Many Jews were worked to death by hard labor and no food. His father was getting weak, so Elie gave him extra rations of food to keep him living. Another hardship was the long, arduous death marches. The allies were coming closer to the camps, so the Nazis made Elie and his father run from Buna to Gleiwitz, to evacuate to a more central part of Germany. The transfer was a long journey through bitter cold, and thick falling snow. Elie fought these hardships, unlike many who died, and came through to live to this day. Throughout the book Elie showed the reader how the evil Nazis broke the pride and spirits of the Jews. As the time he was in the camps went by, he began to lose faith in God. He saw many brutal beatings and killings that made him think. Why does god exist, and if all those people were dieing and suffering without any help from him. As he watched this happen, he knew he was going to be physically and mentally impaired during the time at camp. He learned to be quiet and take a beating if you must do so in order to live, and not to fight back. Because of all this, it made him wonder if God was really watching him and taking care of him. Elie was a great example of how the Nazis broke the Jews down and made them weak. The Holocaust threw a blanket over the rest of the world’s eyes. It seemed impossible to believe such horrors could occur so suddenly. Other countries ignored the fact that six million people were killed. The Nazis pursued that goal in liquidating millions of Jewish, gay, handicapped, and black citizens. By the end of the war Elie had lost all faith in God, and his people forever. The terrible train rides, death marches, the loss of spirit, and faith in his fellow man, provides the title Night for this great authentic novel. The night was a time for suffering and sorrow, a time of history that no one will ever forget. We need to remember the horrors of the Holocaust so that this night,...
