Torsten Wiesel

Inhumanity is witnessed all over the world. One particular time in history that inhumanity is apparent is during the Holocaust. In the novel Night, by Elie Wiesel, the life of a Jew in a concentration camp is witnessed first hand. The way the jews are treated shows how inhumane people can be. This inhumanity alters how the jews think and how they act. Inhumanity does not onlt alter the physical appearance, but the mental thoyught process. The jews were treated as animals. When they were…

When I was reading night with the class, I could not believe that this was happening to innocent people, when babies were thrown in the air as targets, people burned, killed, and they were told they would live a better life just made me feel a little sad that they would do that and when they got to the camps they treated them like they were different like they were not ment to live. I think that people can understand it better because of how Elie explained it with a way that people understand…

Night The book Night by Elie Wiesel has many great themes, however the theme I analyzed is that no matter the pain and suffering you go through you will still always love and care for your family and others, help others in need. I picked this theme out for many reasons. Throughout the story Elie starts losing faith in god, causing him to learn to trust himself. When you trust yourself then you are able to help others. Any person with correct morals will tell you the same thing. That is the…

Words can’t describe how I felt the moment I first saw Elijah Bennett. He walked into my café; shoulders held high, eyes narrowed as he walked across the stained wood floor. Why a man like Eli was in a café quaint and small like mine still baffles me. Men like him never graced establishments like these. They spent most of their time in high class restaurants or bars; living life with seemingly no care- or at least that is how the media portrayed them. I watched as Elijah stopped at a table in…

2015 Wrongful Death The book, Night, by Elie Wiesel is a grim horrific account of the Holocaust and is very interesting considering the author’s life and literary accomplishments. The words “Deep down, the witness knew then, as he does now, that his testimony would not be received. After all, it deals with an event that sprang from the darkest zone of man. Only those who experienced Auschwitz know what it was. Others will never know, “(Wiesel, preface, xi) are very fitting and set the tone…

Elie Wiesel, the author of ‘Night’, and Langston Hughes, the author of ‘I, too’, display many similarities and differences throughout their work. Each author’s use of imagery and the tones they convey allow the reader to understand how Elie Wiesel felt during the Holocaust and how Langston Hughes felt during the segregation period. Initially, Elie Wiesel’s and Langston Hughes’ use of imagery is similar because they both use imagery to show that they are less important to others or are…

In order to end on a high note, Wiesel assures that positive things have occurred. From saving victims in Kosovo to the collapse of communism, they all share one common thing: “the world was not silent” (Wiesel). In this new century, terrible things have also happened: 9/11, the Boston Bombing, the rise of ISIS and Al Qaeda, and endless mass shootings. Even when indifference is prevalent today, progress in raising awareness exists. Citizens donate food to pantries to aid the poor, students…

Night by Elie Wiesel submerges the reader into a journey through the holocaust. Both a teenage boy and girl in very similar situations put through absolute hell. Two completely different families separated and forced to work in unbelievably harsh conditions. Even though Lina and Elie were stuck with a horrendous fate, they somehow manage to survive. Between Shades of Gray and Night are nonfiction books, told in the first person. Night is told by the author himself, Elie Wiesel. The books are…

curtail the civil liberties of those whom they consider inferior. This was undoubtedly the case in Night, when soldiers under rule of Hitler strived to obliterate the “inferior” Jewish population, which they believed were crippling their nation. Wiesel instills into the mind of the reader the extreme loathing exhibited by the Nazis—“Special units would then disinter the corpses and burn them. Thus, for the first time in history, Jews were not only killed twice but denied burial…

At the beginning of Night, Eliezer describes himself as someone who believes “profoundly.” Elie’s experiences at Auschwitz and other camps greatly affected his faith. Elie went from being a very strong, or profound, believer, to not believing at all. “Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (Page 4). In other words, Elie believed so strongly in his faith to the point where he didn’t know why he prayed. Faith was everything for Elie, it was basically his whole life.…