Art of the time reflected on the morbidness of the time caused by these incompetent rulers. These fatalistic impacts of the Inquisition prove that it was a liability for everyone--Spain, Jews, and
“I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . .” (Wiesel 33) These were the few words that were uttered by the bewildered Elie Wiesel when the inhuman intentions of the Nazis were made clear to all the Jews in the concentration camps: either work or be burnt. Despite the incident being real and happening right in front of Elie’s eyes, the cruel intentions of the Nazis were so extreme and inhuman that Elie had a hard time believing the magnitude of the situation; that everything going around him was just another nightmare. Taking the quote above by Elie Wiesel as an example, Elie Wiesel’s Night shows that the mass scale genocide of a racial or religious group leads to their extreme suffering and dehumanization.
In addition, living with that kind of unbearable inhumanity can make you feel incredulity. As if it is too much cruelty to belive
Karl tells Simon how terrible he feels. He explains to Simon that those Jews die quickly, they do not suffer like he does - though they are “not as guilty as [he is]” (Wiesenthal 52). Karl thinks that the pain of guilt is worse than the pain of death. Karl has always longed to die, but now, he is just not ready. He needs an answer to his confessions.
The characterization of Moshie and Mrs. Shachter shows the indifference and denial of the Jews of Sighet. The chilling juxtaposition of a beautiful landscape containing a camp of death illustrates how the world not only was indifferent to the inhumane suffering, but also continued to shine brightly as if nothing really mattered. This timeless theme of denial and its consequences during the Holocaust echoes the struggles of those in our time who are persecuted solely due to their beliefs. The reader takes away the important lesson of never turning away from those who need it greatest, each time one reads Elie Wiesel’s memoir,
Of all the terrible events in history, the Holocaust may be the worst of them all. This tragedy was so terrible, I cannot think of the ones who instigated it as human beings. It was against many morals and standards that the world views today as common ethics. The most terrible part of this is, perhaps, how today’s new and younger generations are not sufficiently educated about this disaster. Although many younger generations do not know about the Holocaust, it’s importance should be emphasised in today’s society to learn from it, to realize that every human life is important, and to appreciate the blessings of the present day.
Oppression shapes the oppressed to have a loss of hope. Throughout life, people go through hardships that shape them to think a certain way. Usually, when people go through hard times, they think negatively about life, and they feel as if nothing will get better. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel was a jew during the holocaust. When in the concentration camps he lost confidence in himself, he began to lose hope, he writes, “It was my turn.
Without the fear of being afraid of the camp at first arrival or the fear of the Jew not eating because they know they will be killed, there wouldn’t be much hope. This proves the point on why fear overpowers people and make them not do what they would normally due since there life is at risk. This truly shows the bad of the holocaust. Due to all the fear no one could stand up to
The concentration camps took everything from Eliezer, his will to live, his faith, his heart. He became empty, rotting from the inside out with no longer the desire to live. Only a corpse remained. Throughout all the chaos that ensued, the one distinction that hindered the Jewish people from freedom was their inexplicable silence and dignity. In desperation to escape and
Jewish men, women, and children lost their lives because they were dehumanized to nothing more than just objects. Dehumanization is a process by which a person or a group of people deprive others of human qualities. The three most important reasons of how Jewish people were dehumanized is they were torchered, killed with little to no emotion, and put in harsh environments. Above all, When Jews were in concentration camps, and they didn't do as they were told they would be beaten.
Elie Wiesel was one of the many unfortunate souls who were sent to Auschwitz, a well known concentration camp. He spent many painful years watching people get shot, or die of starvation; seeing people get sent to gas chambers for no reason. After he escaped, he turned bitter, and cruel. He later wrote the book Night. Elie Wiesel stated boldly, “The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference.”
1. Writers of persuasive essays get people to adopt an idea or take a side using a thesis and strong supporting evidence. Words with positive and negative connotation also play a role in influencing people. An example of this is found on pages 42 and 43. Here, Al Gore uses valid evidence from multiple studies, and David Gelernter uses multiple words with negative connotation 2.
It is a human instinct to prioritize one's well-being before others. We are constantly confronted with situations where we as humans have to take action for our own contentment. In the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, he shares his own traumatic experience of the Holocaust, which was a mass murder of 12 million Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, basically anyone who is different and wouldn’t fit into Adolf Hitler’s image of a perfect society. Despite how ruthless the Holocaust was, the Elie and his fellow prisoners fought and fought for their freedom, displaying how much humanity will fight for survival. By looking at the following examples: A child kills his own father for a loaf of bread, a son leaving his father behind during one of the march so he would not die, and Elie debating if he should let his father die so he could have a higher chance of surviving.
Cause and effect statements show when something positive or negative happens and the effect it has. An example of this is on page 77-78, when winter comes to Germany the prisoners don't have the right clothes to prevent freezing and because of this Elie gets frost bite on his foot. The cause would be not warm enough clothes and the effect would be Elie's frost bitten foot. Another example of cause and effect in the memoir is on page 24-28, when Elie and many other Jews are in the cattle cars on the way to the concentration camps, Mrs. Scächter had been separated from her family and experienced many scaring things which caused her to go crazy and scream she saw fire in the night. Cause and effect statements are an important style device to Wiesel's
Death was the best thing that could have happened to Elie WIesel. In his book, night, he has to overcome some of the most gruesome experiences ever read about, and it’s a true story. He had to get over working in terrible conditions, get over losing his family, and forget his future as his faith was lost. To start off, Elie had to get over the unbearable dilemma of losing multiple members of his family. It is unimaginable to lose any family members in such a horrid way, but that was only one of the barriers he had to face.