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Imperialism In Night

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In the novel, Night, Elie Wiesel presents numerous ways he and his family could have evacuated and not encounter torture and suffering. However, they decided not to believe that Hitler was capable of wiping out a worldwide population. “Thus my elders concerned themselves with all manner of things — strategy, diplomacy, politics, and Zionism —but not with their own fate. Who knows, they may be sending us away for our own good.” Some Jews believed that Hitler was trying to protect them from the War. Others thought that they were being taken away so that the soldiers could steal their valuables and jewelry. These naïve thoughts are what led Elie and his family to face death in Auschwitz. "Someone is knocking …show more content…

In January, Elie’s right foot began to swell from the cold. He was taken to the infirmary where the doctor was going to perform an operation on him. The doctor reassured him that he will be perfectly fine in two weeks. Two days after his operation, their were rumors going around the camp that the battlefront had gotten nearer and The Red Army was coming to Buna. Elie figured out that it was not a rumor, it was true. The Red Army was indeed coming. The doctor told Elie that the people who were in the infirmary were allowed to stay. Elie 's thoughts were not on death but worry that he and his father would be separated. “As for me, I was thinking not about death but about not wanting to be separated from my father. We had already been through so much, endured so much together. This was not the moment to separate.” Elie was so worried for his father he did not even bother caring about his foot and left the infirmary. He could not even fit his right shoe on, for his foot was too swollen. He found his father and asked him what they should do, if they should stay in the infirmary or if they should evacuate with the other Jews. Elie states “The choice was in our hands. For once we could decide our fate for ourselves.” His two options were to stay in the infirmary with his father or to leave with the Jews. “I had made up my mind to accompany my father wherever he went.” Elie and his father both chose to be evacuated with the others. “ Lets hope we wont

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