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    Daniel Dukeshire  11/8/2014  English 2   Block 4  Dylan Saunders  Night    Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ is a representation of real occurrences throughout the holocaust.  Said by Elie himself‚ the book was not created for sympathy or empathy in any way‚ but was to  prevent the suffering of himself‚ as well as millions of other Jews‚ from repeating itself in  history. Experiencing years of torture leaves obvious physical damage‚ but also chips away at the  physiological standpoint of a human being. Elie’s way of portraying the unnatural events he 

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    faced during the Holocaust. In the memoir NightElie 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 the novel the night trilogy by Elie Wiesel‚ the author Elie says “if in my lifetime I was to write only one book‚ this would be the one.” (The night trilogy‚ Preface to the new translation‚ Pg 5) This book is very important to him. He communicates with us his experience and thoughts during the holocaust. He expresses what he witnessed and endured with disbelief and heartbreak. Everything he tolerated as an adolescent was hard to process as it would be for anyone who was in such a horrid situation

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    The definition of the word night is the time of darkness between sunrise and sunset but the meaning of the word night is something totally different to Elie Wiesel. Ever since the holocaust the word night to Elie Wiesel has meant more than darkness‚ it has meant death and loss of hope and he expresses that feeling in his book Night. In his book he wrote‚ “So much had happened within such a few hours that I had lost all sense of time. When had we left our houses? And the ghetto? And the train

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    at Auschwitz. Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ is a story about a young boy (15 to be exact) living through the Holocaust. His family is placed in a ghetto at first‚ but is eventually moved into the death camp Auschwitz. Throughout the Holocaust Elie loses all of his family members‚ his mother and sisters almost immediately‚ and his father just a few weeks before liberation. In Night we watch Elie learn many lessons about perseverance‚ hope‚ and loss. In this essay I hope to show how Elie learns these lessons

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    Elexiah Barber Period – 1 English 2 Honors April 22‚ 2013 Night: by Elie Wiesel A Literary Analysis The story is a sad one; one filled with despair around every corner and past every page. We begin to look on the characters that helped to create and personify the horror of the Holocaust. From Elie‚ to his father‚ Shlomo‚ or to the woman on the bus‚ and Moishe the Beadle; how does the character of Elie Wiesel‚ Change throughout the story – because he does. As we attempt to pick the brain

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    sides. The side that took a part and the victims involved. In this case‚ we get to see a Nazi‚ Auschwitz soldier and a Holocaust victim. Elie Wiesel‚ a 15 year old‚ and a Jakob W. who became a Auschwitz guard in the 1940’s. Who’s side would you chose? Elie‚ victim‚ or Jakob‚ Auschwitz guard? From reading two perspectives of the Holocaust‚ I am on the side with Elie. Even though Jakob didn’t kill anyone‚ he didn’t stop them either. I rather fight and try to stop it and save as many lives as I can before

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    Dehumanization in “Night” by Elie Wiesel Dehumanization is to deprive of human qualities such as individuality‚ compassion‚ or civility. In this book set in World War II‚ it is shown to us how Jews were dehumanized by Nazis into a little more than “things”. Graphic images are drawn into our head as a young Elie Wiesel retells what he saw. First of all‚ the Jews were humiliated and treated like second class citizens and even worse than criminals. They had to wear yellow stars to show that they

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    Holocaust‚ Elie Wiesel once said‚ “Having survived by chance‚ I was duty–bound to give meaning to my survival.”(“Having Survived”1). Elie Wiesel did not know at the time that he had a reason for surviving this tragedy‚ but soon realized that he survived to offer a story and message about the horrors of that time to a world that often seemed to block it out completely and forget (“Having Survived”1).To spread his message to the world‚ which is one of peace‚ redemption‚ and human nobleness‚ Wiesel speaks

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    tale. The memoir Night by Elie Wiesel tells the story of a young Jewish boy that was brought to Auschwitz in 1944. After witnessing and experiencing all the horrors of the camp‚ he unbelievably made it out alive and shared his experiences with the world through his award-winning novel. In the novel Night by Elie WieselElie‚ the main character‚ is affected by the events in the book as he loses his faith in religion‚ his individuality‚ and his humanity. Throughout all the crucibles Elie was put through

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