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Reflective Essay On Night By Elie Wiesel

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Reet Kaur Mrs. Ainge English 9.1 3-27-23 Night Reflective Essay How does one survive the holocaust? What motivates them after losing so much? Is it God? Is it the desire for free will once again? This issue is explored in Night, by Elie Wiesel. This book follows the life of a 15-year-old Jewish boy named Elie as he experiences his life turned upside down due to his religious beliefs. For him to survive a period of pain and suffering, he needs to have faith, his father, and learn to adapt to his new surroundings. Firstly, Elie’s faith gives him hope and strength during the darkest moments of his imprisonment. It provides him with a sense of purpose and a reason to keep going, even when everything seems hopeless. In the novel, it states, …show more content…

Throughout their time in the concentration camps, Wiesel’s father provided him with emotional support and encouraged him to keep going. In the novel, it states, “I decided to give my father lessons in marching in step, in keeping time. We began practicing in front of our block… The inmates made fun of us: ‘Look at the little officer, teaching the old man to march’” (Wiesel 55). This quote explains how Elie is helping his father learn how to march properly to prevent him from getting beaten which shows that Elie has a motive for wanting to stay alive to help his father. In the text, it also states, “‘Here, take this knife,’ he said. ‘I won’t need it anymore. You may find it useful. Also take this spoon. Don’t sell it. Quickly! Go ahead, take what I’m giving you! My inheritance…” (Wiesel 75). This excerpt shows the bond between Elie and his father and how even though his father doesn’t have much, he still is willing to pass on something for Elie to inherit. Their bond and his father’s encouragement have given Elie a sense of purpose and have helped him endure the hardships of the concentration …show more content…

As conditions worsened, Wiesel became more resourceful and learned how to navigate the concentration camp system. In the text, it states, “‘A-7713!’ I stepped forward. ‘A crate!’ he ordered. They brought a crate ‘Lie down on it! On your belly!’ I obeyed. I no longer felt anything except the lashes of the whip” (Wiesel 57). This quote explains how he has dealt with a brutal punishment before and has learned to follow the system. Therefore, through his experiences, he has learned how to obtain extra food and clothing, how to avoid punishment, and how to stay

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The men marched like there was no tomorrow. During the march many died because the bad weather conditions. Each man marched in harsh condition such as heavy snow and cold winds. Some men died from dysentery or being trampled over because they couldn't keep up with the march. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie, a teenage boy, is forced into a concentration camp with his father.

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His father, in spite of his son’s help, felt that Elie should help himself and leave him be. His father began to lose his hope, for he knew his end was near. This was because he began to grow weaker and weaker. Elie had witnessed someone proclaim that he was glad that his father had finally died because now he was free and he could look out for himself now. Elie still kept his hope for his father and promised himself that he would never do the

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Elie had a close relationship with his father, and his death left him feeling alone and abandoned. The memoir depicts the heartbreaking scene of Elie's father's slow decline and eventual death. This event had a profound effect on Elie, and he struggled to come to terms with his loss. The emotional impact of this event is evident in Elie's writing, which conveys a sense of grief and despair. These events are not just significant to Elie but have a broader relevance to our world today.

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It becomes clear that Elie’s father will die without the care and attention he is providing him. Eli becomes conflicted over the fact that it is becoming too difficult to keep his father alive. Elie admits he believes, “Yet at the same time I 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 fight for my own survival, to take care only of myself”( Wiesel 106). Elie begins to face the issue of either choosing his survival or to continue fighting to keep his father alive.

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His father was the only thing that kept him going - had he not been with him, Elie would have given in by now - he had already lost his faith. His father’s life was the only thing that kept Elie strong. His love for his father prevented him from becoming self-obsessed. This point in the novel, when Elie and his father work together, was the highest point of their relationship. They worked together - always - to solve

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On the final page of Night, after nearly a year of starvation, forced labor, and torture; as well as, the loss of his mother, father, and sister, Wiesel is liberated. He recalls, “Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. That’s all we thought about. No thoughts of revenge, or parents. Only bread”(115).

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After Elie’s father died in Buchenwald, Elie almost gave up, “Suddenly, the evidence overwhelmed me: there was no longer any reason to live, to fight”(Wiesel 99). His father’s death completely changed Elie’s mentality towards the fight for freedom, Elie did not see any reason to keep fighting after his father’s death. Even though there was no reason for Elie to keep fighting, he continued to try to survive in this very difficult world that he lived

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