Free Will In Elie Wiesel's 'Night'

“The choice was in our hands. For once we could decide our fate for ourselves.” (78). This was a quote from the book Night, by Elie Wiesel. In this book Elie and his father had to make many choices and this quote said by Elie right before he and his dad made the worst choice in this entire book, besides the beginning where Elie's father decides not to leave the country. There was so many choices in this novel. This quote from the book was only one out of many more. Another choice Elie and his father had to make on their journey, was when Elie chose to listen to the guy right before Elie and his father would be separated into different train cars, so Elie chose to lie about his age. Elie and his father also had a choice when they could move out of the country twice but Elie's father refused both times. These are just a few choices they had to make through the entire book. Choices are what make up our lives and some are bad and some are good. We just all have to remember that no matter how bad our choices are we all make them for a reason, just like Elie and his father had to make quick and not thought

In the literal sense, God made the heavens and the earth. Before God spoke, the earth did not exist, it was empty and formless. He said, "Let there be light," and there was light. This is the first day of the creation of the world.

In Elie Wiesel’s Holocaust memoir, Night, a man says that God is “hanging here on the gallows” while he watches three prisoners being executed in the concentration camp. It is a moment where the Nazis almost completely destroy Wiesel’s faith, as the narrator cannot fathom how a righteous God could allow these atrocities to occur. This question forms the basis of the debate surrounding theodicy: why do bad things happen to good people?

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth. The Earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep”. There are many stories that talk about how the Earth are created and they all vary depending on the beliefs of the writers. In these stories there are many similarities but there are also a few differences. A good example of these similarities can be found in a few creation stories such as Genesis, Creation by the Hopi, and The World on the Turtle’s Back by the Iroquois. In these three stories there are differences and similarities found when looking at how the Earth was created, where all the evil and good came about from, and how all of the animals got their names.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth. After having created everything on Earth, He made man. “The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’”(NIV Genesis 2:15). Thus, He made Eve from the rib of Adam. God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge but the evil serpent, who was craftier than them, tricked Eve into eating the fruit. Eve later convinced Adam after having argued with him and he gave in. Both were punished by God for having gone against His word and would suffer the consequences of it. “So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After He drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden a cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life” (Genesis 3:23-24).

Night is a non-fiction story about and written by Elie Wiesel and his life during the Holocaust. This copy of the book was published in 2006 by Hill and Wang; Night has 115 pages. This book tells the story of Elie and his family. They were of the Jewish religion which lead to them becoming victims of the Holocaust. Their story began during the second world war in the year 1941.

The opening chapter of the bible, known as the Genesis, begins with the words “In the beginning God created the havens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). The text tells us that the earth was formless, empty, and dark. The Bible reveals that God made the world and all that is in it out of nothings. He spoke His Word, and everything came into existence. According to Genesis 1, God created the earth in six days. On the first day, God created the light. On the second day, He created the firmament called heaven. On the third day, God created the dry land in the midst of the lower waters. On the fourth day, He created the sun, the moon and the stars. One the fifth say, He created the fish and all the other living creatures in the oceans and the lakes. On the sixth day, God created the land animals and man. He created man in his own image and placed man in charge of the animals. The seventh say, God rested from His work of

They are placed in the Garden of Eve and are encouraged by God to populate and enjoy the pleasures of this new world. After being warned not to eat from the tree of knowledge, a cunning serpent persuades Eve to eat the fruit from the tree. After sharing the fruit with Adam, both are condemned and punished by God. Eve, however, arguably takes a higher punishment as she is ordered to be submissive to her husband. Not only is Eve portrayed as being easily manipulated, her actions result in total obedience to her husband.

God created Adam and Eve to live in a perfect world, one filled with “pleasant [work]” for them to enjoy, where they tend the Garden of Eden together, with God and all of his angels close at hand (Milton 819). Through this vast expanse of land, they received all the knowledge they needed, and were given instruction not to eat of the forbidden tree because they would die. To gain knowledge of evil for “happier life”, as the Devil suggests, only leads to death and hard labor, something that neither of them will come to enjoy (Milton 831). To ascertain that the forbidding of

In Genesis 1, the chapter describes how the heavens and earth are created. The earth preexisted. In Genesis 1:2, “The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” God formed the light and brought positivity to the dark world.

This novel sheds light on the all too real truth behind the Holocaust through the Elie’s experiences. In chapter 9, Elie describes this in an utterly heartbreaking statement. After liberation he got sick, causing him to spent a few weeks in the hospital, as his strength grew he was able to wander about finding a mirror. “From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me”(115). From 1943 to 1945, the boy that ran out of the ghetto at the age of fifteen left at Buchenwald on April 11 not seeing his face again until he recognized only a corpse looking back at him. Alive but dead, he had lost everything except his life. To him all that remained was the exterior of himself, without

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth” -Genesis 1:1. In the world today, some agree that the world happened by chance and slowly evolved over billions of years, while others believe that in the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth.

Did you know that about 1 in 5 people around the world today have a diagnosed disability? (“Amazing Ableism Statistics”) This statistic proves how ableism is vastly present throughout the world. This is significant because those who are disabled today unfortunately witness and experience discrimination as a result of their disability. Ableism is present throughout Elie Wiesel’s “Night”. Elie’s doctor prevents ableism by exhibiting respect and compassion towards those in need, and not replicating the attitude the officers have towards the disabled. Unfortunately, ableism is still present today in society and the workforce. Although ableism still currently remains, job opportunities for the disabled could counteract the discrimination by demonstrating the rights, respect, and responsibilities a disabled person deserves to possess. It is essential this issue is discussed because to mistreat and remove one’s rights due to disability is morally wrong, and is a work in progress to come to an end because the disabled are worthy of receiving the equivalent rights and respect that others possess/receive.

But there were tempted by Satan- It changed mankind. The forbidden fruit was the apple, the apple can be symbolic to all knowledge and emotions that one of perfection would not be aware of. Before Adam and eve ate the fruit they weren’t ashamed, they felt no unhappiness, anger, sadness and more, but once they disobeyed God the Garden of Eden would no longer be perfect so they instantly felt ashamed of their naked bodies, they were aware of their lack of compliance to God and they were afraid- All emotions they never felt before.

For God knows that on the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will become as gods knowing good and evil” (160). This is a sign of the temptation of knowledge. Eve knows that God told them not to eat fruit, yet once the serpent mentions having knowledge, she eats the fruit. She not only eats the fruit, but she offers Adam the fruit which he also eats. As a consequence for disobeying God, God cursed humankind and “all beasts of the field” (161).