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    In today’s world‚ we are taught that it is acceptable to be different and to be proud of who we are. However‚ as we know‚ that has not always been the case. In school‚ we recently read Night by Elie Wiesel. His story‚ like so many others‚ shares his horrific experience during the Holocaust. He struggled to believe in his faith as the world around him crumbled. His story teaches us that we have to stand strong even when it feels easier to give up. I am an observant Jew‚ and for me‚ it has always

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    Plot‚ characters‚ and theme page I read the novel Night by Elie Wiesel. It is about a young boy named Eliezer during the era of the Holocaust and is narrated through his words. He talks about his faith through the Jewish readings but is cut short when his teacher Moshe is deported. Moshe comes back and tells him the Gestapo shot them all down in a ditch and how he narrowly escaped. This sets up the story telling about the inhumane genocide of the Jewish people. After this‚ the Germans occupy Eliezer’s

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    the book Night‚ by Elie Wiesel. Diving into the history of the Holocaust uncovered some questions that I had and in turn made me more interested in the event altogether. I already had delved into the Holocaust by watching movies and reading some books on it‚ but by reading a real experience of it‚ it made me put myself in his position and it seemed like I was seeing it through his eyes.

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    The autobiographical novel ‘Night’ which was first published in 1958 is a story of the real traumatic experiences that those of a Jewish descent encountered during the Holocaust in 1944. The author‚ Elie Wiesel conveys a powerful memoir of inhumanity‚ death and loss of faith to the reader. Throughout the novel the protagonist endures extreme and brutal circumstances which causes him to lose faith in god. The inhumanity and dehumanization acts Elie experiences causes him to feel mentally dead inside

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    THE CONTEXT ESSAY Written response to a prompt- a statement about the theme which you are required to “break open” in your response. Theme – “rites of passage” Example of a prompt: “Rites of passage presents obstacles which must be overcome” The context essay can take three forms: Expository Persuasive Imaginary THE PROMPT The prompt or stimulus is what must be addressed in relation to the texts you have explored. Sometimes there may be an image as well as text Discussion of the prompt

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    the Jew’s main purpose was to survive and Mr. Wiesel was doing just that with his father by his side. As Mr. Wiesel explains through all this pain and suffering that he is still strong‚ “I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary‚ I felt very strong” (65). When running through the icy winds and snowy weather Mr. Wiesel had become strong minded because his foot was still healing and if he were to stop he would get shot by a SS officer. Wiesel explains‚ “These thoughts had taken up a brief

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    three relationships between the fathers and the sons (Elie and Chlomo‚ Rabbi Eliahou and his son‚ Meir and his father) they all have similarities and differences. They have similarities in their religion and situations. They all showed their love and hatred for each other in different ways. For their similarities they all have at least three things two things in common. They were all stuck in concentration camps‚ they’re all Jewish‚ and they all have the will to survive. Elie and his father help each

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    In the memoir night the author Elie Wiesel questions his fate to show the reader a sad disbelieving tone .This is choice is important to the narrative as a whole because it develops the reader’s understanding of the character conflict about how to deal with his own sadness.Ellie thinks it tells the reader and shows how Elie was living a normal when the nazi army took over germany and moved all the jews straight into the ghetto’s once moved into the ghetto all the jews were moved into concentration

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    trauma and distress Elie Wiesel experiences as a prisoner in the concentration camps causes him to suffer from Holocaust Survivors Syndrome. First‚ Elie views his survival as luck. After seeing himself in a mirror for the first time in over a year‚ Elie writes‚ “From the depths of the mirror‚ a corpse was contemplating me” (Wiesel 115). The imagery of a corpse suggests that to Elie‚ his life barely continues. His comment suggests he might as well be dead after his experiences. Thus‚ Elie believes he survives

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    Survival Impacts a Father-Son Relationship In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel‚ the struggle for survival influences the relationship between Elie and his father because it dramatically changes Elie’s thoughts on his father. Firstly‚ when Elie and his father arrive at the camp‚ they are very close and Elie’s father protects him. Elie thinks‚ “Still I was happy‚ I was near my father” (32). This quote demonstrates how Elie feels content by being next to his father. His father provides the comfort

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