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    Do you think you can overcome an environment filled with dangerous people trying to survive? In the bookNight”‚ Elie is constantly trying to survive. He’s always trying to fulfill his hunger and thirst as he tries to survive. Elie is not the only one that has to deal with this. Others have to find ways to survive during times of the Holocaust. This may affect the person’s physical health or mental health. Survival could affect you and your body in a harmful way. Hunger is a big part of survival

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    Death is not something I would wish upon anyone but myself. It’s not something to be longed for‚ and it’s not something I’d force someone into. At least‚ not who I am now. Death is a cold hand gripping my neck‚ my arms‚ my torso‚ pinning me down. Death is punching me in the face repeatedly. Death is keeping me from opening my eyes. Death won’t let me see life again unless it’s when my mind wanders. I’m trying to fight against this but Death won’t let me. I stop struggling for a second‚ trying to

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    In 1937 Jews had been captured by the Germans and Wiesel was one of them. Wiesel writes about himself and others that went to the concentration camp. Wiesel wrote about the cruelty him and his father went through. Throughout the process of the camp he questions himself about God because while he was hoping for freedom God didn’t help and he wonder why. Wiesel also tries to find his inner-self in different cities he was shipped to. Wiesel was consumed by darkness‚ the death of his family

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    impossible‚ it was to speak” (Wiesel introduction). Elie Wiesel introduces his tragic memoir Night with the fact that silence was not the answer for victims of atrocities. This memoir depicts Elie Wiesel’s experiences at Auschwitz‚ one of the cruelest concentration camps during the Holocaust. Through the pain and seemingly eternal silence that fell upon the victims‚ a voice needed arise to shed light on the broken actions in the world. Elie Wiesel‚ in his memoir Night‚ reminds the world that “silence”

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    society question Him. In Night‚ Eliezer was a Jew who was forced to go to a few concentration camps. In the camps Eliezer saw and experienced many barbaric events. Him and many other Jews struggled to survive‚ which made him question his beliefs. In the memoir Night by Eliezer Wiesel‚ he uses Eliezer’s relationship with God to show that people doubt their faith when times get tough and that sometimes when people lose faith they lose their purpose. In the beginning of the book before Eliezer’s life

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    02 May 2013  Loss of Innocence in Night by Elie Wiesel  Is there ever the possibility of the loss of innocence? How can one lose their innocence?  What is innocence? The loss of innocence can happen after certain events. These events make  kids have to grow up and get independant quickly‚ if not‚ well they can’t survive. That is the loss  of innocence. When kids must grow up quickly and learn the truth about the real world and how  cruel it can be. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel there are a number of examples of loss of 

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    In Elie Wiesel’s book‚ "Night"‚ the main character Eliezer‚ goes through numerous struggles with his faith in God which is caused by the Holocaust. This horrific genocide changed the way many Jews and others thought about their religion and views on things. Just like others Eliezer experienced the same but was questionable about his faith even before the Holocaust took place. In the beginning of Night‚ Eliezer went to the synagogue to pray every day and wanted study the cabbala very badly but

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    Unknown Teacher English 10B – Pd. 07 27 February 2010 Literary Analysis: Night In the Novella‚ Night‚ imagery creates settings that enhance characterization. Elie‚ the witness-storyteller‚ is transformed from innocent to haunted by being put into a hostile environment. Religious to loss of faith by seeing that his god showed no concern of the events going on. And caring to indifferent when his father passes away. Elie turns from innocent to haunted throughout the story by coming from a good community

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    “The yellow star? Oh well what of it‚ you don’t die of it...” (Wiesel 5). This dialogue from a character in the novel expresses the hardships of the Jewish populations during the early time of the holocaust. Dehumanization is when a human feels like their life is not worth anything to even be alive anymore. They feel deprived of all their human qualities. The Germans threw the Jews into harsh concentration camps. They placed sanctions on their everyday ordinary lives. If the guards felt like a

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    February 27‚ 2012 Night Discussion Questions: Chapters 8 & 9 Dylan Gnatz 4. Wiesel reports that after Buchenwald was liberated‚ the prisoners had no thoughts of revenge. Is this surprising? The prisoners’ lack of will for revenge is in no way surprising. The Jews held in the concentration camps had little will to survive after liberation‚ let alone seek retaliation. The entire point of the concentration camps themselves was to exterminate the Jews‚ both physically and mentally‚ and they were

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