Through the unforgettable moments in Elie Wiesel’s book, Night it explains what the holocaust did, and how the Germans made it possible to question humanity. It displays Elie’s relationship with his father; Relationships helps the mind prevail through tough situations; They can be powerful and can influence one to keep hope for the future. Elie Wiesel describes his experiences in the numerous Auschwitz concentration camps. Elia and his father had their mind set to get to survive the camps as soon as they knew what was truly going on. Elie and his father’s relationship was instantly strengthened when Elie did not have to go with his mother, Elie describes “His voice was terribly sad. I realized that he did not want to see what they were going to do to me. He did not want to see …show more content…
This displays their relationship briefly, it shows how his father cared for him and how he saw how sad he was, but was still there for him. These moments happened often throughout the story, but each time their relationship grows stronger and stronger, helping them prevail through tough situations. Relationships are powerful, at the end of the book Elie’s father insisted Elie to stop helping him because he is too weak to move on and feels like he is dragging Elie down and lessening his chance for survival. His father was willing to give up his life to greater the chances for Elies survival, Elie explains; “There were no prayers at his grave. No candles were lit to his memory. His last word was my name. A summons, to which I did not respond. I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I had no more tears. And, in the depths of my being, in the recesses of my weakened conscience, could I have searched
“Night”, demonstrates the living conditions of a Holocaust era and the atrocious situations the people were placed in. An example of this lifestyle leads to a boy named Elie and his father who went through many maddening events together until their relationship eventually withered. In the novel, “Night” by Elie Wiesel, shows how the Holocaust changes the relationship between Elie and his father. At the beginning of the novel, Elie had worried about the separation of him and his father, “I had one thought- not lose him” (39).
Night by Elie Wiesel includes one horrific story when the Jews are being transported on trains. Bread is thrown into the trains by Germans standing by. This story tells us how relationship between fathers and sons changed. The relationship between fathers and sons is one of the strongest bond you can have.
The novel Night, written by Elie Wiesel, is an autobiography about how he drew strength from his father to survive the Holocaust. Elie, along with his father and many other Jewish citizens, were imprisoned to live a long and horrific life in the concentration camps. He had to fight each and every day to survive and
Over six million jews died during the Holocaust; that’s about 64% of the total jewish population before 1945! Night is about fourteen year old Elie Wiesel and his experience with the concentration camps Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, Gleiwitz, and Buchenwald. In the book ‘Night” by Elie Wiesel the protagonist; Elie, is affected by the events in the book because of his father, his loss of self-worth, and his loss of faith on his religion. In the book, Elie’s father affected him because he was always with Elie from the beginning to end.
Elie Wiesel went through changes with his faith, relationship with his father, and his appearence. Before he was sent to Auschwitz he worshiped daily. After beimg forced to watch a child 's hanging he lost all faith in God. Elie did not know why people were praising God 's name. Later on, he pleaded for God to forgive him.
Elie Wiesel's memoir Night relates his experiences as a Jewish boy during the Holocaust. The memoir focuses on Elie's relationship with his father and how it impacts him throughout the events. Elie's connection with his father develops with time, with both positive and negative effects for him. In Elie Wiesel's memoir “Night” it can be argued that Elie and his father have an easy relationship. They form a close bond and encourage one another as they go through difficult moments in the camp.
Even though Elie loves and care about his father, his resentment towards his father grew and that made him feel ashamed of himself. One time when Elie was about to be separated from his father, he held on to him. Elie just had an operation on his leg. There were rumors that the Red Army was coming their way, and they would
The vast majority of the population finds Asia to consist of: China, Japan, and India; however, on any ordinary day in Cambodia, the social normality of mass starvation led too many withering lives of innocent prisoners. With the staggering displacement of about twenty-five percent of the population, Pol Pot succeeded in becoming an indirect murderer. In addition, estate possessions were seized by the Khmer Rouge while many of these guiltless captives suffered in these inhumane punishments. Impecunious and malnourished, many of these impoverished people struggled in the attempt to survive this barbarous time period. Likewise, the prisoners of the Holocaust departed with little nourishment to satisfy hunger.
Wiesel became resentful toward his God when he witnessed the inhumane acts against innocent people. When Wiesel is in Buna, He witnesses the hanging of two men and a pipel for the possession of arms. The hanging went along as planned except for the fact that the executioner had not modified the hanging for a small thirteen year old child. It did not end his life with a quick snap of the neck but instead with a slow suffocation which they were forced to watch for over half an hour. Before the hanging Wiesel had heard a man ask where is God and how was this being allowed to happen.
Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night is a great depiction of the holocaust from the perspective of a survivor and is a must read for holocaust research. Night tells the story of Wiesel and his father as they try to survive the concentration camp, Auschwitz. Throughout the story, several relationships of others fall apart and they don’t make it. However, Elie and his father rely on each other to survive which is a key part in Elie’s survival and why Elie’s father lasted so long. The memoir Night shows how strong relationships are needed to overcome adversity.
A long road ahead As a society people can preserve the memories of the tragedy that was the holocaust by sharing real and profound stories about the Holocaust on multiple captivating platforms to reach and influence a larger and more diverse group of people. These platforms being, written memoir, speeches and presentations and graphic novels, these platform can all be effective because they reach out to different groups of people. The written memoir source is Night, by Elie Wiesel, the vocal source is excepts of a speech by peter Metzelaar, and the graphic novel is Maus by Art Spiegelman.
Surviving the Holocaust Elie Wiesel went through one of the hardest periods of time any man has ever encountered, and lived through to tell about it. The Holocaust was truly one of the most horrific events of discrimination, persecution, and genocide. Elie reveals his story through Eliezer in his novel Night. Some would expect a man who has gone through such terrible times to lack in perseverance and kindness. However, Wiesel displays his willpower, faith, morals, and bond to his father throughout this dark and eye-opening book.
The heart wrenching and powerful memoir “Night” by Elie Wiesel depicts Elie’s struggle through the holocaust. It shows the challenges and struggles Elie and people like him faced during this mournful time, the dehumanization; being forced out of their homes, their towns and sent to nazi concentration camps, being stripped of their belongings and valuables, being forced to endure and witness the horrific events during one of history’s most ghastly tales. In “Night” Elie does not only endure a physical journey but also a spiritual journey as well, this makes him question his determination, faith and strength. This spiritual journey is a journey of self discovery and is shown through Elie’s struggle with himself and his beliefs, his father
While in a horrible place such as a concentration camp, it is important to keep good relationships. In Night by Eliezer Wiesel, he tells the story of his experience at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. He was sent to the camp with his family, but he got separated from his mother and sisters. He stayed with his father throughout his time at the camp, taking care of each other, they fought to keep alive. In the camp, Elie was very close with his father.
When losing a family member, the natural response is to shut everything out and greave. It could possibly be the hardest moment that a human has to face in their lifetime. Now imagine that you are in a German concentration camp in 1944, watching your father get beaten to death. This is what Elie Wiesel, a young Jew during World War II had to face while he spent countless hours in torture and despair. The torture these Jews had to go through, caused many changes in the Jews that were in the concentration camps.