you’re silent then how can you stand up for yourself when you’re getting bullied? How can you stand up for yourself or defend yourself if you’re getting punched? Silence is a lot of times the lack of standing up for yourself and a very common result of that is violence. Silence can perpetuate violence in two main ways and those ways are shown in Elie Wiesel’s Night and the movie‚ Boy in Striped Pajamas. First of all‚ in Elie Wiesel’s Night‚ there is a scene in the book exactly showing how silence can perpetuate
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The novel "Night" is a stunning personal history of a youthful adolescent named Elie Wiesel’s encounters taken hostage by the Nazis‚ and living eighteen months in the a wide range of inhumane imprisonment of Germany. The story starts off in the little town of Sighet‚ Romania in 1944. The reader can without much of a stretch‚ distinguish the hero Elie‚ spending incalculable measure of hours in his synagogue thinking about the Talmud‚ and contemplating Jewish mysticism. As of now‚ there isn’t even
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Dehumanization in Night Night by Elie Wiesel is a memoir that documents the story of a young Jewish boy named Eliezer who was born in Sighet‚ Transylvania during World War II. The story begins in his hometown‚ where life is normal and calm before the storm. It quickly transitions into Nazi occupation‚ persecution‚ segregation in the form of ghettos‚ and eventually deportation to camps. As the Jewish people arrive at the camp known as Auschwitz‚ they are separated and many are immediately executed
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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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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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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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Sharrett March 23‚ 2015 English 11-Night Essay Dehumanization is defined as the psychological process of demonizing the enemy‚ making them seem less than human and hence not worth of humane treatment. It also can lead to increased violence‚ human rights violations‚ war crimes‚ and genocide. When there is severe hatred and aversion towards a different group‚ it can direct to classifying the rival as inhuman and treating them with bestial punishment. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel‚ the Jews were victims
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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
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something‚ as commonplace as living to the next day‚ through their connections. Elie Wiesel wrote his memoir so that American People could bear witness to the effects of The Jewish people’s connections. American people are stronger when united than apart. Tragedy tends to test the bond between people. For The Jewish people tragedy came during The Holocaust and for America tragedy struck during 9/11. It is not how tragedy hits‚ but how people react to it. Some people shut down and isolate themselves. While
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cruelty of an extreme degree. Millions of people met their ends in the dirty‚ torturous concentration camps. Despite this horror‚ some still showed love‚ kindness‚ and respect. It may have come in various forms but plenty of historical accounts‚ Elie Wiesel’s Night being one such account‚ have depicted these instances‚ As Wiesel’s book shows‚ humans are capable of unspeakable cruelties when standing in the face of fear‚ but compassion can be wrought from this fear and shown when needed most. In the 1930s
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