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Night by Elie Wiesel is a compelling story of one boy’s survival of the Holocaust. Elie starts describing his early years in the town of Sighet in Transylvania. Here his father was a prominent member of the Jewish community and Elie devotes his entire life to his religious beliefs. “During the day I studied the Talmud, and at night I ran to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple.” His beliefs ran so deep that he would always weep when praying without knowing why. When asked why he prayed he responded, ‘”I don’t know why.” He then asked himself, Why do I pray? A strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?’ This alone shows a passion for his beliefs that is often overlooked in today’s society. As a young boy of twelve, his way of life was deeply shaped by his religious sensibilities. As his life went on, a horrible act of humankind not only destroyed his family, his way of life, his people, but also his conception of God. It is this destruction that he focuses on and explains as only a person who has lived through such a horror can. The central thesis of Night focuses on one little boy’s experiences during the Holocaust. The strength he found for survival, the friendships that he made, and the dehu
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Approximate Word count = 1705
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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