Death In Elie Wiesel's Night

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In The book night by Elie wiesel one of the things he struggled the most is death or casualties during the holocaust. For example when his father died “I woke up at dawn on January 29 on my father's cot lay another sick person(wisel 112)”.the death the he witnessed each death killed his faith more and more. The death was the worst for Ellie because he was very faithful before then he lost a lot of faith in the end form the death and losses. “Since my father's death nothing mattered anymore (wisel 113)”. His father was his only life during the holocaust. He has felt nothing after the loss of his father and family. In the end Elie struggled very much but I think one of the most painful things for Elie was the death of others.

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