One Lie In The Book Night By Elie Wiesel

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As children we were taught the good and the bad. We were taught to be good with others, to say please, and thank you, but more than anything to be honest. One of the biggest most unacceptable matter was to lie. We could not lie, no matter how big or how small it was, it is still considered to be bad, but what if one lie could turn to be something good. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, a true told story, Elie a young teenager trying to survive the Holocaust tells how he lied to a fellow prisoner in Auschwitz, Stein. Stein is a relative back in Antwerp he recognizes Elie and his father when they arrived in Auschwitz, he was very thrilled to see them. Elie’s father did not recognize him, but Elie did. Stein tells Elie and his father

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