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Elie Wiesel Quotes About Courage

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Have you ever heard of moral courage? Have you ever seen someone with moral courage? Some people think they have moral courage, but then some don't have any. He tried to save all the jews in his town by saying that the Germans were going to take them away and kill them but no one believed him. His actions impacted his people in his town because they eventually found out that he was telling the truth and that he wasn't just making stuff up. Moshe the Beadle was the one who told his fellow jew friends that the Germans were bad people and that they were going to kill him but like I said no one believed him. So then all the people who did go to the concentration camps finally figured out that he was telling the truth. This is about how and who …show more content…

Elie Wiesel went to go and talk to Moshe the Beadle because he wanted to know more about his religion and how the Kabbalah. One quote is, “..., talked to me for long hours of the revelations and mysteries of the cabbala.” (Elie 3) He talked to him for hours about his religion and the Kabbalah , Moshe the Beadle could've easily said no to Elie but he didn't, he did not reject him. There are many people in this book that shows moral courage it is not just Elie but also the maid is another person that showed moral …show more content…

When Elie got separated from their mother and sister or for the dad, his wife and daughter, they didn't know they were going to get gassed. As Elie says, “...I was parting from my mother and Tzipora forever.” (Elie 27) After he left his mother and sister, he knew that they were not going to be together anymore and that he had to get some moral courage so he could protect his dad. He did grow his moral courage and he’s feeling up a lot because of his dad who helped him through all of the rough times but then sometimes you lose the things you

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