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    devastating Holocaust, where Jews were sent to their deaths, many questioned where their faith lied or if they had any at all. In this Holocaust memoir “Night”, Elie Wiesel’s growing relationship with his father balances his increasing disbelief in the God he once trusted, revealing the powerful human need for purpose. In the early stages of the book, Elie Wiesel’s connection to his father was detached, Wiesel did not depend on him as a father figure; instead, he turned to a higher power for guidance. For

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    Irony in Night Part of what makes “Night” so challenging to read is knowing what will inevitably happen to many of the characters during this time era. Like the sinking of the Titanic, the fate of most will be tragic. Knowing that these innocent men and women in the novel were forced to endure such torturous events and had the ability to avoid them is painstaking to read. The verbal, situational, and dramatic irony seen throughout Elie Wiesel’s memoir makes his experience during the holocaust even

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    Elie Wiesel: Night The five letters that Elie Wiesel utilizes as the title for his book summarize, within one word, all the feelings, the uncertainty, the anger, the fear, etc. associated with the events contained in this novel. The book is a work of art, and Wiesel is a great storyteller, leaving his audience with a deeper knowledge of both historical events and the defiance and courage of the human spirit. Perhaps the most memorable scene in the story is that in which the author and his father

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    As the most famous Holocaust theme author, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Elie Wiesel’s painful memoir novel, Night, records his personal nightmares as a young Jew during the World War II and impacts today’s world profoundly. The terrible living condition in the ghetto, the numb of the prisoned Jews to send the little body of Jewish children into the cremation chimney, the diminishing faith of Elie to God, the little hope of surviving and so on, too many such horrible scenes mingle in every reader’s

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    In the book Night author Elie Wiesel enlightens us into his world and vision he once lived before in a time in which was known as some of Americas worst times. In Elie Wiesel’s book Night gives off very good imagery in which we see in his writing by the precise wording he uses. His emotion in which he gives are a mixed in between frustration, confusion, hope, and etc. An example in which he gives “Jews, listen to me,” she cried. “I see a fire! I see flames, huge flames!” (Wiesel). By this quote shows

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    Dehumanization is a significant cause of losing faith. Elie Wiesler, who wrote the memoir Night, describes the many terrible conditions he experienced while in a concentration camp. These circumstances affected a large number of Jews and other groups, leading to more than six million deaths. Elie reveals how his experiences caused a deprivation of trust and belief in humanity and God due to being degraded of one's character and being treated inhumanely. Initially, Elie stressed the importance of faith and strongly

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    been as stressed as they were in the Holocaust, when the relationships of millions of Jewish families were forever changed. Elie Wiesel, author of Night, is just one of the millions of people whose relationship his family was forever altered by the Holocaust. The memoir, Night, displays the relationship of many fathers and sons that all changed in different ways. Through Wiesel’s memoir the reader discovers that the most adverse situations can pull relationships apart, but more often than not, they

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    realizes that it is not as perfect as he/she thinks it is. When one matures, he/she gains knowledge and experiences that affect how he/she act and think. Their perspective of the world changes either positively or negatively. Night, an autobiographical memoir written by Elie Wiesel, tells of the horrors he faced as a child during the Holocaust. The more the readers read about his experiences, the more they see how his perspectives change throughout the novel. Emily Dickinson's poem “We Grow Accustomed

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    Themes of Night The book Night by Elie Wiesel is a novel portraying the many horrific acts of the Holocaust in a first hand experience. Elie Wiesel himself was one of the few Jews that survived the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel was just 15 years old at the time when the Holocaust began to unfold. In his book Night, Elie Wiesel brings to life the experiences he went through during the time of the Holocaust. In the book Night, the themes of Inhumanity, Loss of Faith, Guilt/ Inaction, and Family are portrayed

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    student, and one Indian-American student in the class. Most students’ literacy skills are at or above reading level, but there are three students with 504 plans (each with ADD) and one other student with dyslexia. The class has been reading Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night, and based on a survey of the students most have had limited experience studying the Holocaust.

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