The book Night, by Elie Wiesel, and the movie The Pianist are both true stories explaining horrors of the real world. Their portrayals of the holocaust give a glimpse of what Jewish people endured because they were different. Many people would argue that this is all from the past and they do not relate to the world nowadays, but that is far from true. In each of those stories there is four themes that every person in the world relates to, and lives through today. The themes are facing catastrophe, resisting hate, life in hiding, and survivors. Not only do the people from each of these tales relate to the themes, but I can as well. First is facing catastrophe.
A person is born with their life planned out for them already by God. He knows what is going to happen, and he knows what a person can handle. Elie, from the book Night, endured many catastrophes and to him, he never thought they would end. His home was taken from him
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Most people forget that each day is a gift, and that we are lucky to be here and living life. For Elie, survival was crucial to him. His instincts kicked in and he was barely alive by the time it all ended. It almost came down to every man for himself; he almost left his dad to die. Elie just wanted to make it out alive and in the end he did. Mr. Szpilman did everything he could to survive. He made sacrifices and choices that were hard for him. One that specifically stuck out to me, was when he was in hiding and had to be completely silent. There was a piano in the room and he hadn’t played in months and still all he did was imagine playing it. He kept going even though he lost his family, and was sick. I don’t see myself as surviving very much, but I still don’t know how I make it through some days. A very important factor to surviving is being able to cope with the bad. Elie zoned out of everyday life, Mr. Szpilman had the piano, and I have music and my