Jews In Night By Elie Wiesel

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In the memoir “Night” by Elie Wiesel, all jews pass through a lot of difficult situations and sometimes the characters struggle to help each others or betray their own family members. For example, in the seventh section of the book a child has attacked his own father for a piece of bread - “Don’t you recognize me? I’m your father… you’re hurting me… you’re killing your own father!” (Wiesel 112). Hunger has made people act like “animals” (Wiesel 112), the only thought they have in their heads is their biological needs to eat, drink, rest, etc., in one word - to survive. Then, in the book Elie is attacked by an unknown stranger who is trying to strangle him. The boy successes to shout “Father” (Wiesel 113) for help. After a few moments Elie’s

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