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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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    Eliezer Wiesel a brave man‚ a role model‚ a leader. These traits describe an honorable man‚ and that man is Elie Wiesel. I truly believe he deserves the Medal of Honor for his many milestones and accomplishments‚ and sadly losses‚ and experiences. From trembling in fear for months to being a recipient of a hard earned Nobel Peace Prize. Elie truly conquered life. In May of 1944‚ young Wiesel was deported by Nazis to the Auschwitz camp at just fifteen years old. Elie’s mother and younger sister perish

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    Say More with Less “Night” by Eliezer Wiesel is a powerful novel‚ yet it received backlash for not going into detail about the Jew’s horrific experiences while at concentration camps. Critics say that the material could have been even more graphic than it already was in order to display the true horrors the Jews experienced. Because he chose to relay his experiences in an understated manner‚ Wiesel is actually showing his readers just how gut wrenching that event really was. When a person experiences

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    Alternatively‚ in our modern day world some people still keep their thoughts to themselves and are afraid to speak for other people. Just like in the book Night‚ Elie 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

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    “When I got down after roll call‚ I could see his lips trembling as he murmured something.” He said‚ “ One day you are going to get out of here and start a family.” I had got more angry to a point that I had to separate myself with my father. I became more silent with a blank face every single day. Caught some guards’ attention but the guards know they can’t do anything or even show a little remorse. One silent night I was laying down just thinking how things used to be before the war against Jews

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    For this essay I chose option number three. Option three is was there any part that was most shocking to you? Which one and why? The part I chose is when Elie Wiesel’s father was about to die. Elie always cared for his father and he always made sure that nothing bad was going to happen to him. Elie’s father started to become sick when they were on the train to their last camp. There were almost 100 people in one cattle cart when there are only supposed to be 80. The cattle cart would stop now and

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    Prosperity brings Friends‚ Adversity tries Them It is natural that prosperity should attract friendship‚ or at least the semblance of friendship. The friends of a prosperous man derive many obvious advantages from their connection with him. If their rich friend is hospitable‚ he invites all who have the privilege of knowing him to pleasant entertainments in his fine house and beautiful grounds. At these social gatherings a large number of agreeable and clever persons assemble‚ determined to do

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    dad goes through each camps as they experience new ways of how the Nazis dehumanize the jewish people. Wiesel engages readers’ emotions with powerful unforgettable moments in order to achieve his purpose. Wesiel wants to help readers come to a greater understanding of the Holocaust and make them think about how Dehumanization is shown across the story. In the memoir Night‚ the author Elie Wiesel wrote the memoir to show that in tough times‚ people only think about themselves‚ thus creating a Dehumanization

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    Within my life I have experienced difficulty‚ overcome adversity‚ and faced ethical questions‚ but the situation that I learned the most from was when I became injured during the cross country season and had to go to physical therapy. It was difficult because I couldn’t train with team‚ I couldn’t compete in meets‚ and within physical therapy the activities were challenging. I had to work with my physical therapist after school or before school and I was expected to all my exercises at home everyday

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    Night By Elie Wiesel Taylor Brennan October 2014 Period 6 Senior English Ms. Scimone/Hagis Chapter 1 DOK Questions: 1. Identify one character trait of Elie’s father. Elie’s father doesn’t display his feelings‚ and he is rather distant from his family. 2. Organise the events from 1941-1944. 1941: Elie meets Moishe the Beatle when he is 13. 1942: All foreign Jews were expelled from Sighet‚ including Elie’s friend‚ Moishe. 1943: Daily bombings of Germany and Stalingrad

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