Night By Elie Wiesel Book Report

Riley Kline ENG II Honors Mrs. Degrood 2/6/23 An estimated 6 million Jews murdered during Hitler's reign, as part of his plan to eradicate the Jewish population. Elie Wiesal writes a book describing his experiences while in these death camps. In these camps Elie was put through many trials and tribulations, including losing his father. Throughout the book, the prisoners are deprived of basic needs according to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. The prisoners were stripped of their basic identity as soon as they arrived. They were tattooed with a number and were only known for that number as elie states “The three “veteran” needles in hand, tattooed numbers on our left arms”(Page 42), and then later states “I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name”(Page 42).

The prisoners were in constant fear of death. When they first arrived and during selections, they didn’t know if they were going to be selected for the crematory. The prisoners were also beaten for no reason. It became so normal that Elie was not phased when he stated “I let the SS beat my father, I left him alone in the clutches of death”(page xii). Then when reading a sign stating “DANGER” Elie says “Was there a single place where one is not in danger of death?”(Page 40). Death had become such a routine that the prisoners were used to it and expected it every day. The prisoners were deprived of food and rest. The prisoners would sometimes go days without food while doing crippling labor. This is supported by Elie stating “We had spent days without food”(Page 17). When they eventually did get food, it was barely enough to suffice. After a while, they had become so desperate for food that they began to fight over scraps of food. While on the train a worker threw some bread in the wagon and “Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs”(Page 100). The prisoners were riddled with sickness in the