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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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    Night By Elie Wiesel Hope or despair? The book "Night" by Elie Wiesel is a first-person narrative about the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the genocide of over 6 million European Jews and others by the Nazis during World War II The book tells the story of the time when the author was taken to a concentration camp by the Nazis. At the time he was only 14 years old and lived in Sighet‚ Transylvania. He tells us all of his horrifying experiences as a Jewish prisoner. Even though he tells us this gruesome

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    Honors English II Essay Questions for Night by Elie Wiesel  Directions: In paragraph form‚ you need to answer THREE of the following essay questions. There are six essay questions‚ but you will only complete three; you choose which prompts you wish to respond to. You must provide specific examples from the story. If a question has to be answered in terms of how you feel about something I expect MUCH more than "I don’t like it." One paragraph responses will not earn full credit. I want LONG‚ DETAILED

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    He was a Romanian American Jewish writer. He was an holocaust survivor. He had three sisters and a mom and a dad both his parents and little sister died in the holocaust leaving him and his two older sisters the only survivors from his family. Elie Wiesel encouraged hope in the face of fear through his works ¨Never Will I Forget¨‚ ¨Nobel Peace Prize Speech¨‚ and one of his untitled poems. One of Wiesel’s best books is Holocaust poetry. It impacted how we will always remember the worst

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    NIGHTMARE COME TRUE In Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ the day before Elie and his family and friends were to be deported‚ they were taken to the local synagogue. Elie described the place of worship as a huge station luggage and tears. (Wiesel 19) The Nazis had destroyed much of what had been inside. The bimah (altar) was broken‚ all of the wall hangings had been ripped from their places‚ leaving the walls empty. When Moishe the Beadle comes back into the ghetto in the novel Night by Elie Wiesel‚ several opportunities

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    experience” (Rick Yune). The relationship of the quote‚ relates to Elie and his father because it demonstrates that father and son rarely get to encounter the same situation together and when they do‚ it is something that is not forgotten. During Night‚ father and son become closer together due to the experience they encountered‚ while at the concentration camps. Once at the concentration camps‚ and separated from the rest of the Wiesel family‚ Elie and his father create an attachment for one another‚ one

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    Night by Elie Wiesel‚ allows readers to find themselves trapped within the life of Elie himself. In both the 1954 and 1958 versions‚ we find many devices such as tone‚ syntax‚ diction‚ and personal references being used. As the twists and turns of the Holocaust unfold from the Jewish perspective‚ the true meaning of remembrance is tested. The purpose of the 1954 ending is to inform the reader of his perspective and his reason for writing this infectious novel. The purpose of the 1958 ending was to

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    which I had spent years seeking my God‚ fasting to hasten the coming of the Messiah‚ imagining what my life would be like later. Yet I felt little sadness. My mind was empty.” (55) Eliezer’s struggle with his faith is a dominant conflict in the book Night. At the beginning of the work‚ his faith in God is absolute. Usually when he was questioned on why he prayed‚ he answers‚ “Why did I pray? . . . Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” His belief in God is unconditional‚ and he cannot imagine living without

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    are not simply granted to us‚ but need to be fought for. During the Holocaust‚ there weren’t many people who had chosen to speak up and instead‚ a multitude of people chose to keep quiet‚ sprouting another series of problems. In a speech given by Elie Wiesel‚ he explains how‚ “There is so much to be done‚ and there is so much that can be done.” Therefore the author is saying that there are many things in the

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    9/21/12 7th period Comparing Essay (Rhetorical Comparisons) By: Dakota Watts By looking at a picture‚ do you think you could describe the tone‚ mood‚ and atmosphere? There’s a picture that has a family (two adults and two children) with a dead soul over them. The picture has a guard and workers around the family. The book called Night by Elie Wiesel is about Jews being taken to or living in a concentration camp. How do these two items relate? How are they similar? How are they different

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