Eliezer Exposed In Elie Wiesel's Night

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In Elie Wiesel’s Night. Eliezer and his father are now evacuating the camp trying to escape the Russians. During their escape the SS has them on the move at a high rate of speed causing men to fall and give up on themselves. What was told to them was if anyone stopped for a second they would be shot on sight. Eliezer’s father was getting tired of traveling and wanted to give up. Eliezer knew his father pretty good so when his father starting talking negative on how he wanted to stay put and not get up and go Eliezer felt anger and fear. “I knew I was no longer arguing with him but death itself, with death that he had already chosen” (Wiesel 123). Eliezer knew by his father’s words that no matter how much he wanted him to get up; there was

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