Night Traumatic. Horrifying. Life changing. In the memoir Night by Elie Weisel he tells about the struggles Elie went through. The torture he suffered in the concentration camps during the holocaust. From losing his family‚ being beaten‚ starved‚ and worked to death at only 15 years old. Although one of Elie’s biggest loss was his faith. In Night Elie’s faith goes from strong‚ to questioning his beliefs‚ to having anger towards God. In the beginning Elie’s faith was strong‚ he would pray everyday
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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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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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keep their thoughts to themselves and are afraid to speak for other people. Just like in the book Night‚ Elie was concerned about the other Jews being taken to extermination camps‚ however his father told him not to worry about it because it wasn’t them being taken and they lived in denial that anything as unpleasant of what was reality was happening to the Jews and the same would happen to them. Until Elie and his family were captured‚ he continued to believe what his father said by not taking a stand
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themselves or beliefs. It forces them to reflect on their decisions and their moral code. Elie went through a very traumatic event‚ in which no one should have to endure‚ let alone a child. The Holocaust changed him‚ as it would anyone. Elie questioned his faith many times in God and humanity. Throughout the novel you can see specific times where his faith waivers and changes. In the beginning of Night‚ Elie and his father got put into a concentration camp during the Holocaust. All prisoners stood
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“He spoke of only what he had seen. But people not only refused to believe his tales‚ they refused to listen”(Wiesel‚ 7). The first time that the idea of silence is ever seen in the book is one of the scenes in the very beginning; where Moishe the Beadle arrives back in Sighet to tell the people of the horrors he had seen in the forest‚ but to no avail. The people shut him out; they say nothing to the man who has seen what nobody should ever see. It’s a state of denial‚ the people have implemented
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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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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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killing the person they thought they were into something unrecognizable and degrading. where if they see themselves in the mirror they wouldn’t even know who that image staring right back at them is. Elie Weisel develop the theme of identity in the book night in many ways. In the beginning of Night‚ Elizer identity is a
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physically and mentally. Although Eliezer life was more revolting than mine‚ I can still see the similarities between our lives. Reading Night was dejavu. It brought back many memories that I thought were forgotten and opened wounds I thought were healed. According Eliezer‚ “only those who experienced Auschwitz know what it was.Others will never know.” (Wiesel‚ 1955) Although I have not experience living on concentration camp‚ I do know how it feels to live in a control and strike environment. When
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