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No Thought Of Revenge In Night By Elie Wiesel

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“No thought of revenge” Elie Wiesel writes in his memoir Night. In this chronicle Wiesel retells his story as he and his father were imprisoned in a Concentration Camp during the Holocaust. Despite the suffering he was put through by the Nazis, Wiesel does think of seeking revenge. Wiesel’s thorough description of events such as the twenty kilometer march through the snow help set the serious tone. His bitterness towards his past is displayed through Wiesel’s imagery, which is a prime element in his memoir Night. At the beginning of the Night, Eliezer is a young teenager who studies the Talmud and has a strong connection with god. Since his father forbade him to study Kabbalah, Eliezer was secretly taught by Moishe the Beatle. Moishe was …show more content…

Although Eliezer’s Blockaelteste said that in the concentration camp there is no such thing as a father, he still stands by him. Even as his father was very sick, he doesn’t give in to the temptation of leaving him. Rabbi Eliahou and his son were also very close, but Wiesel remembers that the rabbi’s son stopped caring for his father to ensure his own survival. On the twenty kilometer run from Bruna to Gleiwitz, Rabbi Eliahou fell behind and was separated from his son. His son didn’t stop for him. Wiesel believes that the Rabbis son had to free himself of a burden that reduced his own chance for survival. As this thought occurs to him Wiesel writes, “And in spite of myself, a prayer formed inside me, a prayer to this God in whom I no longer believed. "Oh God, Master of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahu's son has done."” The thoughts however do cross his mind and he is ashamed of them. He conquers these thoughts and remains devoted to his father until his death. But after his father death Wiesel admits relief: “I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I was out of tears. And deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like: Free at

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You see”I cried. (Wiesel, 1258) that was elie trying to wake up his father s he is not thrown of the cart in the cold snow even though Elie must be so tired and took all his energy to do so. The way they felt about their father during their imprisonment. I woke from my apathy just at the moment when two men came up to my father”(1258) Elie didn’t hesitate at all to save his father's life from the Nazi soldiers.

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In the novel, “Night” Elie Wiesel communicates with the readers his thoughts and experiences during the Holocaust. Wiesel describes his fight for survival and journey questioning god’s justice, wanting an answer to why he would allow all these deaths to occur. His first time subjected into the concentration camp he felt fear, and was warned about the chimneys where the bodies were burned and turned into ashes. Despite being warned by an inmate about Auschwitz he stayed optimistic telling himself a human can’t possibly be that cruel to another human.

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Prompt 1: During Mr. Wiesel’ stay in Buna he was posed with many internal conflicts, some of which include his faith in God and loyalty to his father. Both were equally haunting to Mr. Wiesel, but perhaps the most daunting and difficult was his deteriorating loyalty to his father. During the evacuation of Buna, Eliezer notices that Rabbi Eliahu’s son has abandoned him and states a prayer to God saying,’Oh God, Master Of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahu’s son has done. ”(Wiesel, 91) However, this was not to be, because after this experience the reader finds young Eliezer’s loyalty to his father decreasing until finally he does what he proclaimed he would never do, abandon his father when he needed him the most

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”I did not weep and it pained me the i could not weep. But i was out of tears. And deep inside me, if i could i have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, i might have found something like: Free at last!... ” When his father died Elie wasn't sad all he could think of was the weight that was lifted off his chest, that he no longer had to be constantly worried or tending on his

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In his memoir, Elie Wiesel writes, “Since my father's death, nothing mattered to me anymore” (113), showing that his reason for living had left him. He also states that he had “only one desire: to eat. [He] no longer thought of [his] father…” (113), which allows the reader to comprehend that with no reason to live, instinct had taken over. Somehow, he indifferently fought to survive, but it was very clear that his beliefs on life had changed

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Although an individual may pursue a path of accountability and generosity at the commencement of his or her tribulations, Wiesel suggests that increasingly-challenging situations will encourage an individual to direct oneself onto a trail of self-protection and personal survival. As the vicious events of the memoir unfolded, the effect of the miserable conditions of the Holocaust is exemplified by numerous characters. Furthermore, the development and the disintegration of Eliezer’s relationship with his father demonstrates the colossal effect that brutal mistreatment has on individuals. Night adeptly and authentically illustrates the dangers of inhumanity and war and is a painful reminder of the consequences of destruction and depravity upon one’s

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Eliezer Wiesel loses his confidence in god, family and humankind through the encounters he has from the Nazi death camp. Eliezer loses confidence in god. He battles physically and rationally forever and no more accepts there is a divine being. "Never should I overlook those minutes which killed my god and my spirit and turned my fantasies to dust..."(pg 32). Elie endeavored to spare himself and asks god commonly to bail him and take him out of his hopelessness.

