In a time of political and religious turmoil in Europe, a young Jewish boy, Elie Wiesel, was living oblivious to the danger all around him. Choosing to ignore reality, Elie continued his extremely religious lifestyle, until on a spring day in 1944, everything changed. The Nazis had made it to Elie's small village and were rounding up all the Jews to be immediately deported to concentration camps. Once there, they were treated with no pity. Elie was separated form his mother and sisters, he only had his father left. Over time conditions became increasingly poor. Elie was starved, beaten, and made to work in freezing conditions. People were dying all around him, and he even eventually lost his father. Elie Wiesel was one of the few "lucky"
Up to 6 million Jewish people died during the Holocaust. In 1933 Adolf Hitler became the leader of Germany's military, and formed an army called the Nazi. The Holocaust was a huge mass murder during the time of World War II. Hitler and his army put together the Holocaust in 1941 through 1945. Hitler had dozens of camps in Germany, the biggest one was Auschwits, where millions of people have died. The Nazi wanted more power, they were very aggressive and invaded many countries. Elie Wiesel, the author the autobiography Night shares what it was like and what he had to go through during the Holocaust.
During all of the struggles Elie gains a bit of life knowledge, and learns more emotions about himself. If this journey never happened Elie would still be focussing about his studies and not about his family. A fact Elie acquires during the holocaust is always to stay positive in hard times. An example of this is when Elie is running for miles and notices men giving up just makes Elie think about when he can sleep and eat at the next camp. When news comes that the Russians will save the prisoners, Elie keeps this as a positive and keeps thinking this horrifying journey will be over. Elie also impacts himself by being scared of letting go of his father, and by feeling this way it makes Elie stronger and pushes his father forward. Even though Elie’s father died, Elie still continued on with his hope of reaching the end of the awful journey. Strong is a word to Elie inherited because he kept believing in living even though he had nothing to live
Through character’s hope and perseverance in his memoir Night, Elie Wiesel conveys the theme that the love one holds for another is what fuels their will survive under strain. The Jews displacement by the Nazi’s downgraded them from their homes to filthy, plague-ridden, sewer like boxes of concrete that was Auschwitz. As a result of this many forgot their purpose to be alive. Wiesel shows that the need to survive those conditions was only supported by a sense of duty to one’s family to be there. When Stein says “Were it not for them, I would give up,”(45) he shows that their survival is the only thing keeping him upright. His family is his legacy, his future and his lineage, without which he has no purpose to exist in the camp. This is important,
Ever since humans came to be, they have done many things to ensure their survival. It’s the reason why we humans have evolved as much as we have. Humans have invented devices, accomplished many challenges, and have even relied on nothing but willpower to survive.
“I felt no pity for him. In fact I was pleased with what was happening to him” (Wiesel 52). Elie Wiesel’s character became a brute, because he witnessed children being killed, death everywhere and his loss of faith.
Elie Wiesel lost a lot throughout the WWII and the Holocaust. Elie a normal teen from Hungary gets sent to ghettos and concentration camps. But throughout the story Night, Elie loses a lot but the one thing he clings on to is hope.
Faith. Anytime something unexpected happens to anyone, everyone always says have faith; but is it faith in God, others, yourself? Elie Wiesel author of the memoir Night went through an immense amount of struggles and through it all he was able to venture into that question, and through this, he was able to reveal something very important about humanity. Through his struggle in the Holocaust, he explored how well faith in God, other and himself were able to keep him going and he revealed that faith and depending on oneself is what can get anyone through anything no matter how tough.
In Eliezer Wiesel’s, “Night”, fifteen-year-old Elie writes a memoir of the horrific journey he endured as he was hauled to and from multiple Nazi concentration camps during World War II. He and his fellow inmates are beaten and deprived of their basic needs such as food and water. As evidenced by the prisoners’ cold-blooded and ferocious actions and words, when people are mentally and physically tortured, self- preservation and selfishness become part of survival.
already amd the camp threw little problems at him and he ended up serving. The camp was a struggle for him because he could have been killed at any moment, And he was being worked to death and also they were starving all of the prisoners to death which affected most of them. Elie faced many obstacles he and one of them is his obsession in questioning his religion and questioning God. He lost faith and said “Its over. God is no longer with us” (Wiesel 107). This quote shows how Elie's faith went down the hill, He no longer believed God was with him or that God was looking over him. He was really hurt and sad that the God he believed in for a long time wasn't there for him or his pairs. Another Obstacle in the book was when he couldn't believe
As humans, we must have all the basic necessities, such as food, water, and shelter. But we humans also need a reason to live, whether it be your family, God, or just maybe reaching a goal you have been wanting to reach. Whichever one it may be for you, it is easier to find out which one, when you are put in awful situations. In Night, Elie tells us all of the horrific things that were done to him, and the ones around him during the Holocaust. Throughout the book, those people begin to lose faith in those things that had helped keep them alive: their faith, their loved ones, and themselves.
The number of Jews that died during the Holocaust was about 7 million, which could be compared to the entire state of Washington's population. Elie Wiesel the famous author of Night a Holocaust memoir and Holocaust survivor who lost all he once had, he was one of the few that made it to their release day. Elie lost his family and friends, as they were separated at the gate of the concentration camp. Elie and his father remained together for the majority of their Holocaust experience and they shared one main goal, the common goal was to survive. Having his father alive for the majority of his Holocaust experience increased Elie's chances for survival. Elie's father was the only person retaining him alive as he informed Oprah for in an interview
“Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction social and political discrimination” (Dworkin). Genocides are mass killings of people, targeted and purposefully killed because of their faith or what nation they represent. In other words, large amounts of people were killed because of discrimination and hatred that turns violent and destructive. Innocent people are dying in genocides by others who are unforgiving and merciless or have a weak mentality. A couple notable genocides that have occurred throughout history is the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide. The Holocaust, arguably is probably one of most well-known genocides to date. Many films, shows, and literature have
However when the Germans came, every drop of hope was sucked out of him and his family. He was separated from his mother and sister, saw bodies burn day by day, bodies being shot left and right and people killing each other for their own survival needs. Even so, Elie never took the chance of killing himself because he was always around his father. When Elie was running the death march of 52 miles, he never quit even when his stomach felt like bursting. Elie always had a drip of hope even when he didn’t realize it. When Elie’s father was sick, Elie knew he couldn’t support his father, but even so he did everything he could to keep him alive. There are many students around the world that can benefit from Elie’s perseverance. Some students have a problem of giving up to easily. However, once they read about how a 13 year old boy who is younger pushed through when he was on the brink of death; there will be no excuse for them to give up or lose
One of the reasons that Elie lost more of his faith in humanity comes as a result of him being separated from his family. “‘Mother is still a