Examples Of Injustice In Night By Elie Wiesel

The memoir Night illustrates how having power is one of the easiest ways to become corrupted, as many people who have power end up abusing it. This abuse would not be possible without the abuser’s power, so it leads to corruption. The memoir Night is about a boy, the author Elie Wiesel, and his experiences throughout the Holocaust. The book recounts events from the time he got the death camp, to the time left the camp. The book shows how power ultimately leads to corruption through three authoritarian people and groups, named Frank, Idek and the Schutzstaffel (SS).

For example he was questioning his belief, will to live, and if his father was worth sticking with. The text states “Don’t forget that you are in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every man for himself and you cannot think of others. Not even your father” (Wiesel 110). This quote shows that it doesn't matter if it is your father, so Elie should only care for himself. This impacts Elie because he loves his father, you should love your father. For many people to tell him to abandon his father and just not stick with him it can really break down someone emotionally especially if they have been there since the day you were born,and Elie loves his father. They have been through a lot ever since they have been in the concentration

Although he slowly gave faith away, one reason would be to discourage Wiesel by injustice. For example, Violence, to kill, disadvantage, to anger, would impact the Jews with misery. In “Night”, the book Elie Wiesel wrote, he admits,”Whenever I dreamed of a better world, I could only imagine a universe with no bells”(69-70). Anyone can dream dearly about the true contentment inside their hearts; However, one must face reality when conditions get vigorous. To tell the truth, no one would understand how hurtful society already is; For example, innocent Jewish families, couples, citizens, etc. had waited to make their wishes to come true. The outcome would not be the same if their freedom was obligated including their expectations (for the future)

What Hardship Can Reveal About An Individual Josiah (English 30-1) Elie Wiesel, a man renowned throughout the world as a great humanitarian, social justice warrior, and known by most as author of the novel Night. Throughout his book the Idea is explored by the author, that when an individual faces hardships, many things can be revealed about a person's character as a result. The devotion of an individual to their belief system and their faith in it, whether or not they become more selfish or selfless, as well as how this hardship affects their ability to feel humanity during the event, and after the fact, are all things which the author delves into in his novel; as well as what consequences these actions taken by victims of hardship have on

Moreover, when Elie had seen his father was getting beaten he quoted, “What had happened to me ? My father had just been struck in front of me, and I had not even blinked”(39). The narrator didn’t seem to care for what happen to his father. In the beginning, Elie was insouciant with his father and now

Elie chose to do this because he felt that all he did was follow orders given by the officers. Those orders were one of the only things keeping him alive. If he didn’t follow those orders, he would be killed by either starvation or beating. This all relates to the theme of how oppression makes one act and think differently than one would under normal circumstances. This is because normally, if Elie was hungry, he would most likely be able to eat very quickly with easy access to food.

One reason human rights can’t be actualized for everyone is because power corrupts them. For example, in the book Night by Elie Wiesel the Jews are forced to leave their homes, “The Hungarian police made us climb into the cars, eighty persons in each one” (Wiesel 22). This quote shows how these police who are serving Hitler are being ordered to move these Jews and imprison them. The police would not normally do this to Jews but because Hitler has the power and authority to force them to do this. This shows how he can easily make them take away their human rights simply because of Power. Another instance where power corrupts human rights is in the speech, “The Perils of Indifference” by Elie Wiesel, where the president it blamed by denying,

Before Elie’s experience in the Auschwitz concentration camp, he had many character traits such as being unwise, innocent, and impatient. When Elie first arrives at Auschwitz and receives his first meal, his father warns him to ration his food. For example, “I was terribly hungry and swallowed my ration on the spot” (Wiesel 44). During Elie’s first meal in Auschwitz, he gobbles it down and does not think about what might happen later. When his father starts to give him some advice, he is already finished with his meal. Elie acts unwisely and does not think ahead to what might happen in the later days. Earlier in the story, Elie and his family are waiting their turn to be put onto a train that will be sent to a concentration camp. Before they enter the train Elie asks, “ ‘When will it be our turn, father?’ I asked my father” (Wiesel 18). This quote shows that Elie really has no idea what is happening and what will happen to him. Elie has no idea that “his turn” will end up with him in a concentration camp. He is innocent and does not think about what bad might happen to him. Upon entering Auschwitz, Elie sees people being thrown into the fire and decides to die a quick death rather than suffer. Wiesel states, “ ‘If that is true, then I don’t want to wait. I’ll run into the electrified wire. . .’” (33). Elie is afraid of what is to come upon him arriving in the concentration camp. Because of this fear, his thoughts become driven by fear and cause him to think impulsive thoughts. Elie would rather die in the fence, than be worked or starved to death. Elie acts very unwisely in his reactions to seeing people killed. To sum up, before Elie changed as a person, he had traits such as being impatient, unwise, and innocent.

