Elie Wiesel Inhumanity In Night

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In the memoir night, the narrator elie wiesel recounts a moment when he witnessed a boy sending his own father to the furnace. ” He was told to place his father in the furnace” (wiesel 35). This is very cruel for his son to kill his father for his weakness. This shows how inhuman the Germans were to the Jewish people. As the author describes, many other of inhumanity are revealed. Two significant themes related to inhumanity discussed in the book Night by elie wiesel are “lost of faith” and “becoming closer to loved ones”. One theme in night is that inhumanity can cause loss in faith for example, when the Germans tortured the Jews they had said that they have lost faith in god. No one believed in God anymore they no longer prayed for him or nothing. They lost faith in living and trying to survive. “I no longer accept how the Jewish people don’t care anymore and they are trying to kill themselves
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Even though you’re going through tough situations you still got to support the people you care about. “As for me i was thinking about death but more about being Seperated from my father” (Wiesel 82). All Elie wanted was not to be seperated from his father. He cared for him and didn’t want him to go somewhere else where he would never see him again. He always took care of him and made sure nothing bad happened to him. Elie always told the block officer to give him a job with his father. Elie was never seperated from his dad he was always by his side.”you are too young to work son said his father” (wiesel 61). Elie’s father was trying to explain to him that elie was too young to work but elie refused to be seperated from his father so he went to work. That showed that elie really cared for his dad. Lastly becoming closer to your loved ones is very important and you always have to care for one and

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