"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor‚ never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor‚ never the tormented." That quote is from Elie Wiesel in his Nobel Peace Prize Speech. I agree with the quotation. In the story Night by Elie Wiesel‚ many elements correspond to the quote and to the idea of silence and complicity. Wiesel says in his book that many different people were silent because they were not directly affected by the Holocaust‚ and thought that if they did something
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in the works of Elie Wiesel‚ John Donne‚ and Terry George‚ allows the audience to notice a common message; people should help and care about each other. The speakers wants the audience to realize the significance of one’s act to help those in need within society. For instance‚ in Elie Wiesel’s work‚ she reveals this message when he says “neutrality helps the oppressor‚ never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor‚ never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere” (Elie Wiesel‚ Nobel Peace Acceptance
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Book: “Night” by Elie Wiesel 1. Does the story have an explicit theme? What is it? Use at least 3 details from the story to support your answer. Yes‚ the book does have an explicit theme. There are many examples of the explicit themes .Some of the themes are * Death- Death was shown through the loss of loved ones‚ especially when Elie lost his entire family to the concentration camp. It was also shown through the hurtful
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human these things? ‘Human’‚ in this instance‚ is used as an adjective to describe the rights‚ which are of and belonging to all members of the human race; regardless of race‚ religion‚ color‚ gender‚ or social status. In the memoir‚ Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ he tells of his life as a young Jewish boy‚ and of the horrors he‚ his family‚ and others faced due to the stripping away of their rights by those
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by Elie Wiesel. This book is a first encounter of the Holocaust where Germany prosecuted and sent Jews to camps to be prisoners and tortured or killed. In this personal encounter of Elie he is sent to Auschwitz along with his father‚ mother‚ and sister. Elie experiences terrible events that happen at the camp including his father’s death and abuse. Throughout the book Faith and Terror were a huge part of the holocaust. In the book Elie went through a rollercoaster in his faith. When Elie and
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QUOTES 1. Take care of your son. He is very weak‚ very dehydrated. Take care of yourselves‚ you must pass selection. Eat! Anything ‚anytime. Eat all you can. The weak don’t last very log around here..” The man that is previously talking to Elie and his father is telling them that they need to do what ever they can to past selection. 2. “The only thing that keeps me alive‚” he kept saying “is to know that Reizel and the little ones are still alive. Were it not for them. I would give up.” This means
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while being under someone control. An individual must be able to protect themselves and the important people around them. In “Night”‚ Elie and his family were captured and separated. They can’t do nothing about the situation‚ because a leader was controlling all the jewish people. He even killed thousands of innocent jewish. Elie wasn’t able to protect himself or his love ones because he had no rights or freedom. Another similar event that happened was the “Holocaust”. The
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Dehumanization “Without passion‚ without haste‚ they slaughtered prisoners” (Wiesel 5). Night by Elie Wiesel explores the horror of the ways the Jews were treated during the Holocaust. No matter what age or gender‚ the Nazi’s treated all Jews like "animals" or "things ". No one called the Jews by their names‚ just their prison numbers as if they were only figures to be put to work. The atrocities that happened during the Holocaust were not only unbearable for most Jews‚ but also unimaginable for
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The narrator is Death. He sees life in terms of colors because he views the world in terms of color. He understands his role and task in the world by using color The thing that was ironic about the first book LieseI stole that she didn’t know how to read yet she dug up a book that was about grave digging in a graveyard. The thing that is ironic about is that it relates to heaven‚ and the street didn’t have anything to do with heaven in the war. This statement should not be taken literally because
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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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