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Similarities Between Night And The Book Thief

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Between the two books of different genres, a reader is opened up to different circumstances of two people. During the Holocaust, there were those who lived through the terror in Nazi Germany under Hitler's reign, and those who suffered from the work of Nazi’s ending up inside compact concentration camps. Within the book Night by Elie Wiesel and the book The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the Holocaust period was a key factor. Both the books stress the idea of the Holocaust, however are portrayed in very different ways. With the stories being told from different perspectives the true feelings of the Holocaust are understood and the similarities between all people are shown.
Both readings give the daily life of a child during the time of the Holocaust. …show more content…

Based on both books, the reader can conclude all those during the time lost faith. Though The Book Thief is fiction, it could potentially be a reality. Elie Wiesel was directly introduced to the cruelty of the world. Being taken from his home, separated from his family, and suffering throughout his experience, he could no longer view the world as a peaceful place. Liesel Meminger was introduced to cruelty much slower. She suffered from the beginning by losing her mother to a camp, and the death of her brother. Both characters had suffered from sheer cruelty. Elie Wiesel states, “Blessed be God’s name? Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves? Because He kept six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy Days?” This direct quote indicates he could not longer accept God as a faithful figure. In The Book Thief, Liesel slowly began to lose faith in humanity. Though Liesel was not fully aware of what was going on, towards the end of the book she realize the cruelty of humanity.
Both The Book Thief and Night revolve around the idea of the Holocaust. With this, the reader is able to see the contrast between two different people at the time. Night by Elie Wiesel provides the perspective from the inside of concentration camps, while The Book Thief by Markus Zusak provides the perspective from those living in Nazi Germany. By reading both perspectives, the reader is given the thoughts and feelings of both people connecting all people of the time period, coming to the conclusion that all people were suffering loss of faith in God and

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