Author and Professor Elie Wiesel stated in his Nobel Peace Prize speech, “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented”(118). Suffering can be both mental and physical is many different ways. Physically, suffering can be described as feeling pain. God is supposedly making us suffer for future events but this book does not end out that way. Man has done way more harm than nature and God ever will and that statement is clearly shown throughout the book. Suffering tests Elie and his father to later show their true character. Elie and his father suffer physically from barely
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One example in Night where kindness is demonstrated is when Elie arrives at Auschwitz and realizes how good the conditions are at first. Elie cries, “‘Confidence soared. Suddenly we felt free of the previous nights’ terrors. We gave thanks to God’” (27). This can also be looked at as ironic because they were thinking that this was the last stop and that everything would be good here. He was told that families would not be separated and that everybody would find work. But of course in reality, people are being executed daily and the conditions are horrible. This moment relieves Elie of the previous horrors and is calming point for him of some sorts. Courage is also demonstrated in the book when Elie saves his father from dying in the selection. When arriving in Gleiwitz deprived of sleep, water and food Elie creates chaos so the SS officers become confused and unaware of what is happening. This gives Elie enough time to slip over to the execution side, grab his father, and go back over to the safe side thus saving his father from certain death. This action shows just how much Elie cares for his father and that he is not like Rabbi Eliahu son who ran away from him and that he actually cares very much for his father’s safety. Elie risked his life for his father’s. Elie describes what is happening, “‘The SS officers were doing the selection: the weak, to the left; those who walked well, to the right. My father was sent to the left. I ran after him. [...] Several SS men rushed to find me, creating such confusion that a number of people were able to switch over to the right--among them my father and I.’” (96). Finally, Elie is a character that represents hope despite the brutal conditions throughout the camp. Even though Elie went through some pretty terrifying stuff he still
One example in Night where kindness is demonstrated is when Elie arrives at Auschwitz and realizes how good the conditions are at first. Elie cries, “‘Confidence soared. Suddenly we felt free of the previous nights’ terrors. We gave thanks to God’” (27). This can also be looked at as ironic because they were thinking that this was the last stop and that everything would be good here. He was told that families would not be separated and that everybody would find work. But of course in reality, people are being executed daily and the conditions are horrible. This moment relieves Elie of the previous horrors and is calming point for him of some sorts. Courage is also demonstrated in the book when Elie saves his father from dying in the selection. When arriving in Gleiwitz deprived of sleep, water and food Elie creates chaos so the SS officers become confused and unaware of what is happening. This gives Elie enough time to slip over to the execution side, grab his father, and go back over to the safe side thus saving his father from certain death. This action shows just how much Elie cares for his father and that he is not like Rabbi Eliahu son who ran away from him and that he actually cares very much for his father’s safety. Elie risked his life for his father’s. Elie describes what is happening, “‘The SS officers were doing the selection: the weak, to the left; those who walked well, to the right. My father was sent to the left. I ran after him. [...] Several SS men rushed to find me, creating such confusion that a number of people were able to switch over to the right--among them my father and I.’” (96). Finally, Elie is a character that represents hope despite the brutal conditions throughout the camp. Even though Elie went through some pretty terrifying stuff he still