Theme Of Heroism In The Book Night

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The motif hero in the book night doesn 't appear often, the word actually only shows up one time. The consonsept of heroes is what is tossed around. The guy in the beginning of the book that tells Elie and his father that they are age 18 and 40 so they won 't go to the crematorium. This guy is a hero because he saved Elie’s and his father’s life and maybe others well risking himself. Another example of a hero could be Alphonse, a head of a german block, who took extra care of his workers by giving extra rations to the young and weak. The final example is the doctor that kept reassuring Elie that nothing bad was going to happen and Ellie felt comfortable with him.

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