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Night Elie Wiesel Night Analysis

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In the beginning of night we meet a 12 year old jewish boy named Elie. Elie lives in the town of Sighet he also lives with his parents and two older sisters, I actually find that quite ironic because I have two older sisters. He also has a cabbala teacher named moshe the beadle who is often described as awkward. Moshe is deported by the hungarians because he was a jew. After several months in captivity Moshe returns telling stories of how at the Polish border the jews were handed over to the Nazis and were forced to dig their own graves and were killed. But no one in the town believes his stories of mass killings. I can actually accept the fact that they did not believe him because what they were doing to the jews was inconceivable. Later once …show more content…

Elie was separated from his mother and sisters but luckily still had his dad by his side. Personally I would feel a small joy knowing that someone that is dear to me like my father is still by my side in the middle of all the madness that surrounds them. When halted by a guard Elie and his father lie about their ages and occupations to make themselves seem more fit than they really are. After the account with the guard Elie and his father witness babies being burned in a pit and kids and adults being burned in a furnace. If I witnessed this I would be very disturbed for months and weeks to come. Elie has trouble sleeping that night after witnessing all of that and I think I would definitely also have a hard time sleeping. In the morning they are awoken by a strict guard shortly after this they are run through a series of barracks where they are shaved, stripped of their clothes and disinfected with gasoline and then given prison clothes. Elie's father is beaten for asking to use the bathroom by the kapo. Elie is disturbed how he did nothing to help his father. I would probably do nothing as well because I would not want to be beaten or killed myself. Finally the prisoners including Elie and his father are escorted to the camp of Buna. Shortly after arriving prisoners are given a medical exam and there mouths

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