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Book Report On Night By Elie Wiesel

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We All Bleed the Same Color Every human being has access to human rights. According to Dictionary.com, human rights are fundamental rights that belong justifiably to every living being. The book Night is about a young boy named Eliezer Wiesel. The book states all he went through during the holocaust struggling with challenges such as, hunger, sickness, and poverty. It also talks about the tragic scenes Eliezer experienced while he was in the concentration camps. Although the book is mainly about Eliezer it’s not fully about him. He shares the moments with his father, who eventually was taken away. Their rights to equality, freedom from torture and degrading, and freedom from arbitrary and exile were all violated. The right to equality in Night …show more content…

Freedom from torture and degrading was viscously violated. These offences were repeated on numerous occasions. On page 43 Eliezer says, “Never shall I forget the faces of the children, whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath the silent blue sky”.Elie himself witnessed and saw the effects of the Germans cruelty. They beat them whenever and however they chose to. On page 48, it says “he dealt with my father with such a clout that he fell to the ground”. Elie explains the hurt he felt as they beat his father, no matter if he tried to help 2 doesn’t beat over 100 soldiers. Elie was too afraid to stand up for his father because he didn’t want to get hurt as …show more content…

In chapter one, it says “they forced us all out of our houses”. They had no say in whether they wanted to go or not. The Jews were held against their will. I’m sure they didn’t want to go but were too afraid of what would happen if they spoke their mind. They were taken from their homes and used for labor. On page 49, Elie says “an iron door had this inscription on it “work is liberty”. They were forced to do all the work that was given to them. They had no breaks and their food was terrible. If they disobeyed the SS soldiers commands they would either be beaten up brutally or put in the gas chambers. This was in Auschwitz where they innocent Jews were

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