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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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    Night by Elie Wiesel Notes Chapter 1 * 1941‚ Eliezer is 13 * Wants to study Kabbalah‚ but father won’t let him * Moishe the Beatle teaches him * Moishe and all foreign Jews sent off * Year later he comes back‚ already been to labor camp‚ shot in leg‚ escaped * Town assumes war won’t come to them; they are wrong * Germans polite at first * Rules upon rules; wear yellow star * Moved to ghettos * Get told they are being shipped out * Eliezer’s family in

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    For this essay I chose option number three. Option three is was there any part that was most shocking to you? Which one and why? The part I chose is when Elie Wiesel’s father was about to die. Elie always cared for his father and he always made sure that nothing bad was going to happen to him. Elie’s father started to become sick when they were on the train to their last camp. There were almost 100 people in one cattle cart when there are only supposed to be 80. The cattle cart would stop now and

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    apparent on the surface. In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel‚ the theme of night and darkness is prevalent throughout the story and is used as a primary tool to convey symbolism‚ foreshadowing‚ and the hopeless defeat felt by prisoners of Holocaust concentration camps. Religion‚ the various occurring crucial nights‚ and the many instances of foreshadowing and symbolism clearly demonstrate how the reoccurring theme of night permeates throughout the novel. Faith in a "higher power" is often used as a

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    In Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ Jews are being killed by Nazi German Officers‚ in the 1940s. Silence is represented throughout the memoir in several different aspects of the book. Most Jews begin to lose faith in God due to the atrocities during this time. Elie Wiesel uses motifs to reveal the struggles Jews had to face on a daily basis for several years. Silence is a theme shown in this memoir through losing hope in survival‚ questioning God’s existence‚ and through Juliek’s beautiful music. The uncertainty

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    in depth in the memoir Night‚ by Elie Wiesel. In my opinion‚ the spiritual and emotional trauma experienced by Elie and the Jewish prisoners is more damaging than the physical effects. Firstly‚ their intense suffering results in a complete loss of faith for many characters after their life-changing experiences. Additionally‚ after time spent in the physically and mentally draining concentration camps‚ many of the prisoners resort to human survival

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    Night by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography about his experience during the holocaust when he was fifteen years old. Elie is fifteen when the tragedy begins. He is taken with his family through many trials and then is separated from everyone besides his father. They are left with only each other of which they are able to confide in and look to for support. The story is told through a series of creative writing practices. Mr. Wiesel uses strong diction‚ and syntax as well as a combination of stylistic

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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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    Elie WieselNight (Les Editions de Minuit 1958). Book Review Elie Wiesel was born September 30‚ 1928‚ in Signet‚ Transylvania‚ known now as Romania‚ he grew up with three sisters. Wiesel pursued Jewish religious studies‚ which was strongly influenced by the traditional spiritual beliefs of his grandfather‚ as well as his parent’s liberal expressions of Judaism. Wiesel studied at the Sorbonne in France from 1948 - 1951 he majored in journalism‚ writing for French and Israeli publications

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    Night: survival of Elie Wiesel Night is a candid‚ horrific‚ and deeply poignant autobiographical work by Elie Wiesel based on his experiences‚ as a young orthodox Jew‚ of being transmit with his family to the German death camp at Auschwitz‚ and later to the concentration camp at Buchenwald. Primarily‚ his father helped him survive. Upon arrival to the camp‚ Elie and his father are immediately aparted from Elie’s mother and sisters. This is the last time the two sides of the family will ever

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