Neutrality In Elie Wiesel's Night

Elie Wiesel says “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” This quote helps people believe that they are protected and they can help protect themselves and their people. It also shows that letting things go and pushing them off to the side when conflict arises causes more problems. Many believe that the best way to survive during times of war is to rely on others and hold on to sentimental items. Some believe that holding on to normalcy is the best way to survive through times of conflict. Others believe the best way to respond is by relying on others and attaching yourself to things and people. It is evident that from Elie wiesel’s Night, The Diary

In Elie Wiesel's Night he states “my father's presence was the only thing that stopped me."(52) This quote Demonstrates how people hold each other back. This theme is additionally shown in Steven Spielberg's documentary: The Last Days. a holocaust survivor Bill Basch said this after his friend gets a knee injury that can cost him his life. Either you let him go or all the three of you die.” Can you imagine? Even though you’re young, that decision that we had to make. And here we promised that we will die for each other, but we couldn’t keep that promise under threat of death." the quote intelles that being Altruistic causes more harm to others than it does well. This theme is further shown in the documentary The short life of Anne Frank a man by the name of Arnold van den Bergh was a prominent Jewish notary who is desperate to save his own family and sacrificed others to do

The invasion has come and we're going to be liberated! (403)The quote demonstrates a sign of hope for the Franks and the others of finally being free. This is again shown in Elie Wiesel's night when Wiesel is in a concentration camp and has almost given up hope of survival “These words of encouragement, even coming as they did from the mouths of our assassins, were of great help. Nobody wants to give up now, just before the end, so close to our destination.”The quote resembles wanting to give up but instead is optimistic and doesn’t give up and instead pushes forward. Finally, one of the last examples of hope resembled The Last Days Documentary. We were worried that we would die but we were also hoping that the Americans and the British bombers would hit all of their targets and destroy this bridge because that was the way to defeat Hitler. Hoped is displayed in this quote by expressing the feelings of the Jewish