I agree with the statement‚ “Being a neutral bystander helps those who are evil‚ that remaining silent encourages even more evil to happen.” Meaning if you do not do anything many people will get hurt and staying quiet never helps a situation. This was the overall topic of Night and how everyone though the Holocaust was. To begin‚ I agree with Wiesel’s statement because‚ the people have no one to help them and they keep getting hurt. In the poem‚ “First They Came‚” the soldiers kept coming back
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sixteen years of age‚ Wiesel continuously encountered pure torture. From being senselessly abused to unceasingly overworked‚ there was not a day where Wiesel could sleep with a light heart. “I happened to cross his path. He threw himself on me like a wild beast‚ beating me in the chest‚ on my head‚ throwing me to the ground and picking me up again‚ crushing me with ever more violent blows‚ until I was covered in blood” (“Night” 53). As a result of running into an angry SS officer‚ Wiesel first-hand encountered
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Night is the narration of an experience filled with darkness‚ sadness‚ silence and at times also death. on the second section of this novel (page 21-24)‚ a dark and angry pictures of human nature emerged . The Jews was deported to the concentration camps riding in a cattle wagon‚ treated like caged animals. They are tormented by nearly unbearable conditions. There is almost no food to it‚ no air to breathe‚ the heat is intense‚ there is no room to sit and everybody is hungry and thirsty. During the
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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 when my family was happy and not separated. After not knowing what happen to rest of my family members just only made my shoulders heavy and difficult time breathing. Day by day I get this feeling to just give up on hope and die. I cried every night hoping to wake up in a home with nothing but joy. I want my father’s words to become
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never the tormented." is a powerful quote said by Elie Wiesel. In a simplistic way this quote is saying that in a time when something is going wrong‚ don’t stay silent. Tell someone and speak up because if you don’t‚ the wrong will continue to be done and nothing with solve it. The validity of this statement can be proven through two different works of literature. The fist work of literature is a memoir written by Elie Wiesel. It goes by the name of Night and consists of Elie’s experience in the Holocaust
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suffer. In Elie Wiesel’s novel Night it shows that after experiencing a lack of compassion on a daily basis‚ people to feel pain. Night is Wiesel’s account from being in the Holocaust‚ and the horrors he faced. Not only are the Jews being shown lack of compassion by officer’s who guard the camp‚ but even their own people. It is like a chain reaction; no compassion is shown to the Jews‚ so the Jews showed no compassion towards each other. For example‚ when the officers were forcing Wiesel and others
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Holocaust is a great example of this subject‚ with its harsh conditions and now empowering lessons. Elie Wiesel’s Night tells the horrific‚ but real‚ story of a boy and his dehumanization‚ and how it changed his life forever. Throughout this time‚ I have learned the feelings of malice‚ torture‚ sorrow. During this time I have discovered that‚ stripping the good from others has the power to create intense evil. Injustice has a very controlling power over people. It can make them start to believe that the
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feeling and sentiment. Suddenly‚ the song of a lone violin‚ resonant in its isolation‚ floats through the dismal barrack. The musician is not a glorious soloist with thousands of adoring fans‚ but a boy on his deathbed. Elie Wiesel describes this moment in his memoir of the Holocaust‚ Night. The Jews had become empty shells forced to march through the glacial‚ incapitating cold after the concentration camp’s evacuation. However‚ Juliek‚
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onto faith as a crutch. During a refute of antisemitism‚ Jews were forced into German concentration camps in which they pondered between life and death. Elie Wiesel’s Night encompasses his experience in the brutal horrors entailed within the camps; and the journey through his loss of faith in religion‚ humanity‚ and all good in the world. Wiesel captures the corruption of faith in mankind to exemplify the endurance of the darkness he endures through conflict‚ irony‚ and symbolism. Conflict is a
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Witnessing.. Talk about all of the characters‚ different aspects of witnessing in the book‚ How characters handle witnessing (the way they cope)‚ Jeliek (plays his violin‚ silence in words but witnesses in other ways) elies dad (total silence) elie himself (He writes a freaken book) Synonyms: seeing‚ observing‚ viewing‚ perceiving‚ beholding‚ watching (this is what your thesaurus is for :p ) A few general tips: make sure the unifying idea of each body paragraph is mentioned in the first sentence
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