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Compare And Contrast Night By Elie Wiesel

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Elie wiesel and Jeanne Wakatsuki have both had very hard lives that were filled with many tragedies and hardships, with many similarities and differences they were both forced to do many things during their lives. Most of the time the time the things they were forced to do were also things that did not want to do.
Elie wiesel and jeane are both really alike not just because they were both sent to a camp but also the things that happened during their lives are similar. Here are some things that are similar between the two of them. They were alike because they were both children of whose family was forcibly removed from their home. And they were also both taken to a camp. In these camps they were both made to do things they didn't want to do. Eliezer …show more content…

They were also alike because of their dads. In both stories there was a point where there dad started to deteriorate from them. For jeane her dad started to deteriorate and become a drunk when they took him away for a year when papa wakatsuki finally got back from being accused for selling oil to the japanese he was a totally different person. For elie him and his dad started to deteriorate and then came back and were close to each other again at the end here's why. Elie and his father started to deteriorate when they got sent away to the camp and got split up from their other family members, but then they also started coming back to each other in the end because they had to fight and fight and fight to just stay alive. At the end Elie wiesel's father started getting weak and weak and didn't have no

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Black and white. That’s how you were told to see, that’s how life was set, eventually though things will change. Oskar Schindler and Elie Wiesel were both on different sides but in many ways they were similar. Living becomes heavy, becomes hard but you must persevere. Elie Wiesel was put on the side of the victim he was hurt and treated like nothing whilst Oskar Schindler was treated like a king.

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Elie and his Dad had bunch of similarities before the holocaust, in the holocaust, and after the holocaust. In the beginning of the story Elie and his dad both had the same feeling and emotions. Also in the beginning of the book they were taken by german soldiers, and they were taken to a death camp were 1.6 million jews died. Some similarities they had were that they had the same background, this is because they were both in the holocaust at the same time. Another thing they had in common was they believed in the same tradition, because they were in the same family.

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Elie had his dad to help support him and Anne had her whole families and some family friends. Elie was never close with his father but eventually grew closer with his because he was always with him. Whereas Anne had her whole family with her but chose to be with her father because she didn't get along with her family much. During

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During the time when Elie was in the concentration camp many things change. His relationship was the thing that changed the most. It changed by Elie now taking care of his dad instead of the other way around. Also the death of Elie's father affected Elie in a negative way.

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For example, both of the fathers were by the narrator’s side, providing them with assurance giving them hope to continue surviving. Also, the fathers did everything in their power to help them survive, mainly by putting their child's needs before theirs, such as giving them more rations of food. It could be implied that the moral of each of the stories that the reader would need to grasp is that one should never give up in the hardest times. This can be seen as both narrators went on to survive the genocides and later on fit into more comfortable lifestyles. For example, Elie’s father’s presence allowed Elie to keep his strength to continue surviving.

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Have you ever heard of Elie Wiesel? He is one of the very few Holocaust survivors who has a written something involving the Holocaust. In this essay it will discuss five question that will be comparing and maybe contrasting Elie Wiesel’s experience to Anne Frank’s. The first question is how did Elie Wiesel and Anne Frank pass or die?

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While in the annex, Anne and the others ran out of more and more food each day. They tried to make it through with however much food they had left. Elie and Anne both struggled getting enough food while in their situations and they tried to get through it somehow and they have more similarities to each

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They both suffered through so much and it changed their personalities in different ways. Eliezer was the kid who tried to blend in more and Jeanne was very outgoing and open to new adventures. Eliezer also had a harder time in the camp without his family there by his side compared to Jeanne who had her family. Even though they had different stories to tell during the time the went to a concentration camp they both will never forget those horrible days they went through while they were there. Eliezer and Jeanne were true survivors who went through hell to finally see the outside of the camp

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This however makes for a really big action that happens and they are both being taken to the concentration camps. In the Diary of Anne Frank they are not found until after about 2 years which they were lucky they weren’t caught before than. All the families had to adjust to living together and were becoming happy, but then they caught Mr. Kraler and he had to tell where they are hiding. In the novel Night Elie and his family know that the German troops are coming for them, but yet they didn’t try to flee to out of the country. They were told that they could pack one bag and that’s all they could take, but they were cramped into the cattle carts and when they arrived at the concentration camps there belongings were taken away.

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Elie and his dad at one point had that father son relationship anyone could live for, but now they both rely on each other if they need something. Elie is forcing himself to be the strongest of both of them. Elie thinks without his dad he could be living better because his dad is his “weak point”, because when someone you love is very likely to die and your love can be used by your enemies to get you to give them what they want or need. Elie looks as it as his father used to watch over him and take care of him but now it’s the other way around.

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Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Transylvania in 1928. He was fifteen when he went to Auschwitz and was the only member of his family to survive. When something bad happens to someone, there is always a chance to make something good come from a bad situation. No person should not let anything stop them from doing something great. Elie Wiesel is living proof that adversities can be overcome, and the brighter side of life can be shown.

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Imagine a genocide with over 6 million Jews, as well as millions of others, being slaughtered mindlessly no better than vermin. This was the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a fight for the right to live in hiding or toiling in labor camps. Within this tragedy of this event, there existed two Jewish individuals, and although one of them wasn’t fortunate enough to survive the treachery of the Nazis, they both have contributed a considerable amount to present-day’s understanding of the Holocaust. Elie Weisel and Anne Frank are both incredibly distinct, individuals, all the while sharing extremely prominent features.

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When the two arrive at Birkenau, Elie clings to his father so he does not lose him. When Chlomo is picked in selection he gives Elie his inheritance. When Elis 's father died, Elie grieved deeply for him. Because of that, Elie begins to lose his fight for life. The death of Chlomo had changed Elie and scared him for life. "

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As time progresses, he becomes confined to his bed and cannot move. Eliezer brings him soup and coffee, but at the same time he regrets it and thinks to himself how he should leave his father and conserve his strength. The other prisoners beat his father and steal his food. His father had dysentery so he is always thirsty, but it is dangerous to give it to him. Eliezer tries to get medical aid, but the doctors will not help him because he is an old man.

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One major change was their connection with family members. All of this is shown in the novel Night, Elie Wiesel's relationship with his father changes from weak and distant, to strong and caring, and then to the point where he is almost a burden for him all

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