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Night, by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography including the main
characters Elie, his family, and all the victims of the
holocaust. The main idea of this book is to get people to
realize the pain and suffering of the Jewish people during the
Holocaust. Because of cruel incidents, people's emotions go
numb. They had no lives. The Jewish prisoners went to any
length to stay alive; lying, killing, and even betraying family.
Jewish prisoners knew nothing about how to survive the
deadly camp of Auschwitz. Most Jewish prisoners were
thrown into ditches to burn if not the right age or if they
looked too weak to work. Elie and his father lied about their
ages to pass the first selection. By lying about their ages,
they were viewed as more fit to work. The prisoners actually
came to realize "Work is liberty" at Auschwitz. Lying
became common among the Jews to pass selections. Rations
of food were scarce, thus killing for crumbs were
occurrences that happened daily. For instance,......

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