Elie Wiesel in the preface to Night (page 1 paragraph 3) says “ Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness, the immense, terrifying madness that had erupted in history and in the conscience of mankind?” This passage illustrates in just a few sentences the horrors that the author witnessed during the Holocaust. The author is saying that he wrote about his experiences to try and regain some of the humanity that he lost during the Holocaust. The author's mind is so plagued by the events that he witnessed that he almost considers madness to be the only way to make sense of the events he witnessed. The memories of Elie Wiesel are so abhorrent, that he tried to contain them …show more content…
The joy in his eyes was gone. He no longer sang. He no longer mentioned either God or the Kabbalah. He spoke only of what he had seen. But people not only refused to believe his tales, they refused to listen. Some even insinuated that he only wanted their pity, that he was imagining things. Others flatly said that he had gone mad.” (Page 7 paragraph 2). The stories and beliefs of people most often were created as ways of explaining the unexplainable. When Moishe experienced what he did at the hands of the Nazis, he lost all faith in the stories that had previously shielded him from horrors. His God protected him from harm but when he saw what the Nazis were doing he lost all belief in his God and the goodness of humanity. Moishe saw the worst of human nature at the Nazis hands. The joy that is derived from listening to and telling stories even was lost to the horrors of the Holocaust. The Nazis were totally indifferent to the effect they had on the people they harmed. To them Jews were as unsubstantial as blades of grass that are crushed underfoot just as the Nazis killed Jews without …show more content…
Elie Wiesel is saying through this one sentence that he wrote the book to defeat the Nazis one last time. If Elie was indifferent to his memories of the living nightmare that was the Holocaust, he would be no better than the Nazis. The indifference of the Nazis to their actions is what makes them horrible. When a person kills another person a part of the killer is lost. The Nazis somehow managed however to beat mortality in that sense. They became indifferent to their actions and the consequences of them. If the people who witnessed the Holocaust were to forget they would be no better than the Nazis, they would be as Elie Wiesel says accomplices to the Nazis, they would give the Nazis the true final solution to their problem of erasing Jews from earth. If the Nazis are forgotten they will have won the final battle in their twisted war against the Jews. Elie also says that “ to forget would not only be dangerous, but offensive; to forget would be akin to killing them a second time.” The Nazis killed people once but forgetting them would kill them again and so finish the Nazis
Being the last sentence of the book, and out of all the passages I highlighted this one stood out to me and described Wiesel’s experience in just a few simple sentence. He looked at himself for the first time in many years, and did not recognize himself he saw a different person. This showed me that the concentration camps changed him he was a different person inside and out. The events that occurred to him had scared him so much that the man he saw in the mirror wasn’t him, but one who had been drained of life that looked lifeless from the events occurred in the concentration camps. He was weak and this whole passage embodies his weakness and the whole point of the concentration camps.
In the memoir,night,by elie wiesel he recounts the horrors that occurred during the holocaust. In the first chapter elie wanted to be really big on religion with him and his religion teacher and during this time mooshie the teacher was taken to the camps and he faked his death and what he saw terrorized him for life. What Mooshie saw was the Germans and people that worked for hitler were using baby jews as target practice.and whenever mooshie came back he tried to tell the other jews of what he had saw and they thought that he was lying so they didnt do anything about what he had said so then later that night. Hitler Came with the germans and they put them on an cattle cart.
"...to remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all..." The Holocaust killed over 6-7 million people. Jews were forced to live in specific areas of the city called ghettos after the beginning of World War ll. In the larger ghettos, up to 1,000 people a day were picked up and brought by train to concentration camps or death camps. Elie Wiesel was a survivor in the Holocaust.
People consistently work hard for what they want. Whether it is for what they believe or need at the moment. Barriers are prone to pop up wherever, but without a positive mindset, human beings will get nowhere. During the Holocaust, Jews and many other unwanted prisoners by the Nazis were held in concentration camps. Multiple people were starved to death, beaten, cremated, and thrown into gas chambers.