This situation impacted Elie because this was his first time in Auschwitz were he felt guilty for not standing up for his father, therefore he started to doubt his morality as well as questioning his character. This situation also foreshadows to his father’s death that happens later on in his journey. Eliezer main reason for being silent was to protect himself but when he had to look out for someone who was always getting into to trouble with the officers, it changed the way that he thought. This situation is presented on page 54.

In the book, Elie is seen facing numerous obstacles while trying to survive this horrific experience, but the violence he encounters is the biggest obstacle of them all. About halfway in the story, Elie is minding his own business, when his Kapo (a prisoner conscripted by the Nazis to police other prisoners) started beating him out anger. Wiesel describes the experience by saying, “One day when Idek was venting his fury, I happened to cross his path. He threw himself on me like a wild beast, beating me in the chest, on my head, throwing me to the ground and picking me up again, crushing me with ever more violent blows, until I was covered in blood. As I bit my lips in order not to howl with pain, he must have mistaken my silence for defiance and so he continued to hit me harder and harder.

Elie Wiesel struggles to fight through the concentration camp he must deal with many unfriendly encounters. “I had watched it all happening without moving. I kept silent. In fact, I thought of stealing away in order not to suffer the blows. What’s more, if I felt anger at that moment, it was not directed at the Kapo but at my father. Why couldn't he have avoided Idek’s wrath? That was what life in a concentration camp had made of me…” (pg. 54). Elie wrestles with the idea of how to respond and even if he should react he debates that if he does respond then he will get beat, but if he does not respond then he must watch his father be beat so he thinks to himself what would be more painful? By the end of the beating it is kind of ironic how Eliezer is more

“Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible, even these crematories” (Wiesel 30).

In the book Night Elie Wiesel states that he saw “infants were tossed into the air and used as targets for the machine guns”(Wiesel 6). Elie saw kids getting shot so he lost hope and that's inhumanity because you don't see babies getting shot. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel inhumanity made him lose hope and inhumanity can cause more inhumanity.

In Elie Wiesel's memoire, instincts of self-preservation overwhelm all other human emotion. While at Auschwitz Elie and his father were transferred to new barracks were Elie's father was beaten by a gypsy inmate who was in charge for politely asking were the bathroom was. Elie describes his reaction of standing petrified and thinking "What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked. I had watched and kept silent. Only yesterday, I would have dug my nails into this criminal's flesh. Had I changed that much? So fast? Remorse began to gnaw at me. All I could think was: I shall never forgive them for this. My father must have guessed my thoughts, because he whispered in my ear: 'It doesn’t hurt.' His cheek still bore the red mark of the hand." (3.117-120)Elie's lack of reaction showcases how the environment of the concentration camp was already conditioning Elie to put his needs of survival ahead of his human identity. Weasels description of the events show how the brutality of the camps have changed Elie's actions and thoughts because Elie knows that interfering in the encounter would mean sacrificing basic survival; love and human emotions are no longer a priority.

In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie Wiesel is a young boy who struggles to survive after being forced to live in the brutal concentration camp of Auschwitz. In Auschwitz, death and suffering is rampant, but due to compassionate words and actions from others, Elie is able to withstand these severe living conditions and overcome the risk of death in the unforgiving Auschwitz. As shown through the actions and words of characters in Night, compassion, the sympathetic pity for the suffering or misfortune of others is critical to the human experience because it enables humans to empathize with each other, empathizing which allows us to feel the need to assist others which can often be vital for survival.