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Charity In Night By Elie Wiesel

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Night Editorial
Rahul Chalamala
P4
In Night, Eliezer Wiesel comments about an experience in which a woman was throwing coins to children, and she comments “I like to give charity…”. Wiesel is saying that the woman wasn’t giving coins for charity, but rather for entertainment. There are many ways to give charity that doesn't involve anyone getting hurt. This statement is absolutely true. Charity doesn’t involve gaining. Charity involves giving without seeking credit. Wiesel was personally affected by this because of his experiences with this type of “charity” in the Holocaust. In Wiesel’s book, “Night”, on page 73-74, he describes what happened in the Holocaust with this type of “charity”. “The audience stared at these skeletons of men, fighting one another to the death for a mouthful.” The Jews in the wagon …show more content…

These coins were given for “charity”. The women probably didn’t realize that what she was doing was wrong. In the end, someone could’ve gotten seriously hurt if Wiesel or any bystander didn’t say something about the two kids strangling each other for the coins. “‘Meir. Meir, my boy! Don’t you recognize me? I’m your father… you’re hurting me… you’re killing your father! I’ve got some bread… for you to… for you to….’” “When they withdrew, next to me were two corpses, side by side, the father and the son.” The son willingly killed his father for his ration of bread. Conditions were so harsh, so the son killed his own father for his bread ration. Other men saw that the son had the bread ration, so they killed the son. Charity doesn’t involve entertainment. Charity shouldn’t involve entertainment. The woman probably didn’t understand that what she was doing was wrong. If the woman wanted to give the children something, she should give them shelter. She could even split up all of the coins equally and give them to each

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