Harshness In The Book Night By Elie Wiesel

In the novel Night, by Elie Wiesel, the author elaborates on the harshness of the Holocaust and he takes us through his journey as a young adult while experiencing all the barbaric ways of the Nazis. As Elie goes on his voyage he has thoughts on whether or not he has lost his “human ways” Ellie did keep his humanity intact because he kept pushing his father to persevere through the rough times of the Holocaust and Elie still showed remorse even in the end.

First off, when certain people have advantages that benefit them only they take ahold of them. In the book, Ellie never thought of himself. Although his father was weak, Eliezer woke him from a deep sleep when he rested on the train to keep Chlomo from being thrown off. Another instance was when Eliezer made his father keep standing up as they were waiting to shower even though he was really sick. Elie always cared for Chlomo even when it did not benefit him, he always

The boy was so malnourished due to the lack of food he had not consumed. “For more than half an hour he stayed there, struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under [thier] eyes” (Wiesel 42). As he slowly ascended to his death, Eliezer shed tears of sorrow for the poor little boy. As you can see, Eliezer had sympathy unlike Juliek who questioned Elie by asking, “Do you think this ceremony’ll be over soon? I’m hungry” (Wiesel 41). Most of the men at this time in the Holocaust were only concerned for themselves. Ultimately, Elie was still concerned about others was by saving lives. During one of the selections,Elie even risked his life to save his father. Since his father had been “chosen,” he caused a distraction to allow Chlomo, his father, and some of the other people to escape to the safe side where they would not be massacred or taken for