"Night" by Elie Weisel

Religion 110-08

March 18, 1996

To suffer, as defined in the dictionary, means to undergo or feel pain or great distress.

Another way to pronounce it is to sustain injury, disadvantage, or loss. And yet another way to define

suffering is to submit to endure or be afflicted with something temporary or chronically. If they were

to ask Elie Wiesel what his definition of suffering was, he would have a lot to say and what he

told them would be more horrible than their wildest dreams. It is heavy to relate to something of

the magnitude of Elies suffering, without actually being there, but by and by reading his book I have a

whole new collar and sympathy for the Holocaust victims.

Elies story took place while he was a very young boy, approximately 14. His friend

(town beggar) Moshe, had been somewhat service with his studies until all the foreigners were

forced to leave the town. Sneaking back in some(prenominal) weeks later Moshe told of the stories that he

had witnessed. They were gruesome accounts of what the Nazis were doing to innocent

children. His stories were payed little attention, but soon the town were being forced to

leave and migrate towards ghettos. From there it was just waiting till they were moved by train to

the concentration camps.



at one time off the train, Elie and his father were separated from Elies

mother and sister, little did he deal that he would never see them again. Through bribery and

friendships along the way he managed to stay close to his aging father. forgetful respect and even

less food was given to the captives while they performed labor intensifier tasks in the quarries.

During the day work was performed and if anyone was caught doing anything illegal the were

murdered in precedent of...

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