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Tension In Night By Elie Wiesel

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Eliezer and his father
The Jews situation caused tension. Sons were abandoning fathers, and man lacked compassion towards others. Eliezer gave up on his father after being pressured indirectly by the Rabbi’s son whom was running away from his father, and directly by one of the Nazi guards. “Listen to me, kid. Dont forget that you are in a concentration camp. It’s every man for himself, you can’t think of others...not even your father....you cannot help him anymore...In fact, you should be getting his rations.”(Night p. 110) Eliezer had to deal with his father being constantly beaten by Nazi guards and other prisoners specially when his dad had dysentery and was unable to get out of bed. Eliezer cared about his father, and just the thought of giving up on his father filled him with guilt. “ You could have two rations of bread, two rations of soup... It was only a fraction of a second, but it left me feeling guilty.” (Night p 111) After his father’s death Eliezer recalls thinking he was free, and in a way he was free. By giving up on his father, Eliezer relieved himself of stress caused inadvertently by his father.
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Schachter, a Jew on the trains transporting the Jews to Birkenau, aroused feelings of unease during the night she yelled on the train. Normally the Jews would show her sympathy, considering she lost some of her family, and “lost her mind.” (Night p. 24) The Jews were uncomfortable, scared, and troubled, so they soon resorted to violence in effort to quiet Mrs Schacter. “Once again, the young men bound and gagged her. When they struck people shouted their approval:... She received several blows to the head, blows that could have been lethal.”(Night p. 26)Some of the inmates killed other people, even family, for food because they were so

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