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    Kapo‚ a prisoner for the police to watch the Jews. Not many of the Jews know that I am a police for the Nazis’ but they will learn if they underestimate.We took in more Jews today. I supplied Elie a job and if he doesn’t do it well or does anything wrong‚ then he or other Jews will regret it. I am mad at Elie now‚ I was in a private room with a girl and he decided to skip his job to spy on me. My punishment for him was to have him get beaten with a whip for what he had seen and told him he needs to

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    a true story based on the author’s life‚ Elie Wiesel. The book takes you through his journey of WWII‚ and how the Nazis affected himself as well as his friends and family. This book paints a true picture of what it was like to grow up in Hungry during that time and how the Nazis were perceived at different points throughout the war. Throughout the book‚ he explains his journey with God as a Jewish boy and how he questions who God is and His plans for Wiesel. The first chapter introduces Eliezer

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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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    This book is not easy to read. In fact‚ this is an extremely difficult book to read and it’s not the kind of book you want to read when you’re feeling down or having a bad day. Essentially‚ it’s a personal account of a Holocaust survivor‚ Mr. Elie Wiesel. It’s his autobiographical story of struggle for survival while in Auschwitz‚ the largest of the Nazi concentration camps.... and after reading it‚ I’d say it’s a miracle that anyone survived at all. I was very much touched by Elie’s description

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    Eliezer’s Change in Faith At the beginning of Night‚ Eliezer was driven to further his knowledge of the Kabbalah despite his father’s wishes. He was so determined that he found a master in Moishe the Beadle to help him. Together Eliezer and Moishe would read the Zohar to “discover within the very essence of divinity (5).” Eliezer hoped to enter eternity‚ a time that he thought “question and answer would become ONE (5).” However‚ Eliezer’s faith and relationship with God began to change because

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    "The Alienation of Eliezer" In the book Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ the assumptions made at concentration camps and in ghettos about the character Eliezer reveal the moral values of the surrounding society. In the book‚ Jews are treated inferiorly because of their religion and have to endure many hardships. Many things are compromised‚ and Eliezer has to learn to survive in this new environment. The religion of the Jews is one alienating factor. In the ghetto that Eliezer was first living in‚ Jews were

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    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 I was taking part in creative writing as my English elective requirement. We were given

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    Two themes in the novel Night wrote by Elie WieselElie has to go through his through most of his teenage years going through the holocaust which shows inhuman cruelty and the struggles of survival throughout the Holocaust. An example of the theme of ‘inhuman cruelty and on page 65 it says “ Behind me‚ I heard the same man asking: “For God’s sake‚ where is God?” And from within me‚ I heard a voice answer: “Where He is? This is where--hanging here from this gallows…” That night‚ the soup tasted

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    The relationship between Eliezer and his father in the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel is interesting because of the way the relationship strengthens and weakens over the course of the book. The relationship is also interesting because of the way Eliezer allows others (inmates‚ Kapos‚ etc.) to affect the way he feels towards his father. In Night‚ the relationship between Eliezer and his father is‚ at first‚ not strong. This is shown when Eliezer rebels against his fathers wishes of not studying Kabbalah

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    Period 1 28 March 2017 Synthesis Essay “To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”― Elie Wiesel. In the memoir‚ The Night by Elie Wiesel tells a story how twelve-year-old Elie Wiesel himself spends much time in trainloads of Jews to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. In a train car eighty villagers have to survive on slightest food and water. When Elie Wiesel is 16 the United States Army in April 1945 saved him‚ but it was too late for his father‚ who died after a beating

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