Critique please:
Prompt: One of the most tragic themes in Night is Eliezer’s discovery of the way that atrocities and cruel treatment can make good people into brutes. Does he himself escape this fate?
Response:
Despite the difficult circumstances, Eliezer has been consistent to his morals. He is ashamed of the actions taken by some to ensure their own survival, and at times, he even criticizes himself. After struggling to survive day to day, not knowing what will happen next, every person is forced to make decisions that test one’s will and strength.
On the way to Buchenwald, Rabbi Eliahou asks Eliezer if he had seen his son. Eliezer realizes that the Rabbi’s son, in attempt to free himself from the burden of his weak and feeble father, ran as quick and as far away as possible from his own father. In order to free himself from an impediment that could greatly reduce his own chances of survival, he sought separation and left his ailing and limping father. Eliezer, embarrassed
2007-07-30
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