Night by Elie Wiesel

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             The book Night by Elie Wiesel brings unto a true tale of horrendous events that occurred
             during the Holocaust. It is told through the eyes of, Eliezer, a young Jewish boy. At his
             young age he began learning and studying the "revelations and mysteries of the cabbla",
             Jewish theosophy, with his teacher, Moshe the Beadle (3). The Talmud was something that
             he devoted himself too during the day and the cabbala at night. Eliezer was able to escape
             when Moshe and Beadle were taken away in a cattle train. He saw how Hitler reign was
             destructive and despairing and came back to warn everyone, "...I wanted to come back
             and warn you..."(5). However some were not so grateful and thought that he had gone
             senseless. Eliezer's father, Chlomo, was a very well known man in the town of Sighet,
             where they lived. He was like the town wise man that knew all the answers and always
             willing to give advice. Chlomo is an older man; he becomes slow and weak during the
             concentration camps and looks to be a problem towards Eliezer, however has some good
             advice to offer. Eliezer chooses never leave his father and always takes his advice. His
             relationship with his father, I found, was the most important thing for him to survive.
             Due to everyone's expectations the war was not over in little time by any means. News
             soon came that Germany was allowed to invade Hungry. With this everyone was in for
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