever managed to make Elie even doubt his God one bit would be the holocaust. It would be understandable because throught the entire novel he is faced with many ’obsticles’ that would have easily made anyone turn their backs on God. Elie is a different case though‚ from a young age starting
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lived in luxury. This was certainly incorrect. In “The Book Thief” the movie conveys the suffering of the Germans‚ as Night‚ a memoir by Elie Wiesel‚ describes to real life torture of the Jews. Liesel is the main character of the movie and suffers great loss‚ but it is not even close to being as bad as the torture Elie had to deal with. Even though Liesel and Elie have different backgrounds they have to go through similar situations throughout the war. Liesel fears the SS men because they could
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According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary‚ the definition of evil is “morally bad.” However‚ after reading the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel‚ one begins to question the depths of the superficial dictionary definition. In Elie’s memoir‚ he is able to show the capability of evil within mankind by describing his experiences through one of the most horrific events in history. The three strongest cases which show what evil is capable of‚ occurs in the early and final chapters. In the earlier chapters
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