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    Throughout a lifetime, people undergo many different identities to discover their true self. Elie Wiesel, the author of the memoir Night, suffered a major event that changed his identity forever. In his experience at the concentration camps during the Holocaust, Elie had to fight to stay alive even during the most resilient moments. This event shaped his life and brought Elie to endure different perspectives in his time in the camps. Eliezer’s identity changed throughout the memoir from faithful

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    life? Well, if you have then you might want to rethink your definition of bad considering the torture that went on during the holocaust. Elie Wiesel was one of the victims that was taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, the main character Ellie was altered throughout the book by his circumstances in Auschwitz. Before Elie was transferred to one of the most famous concentration camps, Auschwitz, he had always look ahead at the future and what he could

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    who were thought to be imperfect, especially Jews. Today, there is less prejudice and discrimination against these people, however we can see it arising once again. Therefore, schools and individuals are beginning to pay more attention to books like Night in order to learn from the past, and use these experiences to prevent similar situations from occurring. By reading memoirs from the Holocaust, people are given the opportunity that when a discriminating conflict arises, they can step up and fight

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    In the novel Night, the author and protagonist, Elie, goes through change because of dehumanization and oppression. During World War II, Adolf Hitler wanted to abolish all Jews from society by murdering and putting them in concentration camps, an event known as the Holocaust. These camps held millions of Jews that were treated like dehumanized animals by the German police. Night is a novel written about the experiences about a boy, Elie Wiesel, who lived through the holocaust. He wrote Night in order

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    the Lhotse Face”(Schaffer 218). Schaffer explains that despite the physically grueling laps their mental strength which kept them going was maintained. Similar to the Sherpas of Mt. Everest and the crew of the James Caird in Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night he needed mental strength to survive in the concentration camps of World War II. In the book it says “An icy wind was blowing violently. But we marched without faltering”(Wiesel 85). Shown here is that even when the physical conditions were anything

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    In the novel “Night” by Elie Wiesel the theme of self preservation and loss of identity plays a critical role in the development of Eliezer (Elie Wiesel) throughout the book. As Wiesel suffers through the tragic events of the holocaust, self preservation proves to be more difficult to keep and losing one’s character seems easy. Wiesel’s identity, faith, and his will to live start to fade as he begins to forms a new character, a character who remains silent. Losing identity means losing the values

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    the situation, then it will grow like how a seed grows when you water it. But if the seed does not receive water anymore, it will die like how the horrors and negativity of the concentration camps killed Elie’s faith. After the analyzation of the novel Night by Elie Wiesel the reader can visualize the horrors and slaughtering of millions of innocent people that occurred in concentration camps. Throughout the book, Elie explains how his faith in God was tested, as he was forced to leave his home, separated

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    Night Essay Prompt: Analyze how Wiesel's character changed throughout the novel, especially in regard to the Jewish religion and towards God as a result of his experiences during the Holocaust. How does Wiesel’s transformation reveal the author’s intended theme about the Holocaust? World War II is a very impactful point in history where the Holocaust is viewed as one of the worst acts of human genocide. Countless Jewish victims endured traumatizing amounts of suffering and pain that transformed

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    of certain experiences? Many victims of the Holocaust personalities were changed because of the traumatizing experiences they had to go through in the concentration camps. Elie Wiesel’s personality definitely changed during his ordeal. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, the main character, Elie, changed in many ways throughout the book because of the different experiences and sights he had to go through in Auschwitz. Before Elie was sent to the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, he displayed positive

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    Throughout the story Night there has been a theme of nothing last forever. The theme can be used to describe the holocaust and concentration camps in the novel .The main character experiences this in almost every part of the novel. This theme can be compare to almost anything not just things that have to do with the novel night. After nearly two years of desolation, a young boy finally saw the first glimmer of hope on the horizon; the Americans had finally arrived, and the Nazis were gone and he

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