Book Report On Night By Elie Wiesel

How did the execrable setting, the concentration camps, alter those involved? Good people were manipulated and changed into performing heinous acts. “Night,” is written from the perspective of Eliezer, as he navigated through the survival of the Holocaust, with his father. Eli became aware that people who neglected their morals thrived, this revelation troubled him deeply. The inhumane atrocities that took place during the Holocaust resulted in corrupt mindsets among those involved: the German soldiers, the Jews and Eliezer himself.

How could German workers and soldiers murder millions of families, then go home to their own families? How did these normal people, justify their cruel and ruthless actions? Many of these people were known as

These children were persuaded to believe that the Jewish people were plotting against them and were known as the “enemy within Germany.” Whereas, Natzis were known as “the people who wanted the best for Germany and who did something about it.” Then these people, with mindsets raised to have hatred towards the Jews and faith in the Natzi, enlisted in the army and began work in concentration camps. These people who performed barbaric acts of inhumanity daily, felt as though they were exterminating nothing but enemies. If they were in war, holding a machine gun, as Russians came running towards them, they would shoot and try to kill as many as possible. They believed that the extermination of the Jews was simply what happened in war, as the Jews were the enemies who came from the inside of Germany. So, whether killing at the front line or in their homeland, their was no difference in their mind. The

Survival meant sacrifice, because of this, Eli witnessed sons abandoning their own fathers. Rabbi’s son, ran as far away from his weak father, in order to increase his own chance of survival. (page 91) Many saw these kind of self prevailing decisions as a necessity to live, Eliezer proved his strength as he refused to give in. It is evident that Eliezer is consistent in his morals as he provides for his father from begin to end. Though he was starving and desired food more than anything, Eli understood that his father needed it more. He chose to give his tiny ration of food, to his beloved father, putting his own health at risk. After his father’s death Eli admits that deep down he felt relieved. He never let his actions depict how he was feeling inside, the love that he had for his father suppressed the fate that turned so many good men to act in evil ways. Though beaten and scared, Eliezer escaped the atrocities of man that involved “survival of the