Research Paper On Night By Elie Wiesel

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The choices we make can often have drastic impacts on our lives in the future because every decision made impacts how our life story will unfold. The character of Eliezer from the novel "Night" by Elie Wiesel, the protagonist within Franz Kafka’s “ A Hunger Artist,” as well as my own experiences, suggest the choices impact our lives and our future.

The character of Eliezer from the novel "Night" is an excellent example as to why choices impact on our future. In the novel "Night," Elie Wiesel was an adolescent born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania. When his family was forced out of their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp and then to Buchenwald.They were starved and were made to work for long hours without a break. In the end, an American tank broke through the walls of the camp and Eliezer and others who outlasted were saved. The night is a terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his …show more content…

In the short story “A Hunger Artist,” a hunger artist was not popular in the modern world. The people rejected him and his art of starving. He questions his existence and why do people who once loved him, now don’t respect his art. He signs a contract with the circus and no one glimpses at him and he loses faith and gives up. He dies a hunger artist in a cage. The character a hunger artist and his experiences prove choices impact on our lives and future. The choices made by the hunger artist lead to his demise. The first choice he makes was too fast for 40 days. The second choice he chooses was to join the circus, where he would at least get some attention. The people did not have any interest in the hunger artist who was in the cage looking for attention but no one cared so, he started to resent people. Furthermore, he continues to starve till he dies. Choices made by oneself will improve the lifestyle in the

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