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    Going through hardships that are the magnitude of the Holocaust would be a true test of any relationship. This idea is displayed in the memoir Night, penned by Elie Wiesel . Throughout their time at the concentration camps, Elie Wiesel and his father endured the treachery of the Holocaust while relying on each other for much needed support. Naturally, Wiesel and his father grew closer than they have ever been as this pivotal moment changed their lives forever. Elie Wiesel’s will to survive…

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    There are many events in the world everyday that can affect a child’s innocence. In Elie Wiesel’s Night, Elie demonstrates how the concentration camps has changed his view of many different aspects on life and how he has to change himself to survive the horrific events of Aushwitz. Elie’s loss of innocence contributes directly to the survival of the Holocaust. Elie’s loss of innocence is shown when he has to change his beliefs between right and wrong, when he witnesses events that even adults…

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    The Holocaust inspired many works of art such as the memoir Night and the poem “Mercy and Grace,” which both show how faith and religion declined with the Jewish people, with the more suffering, and torture they endured. For example, in the memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel, a Jewish citizen of Sighet, and a Holocaust survivor, is watching the world slowly drip into chaos. Often times in his society, people are being dragged to concentration camps, and their families are separated. Then, as Wiesel…

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    Language of the Night “Conjure[ing] up other verbs, other images, other silent cries” (xi) Wiesel demonstrates that he has a tight grip on the concept of imagery and figurative language in his book, Night. Similes, metaphors, and personification are used the most to develop the terror of his experience and stress that it must not happen again to anyone else. The Holocaust was the mass genocide and enslavement of six million Jews and six million others who were not deemed perfect in Adolf…

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    Elie Wiesel a survivor of the holocaust write a essay explain why he writes. In the essay Wiesel believe that the victims of a tragedy lives within a survivor's words. For the rest of the world hold indifference or disregard for the matter. In order to overcome the oppressor that made this tragedy he keep the memories of the victims living on , have evidence that these victims to the world.This job are bond to all survivors of a tragedy , it not a chosen occupation for them in actuality they…

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    “Faster, you tramps, you flea-ridden dogs!” is one of the belittled comments Elie Wiesel endured on one of his last Nazi marches. The Nazis belittled and dehumanized anyone who was different then them. Wiesel accounted many stories on his encounter of dehumanization, from sleeping on straw layered bunks, endless runs, being constantly filthy, barely any food, to being tortured and gassed, and also having your religious views taken from you. All of these can ruin a person not only externally but…

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    Survival Compassion is necessary for survival in the book Night. Compassion leads a big part in the way this book is made. Elie and his father went through many life challenges in order to survive. Elie showed compassion throughout the whole thing showing that he wasn’t going to let his father go, and that he wasn’t going to give up. Elie had to step up and help his father not give up and to keep pushing through it because they will get out of the camp one day. The book Night by Elie Wiesel…

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    Night in the book is expressing the dark times of the holocaust which caused many miseries and horrendous pain and death to numerous of jews that have been captured because of their beliefs and religion. The title can be interpreted both literally and figuratively for the meaning of night because the book has inferior effects happening there and figuratively, there was darkness coming to the jews which risked them their lives. In other words, this memoir was one of the dark ages for everyone in…

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    "Look! Look at this fire! This terrible fire! Have mercy on me!” ( Weizel 25). Throughout the novel “Night”, Wiezel attempts to symbolize the importance of fire. Representing this quote, fire represented hatred by presenting disaster as cruel nazism occurred and the death it upholds. By looking at the use of fire throughout the book, it is clear to see that the author uses this word to symbolize death and cruelty which is important because the word is referenced multiple times throughout the…

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    Night I.C.E. Imagine someone studying for a test, like a final exam. It is common knowledge that studying for a test as big as a final is very stressful and an intense situation to have to deal with, considering all the reading, writing, and note taking they have to take since final exams are very important. In the story Night, there are many situations that are far more intense like getting whipped because of someone’s carelessness or having to run on an almost empty stomach or be shot. The…

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