Night 3
"Hitler won't be able to do us any harm, even if he wants to." So begins the book, Night, by Elie Wiesel an autobiographical work about Elie's struggle to survive the Holocaust while living at multiple concentration camps. Beginning at age 15, Elie Wiesel moves from a young man questioning the accounts of German hatred, to becoming a witness of many inhumane acts brought upon people. Elie Wiesel's book, Night, describes instances of inhumane acts on the Jews at Berkenau-Auswitz, at Buna, and on the march to Gleiwitz. Upon arrival at Berkenau-Auswitz, the men and women were separated. It was here that Elie saw his mother and sisters for the last time. With the advise of another prisoner, Elie and Mr. Wiesel, lied about both their ages and occupations in order to get into the same line of men. "The baton moved unremittingly s
The descriptions show the disbelief that the prisoners felt. Even as they lived these inhumane events, they could not believe that the Nazi's could be so horrible. Elie Wiesel started his story as a young boy doubting Hitler's desire to destroy a race, and ended it witnessing many inhumane and deadly acts. After surviving the first concentration camp, Elie and Mr. Wiesel were sent to Buna, a work camp. At Buna a Overlap (a prison guard) was tortured for sabotaging a power station. A young boy under him, called a Pipel, was also to be tortured for information on the Overlap's accomplices. The Pipel was hung because his he would not reveal the Overlap's accomplices. "For more than a half an hour, he stayed there struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes."(page 62). As Elie stood and watched he heard the other prisoners re
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Approximate Word count = 580
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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