Dbq Essay On Night By Elie Wiesel

In the poem, “Saving the Children”, Frieda Singer notes, “Mother, where are you, twelve year old Katya would scream night after night. At sixteen, more adult than child, she had promised to care for the children the promise that kept her and them alive” (Doc. C). This quote proves that the Jews always clung to a little piece of hope, which was embedded in their family’ promises. In addition, it confirms that those who held on to those promises, those who never forgot their families were able to make it out of the camps alive. Also, according to Elie Wiesel, “My hand tightened its grip on my father. All I could think of was not to lose him. Not to remain alone” (30). This quote attests just how strong his bond with his father became when they entered the camps. Also, readers could infer that Elie and his father holding hands is symbolic of them cementing their promise to each other, their promise to never leave each other’s sides, physically and spiritually. The Jews stayed alive spiritually by having confidence in their family’s

The Holocaust was a horrifying time period for the Jews. Nearly 2,700,000 Jews were sent to extermination camps, where they were immediately killed. Millions of others were sent to concentration camps, where they were either killed or used as slave labor. However throughout this hellish time period, there were still some people who managed to stay positive. Etty Hillesum said that “big things” helped people’s spirits survive. During the Holocaust, love laughter and nature were the things that helped many spirits triumph.

In Elie Wiesel's book, Night, the overlap of optimism and will for survival and faith kept many people in the Holocaust alive, including Elie Wiesel. The Holocaust was an agonizing time for many people. It was a mass persecution and murder of 6 million jews and 5 million non-jewish people. Some people targeted in the Holocaust were Jewish People, Homosexuals, the disabled, Gypsies, Jehovah Witnesses, Communists, and Socialists. They were sent to camps most of the time. Those who were deemed fit to work normally would be anybody over the age of 14 and appearing to be healthy, anybody else was sent to be executed. The Elderly and Women with Children had no chance of being deemed fit to work.

Through laughter, they are able to “forget” their pain, and their spirits are able to rise from their

Death. Sad. Pain. In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie recalls about the Holocaust

Laughter is essential to our very existence. It can get you out of a bad day or out of a sad moment. Syvia is a primary example. Syvia’s family is in a situation where her mother has to give her portion of her meal to Syvia. Her Dad explains that “From pain your mother gave you life, through pain she continues to give (Doc A).”

During the Holocaust there were many people who struggled to maintain their humanity. They struggled to keep themselfs from falling apart emotionally and physically. These people were living robots without emotion who were just hoping to die, they just wanted to end their pain. In the book Night, by Elie Wiesel, a young Jewish boy named Elie Wiesel and his family get taken to Auschwitz. When they arrive they get split up by boys and girls. Wiesel and his father go one way, while his mom and sister go the other way. Throughout their journey from camp to camp, they struggle to maintain their humanity. Wiesel portrays how the prisoners are pushed towards emotional death by loosing their belongings, their family, and then loosing themselfs.

As German concentration camps across Europe are being taken over by American forces, the death counts are high, especially for the Jew population. American soldiers are finding over 20,000 alive men at concentration camp Buchenwald alone, but with an estimated 50,000 plus dead. The world is marveling at how such a tragedy went in silence, and millions were killed in concentration, labor, and exterminations camps. The focus today is on one particular survivor, Elie Wiesel. When questioned about the matter, Elie believed that he survived by, “nothing more than chance” (Wiesel viii). Elie Wiesel (real name Eliezer), was born and raised in Sighet, Transylvania, a town mostly populated by optimistic Jews. The Jews, throughout the trials they faced with the Germans, and, “To the last moment [before being transported], clung to hope” (Wiesel 15).

The holocaust was a dreadful time where Jewish citizens were slaughtered, no matter what age or gender. To kill a child is a very difficult thing to do, but during WWII Nazis killed any Jew. In Night by Elie Wiesel the hanging of a child is more inhuman, and a boy killing his father for a piece of bread was more human nature.

It was at first a slow progression from limiting the rights of the Jewish people, to wearing the Star of David and then to the attempted extermination. The Germans then began a race to kill the Jews as quickly as they could (Wiesel, 2008).

Many European Jews could make it and remain alive, but in reality, most of them are not really still alive from their inside. It is true that their bodies have healed; however, their minds are still psychologically sick. It is hard for many people to see their beloved ones dying because of the hanger or even the harsh treatment. Imagine how hard was for Vladek and Anja to see their little son Richu dying, and they could not do anything to him. Many survivors had this sense of regret about why they were the ones who get to survive while others died. They could see the images of dead people who were lying above each other. Aaron Hass from California State University, Dominguez Hills, California talks about a woman called Rose who was in her 19th year of age during the Holocaust. In his interview with Rose F., he explains how the Holocaust has shaped her life and personality. For example, Rose states that “I felt guilty for many years that maybe I should have run back and tried to get her [he sister] with me or stay with her. Maybe I didn’t do enough to stay together. Maybe I was too selfish about saving myself” (Hass 163). This shows how Rose could not and still can not get over the loss of her sister, and she keeps blaming herself for her sister’s death. The Holocaust and its brutality are hard to be forgotten by Jewish

Night is a novel written from the perspective of a Jewish teenager, about his experiences

At the time of the Holocaust, the Jews put into concentration camps reacted in several different ways. Some of them lost all hope and were destroyed because of their circumstances, however others thrived and grew because of this time. Also numerous things may have been thought to cause these responses to tragedy. The main reason that caused the different results in people, was the self motivation that they stored inside. Without motivation and encouragement, their souls could become destroyed; In response to the effects of the camps they become immune and aren’t devastatingly affected. The future of their lives depends on how they perceived this situation. To them it could have been a new beginning or an end to all.

Imagine you being stripped of all your dignity, hope, and freedom in one swoop. In Elie Wiesel’s book Night he has many problems he needs to overcome. His family splitting up and he stays with his father while his sisters go with their mother. His father and him getting split up when he changed barracks. Him hurting his foot and having to tread through the snow with his father. Then, his fathers death in the new camp. Wiesel’s main goal of this book is to show that if you don’t give up you can do anything you set your mind to.

Upon examination, it is clear that survival in the holocaust was not based on a single facet. One’s ability to endure the holocaust was based on a combination of factors which included luck, instinct, purpose, and particular personality traits which aided in survival.