NIGHT BY ELIE WIESEL

Night, by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography including the main characters Elie,

his family, and all the victims of the holocaust. The main idea of this book is to

get people to realize the pain and suffering of the Jewish people during the

Holocaust. Because of cruel incidents, people’s emotions go numb. They had

no lives. The Jewish prisoners went to any length to stay alive; lying, killing,

and even betraying family. Jewish prisoners knew nothing about how to

survive the deadly camp of Auschwitz. Most Jewish prisoners were thrown

into ditches to burn if not the right age or if they looked too weak to work.

Elie and his father lied about their ages to pass the first selection. By lying

about their ages, they were viewed as more fit to work. The prisoners

actually came to realize “Work is liberty” at Auschwitz. Lying became

common among the Jews to pass selections. Rations of food were scarce,

thus killing for crumbs were occurrences that happened daily. For instance, a

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