Life Lessons In Night By Elie Wiesel
Over 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, almost 1 million of them at Auschwitz. Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a story about a young boy (15 to be exact) living through the Holocaust. His family is placed in a ghetto at first, but is eventually moved into the death camp Auschwitz. Throughout the Holocaust Elie loses all of his family members, his mother and sisters almost immediately, and his father just a few weeks before liberation. In Night we watch Elie learn many lessons about perseverance, hope, and loss. In this essay I hope to show how Elie learns these lessons.
Loss of family. These are words that are often associated with the Holocaust. Loss of his family is something that Elie struggles with throughout the book. When Elie arrives …show more content…
What keeps Elie going throughout the book is his strong sense of hope. One of the messages of hope that stands out the most in Night doesn’t come from Elie, but a young Pole in charge of Elie and his father’s new block at Auschwitz. When Elie and his father arrive they are separated from the rest of their family, then put through a brutal process to enter them into the camp. They are shaved, tattoos, examined, and many more processes that makes them feel hopeless. After they are processed they are sent to their new home. There they are greeted by their Kapo, and his advice is sobering:
Comrades, you are now in the concentration camp Auschwitz. Ahead of you lies a long road paved with suffering. Don't lose hope. You have already eluded the worst danger: the selection. Therefore, muster your strength and keep your faith. We shall all see the day of liberation. Have faith in life, a thousand times faith. By driving out despair, you will move away from death. Hell does not last forever…. (Wiesel 41)
These words are some of the first words of hope Elie hears throughout the Holocaust. Whenever he is having a tough time or feels like giving up he thinks about these words and has hope enough hope to carry
Loss of family. These are words that are often associated with the Holocaust. Loss of his family is something that Elie struggles with throughout the book. When Elie arrives …show more content…
What keeps Elie going throughout the book is his strong sense of hope. One of the messages of hope that stands out the most in Night doesn’t come from Elie, but a young Pole in charge of Elie and his father’s new block at Auschwitz. When Elie and his father arrive they are separated from the rest of their family, then put through a brutal process to enter them into the camp. They are shaved, tattoos, examined, and many more processes that makes them feel hopeless. After they are processed they are sent to their new home. There they are greeted by their Kapo, and his advice is sobering:
Comrades, you are now in the concentration camp Auschwitz. Ahead of you lies a long road paved with suffering. Don't lose hope. You have already eluded the worst danger: the selection. Therefore, muster your strength and keep your faith. We shall all see the day of liberation. Have faith in life, a thousand times faith. By driving out despair, you will move away from death. Hell does not last forever…. (Wiesel 41)
These words are some of the first words of hope Elie hears throughout the Holocaust. Whenever he is having a tough time or feels like giving up he thinks about these words and has hope enough hope to carry