Bystanders In The Book Night By Elie Wiesel

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The book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, a biography is about the experiences of Elie's time when he was sent by the Nazi troops into camps set up by the Germans with his father while being separated from his mother and sister. The quote from Martin Luther King Jr: “He who passively accepts evil is as much as involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” Eli would agree with this statement, because he experienced the evil rage first-hand, while others stood as bystanders In Elie's novel “Night”, he’d agree with the quote because of his experiences. “From behind their windows, from behind their shutters, our fellow citizens watched as we passed”(Night Elie pg 19).

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