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Book Report On Night By Elie Wiesel

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Tristah Andrews
The sound of a gunshot is often accompanied by deathly screams and cries---or just quiet prayers in the night. In Elie Wiesel's memoir, Night, it tells of his experiences and trials in the concentration camps. The book is the story of Eliezer as a younger boy who was taken to a concentration camp and then separated from his younger sister and mother. He is only left with his father, and Eliezer would do anything to keep it that way. His time in the concentration camp is one that would try anyone's sanity, let alone strength. Ultimately, the story portrays the relationship between fear and the will to survive.
“Two ghettos were created in Sighet. A large one in the center of town occupied four streets, and another smaller …show more content…

Once the Germans had come into Sighet and gotten comfortable, they took over. Separating the Jews into two “ghettos” and selecting them and taking them to the concentration camps. A couple days later Eliezer and his family were selected to go to the “secret” destination. Having being fooled thinking they were going to a better place than the ghettos, they had no idea what was in store for them. Once they arrived at the camp after a long, distraught, and tiring journey to Birkenau, they had seen the flames coming from the chimney accompanied by a horrid stench of burning bodies. Walking forward, taken as targets, the men and women were separated. Now, all that Eliezer has is his father and he is going to try his very hardest to keep it that way. “All I could think of was not to lose him. Not to remain alone.” Weisel page 30. And so, through all the trials …show more content…

“We tried to raise his spirits, but he wouldn’t listen to anything we said. He just kept repeating that it was all over for him, that he could no longer fight, he had no more strength, no more faith. His eyes would suddenly go blank, leaving two gaping wounds, two wells of terror.” Weisel page 76. Akiba had lost all his faith whatsoever and gave in to the holocaust, he let it win and became a victim of the selection. I made a personal connection with this because it reminded me of when I lost all my faith in my family after my parents divorced. Akiba had lost all his faith in God and given in and was swept away, he was just another memory. I had lost all my faith in my family after mom and dad kept fighting and their marriage was swept away, and it was yet another vague

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