Dehumanization- to deprive of human qualities or attributes. The Holocaust was a dark time‚ where a man named‚ Adolf Hitler‚ who hated anyone who in his eyes who were not perfect‚ like Gypsies‚ the disabled‚ and especially anyone who was Jewish. The people who Hitler hated were taken to places called concentration camp where they would almost certainly meet their demise unless they were rescued by the Americans or the Soviets. In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel‚ Wiesel explains‚ and illustrates his
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true answers‚ Eliezer‚ only within yourself!" (Wiesel 2-3) In the beginning‚ before the Jews of Sighet were evacuated Elie was very devout. During the day‚ he studied the Talmud and at night he ran to weep over the destruction of the temple. One day‚ Elie came home and asked his father to find him a Master to teach him the cabbala even though he was much too young to learn it‚ soon he found Moshe the poor man and he taught Elie the cabbala. (Wiesel 1-3) One day
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Night rough draft In the memoir‚ “Night”‚ the narrator Elie Wiesel recounts a moment when he saw body parts used as gun targets‚” Without passion or haste they shot prisoners‚ who were forced to approach the trench one by one and offer their necks. Infants were tossed into the air and used as targets for the machine guns”(Wiesel6). Humans were killing their kind without mercy. As the author describes his experiences‚ many other examples of inhumanity are revealed. One theme in “Night” is that
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survival. Elie Wiesel‚ a victim of these horrifying acts‚ persisted through the death and suffering but did not leave unscathed. In his novel Night‚ Wiesel recounts the moving journey of a Jewish boy having his faith challenged by an almost unimaginable horror. Throughout the story‚ Wiesel’s passionate connection to God becomes constantly tested to the utmost‚ and is eventually given up completely to adjust to the dehumanizing conditions in a German concentration camp. As a young boy‚ Elie Wiesel’s
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The Evils and Format of Night The novel Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ tells about his experience with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–1945. It is an extraordinary work telling the terrifying and real life experiences from the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel was one of the few survivors of the holocaust‚ and tells his miraculous story of what he went through and how he survived a long‚ life threatening year in the camps. The Holocaust was a time period in the
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The breaking of the human spirit is prevalent in all periods of history dating back to the beginning of time. There is an ongoing civil war of hatred that is prominent in humanity. Despite the obvious fact that all humans should have equal rights‚ people still deprive each other of these simple liberties. Such as during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a horrific event where Nazis humiliated and tortured people of minorities‚ especially those that identify as Jewish. These people were belittled to
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Even Elie who heard of Meadle’s stories took pity on him not fully aware of what was to come. The Jews of Sighet caught glimpses of what waited for them unwilling to believe in Hitler’s plan or escape whatever was to come. Until the Jews experienced first-hand the horrors that existed‚ they cannot believe that such horrors exist. On the first train to the first labor camp Elie felt optimistic when arriving to Auschwitz saying “Confidence soared. Suddenly we felt free of the previous nights’ terrors
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In the novel the night trilogy by Elie Wiesel‚ the author Elie says “if in my lifetime I was to write only one book‚ this would be the one.” (The night trilogy‚ Preface to the new translation‚ Pg 5) This book is very important to him. He communicates with us his experience and thoughts during the holocaust. He expresses what he witnessed and endured with disbelief and heartbreak. Everything he tolerated as an adolescent was hard to process as it would be for anyone who was in such a horrid situation
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English 9 honors/Pre-AP/Period 1 25 April 2013 Section 3 1) F-Tzipora 2) G-Stein of Antwerp 3) D-Madame Schachter 4) B-Moshe the Beadle 5) 6) H-Dr. Menglele 7) D- Madame Schachter 8) B- Moshe the Beadle 9) C- Mr. Wiesel 10) B-Moshe the Beadle Section 4 1. Holocaust- A great or complete devastation or destruction‚ especially by fire. 2. Synagogue- A synagogue is a Jewish house of worship‚ often having facilities for religious instruction. 3. Cabbala-Cabbala
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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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