Night Auschwitz, the grave of millions. Sly, driven, and brutal; the Germans who planned and executed Auschwitz, and many other death camps in relation to Hitler's rules. Looking back at history the reader understands that the Jewish people were not being naive. Innocence is a word commonly referencing a person or thing that is pure and harmless. In Elie Wiesel’s story, “Night,” Moshe the Beadle, tries warning his home the German’s are there to harm them.
From the small town of Sighet in Transylvania to the huge concentration camps of Auschwitz. Elie Wiesel, the author and victim of the book Night, the horrifying experience of the Holocaust. Wiesel is a 15 year old Jewish boy who was captured by the Germans or “Nazis” during WWII. He went through an overwhelming amount of trauma, like when he got separated from his mother and sisters and watching his father suffer an unbearable amount of pain that eventually killed him. The fact is, power is a tool that can corrupt itself and others, it can ruin people’s lives and it can do that without people even realizing it.
Throughout history, many people have abused and misused the power they have been trusted to have. The book Night is written by a survivor of the Holocaust, named Elie Wiesel, who is writing to encourage people not to make the same mistakes that happened during the Holocaust. Unfortunately, people haven’t learned the lesson of letting people with power control things. This is seen in the past during the holocaust through Ellie's point of view and in modern-day civilization. Just like in Night where Idek used his power to abuse Elie and remove all the Jews so he could have fun, Hitler putting Jews in concentration camps, the Ukrainrusso war, and the US government wiretapping, the world has still not learned the lesson of not letting people with
Before going to the camps Elie and his father was not very close. For example Elie father is unsentimental towards his own kids but very sentimental towards the community and its people. Elie said”My father was cultured man rather unsentimental. ”(Pg.4) This shows that Elie his father
In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel brilliantly illustrates the Nazis’ use of fear as a device to command the prisoners in concentration camps. In addition to exploring the ways in which the Nazis use fear as a tool of power, "Night" also examines the effects of this power dynamic on the Jewish prisoners themselves. Every prisoner was pushed to their mental limits. Fear was overwhelming. Such fear is shown to have caused many inmates to believe individual survival was superior to the condition of their fellow prisoners.
At first glance, Weisel, along with the other Jews are presented as inhuman to the Germans. When the Jews are first transported to the concentration camps in cattle cars, the Germans lay out a few ground rules. The Germans expect the Jews to stay in their designated places and that “if anyone is missing” they “would be shot like dogs” (22). The Germans compare the Jewish to animals. They transport the Jews in cattle cars, and call them dogs, bringing them down to the level of animals rather than human beings.
Elie grew up with an innocent mind; he didn’t believe that such a terrible thing would be allowed to happen….and he certainly didn’t think that it would be humanity that allowed it. Elie’s dad on the other hand,
Throughout history, humans have done many questionable things toward one another for one reason or another ranging from wealth to necessity. Perspective is extremely important when it comes to determining if something is evil or not as its effects on others can vary as can the drawbacks and/or benefits to the initiator. During the book, Night, this divide in perspective can be shown between the Jewish group, SS, and criminals as the reader is subjected to the horrors of the Holocaust through the eyes of Eliezer Wiesel and faced with the question of whether humans are inherently good or evil. The book is not the only place where this idea is explored, as in many religions this question is asked and later answered along with studies done by
Although he slowly gave faith away, one reason would be to discourage Wiesel by injustice. For example, Violence, to kill, disadvantage, to anger, would impact the Jews with misery. In Night, the book Elie Wiesel wrote, he admits,”Whenever I dreamed of a better world, I could only imagine a universe with no bells”(69-70). Anyone can dream dearly about the true, genuine contentment in their hearts, but one must face reality when conditions get vigorous.
In the camps, Elie and his father only had each other, and that changed the way they felt about each other from the very beginning. Elie had almost no relationship with his father prior to the holocaust. Back in his hometown of Sighet, Elie's father was a busy community leader, and his work gave him little time for his family. Elie recalls that his father "rarely displayed his feelings... and was more involved with the well welfare of others than with that of his own kin" (Wiesel
On page 48, it says “he dealt with my father with such a clout that he fell to the ground”. Elie explains the hurt he felt as they beat his father, no matter if he tried to help 2 doesn’t beat over 100 soldiers. Elie was too afraid to stand up for his father because he didn’t want to get hurt as
Imagine knowing your fate ahead of time. That single moment would be stuck in your head, replayed every second to prevent it. This would obstruct your feeling of morals, making you only focus on your own survival. Nothing would get in your way of trying to survive. During the Holocaust, many people were faced with this moment when they stepped in a concentration camp.
But because his dad stayed by his side almost the whole time Elie stayed strong and lived to tell the tale. In a dystopian society, there are a lot of evil, bad people. Whether it is the people who actually started the dystopian society or like in the book Night, the people who stood by and watched what happened happen. In his dystopian society, everything that happened there became the “norm.”
In the span of a lifetime one often faces many adversities that stand within their path. While some challenges will be overcome easily, others will take a lot more tenacity. When in the face of adversity it is key not to give up. One should always strive to persevere through their hardships, no matter how severe they seem to be. The author of the memoir “Night” Elie Wiesel, vividly describes his experiences in the concentration camp of Auschwitz.
According to Alison Chen, “[Shakespeare] is widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language, and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist”. William Shakespeare created an immense amount of works such as plays and sonnets that are still being performed and reproduced numerous times to this day. One of the many reasons why Shakespeare is wildy influential, even after his death, is because of how his many works have touched on subjects or issues that are relevant topics that relate to people in modern day and how his droves of innovative works challenge the basics of writing and language style, causing his work to still be communicated in classrooms today (Garber). William Shakespeare’s discussion of themes such as tragedy and courage that are incredibly relevant today is a factor as to why Shakespeare as a writer holds relevance in today’s society and curriculum. “His plays delve into the issues of love, loss, honor..fear, courage, and wonder” (Smith).