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“I realized that he did not want to see what they were going to do to me. He did not want to see the burning of his only son”(42). When Eliezer arrives at Auschwitz, the separation of his family puts an emotional toll on his father since he realizes that only him and Eliezer are still alive. This will be a catalyst to their relationship becoming stronger as they endure more together. Elie Wiesel, the author of the novel Night writes his own personal accounts of experiencing the Holocaust through the character Eliezer.

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In the book Night, Elie Wiesel describes his struggles as a Jew in a concentration camp using a depressing and serious tone, meant to reflect the horrific conditions the Jews were forced to face and the theme that adversity can cause a loss in faith. From the time Elie first arrived at the camp and heard everyone saying prayers, to when the young pipel was hung, and even when the Jews had to make the long, arduous, trek to the other camp, the reader could see his faith dwindling as he continued to question where his God was and why he wasn’t helping the Jews. Not only was a lack of faith evident in Elie himself, but the other Jews around him, even the priests, were having trouble believing in their God. Elie’s disheartened and somber tone

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It is a common assumption among numerous people in the world that the Holocaust never existed. In fact, almost fifty percent of the world population never even heard of the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel helped people around the world learn about the Holocaust through his book “Night.” He wanted people to see the bravery, courage, and guilt of the Jews through his book. “Night” shows the horrific and malicious acts in the German concentration camps during the Holocaust.

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Night Paper Assignment Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a tragic memoir that details the heinous reality that many persecuted Jews and minorities faced during the dark times of the Holocaust. Not only does Elie face physical deprivation and harsh living conditions, but also the innocence and piety that once defined him starts to change throughout the events of his imprisonment in concentration camp. From a boy yearning to study the cabbala, to witnessing the hanging of a young child at Buna, and ultimately the lack of emotion felt at the time of his father 's death, Elie 's change from his holy, sensitive personality to an agnostic and broken soul could not be more evident. This psychological change, although a personal journey for Elie, is one that illustrates the reality of the wounds and mental scars that can be gained through enduring humanity 's darkest times.

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Throughout the memoir, Wiesel talks about how disgusted he is with how the conditions he and the rest of the prisoners are in have destroyed family bonds and have made everyone selfish and destroyed any compassion they’ve had for each other. He believes that the family bond should be strong and constant, like the bond he has with his father. He continuously explains how he felt like his father depended on him, and that it was his own responsibility to care for his father as much as he could by staying alive as long as possible. On page 86 while talking about how his father was the only reason he wouldn’t let himself die, he says, “ I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me?

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Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night tells the personal tale of his account of the inhumanity and brutality the Nazis showed during the Holocaust. Night depicts the story of a young Jew from the small town of Sighet named Eliezer. Wiesel and his family are deported to the concentration camp known as Auschwitz. He must learn to survive with his father’s help until he finds liberation from the horror of the camp. This memoir, however, hides a greater lesson that can only be revealed through careful analyzation.

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Elie Wiesel suspects that God is letting him go through such a situation. Wiesel begins losing faith in God. For example, Wiesel stated,”What are you, my God? I thought angrily. How do you compare to this stricken mass gathered to affirm to you their faith, their anger, their defiance?....

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This was wh it was common to lose one’s self and descen into madness at Auschwitz, it was an escape from the reality and torture of the truth of their situation and fate. By being there for each other, Elie Wiesel and his dad can face their lives without drowning in it 's hopelessness. Both father and son have reason to give up and die, but the existence of the their love for each other provides enough reason to persevere. Broken from dehumanization and fueled by self preservation, Elie Wiesel is forced to give up his love for his father in trade for his survival. “He continued to call me…

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