Differences And Similarities Between Night And Night By Elie Wiesel

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Before WW11, As the German government and community were collapsing, Adolf Hitler rose to power. He soon convinced his followers that Jews were a threat and needed to be killed. The Holocaust was the mass killings of 6 million innocent jews, led by Adolf Hitler. These were innocent people just like us that the Nazi Germans believed were undesirable. They were killed, beaten, starved, and tortured.Life is Beautiful and Night are both stories involving families trying to survive the Holocaust. The book Night and the movie Life is Beautiful, is that the tone, the conclusion, and the relationship between Joshua and Elie all are all very similar and different at the same time. Both portray themes of sacrifice, hope, and love and the effects it has when in terrible situations.
The relationship between Joshua and Elie are very different,unique, and similar. Both were young children, Eli was 14 and Joshua 4. They were meant to be killed as they were very young and Nazis saw them as no use, but were snuck in and both were with their loving fathers. Also Joshua and
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I believe the book, Night was most successful in showing me the horrors of the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel 's book, Night showed us how terribly tragic the holocaust was in his experience. I believe he wrote this book to try to prevent this terrible event from ever happening again. Life is Beautiful was not most successful in showing me the suffering and torture that the prisoners had to endure, but instead taught me about how love for someone can make you sacrifice your life for them. Throughout Life is Beautiful and Night hope, love, and sacrifice all became very apparent, it is shown in both of how it can either strengthen and or weaken in terrible

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