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Wiesel's Night is about what the Holocaust did, not just to the Jews, but by extension, to humanity. People all over the world were devastated by this atrocious act, and there are still people today who haven't overcome the effects. One example of the heinous acts of the Germans that stands out occurs at the end of the war, when Elie and the rest of the camp of Buna are being forced to transfer to Gleiwitz. This transfer is a long, arduous, and tiring journey for all who are involved. The weather is painfully cold, and snow fell heavily; the distance is greater than most people today will even dream of walking. The huge mass of people is often forced to run, and if one collapses, is injured, or simply can no longer bear the pain, they are shot or trampled without pity. An image that secures itself in Elie's memory is that of Rabbi Eliahou's son's leaving the Rabbi for dead. The father and son are running together when the father begins to grow tired. As the Rabbi falls fart
Not only does the gypsy not grace his father with a response, but he also delivers a blow to his head that sent him to the floor. However, the effect of the spiritual beating by the Germans was already being felt. The incident that perhaps has the greatest effect on Elie is the hanging of the pipel. her and farther behind his son, his son runs on, pretending not to see what is happening to his father. He decides that he would never leave his father, even if staying with him would be the cause of his death. Elie watches the entire exhibition, but doesn't even blink. This spectacle causes Elie to think of what he would do if his father ever became as weak as the Rabbi. He realizes that nothing, not even his faith in God, can save him from the physical punishment that would await him if he tried to counterattack the gypsy. Those not directly involved with the Holocaust were still alive physically, but their mind and spirit had long been dead. The German forces are so adept at breaking the spirits of the Jews that we can see the effects throughout Elie's novel. Unlike the necks of those he is hanged with, the young boy's neck does not break when he falls, and he suffers for over a half-hour. By the end of the war, Elie loses all of his faith in God and his fellow man, and this is the most difficult obstacle to overcome when he is released. When the time for the hanging approaches, the Lagerkapo refuses to kick out the chair, so SS officers are assigned to do it. Elie's faith In God, above all other things, is strong at the onset of the novel, but grows weaker as it goes on.
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