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Night By Elie Wiesel Conflict Quotes

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During the holocaust, Jews were horribly mistreated and beaten down. But we’ve never known the full story of one until now. In this case, In the book “Night,” Eliezer and Madame Schacter both face conflicts in their lives. Eli faces internal conflict about family relationships being put to the test and Madame Schacter faces external conflict about negative acts of humanity. A character that faces internal conflict numerous times is Eliezer in the book “Night.” Eliezer starts thinking about leaving his father for his survival. This is portrayed when Eli’s thoughts get to him. He states “Yet at the same time a thought crept into my mind: If only I didn’t find him! If only I were relieved of this responsibility, I could use all my strength to …show more content…

She gets beaten for screaming and yelling all night long in the cattle cars when others are trying to get as much rest as possible. She’s worried for her two sons and her husband after being separated. A quote that shows the Jews don’t support her anymore is when one says “She is hallucinating because she is thirsty, poor woman…. That’s why she speaks of flames devouring her.” Another quote that shows the Jews all ganging up on her is when Eliezer describes “A few men forced her to sit down, bound and gagged her. When they struck her, people shouted their approval: “Keep her quiet! Make that Madwoman shut up. She’s not the only one here…” She received several blows to the head, blows that could have been lethal (page 26).” This quote shows Madame Schacter’s Self vs Society conflict because she’s terrified, not only for herself but for her husband and her other 2 children. This quote also shows us how the Jews would rather care for themselves instead of trying to calm her down once more. This also highlights the theme of the novel, Negative acts of humanity, because no one decided to care for her. But rather they beat her to shut up. The pain of a mother getting separated from her 2 sons and husband would be a great loss, not knowing when you’ll see them again. Who wouldn’t panic when you’re separated from your family? In a situation like this, they should have been supporting each other. They were all Jews in a cattle car, awaiting their

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