The Struggle In Elie Wiesel's 'Night'

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Just because someone is going through distress or a crisis are the people on Earth obligated to care and help them? People on earth should not have an obligation to help those that go through distress and crisis. Although helping those that go through hardships in life is the right thing to do, In the novel Night they talk about helping the needy. From source 1 it says “As a rule, our townspeople, while they did help the needy, did not particularly like them.” They are saying just because someone is going through something everyone else should not have to help them with their problems. Even though there can be a plus side to helping others people usually choose not to take this route, which is similar to a part in the book Thirty-Eight

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