Night By Elie Wiesel Analysis

In the story, Elie is slowly losing his hope because he feels like nothing is coming in his direction that is good. He and the other Jews have a hard time living in the concentration camps because everyday they are being punished and starved. In the story, Elie Wiesel shows the literary element of imagery by saying “Then we began to hear the airplanes. Almost at once, the barracks began to shake.

Elie made the choice to leave with his father when the Germans were evacuating everyone. His father and him were informed by fellow inmates and rumors that those left in the infirmary would be blown up by the Germans. However what they didn't know was the two days after the evacuation, the Russian forces came and liberated those left behind. The injured were finally free and Elie has yet missed another opportunity. This was heart breaking on my side of this story. I read this part and I feel extremely sad. I wish so badly that I was there and could have told or maybe even just hint Elie that his and his father's lives could have been saved. That they could escape from the demonic hands of the SS soldiers.

At the beginning of the book it was very evident that Elie’s will to survive was very strong. This was demonstrated when an inmate at the concentration camp gave advice to Elie and his father about how to increase their survival chances and avoid the crematorium. The dialogue between the inmate, Elie, and Elie’s father was as follows: "Hey, kid, how old are you?" The man interrogating me was an inmate. I could not see his face, but his voice was weary and warm.

In the book, the prisoners are locked up in the concentration camp and they are not allowed to leave. They will suffer severe consequences if they attempt to escape, including death. In the following quote, Elie and the other prisoners were marching through Auschwitz. This occurred during the transition from night to morning. They were all marching because they were ordered to by the prison guards.

For three days nobody had food or water and were forbidden to leave the barrack. Everyone was weak and skinny, they were on the verge of living or dying. They were shoved into a transport car, and Elie tried to wake his father up but got no response. He was worried that he was dead, and he realized there was no reason to live. “Suddenly, the evidence overwhelmed me: there was no longer any reason to live, any reason to fight” (Wiesel 99). The only reason he had the will to live was his father, and that proves that family is all you have in a situation like his. The reason is Elie, who has had many beatens, starved for days on end, and lived in horrible conditions was only doing it for his

If you are told to leave your house, belongings, and you may never see your family again, how will you react? The author of the book Night, Elie Wiesel, is told these exact words. Unfortunately for Elie, his family, including their entire Jewish community, do not have time to comprehend the agonies and heart wrenching anguish they will soon face. Prior to grasping the idea, it is much too late: the entire community is already in front of the gates to their mortality- Auschwitz. All of Elie’s family members separate away from him, by chance, he is not, however Elie is not split from his father- Shlomo. As a result, Elie and his father’s relationship expresses sacrifice and loyalty to the family bond.

Elie’s family was taken away by SS Nazi soldiers on a cattle car train to Auschwitz concentration camp. Immediately after arriving, all of the women, including Elie’s mother and sisters, were separated from the men. Luckily enough, Elie remained by his father’s side, but to be in a place that smells of burning flesh, and soldiers screaming abhorrent words towards Jews while holding rifles, was traumatic for Elie. He had no knowledge of what was to happen to his own mother and sisters, but had a precise vision as to their fate while at Auschwitz, the emotional strife was already high and only just beginning for him. So after being separated, Elie is seen by Dr. Mengele, survival kicks in for Elie and he lies to the Doctor

The memoir Night by Elie Wiesel is a story that the author tries to tell from his perspective of what it’s like to try to survive during the Holocaust, and the things that people would have to go through plus what they had to do to live another day. Wiesel is a boy that had to go through hell for the years that are usually the best as a child growing up, and he had that taken away from him. He tells his story and explains to the reader using mixed diction and tones. This time was not an easy time to have survived especially in the camps. Some of the times Wiesel had to lie to not be cremated. “‘Here, kid, how old are you?’ It was one of the prisoners…… Our procession continued to move slowly forward.” (Wiesel 28-30). This is a way Wiesel

After being moved within their town, relocation to another country is the final step taken in separating Jews from society. Wiesel’s father shares the news of relocation after a meeting with local leaders: “‘The news is terrible...Transports.’ The ghetto was to be liquidated entirely. Departures were to take place street by street, starting the next day” (13). This measure marks the end of Sighet Jews’ lives in their town and the beginning of a totally different life. They are pulled from everything they know, their town, their schools, their stores, and their friends. Lives in Sighet are brought to a stop while a new life, under a

After the Genocide of Jews throughout Europe during the Holocaust, there was no way to inform others of what happened from a Jew’s first hand perspective. Then, the book Night was written by Elie Wiesel to speak for those that were victims of the Holocaust. The author, Elie Wiesel was a Jewish adolescent who lived in the village of Sighet within the region of Transylvania during the Holocaust. Wiesel first hand experienced concentrations camps. Although he was never officially diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder he seldomly discussed his feeling with others which is a common symptom of those who suffer from this disorder. He eventually did find a way to deal with his issues which was was through writing. It took him 10 years to decide

“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”, said Elie Wiesel the author of night. Elie Wiesel is a holocaust survivor, he went through 5 different concentration camps. He was dehumanized, malnourished, and abused. He lost all his possessions, his family, and his humanity. In Elie Wiesel’s “Night”, the German Army dehumanizes Elie Wiesel and the jewish prisoners by depriving them of family, food, and self esteem.

In the book, Elie talks a little about life before the Germans came in and forced them to give up their humanity. During this time, life was fairly normal and Elie spent his time studying the Zohar with a man name Moishe. Even when Moishe was forced to leave, because he was a foreign jew, not much changed; he continued studying the kabbalistic works and building a relationship with god. It isn’t until Moishe’s return that people start becoming slightly worried, but it still wasn’t enough to really cause a stir within the community. Most citizens just assumed Moishe was crazy whenever he tried to tell people his experiences away from the town. When German police came into the city, people finally began to worry. It was known throughout the town that Hitler had planned to destroy the race of jews but people didn’t believe that one man could manage to kill an entire race. For a time people and the police coexisted with some amount of peace, but then came the ghettos.

Elie sees people dying and starts to worry. This causes his health to slowly decline and he can’t function since these thoughts are constantly occupying him. All of the things he has seen at the concentration camp, whether it was people being tortured, killed, burned, will follow him for the rest of his

I feel that the main reasons Elie went on for so long was the fact that he did not want to die, and he could not leave his father there alone. I believe that I would have done different things based on the different scenarios I might have found myself in. For example, if I were with my mother, father, brother, or sister, I too would have wanted to stay alive to make sure I did not leave them alone. That would be one of my main reasons for living would be for my family. I would also try to stay alive to show the Germans that no matter what they do, we could still live. However, if I am being completely honest, it is of high probability that I would be shot within the first five minutes at a concentration camp. I would be shot due to the fact that I would not want to listen to their orders. If they had tried to separate me from my family I would have freaked out and I would probably start yelling, screaming, and kicking guards. There is a possibility that I would eventually resist if there were others with working with me; unfortunately, it does not seem very

Second, the Jews of Sighet remained optimistic about their deportation and compared the deportation to going on a holiday. In fact, they were even willing to volunteer for their deportation. In anticipation of their deportation, they imagined and expected that something better was waiting for them in the new place. They perceived the change as a new opportunity for them to better their life, such as to acquire a new home and pursue new career opportunities. In somewhat of an ignorant optimism, they refused to believe anything bad would happen to them. The Jewish people, including Elie and his family, tried to carry on with their regular life routine without considering that what lies ahead could be death and destruction. The perception of normality among the change thus cast a positive light on their situation. For example, when the Jews were forced to move into ghettos, they acted relieved that they no longer have to deal with prejudice.