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
             son fought his father for bread. "Meir. Meir, my boy! Don't you recognize
             me? I'm your father... you're hurting me...you're killing your father! I've got
             some bread...for you too...for you too...." This shows how the Holocaust
             made people genocidal. Feelings left their souls on the first day at camp, for
             when someone died no one cared. Family betraying family took place during
             marches to new camps. A boy and his father had to run as fast as they could
             for as long as possible until the S.S. soldiers said they could stop. ...