Introduction: During the Holocaust, many people suffered from the despicable actions of others. These actions were influenced by hatred, intolerance, and anti-semitic views of people. The result of such actions were the deaths of millions during the Holocaust, a devastating genocide aimed to eliminate Jews. In this tragic event, people, both initiators and bystanders, played major roles that allowed the Holocaust to continue. Bystanders during this dreadful disaster did not stand up against the Nazis and their collaborators.
The characterization of Moshie and Mrs. Shachter shows the indifference and denial of the Jews of Sighet. The chilling juxtaposition of a beautiful landscape containing a camp of death illustrates how the world not only was indifferent to the inhumane suffering, but also continued to shine brightly as if nothing really mattered. This timeless theme of denial and its consequences during the Holocaust echoes the struggles of those in our time who are persecuted solely due to their beliefs. The reader takes away the important lesson of never turning away from those who need it greatest, each time one reads Elie Wiesel’s memoir,
The severely cruel conditions of concentration camps had a profound impact on everyone who had the misfortune of experiencing them. For Elie Wiesel, the author of Night and a survivor of Auschwitz, one aspect of himself that was greatly impacted was his view of humanity. During his time before, during, and after the holocaust, Elie changed from being a boy with a relatively average outlook on mankind, to a shadow of a man with no faith in the goodness of society, before regaining confidence in humanity once again later in his life. For the first 13 years of his life, Elie seemed to have a normal outlook on humanity.
In the novel, “Night” Elie Wiesel communicates with the readers his thoughts and experiences during the Holocaust. Wiesel describes his fight for survival and journey questioning god’s justice, wanting an answer to why he would allow all these deaths to occur. His first time subjected into the concentration camp he felt fear, and was warned about the chimneys where the bodies were burned and turned into ashes. Despite being warned by an inmate about Auschwitz he stayed optimistic telling himself a human can’t possibly be that cruel to another human.
The Holocaust was one of the most tragic events in history. It just so happened to be the cause of six million deaths. While there are countless beings who experienced such trauma, it is impossible to hear everyone's side of the story. However, one man, in particular, allowed himself to speak of the tragedies. Elie Wiesel addressed the transformation he underwent during the Holocaust in his memoir, Night.
But one of the most devastating events that happen is the continuous slap in the face of loss of faith. Moishe was running back from the concentration
“ … The world has had to hear a story it would have preferred not to hear - the story of how a cultured people turned to genocide, and how the rest of the world, also composed of cultured, remained silent in the face of genocide.” - Elie Wiesel. The man behind that quote is one of the few people in the world to survive one of the worst tragedies in human history, The Holocaust. An event in which millions of people perished, all because of a crazed dictator’s dream. Elie Wiesel who amazingly survived the horrors, documented his experience in his book, Night.
Elie Wiesel's novel "Night" is a harrowing account of his experiences during the Holocaust, and it vividly depicts the atrocities committed by the Nazis against the Jewish people. The book highlights the idea that the road to Auschwitz was built by hate but paved with indifference. This is shown through the various characters' reactions to the events around them. In the novel, Eliezer's father is beaten by a German officer for asking where the bathroom is, and Eliezer reflects on the incident, stating, "I did not move.
There is a set time frame between life and death. Once the line is crossed, there is no return. This is why Elie Wiesel feels it is so important to bear witness. Bearing witness is to be a constant observer, to consider all possibilities, and to act when it is time. Elie Wiesel wrote his memoir Night so people could learn to act when it is necessary.
The novel Night by Elie Wiesel, which was first published in 1958, tells a great first-hand account of a terrible event named the Holocaust. In this story, it gives a detailed memoir of a young kid named Eliezar who has to endure this appalling crisis. As the Holocaust continues to go on around them, he and his family remain optimistic about their future. Even though they were optimistic, the Holocaust finally closes in on them. Once this occurs they were pulled away from their homeland and relocated to their designated site where they were split by gender.
Chapter One Summary: In chapter one of Night by Elie Wiesel, the some of the characters of the story are introduced and the conflict begins. The main character is the author because this is an autobiographical novel. Eliezer was a Jew during Hitler’s reign in which Jews were persecuted. The book starts out with the author describing his faith.