Analytical Essay On Night By Elie Wiesel

An estimated 11 million people died in the Holocaust. 6 million were Jews. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel tells his story as a Holocaust survivor. Throughout his book he describes the tremendous obstacles he overcame, not only himself, but with his father as well. The starvation and cruel treatment did not help while he was there. Elie makes many choices that works to his advantage. Choice plays a greater factor in surviving Auschwitz. Elie makes very important decisions throughout his journey. Upon arriving at the concentration camp, men and women were separated into groups. By choice, Elie and his father made the choice to lie about their age. Elie was now eighteen and his father was forty. “Fifteen.” “No. You’re eighteen.” “But I’m

This is the one of many choice decisions Elie makes in his journey.
Chance plays another key role in Night. By chance, Elie and his father were placed in the same block and were never separated into different camps. “That night the soup tasted of corpses.”(65) You kept quiet, ate the soup (even if you don’t like it), and do everything in your power to not give up and show the officers that you are not weak. “The barrack we had been assigned to was very long.” (34) The description of where they were staying showed the reader that him and his father were assigned to the same sleeping quarters.
The choices that Elie made, seemed to be the right decisions. “Here, you must work. If you don’t you will go straight to the chimney. To the crematorium. Work or crematorium--the choice is yours.” (38-39) Elie chose not to die and to not give up. He had to work to stay alive. Elie worked so hard his foot became numb from the snow and was sent to the infirmary. He has an operation on his foot that would help in the long run working in the concentration camp. “Two days after my operation, rumors swept through the camp that the battlefront had suddenly drawn nearer. The Red Army was racing toward Buna; it was only a matter of hours.” (80) When Elie heard the news that he could be relieved. He made the choice to leave, later finding out the infirmary was liberated. Returning to the block, his foot