When a person first reads the famous quote “We must always take side. Neutrality helps the oppressor‚ never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor‚ never the tormented.” Spoken by the notable Elie Wiesel while accepting the Nobel Peace Prize of 1986‚ it could cause a reaction; in this case any reaction could occur depending on a person’s morals‚ ethics and even values. But‚ what does this quote really mean? Does it define the horrific situations that Rwanda‚ the Nazi’s‚ or Syria went through
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In Elie Wiesel’s Night book‚ a description of Auschwitz-Birkenau was mentioned. “In front of us‚ those flames. In the air‚ the smell of burning flesh. It must have been around midnight. We had arrived in Birkenau. The beloved objects that we had carried with us from place to place were now left behind in the wagon and‚ with them‚ finally‚ our illusions. Every few yards‚ there stood an SS man‚ his machine gun trained on us. Hand in hand we followed the throng” (Wiesel 28-29). In addition‚ Elie has
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one of the descriptions of what they did to the Jews. I believe that this quote has a very strong description of the inhumane things that the Nazis did to the Jews. It explains how they mercilessly killed them. It states‚ “Without passion or haste” (Wiesel 6) which indicates they used an extremely cruel tactic of extermination; slow and torturous. Without passion indicates that they treated the Jews as inanimate objects that; treating them as if they has no sense
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Night by Elie Wiesel: Part 3 By: Susan Aguilar My book Night by Elie Wiesel is about a boy name Elie whose family and community is taken to a concentration camp by German soldiers. The story goes on about how Elie lives in those camp‚ how he suffers and sees many people die right in front of him. His own father dying right before his eyes and he not being to do anything because he just couldn’t. In the book he tells his story about what horrible things and how horrible it was to live in a concentration
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A loud “whoosh” echoes throughout the dark distant auditorium‚ and in an instant huge gleaming lights lower themselves upon the stage. The stage sits empty‚ lifeless‚ waiting‚ listening..listening for one to drop jaws with their all-knowing Mozart Symphony or disappoint with a piece that has no rhythm. With each day a new audience gathers around to join the stage in listening. To some it just may be a song‚ but to others it is a message‚ a chapter‚ a story. A story that throws all of life’s up’s
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In the novel Night‚ author Elie Wiesel describes his time being exposed to the extremely brutal conditions of the Nazi concentration camps. Most‚ if not all European Jews were forced into these labor camps where the prisoners had to work in order to stay alive. Upon arrival‚ people were split into two categories‚ one of which was given the opportunity to live‚ while the other was not as lucky. This chance was “granted” to those who showed an ability to work with ease‚ but for those who showed signs
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Night During the Day “I became A-7713. After that I had no other name” (Wiesel). Imagine living in a place where you were called a number instead of your name. In Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ he writes that this is an everyday occurrence in his memoir about living in concentration camps. This novel tells readers exactly how it was living in a concentration camp at every hour of the day. Wiesel explains his journey from days before he was taken‚ all the way to the day the war ended and he was able to get
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Bruno remind innocent of knowledge and understanding of what was happening under his fathers direction at the auschwitz complex because‚ his family didn’t want has innocence and childhood destroyed. Bruno would of witnessed and became part of the constant beating of the incident Jews within the camp. Bruno would of been subjected to painful and cruel medical experiments. He would of been forced to work for wealthy Germans and the Hierarchy. He would of witnessed baby’s being killed after birth and
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dreadful ones; the common reaction to these occurrences should be to learn from these events to avoid making the same errors. However‚ as it is evident in history‚ that is not always the case. In the novella Night by Eliezer Wiesel‚ he explains how‚ a host of those dreadful‚ yet historic‚ events. In Night‚ after witnessing genocide‚ local Kabbalah teacher Moishe the Beadle warns the Jews of Wiesel’s city. They denied his claims‚ losing their chance to avoid deportation. While at the concentration camps
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the eye begins to see‚..." Personally‚ I agree fully with Roethke’s statement. Roethke’s ideology is found in both "Night" by Elie Wiesel and "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck. In both novels the protagonists are faced with obstacles which seem impossible to overcome‚ however once they reach "rock bottom" they realize how they shall over come their situation. In "Night" by Elie Wiesel‚ the main character‚ Eliezer was faced with a conflict that changed his life and the lives everyone he loved. He
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