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1. Before Elie went to the camp, he was just a normal boy who would have dreams and goal to reach. However, after he went to the camp, after he witnessed death of other Jews, he was left with hopelessness. He just wanted to be alive and keep his father alive. According to the novel, "I remember that on that evening, the soup tasted better than ever..." (Wiesel, 63) The life in camp means that you have to work super hard to only earn your meal; likewise, It would be almost impossible to have good meals everyday. Elie's dreams and goals were soon replaced by only the desire to survive, all he wanted was to be alive.
2. After Stein came to visit, Elie began to question God’s will. He began to lose his faith while questioning why God would let something like the Holocaust would happen. An event like hat would strongly alter the perspective that someone hold in regard to religion and the world around them. As men in the camp praised God, Elie stated, “I was not denying his existence, but I doubted his absolute justice,” (Wiesel 45). This quote shows the change of feelings Elie conveys towards God during the hardships.

 3. Elie’s refusal to give up his possessions in exchange for food shows his perseverance. He denied the exchange in products to prove something to the officers and to not completely give into their wishes. When Elie was offered extra bread and margarine Elie stated, “He liked my shoes. I would not let him have them. Later they were taken away from me in exchange for nothing,” (Wiesel 48). This quote demonstrates Elie’s values and way of feeling somewhat in control.

1. When Elie visits the dentist to get his gold crown removed he is referred to as a number, A-7713. Being called something other than your name in a way forces you to lose your sense of identification and personality. The officers had tattooed these numbers on the prisoners as a way to keep track of them which came across as barbaric and cruel treatment. After Elie had been given his number he stated, “I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name,” (Wiesel 42). This quote shows the inhumane way that the Jews were treated that even came across animal like.

 5.The hanging of the Kapo and the young pipel affected the prisoners so deeply because everyone loved them and the pipel was still a kid so it was hard to watch. “But the Dutchman’s little servant was beloved by all. His was the face of an angel in distress”(Wiesel 63).They felt that they could do nothing for the kid who was trying to protect the Kapo and keep his word.This revealed the novel’s central message on humanity by saying that they still had feelings and and it still hurt when someone they cared for was killed. They were still human but it was just harder for them to reveal their feelings.

1. The significance of Eliezer and the French girls reunion is that everyone had to give a lie or two in order to survive the concentration camp. “I knew she wanted to talk to me but that she was paralyzed with fear”(Wiesel 53). She gave him encouraging words that helped him keep going and it was like he was thanking her in a way when they met again. He has her kept as one of “good” memories of the concentration camp. She didn't know him yet she still trusted him with her secret.
2. When Eliezer's father emerged fromhis nap, he felt released. After experiencing the harsh life in the concentration camps, Eliezer's father Knew that the only thing that gets over this situation is death. He was too tired to face the cruelty and ugliness of humanity. According to Eliezer's father, "I'm exhausted. Mind your business, leave me alone." (Wiesel, 90) He gave up on struggling against life, He wanted to have a rest. The image of him looking around, and smiling shows that he is ready to release all.
3. Juliek played his violin because that was his favorite. Playing violin is always his favorite thing to do. Although he is living in the camp, it never break his love of violin and music. According to Elie, "He was playing his life. His whole being was gliding over the strings." (Wiesel, 95) Even until his last minute of his life, he is still stuck to his violin. This demonstrates hope because even though Juliek is in the camp, he still has positive attitude and looks forward for life.

1. In thw last page Elie died was with the death of his faith, something he was relegated to questioning and denouncing with the atrocities he endured and viewed.“From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me.”(Wiesel 115) So another form of death was the severance to his community, as the Jewish people of Sighet were forced into camps and never were able to live together as a community.  Yet one other form of death could be the separation of his family, with Eliezer never seeing his mother and sister again.  The more painful experience on this end would be with his father, a situation where Eliezer had no choice but to watch his father die and not be able to do anything about it.  The last words on his father's lips was the son's name, who did not respond to it.  Another level of death could be the idea of a child who loved life and everything in it maturing into a young man who could only think of surviving.  In this Night, Eliezer's death is the death of his soul so that he is almost animalistic in his pursuit of survival.

1. At the end of Night, the prisoners were not concerned about anything but food. That is no revenge, or of parents.only of bread.” “And deep inside me, if I could have serched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like. Free at last.” They had not been fed often and were starving. Once the liberation took place, all the prisoners wanted was to eat. Elie recounts the events that happened after they were freed. These people had suffered terrible loses and unspeakable torture at the hands of the SS, but they weren't consumed with revenge or hatred. They were consumed with eating. They didn't give a thought to what they had lost or the people they had lost while in captivity, all that mattered to them in that moment was to get enough food. Later on Elie gets sick from something in the food. He sees a mirror across the wall from him and realizes it has been ages since he has seen his own reflection. He decides to look at himself and this is where the story ends.