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    Throughout people’s life they lose faith when something bad happens to them. Much like Eliezer when he was in the holocaust. He saw death and many more unhuman things done to children‚ women‚ and man. Throughout Eliezer’s dramatic adventure his faith was slowly consumed by the flames. Hitler declared all Jews to be put into concentration camp. Jews ran and hid under beds‚ walls‚ floors etc.‚ but it did not work because they were eventually killed. That ones that willing went outside were put in lines

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    The book Night is about the struggles of being in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. One of the main things recurring in the book to the Jewish people is the dehumanization they went through during this time. The dehumanization through Elie Wiesel‚ Elie’s father‚ and their fellow Jewish people during the time that they were imprisoned at Auschwitz. Actions or things the characters say really shows how much the Nazi’s tore the Jewish people down mentally and physically. Elie Wiesel was only

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    The renowned memoir Night by Elie Wiesel takes place in Romania and Germany during World War II. This piece of literature depicts a portion of the author’s life at the peak of a global war. At this time in history‚ many people refused to take notice of what was transpiring in Nazi Germany. In Wiesel’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech he said‚ “Neutrality helps the oppressor‚ never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor‚ never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.” This declaration is relevant

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    In Night‚ the oppression from the Nazi party at the concentration camp dehumanizes Elie. First‚ the transportation degrades the jewish people and compares them to animals. The people are forced onto overcrowded cattle cars. Here‚ they must take turns sitting in the stuffy environment for days. Denying people room shows disrespect. Also‚ the group was dehumanized by the gift of “some bread‚ a few pails of water” (Wiesel 22). This suggests the Nazi’s attitude towards the jewish people. To them‚ jews

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    qualities in books such reader’s interest‚ an opportunity for vocabulary‚ and the appropriate reading level for their age. Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare Night by Elie Wiesel and Red Queen

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    James Clabo Period 4 9/22/2016 It goes without saying that Elie Wiesel endured some of the worst treatment anyone has ever lived to tell about. After living through something so terrible‚ it is almost instinctual to try and push it away or forget about it‚ but Wiesel did not believe in that approach. He believed that he was still alive for a reason and it was his job‚ his duty‚ to pass down his story‚ and inform the world about what had happened. When he speaks of why he writes he says

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    Moishe the Beadle is a character in the book Night by Elie Wiesel. The Jewish community was very fond of him. In the book it says‚ “He was the jack-of-all-trades in a Hasidic house of prayer…” (3). Moishe knows a lot of information from a wide range of subjects. When Elie wanted to learn about Kabbalah as a young boy‚ Moishe became his mentor. He helped Elie study and learn about Kabbalah when no one else would help him. When Moishe was expelled from Sighet‚ he witnessed the horrific slaughter

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    In the memoir Night ‚ the narrator Elie Wiesel recounts a moment when “A truck drew close and unloaded its hold: small children. Babies! Yes‚ I did see this with my own eyes… children thrown into the flames”(Wiesel). There were getting little children and thrown to the fire . They experiences many other example of inhumanity are revealed. One theme in Night is that inhumanity can cause Loss of faith. To begin with‚ After he entered the camp‚ Wiesel started to lose his faith. He doesn’t pray

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    In Night‚ the setting gives a variety of moods‚ from hopeless to happy‚ which often foreshadows the events to come soon after. Elie Wiesel writes‚ in many occasions‚ about the setting being at night when setting a mood of suspense or depressing matters. As the father is away receiving the new orders for their district‚ “Night fell. Some twenty people wait in the courtyard” (12). The large amount of people sets the mood as a suspenseful one. The people wait eagerly‚ hoping the news is not as they

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    Night Elie Wiesel Faith is a recurring theme in Night. Discuss Elie’s faith throughout the memoir. Night‚ an autobiographical memoir of a Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel‚ mainly focusses on the recurring theme of faith. However‚ the memoir is centered on the protagonist‚ Elie‚ and his experiences with faith. Through Wiesel’s detailed and descriptive narrative‚ the reader is made aware of the horrific and deeply saddening events a youth endures‚ leading to his loss of faith in God. Elie’s transition

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