Compare And Contrast Elie And Anne Frank In The Book Night

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How would you react if you were taken from your friends and family? Both Elie and Anne had to experience their family being taken away from them, possibly forever. Even though their most loved ones were taken, they still stayed strong. Elie and Anne had similar situations at the concentration camps when they went there. In the book Night Elie had lived in Hungary and was not very wealthy. On the other hand, in the movie Anne Frank, Anne lived in Amsterdam and her family was a little more wealthy. Elie would play in the streets and have a good time even though they did not know what was going on. However, Anne would go to school and ride bikes with her friends. Anne would also write in her diary as much as she could. Anne had only one older sister while Elie had two older and one younger. As he was at home Mochi came and told him what the Germans were
Likewise, in the movie Anne Frank, it shows that they had gotten shaved . Elie had different “tests” to pass in order to go to the next camp or he’d be left to die. However, Anne had baths of gas. Both Anne and Elie took care of their fathers and were both very close to them. Elie had a bad ankle so he was in the hospital, but when they kept marching he went because he thought he was going to be killed in the hospital. In the movie Anne Frank Margo died two weeks before freedom, and Anne was taking care of her. Two days later after Anne had died they went and told their mother. After their death, she gave up and later ended up dieing. Peter died three days before liberation and freedom and their father was the only one who lived. Even though Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel lost some of their family members, they still stayed strong and went into the situations head first. Anne never got liberation, but she deserves it because of all the people she helped out. Both Elie and Anne always cared about others and not

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