"For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time."(Wiesel)
The book "Night" is a compelling autobiography about Eli Wiesel, bringing the reader through his life during the holocaust. He does a perfect job at illustrating the changes him and his family had to endure from their normal life in Transylvania, to his relocation to Auschwitz. It's a great book to read if you're willing to understand the true impact WWII had on Jews, from all the physical and mental struggles thee people went through.
As the story continues, Weisel brings you through a series of hardships and tragedies that along with it, dwindle his hope little by little. He states, "I have more faith in Hitler than I do anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people." At this point, almost all his hope is gone that he believes humanity is ruined. He
Elie Wiesel, in his book Night, uses a young boy named Elie to show that all people can be changed. Over time, Elie becomes more in tuned with reality while also starts to loose his sympathy. Becoming numb to his surroundings and allowing death to become the daily norm.
Wiesel develops this theme by expressing Elies emotions during and after every event. By the time the end of the book nears, his dad is on his death bed. Elie becomes selfish and doesn't even give his dad food in hopes to save more for his own personal health. When he wakes up one morning to find his father gone, he knows he has passed away or was too sick and was killed. You would think that a son who has gone through so much over the past few years with his father would mourn in some way but he felt nothing. He had been turned into a heartless being just wasting space.
The book "Night" is a compelling autobiography about Eli Wiesel, bringing the reader through his life during the holocaust. He does a perfect job at illustrating the changes him and his family had to endure from their normal life in Transylvania, to his relocation to Auschwitz. It's a great book to read if you're willing to understand the true impact WWII had on Jews, from all the physical and mental struggles thee people went through.
As the story continues, Weisel brings you through a series of hardships and tragedies that along with it, dwindle his hope little by little. He states, "I have more faith in Hitler than I do anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people." At this point, almost all his hope is gone that he believes humanity is ruined. He
Elie Wiesel, in his book Night, uses a young boy named Elie to show that all people can be changed. Over time, Elie becomes more in tuned with reality while also starts to loose his sympathy. Becoming numb to his surroundings and allowing death to become the daily norm.
Wiesel develops this theme by expressing Elies emotions during and after every event. By the time the end of the book nears, his dad is on his death bed. Elie becomes selfish and doesn't even give his dad food in hopes to save more for his own personal health. When he wakes up one morning to find his father gone, he knows he has passed away or was too sick and was killed. You would think that a son who has gone through so much over the past few years with his father would mourn in some way but he felt nothing. He had been turned into a heartless being just wasting space.
