Elie Wiesel's 'Night': Personal Narrative

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

Out of the blue, they started counting down “5…. 4…. 3…” and those five seconds made more butterflies in my stomach than ten minutes sitting in a theater watching a horror movie by myself. “2…1…” anticipating for all of them to jump me right there, I stiffened myself for the beating, but my surprise, just one fist flew across the wintry air and grated my right cheek. Although the punch had minimal pain, I burned with fury to the thought that these ruffians wanted to pick a fight with me when Christmas was only a few weeks away. I threw my candy cane on the floor, which shattered into tiny granules of sugar. The kid that swung at me was about a foot taller than me, and according to his friends jeering for the two

The first activity that I chose to do, was to interview a character in the memoir, Night. The second activity that I choose, was to create a collage that represents the mode and the themes of this memoir. Many themes were portrayed throughout this memoir. The two activities I chose, relate to a variety of themes: the consequences of human judgement, loss of faith in God, father-son relationships, and loss of human freedom.

One day, when Elie returned from the warehouse, he was summoned by the block secretary to go to the dentist. Elie therefore went to the infirmary block to learn that the reason for his summon was gold teeth extraction. Elie, however pretends to be sick and asks, ”Couldn’t you wait a few days sir? I don’t feel well, I have a fever…” Elie kept telling the dentist that he was sick for several weeks to postpone having the crown removed. Soon after, it had appeared that the dentist had been dealing in the prisoners’ gold teeth for his own benefit. He had been thrown into prison and was about to be hanged. Eliezer does not pity for him and was pleased with what was happening

Elie Wiesel’s Night is about what the Holocaust did, not just to the Jews, but, by extension, to humanity. The disturbing disregard for human beings, or the human body itself, still to this day, exacerbates fear in the hearts of men and women. The animalistic acts by the Nazis has scarred mankind eternally with abhorrence and discrimination.

Dr. Josef Mengele- Mengele is a SS officer at the camp and he has the responsibility of choosing those who are unqualified to work. He is mean and dark- hearted.

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

Night is narrated by Eliezer, a Jewish teenager who, when the memoir begins, lives in his hometown of Sighet, in Hungarian Transylvania. Eliezer studies the Torah (the first five books of the Old Testament) and the Cabbala (a doctrine of Jewish mysticism). His instruction is cut short, however, when his teacher, Moshe the Beadle, is deported. In a few months, Moshe returns, telling a horrifying tale: the Gestapo (the German secret police force) took charge of his train, led everyone into the woods, and systematically butchered them. Nobody believes Moshe, who is taken for a lunatic.

Elie Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928, in Sighet, Transylvania. He grew up with three sisters and had a strong interest in religious studies. In 1944, Nazis forced Jews who resided in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania to relocate to labor and death camps in Poland. When Elie was at the age of 15, he and his entire family were sent to Auschwitz. Elie lived in camps with inhuman conditions and was almost starved to death. He was eventually freed from Buchenwald in 1945. Out of all of his family members only him and two of his sisters survived. Elie then moved on to become many great things like a writer which won him a Nobel-Prize. He wrote many books including the one i am reading “Night”. Elie also taught Judaic studies at the City University

seated at glass table hunched over a writing notebook, pen in hand, cigarette burning in ashtray, cup of coffee, typewriter on table, stacks of paper, candle burning on table.

The novel Night by Elie Wiesel, tells the gripping and frank tale of a Jewish boy and his life enduring the Auschwitz concentration camps in 1945. Throughout the novel, Wiesel does not shy away from the horrifying reality that was the holocaust, but instead highlights them and brings them to the surface. However, Wiesel aims for a higher purpose than simply relaying the gruesome details of the holocaust. Wiesel aims to make an impact, to have each and every reader take away something from this book, to ensure that something like the Holocaust never happens again.

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness” -Desmond Tutu. Hope is more than just a word. It immediately evokes feelings inside of us when we hear or speak of it. Still, hope is not always positive. People can have false hope or wish for destructive things. However, when hope is positive it can help one reach their full potential in life. During times like the Holocaust where hatred and evil are pervasive, hope can be easily lost. Nonetheless, when one can stay hopeful, they become able to overcome obstacles physically, mentally, and emotionally. In Night by Elie Wiesel, “A Tragedy Revealed”, and in One Survivor Remembers hope is essential in sustaining people throughout hard times.

I come home to find Bruno sitting on the kitchen table with a knee full of blood and the Jew that peels our vegetables and waits on us at our table at dinner wrapping a bandage around it. I am so confused as to why he would do something like this, he must have been terrified as to what the soldiers would have done to him if they came in and saw him touching or even talking to the their boss’s son, yet he still had enough humanity in him to help Bruno.

November 15th was the day. My little brother, Jeff, was craving for some pumpkin pie, and as usual, my parents being biased, forced me to go fetch up some of that mouth-watering pumpkin pie. I really didn’t want to go, but I had to. I forced Jeff to go with me, not knowing the danger I’ll get him into. I took my dog, Mickey, with me so I could feel safe on the street during the night. In the neighborhood I live, when the sun sets, dangerous people lurk the streets.

‘My day won’t be so bad after all,’ I thought as I was devouring the skewers. The nice weather only made it better. I wasn’t paying much attention to where I was walking until someone slammed into me with brute force. I momentarily lost my balance but the person that had run into me held me still and murmured an apology before running away again. I stood there dumb founded, looking at the figure until I heard girls screaming and running my way. ‘That was Ethan, was that not?’