Night By Elie Wiesel Analysis

In the book Night, Elie Wiesel shows a great deal of compassion and a heap of compassion is shown to him by other people in order to survive. Compassion is necessary for survival. Compassion helps Elie survive the holocaust. Compassion is defined as a concern for someone or something. It is told from the perspective of Elie. It tells the story of a nation of people in the holocaust who are bound together by their love for each other, the land, and faith. The Jews were used as pawns by the Nazis and compassion is shown to show the courage of the Elie.
Compassion is shown to Elie and his father by Meir Katz. Meir Katz is a tall gardener and a friend of Elie’s dad. Elie and his father needed compassion shown towards them during the ride to Buna. A random man on the train ride tried to strangle Elie. Meir Katz helped Elie get the random man off of him. Later Meir Katz tells Elie’s father “Shlomo, I am getting weak, my strength is gone. I won’t make it” (102). Elie and his father show Meir Katz compassion because he was losing strength. “Don’t give in!” My father tried to encourage him. “You must resist! Don’t lose faith in …show more content…
The young pole said truthful things to the Jews and called them comrades to make them feel better and make it look like everything will be okay.” Comrades, you are now in the concentration camp Auschwitz. Ahead of you lies a long paved with suffering. Don’t lose hope. We shall see the day of liberation. Have faith, a thousand times of faith”. The young pole gave the Jews Tips in order to survive the concentration camp Auschwitz. “Let there be camaraderie among you. We are all brothers and share the same fate. The same smoke hovers over all our heads. Help each other. That is the only way to survive”. The young pole was later removed from that block. This compassion is important to the story because it helps some Jews to