Elie Wiesel Compare And Contrast Essay

6 million Jewish people died during the Holocaust and there were hundreds of camp-heads responsible for killing them. Approximately 900,000 survived and Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 of them. Most of the survivors, however, the red army liberated, one of those people being Elie Wiesel. Both of these men went through separate conflicts that tore them away from their family and friends. Together they dealt with inner and outer struggles. The differences between Schindler's and Elie’s reactions, family and conflicts are both major and minor.

The first comparison is family obligations and the way both men handled their home lives. Elie lost his mother and both his sisters when they first arrived at a concentration camp. Therefore, what we know about events taking place before the Holocaust, Elie’s mother and sisters, cannot be included in the discussion; they are not in our knowledge. During the concentration, Elie did everything in his power to survive for his family, mostly for his father. On page 55, the author told us Elie's father didn’t serve in the military; meaning he could not march in step. Elie proceeded to teach his father to march in step so he could avoid further beatings. His dedication and obligation to his family is the reason Elie and his father survived …show more content…
In one scene in “Schindler’s List”, Schindler’s wife asks him if he will promise that she will never be called anything other than Mrs. Schindler. She did not like being mistaken for anything other than “Mrs Schindler”.He could not promise that. It later leads to her moving back instead of staying way him. He then takes several mistresses throughout the whole film. Schindler had very little dedication to family matters. Elie's family life was more included in “Night” than Schindler's family life was in “Schindler's List” ,making it hard to do a fair