Inhumanity In Night By Elie Wiesel

Night: The Loss Within
Everything was calm at first, it would have never been thought that such tragedy could come from this. The book Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a very moving story that is mainly about how a young, Jewish boy named Eliezer and his family, which is now only his dad, have been overcome by a world war. It shows the rise and the fall of his hope, his dreams, and his passions. Mr. Wiesel has done a terrific job of showing what life was/is like during a war and showing how fast kids have to mature. Mr. Wiesel was also able to demonstrate how quickly people will choose to save their own life over others, even over family. This book is an emotional journey that illustrates the evil and inhumanity that comes from family and self-preservation,

All children loved their parents and Eliezer was no exception, but all the torment had caused him to start to think about himself more than his dad. He started to see his dad as extra baggage and began getting ideas of how life would be easier and more peaceful without him. He no longer cares for family. He could only think of ways on how he could get rid of his dad. When he says, “If only I didn’t find him!” (106), the reader begins to see how the evil being spread through him can cloud his thoughts and create ideas that were never there in the first place. The thoughts are no longer on how he and his dad can stay together, but of how he can be “relieved” of the responsibility. Can these events really change a person enough to make them do anything to stay alive? Yes, yes they

Throughout Night the reader sees people do anything and everything from lying to killing someone to stay alive; as shown:
“He collapsed. But his fist was still clutching a small crust. He wanted to raise it to his mouth. But the other threw himself on top of him. The old man mumbled something, groaned, and died. Nobody cared. His son searched him, took the crust of bread and began to devour it. He didn’t get far. Two men had been watching him. They jumped him. Others joined in. When they withdrew, there were two dead bodies next to me, the father and the son.” (101)
Eliezer was sixteen when he saw this take place. Then and only then did Eliezer understand the lengths that people would go through to stay alive. Which included killing not only strangers, but family. Seeing this in person would have killed anyone psychologically, but it is not even close to the trauma of having your almighty, powerful god stay silent when you need him