Night By Elie Wiesel Research Paper

Night Essay Prompt In the book Night, written by Elie Wiesel, he recalls his past experiences as a Jew during the Holocaust. The book brings out some of the most horrifying and depressing moments that took place during the Holocaust. The Nazi’s would “dehumanize” the Jews by taking away their identities their belongings, and putting them in concentration camps. In order to control the Jews and force them into concentration camps, the Nazi’s would beat the Jews, threaten them, and use the fear of death against them. The Germans controlled the Jews by beating them. When Elie and his father first entered the new camp, “My father had just been struck, before my very eyes, and I had not flickered an eyelid,” (Wiesel 48). The Germans would beat the Jews for making the most minor mistakes in order to make sure they would do their work right. This can relate to how people can learn from

The Germans would beat the Jews to ensure complete control over them and keep them in line. The Germans would use threats to have control over the Jews and keep them working. After Elie watched his father be beaten, “‘What would you like then? Shall I break your teeth with my fist?’” (Wiesel 63). Elie had refused to give the Germans his golden crown so Franek threatened him to scare him and show that he is weak and in his hands. The threat was a way to scare Elie, saying that if he doesn’t get what he wants from Elie, the result will be bad. As Elie is being yelled at by Idek, “‘That’s for your curiosity. You’ll get five times more if you dare tell anyone what you saw! Understand?’” (Wiesel 66). Elie continued to be yelled at by Idek with threats worse than what he had just endured. Elie had caught Idek with a young Polish girl so was threatened for what would happen if he “didn’t do his work again,” Idek used that excuse to cover up what he had been caught doing. The Germans used threats as a successful way to keep the prisoners doing their work and under their