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Analytical Essay On Night By Elie Wiesel

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The number of Jews that died during the Holocaust was about 7 million, which could be compared to the entire state of Washington's population. Elie Wiesel the famous author of Night a Holocaust memoir and Holocaust survivor who lost all he once had, he was one of the few that made it to their release day. Elie lost his family and friends, as they were separated at the gate of the concentration camp. Elie and his father remained together for the majority of their Holocaust experience and they shared one main goal, the common goal was to survive. Having his father alive for the majority of his Holocaust experience increased Elie's chances for survival. Elie's father was the only person retaining him alive as he informed Oprah for in an interview …show more content…

He couldn't dare to leave his father’s side as he says “My hand tightened its grip on my father. All I could think of was not to lose him. Not to remain alone”(Wiesel 30). Since the beginning of the suffering they stuck together. They both cared for one another as his father said to Elie "Don't worry, son. Go to sleep. I'll watch over you." Elie is replying him with "You first, Father. Sleep" (Wiesel 89).This was after they had made it to a safe place where they could rest after being moved from one camp to another one. They both needed rest after those long hours of walking almost nonstop. After so much they had gone through, they still managed to find the will to keep living for one another. Elie's father guaranteed him that he was going to care for him while he slept so he could sleep. Elie could entrust or confide his life to his father, to help him get through the …show more content…

I shall not describe my life during that period. It no longer mattered.Since my father's death, nothing mattered to me anymore”(Wiesel 113). His father had been deceased for almost 3 months and he continued to mourn him. Elie had become like a food eating machine. He continued to narrate how he felt about his family and food by recalling what he had said "I spent my days in total idleness. With only one desire: to eat. I no longer thought of my father, or my mother. From time to time, I would dream. But only about soup, an extra ration of soup” (Wiesel 113). Elie had grown out of the nest where he was with his father.Elie knew that his father's death had left him empty inside, but he still managed to get enough strength to get through the rest and end of the Holocaust. Elie later learned that he was going to be released as he perceived an American tank at the front of the camp's

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