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    People will do anything and everything it takes to survive, and when confronted with a traumatic situation, people begin to think more about their own safety than the safety of others. With the approach of first-person narratives in both Night by Elie Wiesel and The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, the reader can hear about and recount the events as they happened from the individual’s perspectives the way that those individuals experienced the events. In Night, where Elie recounts his…

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    The book, Night, by Elie Wiesel, became a bestseller and was translated into several languages and released around the world. In this memoir, Wiesel describes all the hardships he and his father faced during the Holocaust. This book is so moving, that Sara Pisak, Assistant Opinion Editor of The Beacon, said, “Night should be required reading not only for every student or lover of literature but every human being as it portrays important life and literary elements.” I could not agree more with…

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    In Night by Elie Wiesel, a man gives his first-hand experience during the Holocaust. He goes from a young boy to a man that goes through horrible experiences. And in the end, survives them all. In this novel, Elie’s relationships with multiple people change. One of his relationships that change is his relationship with his father. In the beginning before they had went to the concentration camps, Elie and his father’s relationship is difficult. His father tells him he can not study Kabbalah.…

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    The Holocaust was a tough time for many people, and about close to six million people had lost their lives from it, including many children and women. In the memoir, Night, by Elie Wiesel, who is the main character, faces many hardships in internment camps along with his family. Elie and his family struggle to get through there time at the internment camp, but manage to help and survive with each others support. Elie had changed periodically throughout the novel spiritually, mentally, and…

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    Night Persuasive Letter

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    Dear Mr, Elie Wiesel. My English recently finished your book "Night", one of the few survivor stories of the Holocaust. The Holocaust is the epitome of genocide, which always begins with an idea and like a wildfire, it grows. I've had a chance to observe this mentality amongst others. Discrimination among differences still exists. Sadly, many leaders of today still decide to coexist within their hearts the same evil that gave birth to unimaginable. We cannot even begin to comprehend that, the…

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    A Night Divided Summary

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    The main focus in “A Night Divided” is a historical fiction informing life in East Germany during the time of the Berlin Wall. This novel was about a 12-year-old girl, Gerta, which had her family divided due to the Berlin Wall. Gerta, her mother, and her brother, live in the Eastern side of Germany, controlled by the Soviets. Gerta’s dream is to be united with her family and leave this place they all once called home. But one day Gerta’s hopes got up. Her father was pantomiming a dance. A dance…

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    American-Romanian writer and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel in his serious and critical speech, “The Perils Of Indifferences,” suggests that indifference is dangerous and indifference can cause great suffering to another person, which is why indifference should be stop to further prevent more harm. He develops his message by narrating his experiences in the concentration camp, providing himself credibility to further explain the issue that has happened. Furthermore, Wiesel elaborates on the…

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    Nobody knows when their last breathe is, how they will die or if they would be “selected”. Everyone slowing dying of torment and lack of food. Everyone slowing wondering when their last day to live is in this unhumanity labor camps. The brutal acts by the Nazis with extremely cruel behavior. Elie describes the terrifying experiences and what he suffered as a Jewish. He recounts those unfortunates who experienced it. Not knowing if you will see your family again. Now till this day, still in fear…

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    Elie Wiesel, the boy who lived. At age 15, he and his family of four were taken from their lives to be sent to concentration camps. Thrown head first into a new reality, Elie did not know much. He knew not of what lie ahead of him on this treacherous journey through hell. The beginning of Elie’s new life had now been stowed upon him. All devastation commenced once the towns people were stripped from their rights and lifestyles. Being forced upon travel carts to where ever they are sent to. It…

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    Elie Wiesel once wrote “Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.” This quote came from his book “Night” which was about his experience is the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War 2. In Wiesel’s novel night a tragic theme is dehumanization. Throughout the novel dehumanization occurs when the Jewish community is loaded into cattle cars,stripped of most of their personal belongings, and got tattoos of their number. In the novel the whole Jewish community was loaded…

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