Although Towards the end of the book he lost his faith in god the only reason he kept pushing and worked harder to survive was because of his father. He did not want to die and leave him alone because he thought the only reason his father wanted to stay alive was because of him. They helped each other and watched each other’s backs while the Nazi inhumanly tortured and beat them. It was during World War II where the Germans mass murdered The Jewish people. Even though it was everyone for them self’s in the concentration camps some managed to successfully help and work with each other to survive, sharing food and other things.
For example in the novel he blames everything on God but in the article Elie realized everything was man’s fault. As the novel Night goes on, Eliezer is more angered and disappointed by what he sees every day in the concentration camps. “For God’s sake, where is God” (Night 65). When the pipel, a young child, is hung in front of the whole camp, Elie feels that it is his God who is hanging on the gallows, which symbolizes that is God who put them in this. Later on in the article Elie realizes that God did not do anything wrong.
The story is powerful and affecting through the negligence of the Nazis. In Night, the people are forced to adapt to this horrific situation by focusing on the needs of survival, resisting faith and religion, and simply becoming accustomed to their surroundings. The simple task of the prisoners in concentration camps is to survive the inhumane acts the Nazis perform. Enduring the torment alone would not relieve them of death, but would facilitate them to live. When first placed in this situation, it would seem almost impossible to be able to live in these circumstances.
While Wiesel is in the concentration camps, he is usually forced to wait hours by the Gestapo. In the situation he waits for his father to hear his fate, but in the concentration camps he waits for the SS officers. Out of all the horrifying and disgusting things in this book, this probably was on the list of things that bothered me the most. The Germans were burning babies and children. I do not see how any human being could do this.
Wharton gives the feeling of bitterness and depression by using winter as the setting. One way she gave this feeling is when she referred to the sky as a “sky of iron.” Winter also symbolizes the cold, snow, darkness, isolation and loneliness. We learned early in the book that Ethan wanted to leave and go to a larger town, but that dream of his was never fulfilled. Because of this unfulfilled dream, Ethan gives of a depressed feeling up until he meets Mattie anyways. Death is everywhere in Starkfield.
Breeden 1 Rebekah Breeden Professor Ehrhardt HIST 1623-099 11 May 2012 Night Essay Elie Wiesel portrays the degradation of Jewish humanity and culture by describing his experiences during the Holocaust in World War II. Wiesel describes how the SS dehumanized the Jews through cruel treatment for various reasons. From the experiences described by Wiesel, the humanity of he himself and other inmates diminished as they looked out for themselves and not for family. Wiesel’s account shows that the human’s capacity for cruelty and strength is unparalleled. His account also shows that the reason we must remember the Holocaust is so that the mass genocide will not be forgotten, lest we commit the crime of injustice by forgetting who died.
He was beaten by an SS officer. He was very sick, and couldn’t work anymore. In the beginning, Elie was very worried about his father, but a few days later Elie and his father’s relationships became worse. The burden from his father has been too much work, so it was a board to happen. After Blockalteste told Elie that he is in a concentration camp, he shouldn’t care about anyone else except himself even his old father.
Paul tells the horrors of the front-line in battle as well as about life in camp. The struggles and hardships Paul identifies show the reader in many ways the destructiveness of war and its lasting effects. The destruction of war is a theme that is identified in many ways throughout the novel. For one, the war takes away everything the soldiers have; there is no past or future. In the present, there is nothing but war.
The soldiers bared the worst suffering through their experiences living in the trenches. It was the biggest example of the dehumanization of soldiers. In the novel Generals Die in Bed by Charles Yale Harrison, we learn that it is not only the Germans who were their biggest enemies. They endured harsh
Throughout The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini , Amir is tortured by guilt. He constantly thinks about his actions and is bothered by them, but doesn’t seem to know how to resolve the situation, until Rahim Khan gives him a way. The theme guilt to redemption functions throughout The Kite Runner in a few ways including someone problem becoming another persons obstacle, showing the path guilt leads one throughout one’s life, and opportunity to not feel guilt and to help someone. It was years before Amir learned the truth from Rahim Khan. After the death of Ali, Hassan and Baba, Amir was alone and left to not only sort out his own sins but also those of his father.