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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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    Elie has written many books about his times in the holocaust‚ most notably‚ his book titled Night. In his book‚ it goes from the years of 1944 to 1945 and takes place in the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Many times in the book it displays terrible things that happened to most of the prisoners of the holocaust. One of the things is being separated from your family and not knowing what will happen to them. This happened to Elie when he and his father were

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    works of literature in the hopes that others may learn from those dark times. Books such as The Book Thief by Markus Zusak‚ Night by Elie Wiesel‚ and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque focus on a specific war: World War II. During a time of fighting between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers‚ the authors of these books detail the different point of views of life in the twentieth century in a time of endless bloodshed. The Book Thief shows the perspective of a fictional young

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    In Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night he compares the two hangings‚ the purpose of the writing becomes clear through the word choice he uses. The interesting choice of words is apparent when a man is called upon to be hanged‚ Wiesel writes “He was on the point of of motioning to his assistants to draw the chair away from the prisoner’s feet‚ when the latter cried‚ in a calm‚ strong voice: ‘Long lice liberty! A curse upon Germany! A curse...! A cur-....I remeber that I found the soup tasted excellent that

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    In Elie Wiesel’s speech titled “The Perils of indifference” he discusses the idea that individuals are slowly becoming desensitized to the ongoing crisis’ that fill the world around them‚ slowly causing indifference to overtake all other emotions toward these events. The act of indifference is one that causes society to regress and can be most detrimental because of the lack of emotion that it brings upon those who turn to it‚ creating inaction and no emotion where it is warranted. Through the point

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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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    in different ways. In the novel Night by Elie WieselElie has to survive the ever present dangers of life in Jewish concentration camps while trying to keep his father alive who is imprisoned along with him. Through the incredible experiences of spiritual‚ emotional and physical oppression‚ Elie has to cope by adapting and overcoming the challenges he is faced with to survive. Using vivid descriptions and memoirs of conversations among the Jewish prisoners‚ Elie illustrates how some people adapted

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    There were many situations that Elie Wiesel has experienced which brought about a change in his character. In the memoir‚ NightElie Wiesel changes in response to his concentration camp experiences. The separation from his loved ones and the horrible conditions of these camps affected Elie greatly. The Holocaust affected Elie physically‚ emotionally and also spiritually. Elie changed physically by being a healthy human being into a walking skeleton. The Jews can be described as “skin and bones”

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    though it is our freedom‚ many of the actions in the memoir “Night”‚ a book about Elie Wiesel’s experiences at different concentration camps‚ violated these liberties. Article 3‚ 5 and 9 are infringed in this book of terrors. Certainly‚ Article 3 states that‚ “You have the right to live‚ to be free‚ and to feel safe.” Nevertheless‚ the book “Night” wasn’t following this at all. According to the book in chapter 2‚ page 33‚ Wiesel wrote‚ “”There are eighty of you in the wagon‚” added the German

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    In Night by Elie Wiesel‚ their are several instances of public hangings. Elie feels different about hanging the three men who steal soup‚ and the sad eyed angel. The public hangings are used as examples to what happens to prisoners if they break one of the rules. Elie has vivid memories about the public hanging. He tells us about them in the novel. One of the instances of a hanging‚ was when the sad eyed angel was hung. He was a kapo in the camp Elie was in. Elie liked him because of his kindness

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