I would want to hear the memoir of Shlomo Wiesel to know his perspective on the holocaust. Shlomo is much older than Elie and I feel he will have a bigger and broader perspective on the war, death, and the life at camp, putting it into much further detail. As an old man the pain and suffering will be greater versus Elie, seeing his family being split apart at the gates of Auschwitz. Events such as the evacuation of Buna, where the Russian army is closing in and the SS officers force the Jews to run relentlessly in the cold for miles or during the selection process at all the camps where Shlomo life is at stake. I want to know how Shlomo feels when Elie stands up and stops protecting him or giving away her rations.…
In 1943 a psychologist named Abraham Maslow had created the hierarchy of needs theory which describes the needs that motivate human behavior. According to his theory there are 5 human needs physiological, safety, social, esteem and self-actualization. Some of these needs could be found in Elie Wiesel’s Night. For example, before even going to the concentration camps Elie had made his religion almost seem like a physiological need. Although as soon as he began live in the concentrations camps witnessing horrifying treatment of his people,…
"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." That quote is from Elie Wiesel in his Nobel Peace Prize Speech. I agree with the quotation. In the story Night by Elie Wiesel, many elements correspond to the quote and to the idea of silence and complicity. Wiesel says in his book that many different people were silent because they were not directly affected by the Holocaust, and thought that if they did something to try to stop it, then they themselves would get hurt. He also explained how people like Moshe the Beadle and other characters in Night who were humiliated by fellow Jews did not believe that the Holocaust was occurring. Overall, the Jews, God, and the German citizens were all silent during the Holocaust. Their silence encouraged the Nazis to gain strength and reach the magnitude of eventually massacring six million Jews.…
1999 marks the year Elie Wiesel presents the White House with his speech “The Perils of Indifference.” A speech in which he clearly leaves his audience with the knowledge of indifference still being relevant in today’s world. Four years later genocide in Darfur occurs; the first genocide of the 21st century (Darfur Genocide). This genocide claims the lives of at least 300,000 innocent people. When rebellion arose in Darfur the Sudan “government responded… [by] beginning a genocidal campaign against civilians (Darfur Genocide).”…
Recently, I have completed reading your autobiographical novel, Night in Religion class. I had a wonderful time reading your book in defiance that you encountered many unfortunate events. I know I can never understand what you underwent; however, I do possess a great deal of sympathy for you and hope that you have had a wonderful life after the Holocaust. Your life in the concentration camp, expressed through your book has exceptionally inspired myself and my classmates. You are a major inspiration and leader for people going through difficult times in their life. I am very thankful that you wrote your book and I was given the opportunity to read it. I will never forget the intense moments in your book as they are tremendously impactful.…
Many of the biography’s that we come across on are those who are vastly known in our history as from the greatest leaders of freedom and justice such Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, Cezar Chavez, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, etc. All of these leaders fought for freedom and justice to prevent any future events that they fought to protect the people and their human rights they possess. There are many or few who over pass leaders of justice who have fought not for vengeance but for justice of equality for those who have done wrong. A man named Simon Wiesenthal is one of those leaders who brings the name of justice to Nazi war crimes to those held responsible for the death of approx. 5.93 million Jewish during the holocaust.…
Elie Wiesel was a young boy when he was imprisoned and orphaned during the Holocaust. After seeing many Jews being brutally murdered, he was very upset that the world did not do anything to help them. Nobody stopped Hitler and because of that, many innocent lives were taken away without a reason. This, however, we did not engage in World War 2 for the Jews.…
It’s much different from the time of the Holocaust to now, the twenty-first century. I don’t think anything will be the same in the world after the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel talks about the indifference of love and hate, the indifference of beauty and ugliness, the indifference of faith and heresy, finally the indifference of life and death. Elie Wiesel stated,” And the opposite of life is not death, but indifference between life and death.” Don’t put somebody else’s life in misery, just because you’re impassive about them. Adolf Hitler put so many Jews lives is such a harsh place, to the point where they gave up. You may not like somebody, however that does not mean to create their life hapless. Don’t be cold and bitter, don’t observe for…
Elie Wiesel is an amazing author. I have admired his work for a long time. When I was in the 8th grade, we read his novel "Night". I like books with a lot of detail. He packaged one of the most traumatic events of his life in a novel. Wiesel, and many other jewish people, spent everyday fighting for their lives. HIs words engulf the reader, their truth and pain standing out among the horrific scenery. Elie Wiesel passed away last year. His journey to the afterlife was well deserved after the world witnessed him conquer the Holocaust. A few years ago, he did an interview with Oprah in which the visited the Auschwitz Holocaust Camp. After watching the interview, with my English class, we discussed what were some of Elie's strongest qualities…
Elie has changed as a result of his imprisonment. He has changed emotionally, spiritually, and physically.…
I completely agree! I thought Elie Wiesel’s speech was very moving! How often do we turn our heads from the hurt and suffering? I know that I am sometime uncomfortable with watching people suffer but I often don’t do anything about it. I know that there are hungry people in different countries. However, I don’t send money to organizations that will feed the hungry. I want to be a very generous person, but we all have our limits. Especially, since I am in high school I have a hard time saving money and also giving money. Even though I can’t give a lot of money I can volunteer my time. I believe that a lot of what Elie Wiesel still rings…
Equally important, Wiesel’s form of parallel structure and comparisons to deliver a well-balance phrase that pleases the audience so they can comprehend the concept of indifference in a different perspective. Furthermore, Wiesel declares his questioning towards the audience about the definition of indifference as well as adding several contradicting comparisons of how indifference initially affects society, “What is indifference? Etymologically, the word means "no difference." A strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur between light and darkness, dusk and dawn, crime and punishment, cruelty and compassion, good and evil” (2) In this case, this quote states how indifference can be viewed in society. Therefore, Wiesel arranges his…
Gerard Way once said, "Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary." In other words, one has to make themselves a hero. No one needs to be born with magnificent strength or the audacity to stand up to any bully that might come their way. Heroism is self built. To be heroic is to be passionate, to believe in the greater good, and to live without hate.…
As a survivor of the inhumane, annihilating Holocaust, Elie Wiesel once said, “Having survived by chance, I was duty–bound to give meaning to my survival.”(“Having Survived”1). Elie Wiesel did not know at the time that he had a reason for surviving this tragedy, but soon realized that he survived to offer a story and message about the horrors of that time to a world that often seemed to block it out completely and forget (“Having Survived”1).To spread his message to the world, which is one of peace, redemption, and human nobleness, Wiesel speaks all over the world as a public orator. (“Elie Wiesel” 3). Elie Wiesel, an influential speaker and writer of the 1940s to present times, helped to render a further understanding of the abomination of The Holocaust through eloquence and deep thought, elaborate actions, and most of all, his strong traditional values.…
The passage that begins with, “Never shall I forget…” in the book Night by Elie Wiesel follows after Eliezer witnesses innocent children being tossed into the flames of the crematorium. This passage is written like a poem or a lament and employs multiple literary techniques to emphasize its meaning and tone.…