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    In the book NightElie Wiesel recalls his experience during the Holocaust and how the concentration camps effected his life. Before Elie and the rest of the Jews in the town of Sighet are deported‚ Elie learns about the Kabbalah from Moshe the Beadle‚ a poor man in his town. However‚ Elie and the Jews are soon sent to a ghetto and his instruction from Moshe is cut short. The Jews of Sighet rejoiced at first‚ thinking the ghettos were a good thing. However‚ they soon realize that they are just a

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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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    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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    historical events were integrated into literature. Popular forms of styles and values found in The Romantic Period are: imagination‚ emotions‚ belief in children’s innocence‚ and nature as beauty and truth. William Blake expressed these in “The Songs of Innocence” and “The Songs of Experience” in 1789 and 1794. William portrayed oppression and loss of popular values during this time period through his publication of poems. The Romantic period was a literary movement in Europe‚ The United States‚ and Latin

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    Throughout the book‚ Eli losses strong relationships and close connection with his family. First Eli losses connection with his mother and little sister. Not only did Eli family loss connection but other Jewish families did too. All the clueless Jewish families lost connection right as they got to the camp and off the train. That day the Jewish community is when women are going one way and the men are going the other way. A family is suppose to stay together through bad and good times but when “Eight

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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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    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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