Argumentative Essay On Night By Elie Wiesel

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In 1986, Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was a voice for the sufferings of both the Jewish people, and victims of any oppression. His Holocaust experiences sparked something inside of him that wouldn’t have surfaced otherwise. Despite all of the brutality and suffering, Elie learned positive lessons throughout his time in Auschwitz and the Holocaust.
Through the Holocaust, Elie learned that silence is not an answer to oppression. At first, he couldn’t believe the cruelty and pain the Nazis were inflicting. He said, “’I could not believe that human beings were being burned in our times; the world would never tolerate such crimes,’” (Page 33, Night). Then, Elie came to realize the world was staying silent. He saw that people were suffering and dying, and all of humankind backed away in fear or indifference. Seeing this happen in the time he was at the camp made …show more content…

They both loved each other, but lacked a strong bond. Through his journey and life during the Holocaust, Elie and his father have to depend on one another for survival. In the book Night, Elie says many times that his father was his only reason for living. This shows how the bond between family can grow even stronger in tough times. Because of his experiences, Elie formed a close relationship with his father that he never would have had before. Through his experiences during the Holocaust, Elie found himself and the man he was meant to be. All of the suffering he experienced morphed him into an advocate for humans all over. Elie said, “…because I suffered I don’t want others to suffer.” (Wiesel) Being submersed in such horrible conditions and seeing people in such pain led him to wanting to be the voice of people without one. Without the experiences in the camps, he would never had seen the cruelty of the world and realized that people need to be represented and helped. His advocacy for human rights was created out of his

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