Inhumanity In Tuesdays With Morrie And Night
Inhumanity is shown by many people throughout history. One of which killed over 300 million people. This man is known as Hitler. One man lived to tell the story about it though; how he survived Hitler’s inhumane acts. There are many humane and inhumane lessons in the books Tuesdays With Morrie and Night. In the book Tuesdays With Morrie, Morrie tries to make the world more humane. He stresses the importance of relationships over the importance of material things. Material things will not matter when one’s time is up. Morrie quotes, in the book Tuesdays With Morrie, “Love each other or perish” (Albom 91). Loving someone means that you will go out of your way to do something for others. He wanted Mitch to realize that he needed to focus on
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He is cruel and hateful and shows no mercy. He was responsible for over 300 million deaths. He was responsible for causing a small boy to lose his faith in God. He did, however, build humanity through acts of inhumanity. Through the cattle car rides and the long runs in the blistering cold (the acts of inhumanity), Elie and his father’s love for each other never faltered. It grew and grew until the end of his father’s life. Elie survived because he loved his father so much that he was persistent to not let his father down. The Jews were not treated as humans, they were treated as animals. At one point in the book Night, while the Jews were running against the icy wind, one of the soldiers shouted, “ Faster, you filthy dogs!” (Wiesel 85). They were ridiculed, starved, and taunted. One woman thought it would be funny to throw a piece of bread into a heavily-capacitated cattle car. Another inhumane lady watched as children fought for coins. Both Elie and Morrie faced humane and inhumane acts. Elie faced tragic losses like losing his mother, father, and his sisters. Morrie shamed inhumane acts and pleaded that everyone needed to love each other. Elie was just an innocent young boy that was fascinated by religion. He was bright and curious. After the Holocaust was over, he lost much of his faith in God. Morrie did not face as much inhumanity in the book, Tuesdays With Morrie, but encouraged the act of love and compassion towards one
He is cruel and hateful and shows no mercy. He was responsible for over 300 million deaths. He was responsible for causing a small boy to lose his faith in God. He did, however, build humanity through acts of inhumanity. Through the cattle car rides and the long runs in the blistering cold (the acts of inhumanity), Elie and his father’s love for each other never faltered. It grew and grew until the end of his father’s life. Elie survived because he loved his father so much that he was persistent to not let his father down. The Jews were not treated as humans, they were treated as animals. At one point in the book Night, while the Jews were running against the icy wind, one of the soldiers shouted, “ Faster, you filthy dogs!” (Wiesel 85). They were ridiculed, starved, and taunted. One woman thought it would be funny to throw a piece of bread into a heavily-capacitated cattle car. Another inhumane lady watched as children fought for coins. Both Elie and Morrie faced humane and inhumane acts. Elie faced tragic losses like losing his mother, father, and his sisters. Morrie shamed inhumane acts and pleaded that everyone needed to love each other. Elie was just an innocent young boy that was fascinated by religion. He was bright and curious. After the Holocaust was over, he lost much of his faith in God. Morrie did not face as much inhumanity in the book, Tuesdays With Morrie, but encouraged the act of love and compassion towards one