Execution In Ellie Wiesel's Night

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In the book Night by Ellie Wiesel a young boy describes his experiences as a Jew in concentration camps during World War II. Wiesel had seen many bad things in life. The two executions were the worst. Both, executions were similar, but the reactions of the prisoners during the executions were different. The first execution I am going to talk about is the first Wiesel saw. The reason of the hanging is the condemned stole something during an alert. So the head of the camp condemned him to death. Two Prisoners had assisted the execution for two extra plates of food. During the execution Wiesel remembered Juliek whispered “Do you think the ceremony will be over soon because I’m hungry?”(59). the prisoners put the noose around the condemned’s

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