A Negative Remembrance
The Holocaust was a time in history when many were killed for no reason but pure hatred. Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust, wrote a memoir to express his experiences throughout his horrific journey. The novel Night by Elie Wiesel is a memoir that was written to share Wiesel's personal experiences during the Holocaust. In Night, there are many examples of cruelty through Elie’s many atrocious experiences. These harsh experiences cause the Jews to lose their faith in God. The Nazis weren’t the only people cruel to the Jews, but the Jews were also cruel to each other because of the competition for survival.
Nazis are notorious for stripping the identity of their prisoners; it gave them a sense of control. “They took our hair off with clippers, and shaved off all the hair on our bodies” (Wiesel 44). This is one of the first signs of inhumanity by the Nazis. The Nazi’s take away the Jews’ names and give them numbers to identify them. Elie’s number is “A-7713”. By taking away their hair and their names, it takes away part of their identity and above all, makes them indistinguishable, that is to say that, the Nazis take everything from the Jews that might have the potential to set them apart from everyone else. …show more content…
“I once saw one of thirteen beating his father because the latter had not made his bed properly.” (70). This goes to show that the Jews are in a place in their lives where they are doing whatever they can to save themselves, not worrying about the lives of others. “The shadow threw itself upon him. Allied to the ground, stunned with blows...Meir. Meir, my boy!....I’m your father!....you’re killing your father!” (106). This is another instance in which a son is negligent towards his father, therefore demonstrating a theme of
The Holocaust was a time in history when many were killed for no reason but pure hatred. Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust, wrote a memoir to express his experiences throughout his horrific journey. The novel Night by Elie Wiesel is a memoir that was written to share Wiesel's personal experiences during the Holocaust. In Night, there are many examples of cruelty through Elie’s many atrocious experiences. These harsh experiences cause the Jews to lose their faith in God. The Nazis weren’t the only people cruel to the Jews, but the Jews were also cruel to each other because of the competition for survival.
Nazis are notorious for stripping the identity of their prisoners; it gave them a sense of control. “They took our hair off with clippers, and shaved off all the hair on our bodies” (Wiesel 44). This is one of the first signs of inhumanity by the Nazis. The Nazi’s take away the Jews’ names and give them numbers to identify them. Elie’s number is “A-7713”. By taking away their hair and their names, it takes away part of their identity and above all, makes them indistinguishable, that is to say that, the Nazis take everything from the Jews that might have the potential to set them apart from everyone else. …show more content…
“I once saw one of thirteen beating his father because the latter had not made his bed properly.” (70). This goes to show that the Jews are in a place in their lives where they are doing whatever they can to save themselves, not worrying about the lives of others. “The shadow threw itself upon him. Allied to the ground, stunned with blows...Meir. Meir, my boy!....I’m your father!....you’re killing your father!” (106). This is another instance in which a son is negligent towards his father, therefore demonstrating a theme of