“Night” by Elie Wiesel Essay

discombobulate you ever been separated from your family? What if living wasnt guaranteed? The final solution killed over el even out million people. The purpose of the holocaust was to eliminate the entire Jewish race. In Night, by Elie Wiesel, Elie and his family were separated. Elie was forced to take c be of his father go his mother and sister were killed. The Jews freedom, identity, and sense of hope were taken from them to come the Jews purport less than human. Is freedom actually free?In Night, they lost their freedom when the Germans made a new edict that stated, All Jews are prohibited from leaving their house for three days under penalty of expiry (page 10). Also, the Germans stated that, From this issue on, you Jews are under the authority of the German Army (pages 23-24). Without the Jews freedom they couldnt fight back. With that in mind, the Germans took extraneous the Jews sense of hope as well. In order to do this, however, the Germans practically starved all the Jews to death At that moment in time, all that mattered to me was my daily bowl of soup and crust of stale lolly (page 52). The Germans also killed most of the Jews for little things like backtalk, taking an extra ration of food, or pilfering from the kitchen. To make the Jews feel less than human, the Germans took a counseling their identities. They did this by taking away their name and referring to them as only a number. They even tattooed that number onto their skin. This was so the Jews would not forget that the Germans were of more value then they were, and that Germans were worth more than vertical a number and worth more then Jewish people in general.Another way was by placing them all in one type of surrounding (concentration camps). Also by forcing them all to go in a yellow star to show the world that they were Jews. By doing that they were hoping to eventually break them down and make them feel ashamed for being Jewish. This is what the Jewish people went by mean s of, and the hardships every single Jew must go through to, hopefully, see the sun tomorrow. Freedom is of no use anymore. Identity has vanished into thin air. The Jews sense of hope move into ashes along with them. If you were there, in Elies shoes, would you want to keep on living?