Night, a critically acclaimed novel by award-winning author Elie Wiesel has many similarities with the play based on Jewish life, Fiddler on the Roof. The Jewish community has stuck together and has based their life on traditions even when they have gone through hardships, but did question God at crucial moments. In both the book and the play, the Jews are disrupted and are forced out of their homes not by choice. Both of the works show the importance of faith and family.
The evacuation of the Jews and other races considered unfit started in the late 1930s and ended in the late 1940s by the control of Adolf Hitler. The Jewish community was singled out along with the mentally handicapped, crippled, and the gypsies. The Holocaust killed more than six million Jews alone. Elie Wiesel is a Jew who went through the terror of the Holocaust and its concentration camps, that he tells in his book, “Night.” Elie Wiesel grew up with his family in Sighet, Transylvania. Wiesel and his family were deported to the concentration camps in 1944. Wiesel was held in a few different concentration camps until the Jews were liberated in April, 1945. Wiesel’s faith was tested at this time there . He wondered why God was doing this: “Blessed be God's name? Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves? Because he kept six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy Days? During his time in the concentration camps, he had to go through death, starvation, beatings, and misery. Through the book, Wiesel mentions he lost his faith, but persevered through the Lord. For example, “I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him …show more content…
The times are changing and He has a large family (of girls), and is sometimes overruled by his wife. His daughters want to be more independent, and as they realize that they are no longer little girls they voice their own opinions about what should be fair in their lives. When it comes for marriage, it is custom for the parents to decide on who they will marry, but change does happen and the daughters pick who they want to marry with their fathers blessing, of course. Just to show a sample of Reb Tevye’s adjust to change is when one of the daughters asks permission to marry and these were the thoughts he had, “He loves her. Love, it's a new starting. On the other hand, our old ways were once new, weren't they? On the other hand, they decided without parents, without the matchmaker. On the other hand, did Adam and Eve have a matchmaker? Oh, yes they did. And it seems these two have the same Matchmaker.” Reb Tevye understands now and agreed. During those times, the non-Jewish people were friends and got along. In the movie, they were a honest and decent person even if you are Jewish as seen in Fiddler on the Roof. In Night, a person who was not Jewish came to their window to tell them when to leave when they were informed they had to leave their home. These two works of literature are staples in the history of Judaism and will still have an impact for time to
The evacuation of the Jews and other races considered unfit started in the late 1930s and ended in the late 1940s by the control of Adolf Hitler. The Jewish community was singled out along with the mentally handicapped, crippled, and the gypsies. The Holocaust killed more than six million Jews alone. Elie Wiesel is a Jew who went through the terror of the Holocaust and its concentration camps, that he tells in his book, “Night.” Elie Wiesel grew up with his family in Sighet, Transylvania. Wiesel and his family were deported to the concentration camps in 1944. Wiesel was held in a few different concentration camps until the Jews were liberated in April, 1945. Wiesel’s faith was tested at this time there . He wondered why God was doing this: “Blessed be God's name? Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves? Because he kept six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy Days? During his time in the concentration camps, he had to go through death, starvation, beatings, and misery. Through the book, Wiesel mentions he lost his faith, but persevered through the Lord. For example, “I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him …show more content…
The times are changing and He has a large family (of girls), and is sometimes overruled by his wife. His daughters want to be more independent, and as they realize that they are no longer little girls they voice their own opinions about what should be fair in their lives. When it comes for marriage, it is custom for the parents to decide on who they will marry, but change does happen and the daughters pick who they want to marry with their fathers blessing, of course. Just to show a sample of Reb Tevye’s adjust to change is when one of the daughters asks permission to marry and these were the thoughts he had, “He loves her. Love, it's a new starting. On the other hand, our old ways were once new, weren't they? On the other hand, they decided without parents, without the matchmaker. On the other hand, did Adam and Eve have a matchmaker? Oh, yes they did. And it seems these two have the same Matchmaker.” Reb Tevye understands now and agreed. During those times, the non-Jewish people were friends and got along. In the movie, they were a honest and decent person even if you are Jewish as seen in Fiddler on the Roof. In Night, a person who was not Jewish came to their window to tell them when to leave when they were informed they had to leave their home. These two works of literature are staples in the history of Judaism and will still have an impact for time to