Eliezer Wiesel's Night

As soon as he is sent to the Concentration Camps he losses this part of his life and starts blaming God for not doing anything. Eliezer also starts caring more about himself and only about food rather than for his family. Eliezer multiple times thinks about not sharing his food rations with his very weak old father and he even thought about a way to leave his father so he does not have to care for him. This shows how a “hellish” experience like the Holocaust can completely change a person's means of living.

It was midnight, while he sat there nearly asleep, contemplating on something that made him dismal, and sorrowful, he heard someone knocking on his door.

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Another book I read that taught me about life and facts about how Jews were treated during the holocaust was Night by Eliezer Wiesel. Night was about Eliezer who liked to be called Elsie and his memory as a teenager going through stages of his life where he thought he was going to die and how he overcame those obstacles. Before reading I had to get in a mindset that this book will be different from others and probably more graphic. While reading this book I imagined myself back in the 1940s and imagine what was going on, like being on the train and smelling the different things there. It was also hard imagining myself getting separated from his family and hearing them screaming trying to get to me. Throughout the whole story it was hard to

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The Holocaust is one of the most darkened events in human history, as it serves as a horrible event that took place 80 years ago. It stands as a chilling reminder of unchecked bigotry and intolerance of humans across the years and how a supreme leader can influence hatred in the souls of others. In the book ‘Night’, Eliezer Wiesel endured physical and mental pain while he was living in the camp. He was treated inhumanely like the rest of the inmates in Auschwitz who had lived there for years. This event shattered families across the nation, leaving permanent scars for generations to come, Elie was one of the millions of people who were affected by this event, and he bravely shared his memoir of some of the horrifying instances that he endured

These two events underscore the profound trauma that shattered his innocence during the Holocaust. When Wiesel arrived in Auschwitz, Wiesel faced choices that held his life in the palms of his hands. On page 31, a fellow inmate gave him and his father advice on how to survive, as another inmate told them they’d be burned alive if they told the officers the wrong information, with this information, WIesel fabricated nearly his entire life to the Nazi officer. Also, throughout the book, Wiesel would eventually become indifferent to the fates of others as he began to prioritize his own survival. This evidence reveals Wiesel’s adaptability to the dire circumstances of the Holocaust, showcasing his ability to navigate and protect himself in the face of unimaginable peril.

My picture book lesson that developed as a result of this class discussion was presented to a ninth grade college-prep level class at Bishop Hendricken High School. Hendricken is an all-male Catholic high school, and this particular class has thirty students. Although there is not a great deal of diversity at Hendricken (about 90% Caucasian students), this class is fairly diverse. There are four African-American students, seven Hispanic-American students, one Japanese-American student, one Syrian-American student, and one Indian-American student in the class. Most students’ literacy skills are at or above reading level, but there are three students with 504 plans (each with ADD) and one other student with dyslexia. The class has been reading Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night, and based on a survey of the students most have had limited experience studying the Holocaust.

The novel Night by Eliezer Wiesel tells the tale of a young Elie Wiesel and his experience in the concentration camps,and his fight to stay alive . The tragic story shows the Jewish people during the Holocaust and their alienation from the world. Elie’s experience changes him mentally, and all actions taken while in the concentration were based on one thing...Survival.

(Wiesel 102). As soon as Elie found himself in a bad situation he

Born 1928, Eliezer Wiesel was welcomed into the family of Shlomo and Sarah, along with his siblings Hilda, Tzipora and Beatrice. Once Eliezer reaches the age of just 16, his once happy family ensues on a journey they will never forget: Auschwitz. The Holocaust was Wiesel's focal point in a majority of his most prominent novels. Looking back at some of his work, it is clear that the tragedies that took place throughout his lifetime had sparked a desire inside himself to inform society about the hidden truth of this living nightmare. The Night Trilogy, originally published in 1962, accentuates the struggles of a jewish adolescent who is living in a German Concentration Camp. Focusing specifically on Night and Dawn, the two can be compared although there are significant differences through the characters themselves, the themes as well as the conflicts are similar.

The Silent Killer Did you know the Holocaust, the most gruesome genocide in history, had an unknown, silent killer? In his memoir Night, Elie Weisel highlights the horrors of the Holocaust. Although many events and moods are displayed, a focal point of Night and many other accounts of the Holocaust seems to be remembrance and silence. Going with this theme, Elie expresses many times how silent the quiet murderer of victims during the Holocaust. In his Nobel Peace Prize speech, he states, “We know that every moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them.”

Setting (time and place): Early 1940s, during World War Two, Holocaust era. starting in Sighet, Transylvania, and moving throughout concentration camps in Europe.

In the memoir, Night, author Elie Wiesel portrays the dehumanization of individuals and its lasting result in a loss of faith in God. Throughout the Holocaust, Jews were doggedly treated with disrespect and inhumanity. As more cruelty was bestowed upon them, the lower their flame of hope and faith became as they began turning on each other and focused on self preservation over family and friends. The flame within them never completely died, but rather stayed kindling throughout the journey until finally it stood flickering and idle at the eventual halt of this seemingly never-ending nightmare. Elie depicts the perpetuation of violence that crops up with the Jews by teaching of the loss in belief of a higher power from devout to doubt they

As humans, we require basic necessities, such as food, water, and shelter to survive. But we also need a reason to live. The reason could be the thought of a person, achieving some goal, or a connection with a higher being. Humans need something that drives them to stay alive. This becomes more evident when people are placed in horrific situations. In Elie Wiesel's memoir Night, he reminisces about his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust. There the men witness horrific scenes of violence and death. As time goes on they begin to lose hope in the very things that keep them alive: their faith in God, each other, and above all, themselves.