“Night”, what does that mean exactly. Could it be the long torturous nights spent in the concentration camps? Or maybe it was the first night? The long, tiring days, that lead to shorter and shorter nights of sleeplessness. Ellie Wiesel tells his life as a young Jewish boy in the Nazi death camps. A hard life ahead of him he knew not what to think. Being sent to Auschwitz with an unknowing future, he focused on his relationship with God and what he wanted to do with his life, he soon began to think differently. The concentration camps put a strain on every relationship in his life. Losing his mother and sister the first night, and being in the same place with his father as his father began to lose hope. He didn’t know what to do or what to think.
Coming from his hometown, he had met a lowlife person who had started to talked to Ellie and teach him some of his own religious ways. His father disapproved of these encounters, but Ellie continued. Tensions got higher as things went on in the world. Soon after the government had got touchy and made all Jews go to the ghettos. Being from a higher class family, Ellie had gotten to be in the nicer more powerful ghetto. He wasn’t shipped to a camp until towards the end. He had seen his father under great stress. This did not help their relationship much until they got to the camp and Ellie had to help his father stay well so that he wouldn’t be sent out. He needed him there even after all the things that had happened. His father began to age and lose his youthfulness. This was a sign of weakness which was not a good thing in the camps. Ellie did not want to lose the biggest part of his life. Since he had already lost touch with his religion, so he did not want to lose what he had left. He couldn’t decide what needed to be done.
He needed to grow up. This was the challenge. He needed to get back in touch with his inner self and get back to where he was. He did not know what he used to know. He started looking at the little things, like how his health had kept him where he was at. He had been working hard and not getting much to eat. He needed to stay well so that he wouldn’t be sent to the creamatorium and be killed. That was the everlasting thing. Make it through the war. Make it through the mess and the had times. This was the only way. Make it home safe.
“Night”, what does that mean exactly. Could it be the long torturous nights spent in the concentration camps? Or maybe it was the first night? The long, tiring days, that lead to shorter and shorter nights of sleeplessness. Ellie Wiesel tells his life as a young Jewish boy in the Nazi death camps. A hard life ahead of him he knew not what to think. Being sent to Auschwitz with an unknowing future, he focused on his relationship with God and what he wanted to do with his life, he soon began to think differently. The concentration camps put a strain on every relationship in his life. Losing his mother and sister the first night, and being in the same place with his father as his father began to lose hope. He didn’t know what to do or what to think.
Coming from his hometown, he had met a lowlife person who had started to talked to Ellie and teach him some of his own religious ways. His father disapproved of these encounters, but Ellie continued. Tensions got higher as things went on in the world. Soon after the government had got touchy and made all Jews go to the ghettos. Being from a higher class family, Ellie had gotten to be in the nicer more powerful ghetto. He wasn’t shipped to a camp until towards the end. He had seen his father under great stress. This did not help their relationship much until they got to the camp and Ellie had to help his father stay well so that he wouldn’t be sent out. He needed him there even after all the things that had happened. His father began to age and lose his youthfulness. This was a sign of weakness which was not a good thing in the camps. Ellie did not want to lose the biggest part of his life. Since he had already lost touch with his religion, so he did not want to lose what he had left. He couldn’t decide what needed to be done.
He needed to grow up. This was the challenge. He needed to get back in touch with his inner self and get back to where he was. He did not know what he used to know. He started looking at the little things, like how his health had kept him where he was at. He had been working hard and not getting much to eat. He needed to stay well so that he wouldn’t be sent to the creamatorium and be killed. That was the everlasting thing. Make it through the war. Make it through the mess and the had times. This was the only way. Make it home safe.