survivors lost their faith. Unable to know why God would allow an event so inhumane like the Holocaust happen‚ makes society question Him. In Night‚ Eliezer was a Jew who was forced to go to a few concentration camps. In the camps Eliezer saw and experienced many barbaric events. Him and many other Jews struggled to survive‚ which made him question his beliefs. In the memoir Night by Eliezer Wiesel‚ he uses Eliezer’s relationship with God to show that people doubt their faith when times get tough
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In chapter 3 of Night‚ Wiesel’s use of fire symbolizes death and destruction‚ and helps convey the main idea that the lives of the Jews have been altered by the war. When the train finally arrives at the concentration camp‚ all of the Jews on the train begin to worry for the safety of their families. The German men start to shout and beat people with sticks as they depart the train. Wiesel writes‚ “In front of us‚ those flames. In the air‚ the smell of burning flesh. It must have been around midnight
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The reading of Night by Elie Wiesel raises many Questions in the reader as he/she ponders how to prevent these atrocities in the future. What should the individual in the novel have done and what can we do in the future to prevent atrocities like these in the future. This prevention with individuals. We have a moral responsibility to at the very least use our voice to make the world aware of unjust treatment and severe discrimination based on group affiliation. Even if someone lacks the morality
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Throughout high school and previous situations I have engaged in all of the modes of W.O.V.E. I personally believe that I rely on the subject to perform well while communicate. One such instance of comparison was in high school English our class was required to write an eight to twelve minute oral report over the book Night by Elie Wiesel. I struggled to reach the minimum requirements of the assignment. I simply couldn’t motivate myself as it wasn’t exciting. A positive example of this was while
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World War II. It didn’t affect them directly so why should they care? It’s not like they could have done anything to stop it. The Nazi soldiers were notorious for their brutality towards the Jews and it struck fear in the people. In the novel Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ there are scenes that talk about the prisoners spreading news about their liberation which could have reached the surrounding villages which made them think that their help wasn’t needed. Also‚ not much was done to save them from the clutches
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In the book‚ “Night”‚ Eliezer Wiesel talked about a boy named Elie from Sighet and he got deported to a concentration camp by the Nazis. They took Elie’s freedom‚ identity‚ family‚ dignity etc. The Nazis treated Jewish people badly and used any kind of way to dehumanize them. Moments of moral ambiguity helped Elie retain his humanity in the face of dehumanizing treatment by staying positive which helped him retain his good qualities as a human. Elie’s respond on a moral ambiguity is based on how
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silent when facing prejudice individuals in order to portray superiority in the face of their words. However‚ this method of expression is often mistook as a lack of reverence and is therefore not seen as a clear form of resistance. Thus‚ In Night by Elie Wiesel it is portrayed that the external manifestation of rebellion in the face of injustice invokes empowerment and allows oneself and those around them to hold their integrity regardless of the conditions they are met with. In this novel‚ two
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A Loss of Innocence Throughout the story Night‚ by Elie Weisel‚ the main character Elie slowly loses his innocence and sanity. At the beginning of the story‚ Elie is kindhearted and innocent. He would never harm anyone in any way‚ but towards the end of the story‚ he would kill a man if it meant getting an extra ration of bread or soup. Innocence can mean a multitude of things. It could mean that you are naïve to what is happening around you‚ it could mean that you would never hurt anyone in any
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the 1940’s. These events are being written by Elie Wiesel. Someone who was there when the following event happened. The story begins in Sighet‚ Germany during the rule of Hitler. Elie and his family that consisted of shlomo(father)‚ Sarah Feig(mother)‚ and his three female siblings‚ Hilda (oldest sister)‚ Bea (second sister)‚ and the youngest sister‚ Tzipora. Elie was the third child and the only son. At the time that they still lived together right next to the largest ghetto in Sighet‚ Elie was thirteen
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Inhumanity In the book Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ Hitler’s main goal was to make the Jews feel inhuman; he was very successful in this. The Jews were tortured everyday for no reason at all other than for the SS officers’ own amusement. The SS officers treated the men as if they were animals‚ making them fight for food. Women‚ babies‚ old‚ sick‚ and handicapped were put into the crematoriums as soon as they arrived at the camps. They killed people for no reason‚ with no remorse whatsoever. Torture
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