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Persuasive Essay On The Book Night

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What would you do if you were trapped in a concentration camp? How would you react to this? How would you survive? How would you change that? In Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, Wiesel describes himself as caring. As his story progresses, he becomes more desensitized in response to seeing a horrific scene at a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. At the beginning of the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie is shown as caring towards others. In the book Elie spoke firmly, “I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it.” 33. This quote displays Elie’s caring way of thinking. He exclaims to his friends that he does not believe another human being could hurt someone like that. Elie shows his thoughtfulness and cares for others because he sees the good in humanity and refuses to …show more content…

When Elie was reflecting on his time in Auschwitz he said, “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live. ” Introduction. After walking into the concentration camp. Elie witnessed some very disturbing sights. But after a while, he became desensitized to these sights. Another instance of Elie becoming desensitized towards the end of the book is when he writes, “Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky” Introduction. Elie became unfazed by the sight of people being killed in Auschwitz. He no longer cared about what was happening around

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