Jackson Smith English 2 Honors Mrs. Degrood 2/6/2024 Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs Title: Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs. Adolph Hitler put six death camps into operation during the Holocaust, which was responsible for the death of eleven million Jews. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and the experiences depicted in "Night" by Elie Wiesel, uncovers the intrinsic human drive for survival, the resilience of the human spirit, and the profound significance of basic needs in sustaining hope amidst despair. In "Night," Elie Wiesel recounts his harrowing experiences during the Holocaust, offering a profound exploration of human resilience amidst extreme adversity. Through the lens of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Wiesel's narrative reveals how individuals strive to meet basic needs for survival, …show more content…
Set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Europe, the narrative follows Wiesel's journey from his peaceful hometown of Sighet, Transylvania, to the horrors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. Drawing parallels to Wiesel's narrative, we explore how these needs manifest in the context of extreme suffering and resilience. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and the experiences depicted in "Night" by Elie Wiesel, uncovers the intrinsic human drive for survival, the resilience of the human spirit, and the profound significance of basic needs in sustaining hope amidst despair. It was not unusual for them to go days without food. They were lucky to go get watery soup and a bit of bread daily. Elie described, “I was nothing but a body. Perhaps even less: a famished stomach. The stomach alone was measuring time” (Page 52). This shows that the prisoners were starved so badly that all they could think about was their hunger. In "Night," the depiction of hunger, thirst, and physical deprivation underscores the primal instinct for survival and the dire consequences of their
events in “Night” by Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust challenged faith and resilience. “Night” is a nonfiction memoir by Elie Wiesel. The book begins in Elie’s hometown of Transylvania in Sighet, where Elie lives a peaceful, religious life. But when the Nazis arrive, he and his family are taken to Auschwitz. Elie and his father were separated from his sisters and mother. Elie then goes through psychological and physical pain to survive. This pain makes him struggle to cling to his faith. In “Night” Elie Wiesel
Bear Grylls once said, “ Survival can be summed up into three words: never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.” In the book Night, Elie Wiesel endures many misfortunes and has to motivate himself to continue to live on. The message that he is trying to relate concerning resilience is that pushing and trying to survive to make it through the hard times in life can lead to overcoming the hardships. Three obstacles that he overcomes are when he pushes himself, while injured, to
Did you know that the book Night was about the life of Elie Wiesel while in a concentration camp and he wrote it after he survived? Elie Wiesel and Joe Rantz really showed resiliency in their own ways in their books Night and The Boys in the Boat. Night was a story about Hitler’s concentration camp in Auschwitz and how Elie Wiesel fought through very hard times. The Boys in the Boat were about Joe Rantz and the Washington Rowing team going on a tough journey to the Olympics against Hitler’s superior
The books Night and Boys in the Boat have many similarities, including their main characters skills and actions. Night, written by Elie Wiesel, and Boys in the Boat, written by Daniel James Brown, both take place in the early 1900’s. They show the struggle of their main characters and how they fight to have success. The main characters, Joe Rantz and Elie Weisel, demonstrate resilience by overcoming adversity and overcoming their fears to have success. One way that the main characters demonstrated
In the autobiography, Night, the prisoners obtained resilience from their family, hope, and will to live. Resilience is the ability to recover after something bad happens. Firstly, the protagonist Eli, obtained his resilience from the idea that he and his father would survive together. The novel, states, “The idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me. To no longer exist. To no longer feel the excruciating pain of my foot. To no longer feel anything, neither fatigue nor cold, nothing
The memoir Night is a true story set during the Holocaust about a boy named Eliezer Wiesel. Throughout the book, Elie and her father encounter many different hardships and challenges, but use resilience to get through them. Family and fear can both impact a person’s resilience by shifting their mindset or by giving them more encouragement to keep going. Fear plays a huge role in impacting someone’s resilience by changing their point of view into prioritizing themselves. When all of the prisoners
Resilience is the ability to recover quickly from difficulties. It is the ability to bounce back, no matter what kind of object or person. As Margaret Thatcher said, “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” In the book, Night, by Elie Wiesel, a young Wiesel and his family are taken from their hometown, Sighet, and sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. In this book, Wiesel relives and tells the horrors and nightmares of what his friends, family, and himself went through while
that when you are going through something difficult but throughout the whole thing and in the end you usually end up bouncing back from this? I believe that a positive outlook and resilience seem to go hand in hand and is the main part of resilience. I believe that a positive outlook is the most important factor in resilience. In the book pursuit of happiness, Chris Gardner keeps a positive outlook throughout the whole book so that he will keep his son from worrying about the current situation they
Resilience, what is it? It is one of the few reasons many Jews survived the horrors of the Holocaust during World War II, from 1941 through 1945. Moishe the Beadle showed resilience even after being captured and escaping; he tried to warn the people of Sighet that the Germans were coming, but no one believed him. Eliezer’s father showed resilience throughout the novel until his death, guiding Eliezer and himself through the concentration camps. Eliezer Wiesel showed resilience all throughout his
The book Night was about a young boy, named Elie Wiesel, who was sent to a concentration camp with his family. He mainly survived that concentration camps because of his father and the fear of death. The book Boys in the Boat was about a boy, named Joe Rantz, who had a tough life but became a better person because of his tough life and his family. Family is a factor that affected human resilience in the books Night and Boys in the Boat. Elie Wiesel's relationship with his father is what kept Elie
Resilience is the ability to overcome struggles. In the book Night, Elie Wiesel is put into a concentration camp during the Holocaust. During his time there, Elie would not have been able to be so resilient without his father by his side. In Boys in The Boat, Joe Rantz would also have struggled to overcome his struggles without his dad. However, without Joe’s father treating him so badly throughout his childhood Joe might not have been so motivated to prove to his father that he was strong. In both
Resilience is defined as the ability to bounce back when faced with a trying situation. In the memoir First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung, Loung narrates to us the story of her childhood under the violent reign of the Khmer Rouge. Throughout the memoir, there are many circumstances in which Lound demonstrates incredible resilience through her unwavering determination and persistence. These traits are also evident in my best friend and fellow teammate, Kerry. Every night at swim practice, without
the topic of whether either the protagonists in both Night, by Elie Wiesel, and Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown, can truly fight back from adversity. In Night, a heart-wrenching tale is told of a young boy and his family being stolen from their homes and forced into cramped camps. Little by little, we see young Elie Wiesel growing up to slowly lose everything he once had and completely changing as a person, yet gaining heaps of resilience in the process. In Boys in the Boat, Joe Rantz, an impoverished
Katie Soh Mrs Talutto English 1 3/1/2024 Night Essay. Inhumanity is a thing that happens all around us, all the time. It can and will attack one when at one’s weakest point. How could one even dream of surviving? In Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie dared to dream. Night is a true story following a teenage boy during the Holocaust and the horrors he faced because of it with his father. Inhumanity is a motif in night. It is seen when Elie is forced to see children be burned, when he is whipped by Idek mercilessly
Introduction This connection between storytelling and identity is shown in Rachel Perkins' film "One Night the Moon." Set in the Australian outback in the 1900s, diving into colonialism and indigenous culture. The movie reveals how colonialism has shaped indigenous identities, but also showcases their strength and cultural wealth. Impact of Colonialism Colonialism plays a big role in "One Night the Moon." The film shows how European colonization affected indigenous Australians, focusing on characters