The following quotation proves that the apathy that typifies the young man's spirit is extremely palpable on his first night in the camps. "Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky…Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live" (Wiesel 32)
At the beginning of the book, Wiesel can be described as a deeply religious and passionate boy. He even admits that he "believed profoundly" (Wiesel 1); he cried during his prayers because "something inside me
Night by Elie Wiesel Though it is called a novel, Night (Wiesel 1982) is actually a memoir about Wiesel's experiences as a young, devout Jewish boy who is forced by World War II Nazis into a concentration camp, along with his family
Night is not only meant to discuss God's failure to protect the Jewish people, as it also relates to the general condition of this community. The Holocaust virtually defeated them as death came to dominate this group in a dark nihilistic way (Bloom 8)
The writer tried to understand the situation he was in and used the example of Job in an attempt to do so. The fact that the Holocaust caused a great deal of suffering makes it difficult for the narrator to concentrate on the traditional role of God and influences him to consider a scenario in which divinity is not necessarily interested in the well-being of mankind (Berenbaum 154)
He finds himself filled "with only one desire: to eat. I no longer thought of my father or my mother" (Wiesel 113)
And, despite any criticism, Wiesel won the coveted Nobel Peace Prize in 1986; the Nobel Committee calling Wiesel's works the message of "peace, atonement and human dignity." The Nobel Peace Prize is annually awared to the person who "shall have done the most or the best work for his fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses" (Nobel, 2010)
In this universe, all morality is reverse, all semblance of civilization stripped away, and as one of the Guards tells him, "Here there are no fathers, no brothers, no friends. Everyone lives and dies for himself alone" (Wiesel, 1982, 105)
"Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?" Elie said to himself (Wiesel and Wiesel 4)
He writes, "I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone - terribly alone in a world without God and without man" (Wiesel 79)
Deception implies a brutal effect on mind. It enables the one who plans deception to control the other person (Quick, 1994)
The thesis statement for this paper supports the idea that Nazi Germany used deception as a mean to control the overflowing Jewish camp at Auschwitz II when it was constructed as a subsidiary of the main Auschwitz camp. Not only did this deception assisted the army in controlling the mass accumulation of Jews but also was a propaganda, a plot and an experiment to slowly and gradually exterminate the Jewish race by letting them starve and become obsolete with disease and weakness (Wiesel, 2008)
The thesis statement for this paper supports the idea that Nazi Germany used deception as a mean to control the overflowing Jewish camp at Auschwitz II when it was constructed as a subsidiary of the main Auschwitz camp. Not only did this deception assisted the army in controlling the mass accumulation of Jews but also was a propaganda, a plot and an experiment to slowly and gradually exterminate the Jewish race by letting them starve and become obsolete with disease and weakness (Wiesel, 2008)
Camus notes this is not unusual, "And that, too, is natural enough. In fact, it comes to this: nobody is capable of really thinking about anyone, even in the worst calamity" (Camus 241)
He says, "It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds'" (King, Jr
When the story opens, Wiesel is 12, and he strongly believes in his Jewish religion. "I was twelve. I believed profoundly" (Wiesel 12)