terrifying account of a Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy

into an agonized witness to the death of his family, his innocence, and his

God. Night is similar to All Quiet on the Western Front in a number of ways.

Both have the same main theme. The Horror of War. In both books, innocent

people were sent off the to be killed. Elie says, "Those whose numbers had

been noted stood apart, abandoned by the whole world. Some of them were

weeping" ( 69 ). The ones whose number was called out was sent to the

awful gas chambers to meet their sure death because they were too weak to

provide help for the Nazis. Others were called out to become victims of the

dreaded crematory. Women, children, and the weak were normally the first to

go. Elie describes her first night as follows: " Never shall I forget that night,

the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven

times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget the smoke. Never

shall I forget the little faces of the child

Paul and Albert's when Paul held Albert up so he would lie out in the field to

The deaths in the concentration camps are constant and without

each other going. Elie says, " My father's presence was the only thing that

die. Friendship is a strong feeling and it may help one get through strong

struggles out on. Her God she thought has abandoned her. She needs

Front as it did in those in Night. Elie sees something she can never forget

wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky" ( 32 ). The sight of the furnace

themes. The horror of war and friendship were the ones that stood out. The

own eyes.. those children in that flames" ( 30 ).

had just as negative of an affect on the characters in All Quiet on the Western

changed the way people acted, just as World War I. Friendship was the only

which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live" ( 32 ). Everyone's

Friendship in Night is just as strong as in All Quiet in the Western

forget. The cruelness of humans is shown in both books by the merciless

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Approximate Word count = 734
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)