THemes 1.) Man’s inhumanity to man Removal of human looks that defined who they are * Same uniform * Cut hair to remove individuality. * “In a few seconds we had ceased to be men” 37 * “I became A-7713. From then on‚ I had no other name”42 The harshness of the camp quickly transformed them into selfish indifferent people * “I had not even blinked‚ only yesterday I would have dug my nails into the criminals flesh” 39 * “you’re killing your father”101 * “The old
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Night by Elie Wiesel was a strong piece of writing‚ putting the reader through the struggles of a father and son going through the evils of the holocaust. Eliezer‚ the main character‚ survives the turmoil‚ but unfortunately his father does not. His father makes it through most of the hardships and arrives in Buchenwald‚ where he dies from both physical abuse and dysentery. Eliezer was in the bunk right above his father when he was aggressively beaten the night he had died. Eliezer‚ fearful that he
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Peter Farnham 139678 Ms. Courey 10th Grade Night by Elie Wiesel Brit Lit Honors 11 Application Our history can teach us a lot about the society we live in today. In Night by Elie Wiesel‚ the author recounts his horrifying experiences while living in the concentration camps during the holocaust. Through repetition‚ imagery‚ syntax‚ and rhetorical questions the author teaches us how people’s beliefs and actions can impact society‚ and how these may cause others to lose complete hope and faith. First
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Elie Wisel wrote a book based upon survival and using everything to its fullest. Even through the struggle of being in those concentration camps‚ Elie was still capable of overpowering the enemy and push forward. In the novel Night‚ by Elie wisel‚ the theme is to never stop moving forward and to make the most of what they have. The first major theme is that people should never stop moving forward. In other words‚ this means that no matter what life throws at someone‚ people need to find the
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“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time” (Elie Wiesel). This is but one of many insightful quotes we can take from Elie Wiesel’s Night. In my eleven years of schooling in which time I have read over one hundred novels; Night is by far the most captivating and suspenseful. This is the best book of its kind because of the rare firsthand telling by Holocaust victim Elie Wiesel. Using his firsthand account of The Holocaust‚ Wiesel communicates a vivid telling which enables readers
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In his memoir‚ Night‚ Elie Wiesel showed that the Jewish people of Wiesel’s hometown‚ Sighet‚ held on to illusions that gave them a false sense of hope and safety before their arrival at Birkenau. An example of this is when foreign Jews were expelled from Sighet crying‚ but the people of Sighet rumored that the deportees “were in Galicia‚ working” (6) and “were content with their fate” (6). When Moishe the Beadle‚ one of the deportees‚ managed to escape and come back he informed the people of the
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faced during the Holocaust. In the memoir Night‚ Elie Wiesel‚ a Jewish boy living in Germany‚ experiences the Holocaust first hand as he is sent to concentration camps and is changed immensely. Throughout the book‚ Elie’s faith and belief in God is altered forever‚ from before the Holocaust‚ while in the concentration camps‚ and when he is liberated. As a boy living in Sighet‚ Elie Wiesel was very involved in his religion and his faith. Every day‚ Elie studied Talmud‚ and practiced religion‚ and
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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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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 book is called “Night” by Elie Wiesel. This book is a first encounter of the Holocaust where Germany prosecuted and sent Jews to camps to be prisoners and tortured or killed. In this personal encounter of Elie he is sent to Auschwitz along with his father‚ mother‚ and sister. Elie experiences terrible events that happen at the camp including his father’s death and abuse. Throughout the book Faith and Terror were a huge part of the holocaust. In the book Elie went through a rollercoaster
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