Night Essay When faced with the task of survival, many people tend to lose hope and become selfish. Night is set during World War II, and the author/protagonist, Elie Wiesel, describes his time in the concentration camps and what happens to him and his family. Author Wiesel uses key ideas such as conflict, figurative language, and point of view to get his theme of family and fear across . These camps take their toll on him as he becomes more and more heartless throughout his time there. In his time within the camp Elie witnesses many horrendous things including violence among the other prisoners. Elie sees many prisoners fight, and their conflict creates many problems for him and his father. When the SS officers had thrown the piece of
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After the hanging of the pipel, the prisoners mourned for his loss, “That night the soup tasted of corpses” (Weisel 65). The pipel was under one of the leaders of the camp, generally the leaders were ruthless, but this one was nice and caring. The pipel was a loved person throughout the camp and he was hanged due to a suspicion that he was leading a resistance force. The entire camp mourned for his loss and it showed that the same fate was to befall those who went against the camp and its beliefs. Food was immensely scarce and so when two cauldrons of soup were left out the prisoners felt as if the prisoners were “Two sheep with hundreds of wolves lying in wait for them. Two lambs without a shepherd, free for the taking. But who would dare?” (Weisel 59). Fear of the SS officers kept the prisoners in check. Even though the soup was free for the taking anyone who approached the soup was shot dead. The prisoners must have kept their needs at bay or the prisoners would have been killed. Having any power in the camps was not common at all but, the one chance the prisoners and Elie had was blocked by a bombing raid and the fact that the prisoners would be shot by the SS officers. By now Elie learned that there was no leaving and that he must endure the punishment and fear of the SS officers if he ever wanted to
After the hanging of the pipel, the prisoners mourned for his loss, “That night the soup tasted of corpses” (Weisel 65). The pipel was under one of the leaders of the camp, generally the leaders were ruthless, but this one was nice and caring. The pipel was a loved person throughout the camp and he was hanged due to a suspicion that he was leading a resistance force. The entire camp mourned for his loss and it showed that the same fate was to befall those who went against the camp and its beliefs. Food was immensely scarce and so when two cauldrons of soup were left out the prisoners felt as if the prisoners were “Two sheep with hundreds of wolves lying in wait for them. Two lambs without a shepherd, free for the taking. But who would dare?” (Weisel 59). Fear of the SS officers kept the prisoners in check. Even though the soup was free for the taking anyone who approached the soup was shot dead. The prisoners must have kept their needs at bay or the prisoners would have been killed. Having any power in the camps was not common at all but, the one chance the prisoners and Elie had was blocked by a bombing raid and the fact that the prisoners would be shot by the SS officers. By now Elie learned that there was no leaving and that he must endure the punishment and fear of the SS officers if he ever wanted to