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The Similarities Between Night And The Movie Fateless

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More than thirteen million people from many different region (plural form) were killed during the Holocaust. People that survived the concentration camps in Nazi Germany were a testament to the resilience of the human soul. From the book Night (italicize) by Elie Wiesel and the film Fateless (italicize) by Imre Kertész, both shows (past tense) the story of a young teenage boy who was a victim of and lived through the Holocaust. Although the two young teenage boy (plural form), Elie Wiesel and Gyorgy Koves, survived the horrors of the Holocaust, their horrific experiences and struggles in the concentration camps were unimaginable. Through the process, it had made them a much more mature person, (don’t need comma) and not the young teenage boy …show more content…

Elie was fifteen years old and Gyorgy was fourteen years old, (don’t need comma) before they got sent to the camps. Upon the arrival to the camp, both of them were fortune (wrong choice of word) that someone informed them to lied (present tense) about their age so that they do not get send straight to the gas chambers. Although both of them were very confused about the situation, they both followed with what they were told to do. As a result, Elie becomes (past tense) an eighteen and Gyorgy becomes (past tense) a fifteen, which helped them continue their life (plural form) in the …show more content…

Knowing that there is someone that he is familiar with, being there to support and look after him (this is an incomplete sentence). In comparison to Elie, Gyorgy was sent to the camp with people that he is unfamiliar with, and knowing that he has to suck up everything that happens (past tense) throughout his day by himself. Although he was fortune (wrong choice of word) to meet some new friends along his days in the camps, yet it cannot be compared with Elie that he was able to share and talk to his dad for a little bit before they all go to bed (this is a run on sentence). In addition, Elie’s dad was constantly still doing a parent’s job, even after a horrible day, always taking care of his son and, (don’t need comma) making sure he is feeling alright and have enough food to eat. Despite the fact that Gyorgy did not have anyone familiar being with him, he met some great people that had helped him through the days. Which is where he later finds the kindness in people. And Because Elie had his dad around with him, I did not see much of him interacting with the people in the camps. Instead, Elie would constantly think about his dad and always trying (use a verb in past tense) to find his dad, so he can talk with him. Likewise, if it were me, I would be doing the same because I would be afraid of the days left for me to spend with my mom and I

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When they first arrived at Auschwitz Elie and his father looked to each other for support and survival, Sometimes Elie’s father being the only thing keeping him alive. In their old community Elie’s father was a strong-willed and respected community leader, as the book went on you could see how the roles were becoming reversed he was becoming weaker and more reliant on Elie to take care of him. Their father son bond had always been strong and only grew stronger with the things they had to endure. “My God, Lord of the Universe, give me strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou’s son has done” Elie was disgusted when he saw Rabbi Eliahou’s son abandon his father to help improve his chances of his survival he prayed he’d never do such a thing, but as his father becoming progressively more reliant on Elie he started to see his father as more of a burden than anything else.

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