Similarities Between Purple Hibiscus And Night Elie Wiesel

This essay will focus on the system of power of oppression being present in a governmental institution dwindling down to a single house hold. Analyzing this main premise using two young adult literary works that touch on both of these overarching social injustices; the books being Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Night Elie Wiesel. This essay will assume that the plots of both novels are already widely know, therefore the essay will proceed as follows: a brief introduction of each novel, a deconstruction of each novel and their connection to oppression in society in their specific historical perspective, and concluding with a joint comparison of both novels. The purpose of this essay will be to demonstrate that both these novels …show more content…
Wiesel received the Noble Peace Prize for his work, specifically this memoir. The memoir is set in 1943, World War II being in full swing. Elie is a young Jewish boy growing in Sighet, Transylvania, a town close to the Hungarian border, is primary person in the memoir. The story mainly touches on the time he has in the concentration camp of Auschwitz. Many parts are disturbing and hard to fully believe they were real; it is a true expository of human malice and sins against humanity. Elie is quickly separated from his mother and sister early in the memoir, he is left with his father. They go through many horrible ordeals where the next situation is worse than the previous. They prolong their survival by being strong and believing in each other, depending on each other. There are moments where Elie loses his faith in God witnessing gross acts performed by Nazi officers and that is notable because the memoir begins by flaunting his devoted commitment to his religion and faith. The purpose of this memoir in this essay is to fully expose those crimes against humanity, the crystal clear and multiple signs of oppression against a minority group, almost eradicating the whole Jewish population of