sides. The side that took a part and the victims involved. In this case‚ we get to see a Nazi‚ Auschwitz soldier and a Holocaust victim. Elie Wiesel‚ a 15 year old‚ and a Jakob W. who became a Auschwitz guard in the 1940’s. Who’s side would you chose? Elie‚ victim‚ or Jakob‚ Auschwitz guard? From reading two perspectives of the Holocaust‚ I am on the side with Elie. Even though Jakob didn’t kill anyone‚ he didn’t stop them either. I rather fight and try to stop it and save as many lives as I can before
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Dehumanization in the Night Do you know how many people died during the time of the Holocaust? The number went up to eleven million deaths. Six million of them were Jews. Which left only three million Jewish people alive. Here is one story. In the novel‚ Night by Elie Wiesel‚ Tattoo‚ Star of David‚ and Transporting are ways the Jew were dehumanized. One way of dehumanization was the tattoo on their arms. The tattoo was a series of letters and numbers. Elie Wiesel numbers were A-7713. “I became
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Night by Elie Wiesel. Born in the town of Sighet‚ Transylvania‚ Eliezer is a young and strong –minded individual‚ but doubts his religious beliefs. He and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to Auschwitz concentration camp‚ which was known as the Holocaust. Eliezer‚ being a dynamic character had many thoughts and feelings towards life and his father. His thoughts and faith always changed (Wiesel 33). But‚ he always tried to stay strong‚ hopeful and determined for himself and his
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Elie has written many books about his times in the holocaust‚ most notably‚ his book titled Night. In his book‚ it goes from the years of 1944 to 1945 and takes place in the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Many times in the book it displays terrible things that happened to most of the prisoners of the holocaust. One of the things is being separated from your family and not knowing what will happen to them. This happened to Elie when he and his father were
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Elie Wiesel uses Night to symbolize the darkness‚ fear and torture Jewish people had to live with‚ and survive from‚ during World War II. It symbolizes the dark and cruel path that Jews had to suffer from. Night was a time to be feared of because; the Nazis were brutal to the Jews and acted inhumane. In addition‚ humans are also inherently evil because‚ although it was hard to survive during the time‚ instead of sticking together‚ the Jews turned against their own families. Although some say that
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NIGHTMARE COME TRUE In Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ the day before Elie and his family and friends were to be deported‚ they were taken to the local synagogue. Elie described the place of worship as a huge station luggage and tears. (Wiesel 19) The Nazis had destroyed much of what had been inside. The bimah (altar) was broken‚ all of the wall hangings had been ripped from their places‚ leaving the walls empty. When Moishe the Beadle comes back into the ghetto in the novel Night by Elie Wiesel‚ several opportunities
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Night by Elie Wiesel‚ allows readers to find themselves trapped within the life of Elie himself. In both the 1954 and 1958 versions‚ we find many devices such as tone‚ syntax‚ diction‚ and personal references being used. As the twists and turns of the Holocaust unfold from the Jewish perspective‚ the true meaning of remembrance is tested. The purpose of the 1954 ending is to inform the reader of his perspective and his reason for writing this infectious novel. The purpose of the 1958 ending was to
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to realize we are truly blessed to have these necessities we refuse to even think how life would be if these very items were stripped from our lives the way those of the Jewish faith were stripped of any humanization they had‚ as displayed in “Night” by Elie Wiesel. As we are guided through Wiesel’s horrific experience‚ we are challenged to understand how specific items and events symbolize the pain and suffering of the Jewish people. In such case‚ tattooed numbers‚ the process of selection‚ and the
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Elie wiesel wrote the book night to tell people about what his life was like during the holocaust. Because he was jewish the nazis sent him to a concentration camp and after he was released at the end of the war he wrote the book night to talk about what happened‚ and how his life had changed significantly throughout the holocaust. Elie wiesel suffered a lot throughout the holocaust. Throughout the book his life changed significantly but it changed the most in the very beginning when he witnessed
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The relationship between Eliezer and his father in the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel is interesting because of the way the relationship strengthens and weakens over the course of the book. The relationship is also interesting because of the way Eliezer allows others (inmates‚ Kapos‚ etc.) to affect the way he feels towards his father. In Night‚ the relationship between Eliezer and his father is‚ at first‚ not strong. This is shown when Eliezer rebels against his fathers wishes of not studying Kabbalah
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