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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…

Through times of hardships the belief in God is tested but it is the person's choice to keep or let go of their faith .In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie goes through may be one of the toughest times in human history the Holocaust. one question that was reoccurring several times in the book was, how could I watch this happen to so many innocent juice. some axe why, some lose faith in the god they want to leave then, and some remain loyal and hope that God Will Save the Day, but that is what…

Night by Elie Wiesel is a powerful survivor story showing the true happenings of the Holocaust through the use of specific imagery and story-telling. While I have read other Holocaust literary pieces, I found his to stand out amongst the others. The words created scenes for you, showing the true terrors these people were going through daily. Wiesel was only a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in Sighet to be sent to Auschwitz and then later to Buchenwald. His testimony…

The book Night, written by Elie Wiesel, is a powerful memoir about the Holocaust. In his memoir Wiesel gives a first hand account of his experience in Auschwitz. The horrors he faced are described vividly and the effect it had on him is made clear in his memoir. From beginning to end, the memoir is intense and illuminating. Wiesel uses overstatement, or hyperbole, to evoke strong emotions in order to encourage people to treat everyone respect, so that the horrors of Auschwitz never happen again.…

Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, recounts the horrors of his time spent in concentration camps during the Jewish Holocaust. The emotionally raw, firsthand account of the horrors millions of Jews faced during the Holocaust gives a devastating point of view on how these experiences scar survivors, like Elie Wiesel, forever. Pushed to breaking points, both mental and physical, victims undergo shifts in personality and morals. Night examines the limits of human self awareness and the extents of which…

Part of being human is discovering particular aspects in life. Arthur Miller states,” Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.” However it is not possible to recognize an isolated trait as being the only accepted truth. Betrayal is not the only truth that sticks, because mankind needs a strong bond that is established by family values, forgiveness, and morality. Family values are one of the few key components in a relationship that can overpower betrayal. Even in unthinkable circumstances society…

Night is an autobiography by a man named Elie Wiesel. It’s a story about what Elie, his family, and millions of other Jews endured while the rest of the world turned their backs. Elie grew up in a small town Transylvania, Sighet and tells his story in what would be the boy version of when he was only fifteen. He has a conversation with Moishe the Beadle and is asked why he prays and Eliezer reply’s with “I don’t know.” He prays every day and night yet he cannot explain why he prays. He asks…

Amarah Stokes Loss Of Faith During The Night In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel two characters Eliezer and his father Mr.Wiesel’s faith are constantly getting tested while in the concentration camps that were located all throughout Germany. In these camps over six million Jews were killed. During their times in the concentration camps they lost faith, were brutalized, and got treated like objects. When Eliezer and his father were in the concentration camps they went through horrible and…

In the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, published in 1956, he talks about his life during the Holocaust in Auschwitz, Germany. After the first night of the concentration camp, Wiesel woke up by getting beaten, being told to run from one barrack to another. From getting soaked in disinfectant to having wearing clothes that cover you from almost being naked and from being there for more than 3 weeks, Wiesel stood wondering it was a dream. Throughout the book Night, Wiesel expresses his feelings by…

The Tiger Team is extremely honored to nominate Elie Brodine as April’s Phoenix of the Month. Elie is an amazing young woman. She has a growth mindset that can be seen in her classroom habits and personal writings. In her narrative entitled "Coming to Kemps Landing," she recalls dreaming about being accepted into a school for innovative learners. She understood that middle school would be tough, but did not worry. She had a strong desire to learn as much as possible. This is definitely…