Night Eliezer Weisel and his families’ lives are changed forever when the Nazis invade Eliei’s small village of Sighet. DUring the span of only one year Elie loses all of his family, friends, and well-being. He struggles to keep his humanity, but in 1946 he is finally liberated. Two positive lessons that Elie learns is that he must always hold on to his humanity and that optimism is a powerful thing.
All throughout Night, Elie is struggling to holds on to his humanity as he watched his inmates minds and sanity disintegrate. In Chapter 4, Elie witnesses a man lose his life attempting to steal some extra soup during an air raid. “ Our hearts trembled with envy...Poor hero committed suicide for a ration or two of soup… Then for no apparent reason he let out a terrible scream, a death rattle such as I never heard…” Elie comments on how he too would’ve killed for another ration, but refused to succumb to the animalistic hunger and to just watch and survive. One od Elie’s most stand out traits is his bind optimism. Throughout the book, no matter what horrors were thrown at him, he kept his faith (for the most part)and will to live despite his situation. He may have had some dark moments, but in the end he pulled through. On page 105 he writes “I knew I was no …show more content…
Elie is now a nobel prize winner and world famous Human Rights Activist.
The book Night was a heartbreaking book to read. Witnessing all the horrors through Elie’s perspective made me learn to appreciate the time I live in today. From the little children being thrown into the crematoria, to the small child being hanged in the middle of their block and having to struggle for breath for 30 minutes, it was overwhelming, and almost unbelievable. While the time period I live in still has many problems to work on, we have improved and I appreciate
All throughout Night, Elie is struggling to holds on to his humanity as he watched his inmates minds and sanity disintegrate. In Chapter 4, Elie witnesses a man lose his life attempting to steal some extra soup during an air raid. “ Our hearts trembled with envy...Poor hero committed suicide for a ration or two of soup… Then for no apparent reason he let out a terrible scream, a death rattle such as I never heard…” Elie comments on how he too would’ve killed for another ration, but refused to succumb to the animalistic hunger and to just watch and survive. One od Elie’s most stand out traits is his bind optimism. Throughout the book, no matter what horrors were thrown at him, he kept his faith (for the most part)and will to live despite his situation. He may have had some dark moments, but in the end he pulled through. On page 105 he writes “I knew I was no …show more content…
Elie is now a nobel prize winner and world famous Human Rights Activist.
The book Night was a heartbreaking book to read. Witnessing all the horrors through Elie’s perspective made me learn to appreciate the time I live in today. From the little children being thrown into the crematoria, to the small child being hanged in the middle of their block and having to struggle for breath for 30 minutes, it was overwhelming, and almost unbelievable. While the time period I live in still has many problems to work on, we have improved and I appreciate