Night: Final Exercise

Theme Thesis:

1. Survival was an important aspect during the holocaust, and in "Night" written by Elie Wiesel, being able to take charge of your own life is something needed to survive even if it means leaving those you love behind.

• "An endless road. Letting oneself be pushed by the mob; letting oneself be dragged along by a blind destiny." (83)
• "No one wanted to give to give up now, just before the end, so near to the goal" (88)
• "We walked over pain-racked bodies. We throd on wounded faces. No cries. A few groans." (88)
• "Don't forget you're in a concentration camp. Here, every man has to fight for himself and not think about anyone else. Even of his father." (105)
• "It's dangerous to fall asleep in the snow. You might sleep for good." (84)
• "Death wrapped itself around me till i was stifled. It stuck to me. I felt that I could touch it the idea of dying, of no longer being, began to fascinate me. Not to exist any longer." (82)
• "This was the end. Hitler was going to keep his promise." (107)
• "We had been tormented with hunger. We had eaten nothing for six days, except a bit of grass or some potato peelings found near the kitchens." (108)

Character Thesis

2. With the holocaust happening, Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel in the book "Night", taught many individuals that being independent and fending for youself will help you survive, even if it means leaving those around you behind. 

• "It's too late to save your father, I said to myself. You ought to be having two rations of bread, two rations of soup." (105)
• "There were no prayers at his grave. No candles were lit to his memory. His last word was my name. A summons, to which I did not respond." (106)
• "I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. I had no more tears. And in the depths of my being, in the recesses of my weakened conscience, could I have searched it, I might perhaps have found something like-free at last!" (106)
• "I have nothing to say of my life during this period. It no longer mattered. After my father's death, nothing could touch me anymore" (107)
• "I did not feel pity for him. I was even pleased about what happened. I saved my gold crown. It might be useful to me one day to buy something-- bread or life" (50)
• "I witnessed other hangings. I never saw a single one of the victims were. For a long time those dried-up bodies had forgotten the bitter taste of tears." (60)