... moving to the reader. Of all the ironic situations in Night, there are three, which will be elaborated upon. From the son who killed his father for bread, to the air raids, and to Elie's post liberation near-death experience, it is proven that such irony does not only occur in the mind of the ... making them very cruel and selfish. During the train ride to Buchenwald a very disturbing situation happened between a father and son. Workmen were throwing pieces of bread inside the wagons just to see the prisoners fight over the food. While doing this, an old man came across a piece of ... ...

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... the book it is said that they were given little to eat, only a bowl or two of soup a day, some bread, and coffee. And while they were traveling, only the smallest piece of bread was thrown to an entire group to fight over. The second most essential resource available to man is water. In Night, prisoners ... were not allowed water. They were forced to be dehydrated, by only being allowed salty soup, coffee, and dry bread. They would do almost anything to get water. "Someone had the idea of quenching his thirst by eating snow. Soon, we were all imitating him. ... his mouth. But the other...

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... actions. Least often Elie is selfish because he is starving. For example, when his father was dying and he thinks to himself "You could have two rations of bread, two rations of soup " (Wiesel 111). Hunger has caused Elie to think selfishly with his stomach. Immediately, Elie feels guilt over thinking of taking his father's ... to him or he still meant something to him. That's why he's not always selfish. "That's all we thought about. No thought of revenge, or of parents. Only bread (Wiesel 115). After Elie's father died due to dysentery, he forgot that he even had a family. All he want...

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... Jews in the concentration camps went without food for day's sometimes weeks. When they were feed, they were given small rations of soup, old pieces of bread, and occasionally coffee. An average American would not dear touch the food they would be fed. "At about noon they brought us soup: a plate of ... Elie witnessed such an occurrence at the age of fifteen. They had been stopped while traveling to a different camp on trains. German workers began to throw pieces of bread into the carts while stopped. Dozens of starving men fought to their deaths. In the middle of this were a son and a fa...

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... that it is not unusual for people to become self-centered. During the train ride to Buchenwald a very disturbing situation happens between a father and son. Workmen were throwing pieces of bread inside the wagons just to see the prisoners fight over the food. While they are doing this, an old man comes across a piece of ... sneaks away from the mob of people, but the man does not go unnoticed. Someone threw himself on top of the old man and begins to hit him for the bread. While this is happening, the old man screams out "Meir. Meir, my boy! Donyou recognize me? Im your fatherÅ you ar...

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... die. The thought of food and hunger was drilled into everyones mind everyday. It was all that could be thought about when all they got for food was a piece of bread and watery soup. Starvation along with abuse brought out the worst in everyone. The old man mumbled something, groaned, and died. Nobody cared. His son searched him, took the crust ... of bread, and began to devour it. He didn't get far. Two men had been watching him. They jumped him. Others joined in. When they withdrew, there were two dead bodies next ... (Weisel 96). In the wild, animals attack anyone who tries to take t...

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... 's loyalty will falter. An example from the book is when an inmate tells Eliezer "There are no fathers, brothers, no friends. Everyone lives and dies for himself. Don't give your bread and soup to your father; you should be taking his ration." This shows how easily the mind can break and the basic animal is brought out. An animal's life is ... . Eliezer is tested like others, but instead of leaving his father he stays beside him till the end. Eliezer witnesses on the train a boy killing his father for a piece of bread (97) In return the boy is killed by other men, but this incident shows ...

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... Sighet, Transylvania, did not step forward to defend their neighbour's rights but waited until after deportation to plunder their homes. The citizens of the small town who threw morsels of bread into the cattle cars to watch the bloodthirsty entertainment that ensured did nothing to help. The majority of the Nazi guards did n't do anything to help. Even before the Holocaust ... God has abandoned him too. At Buna, a work camp, Elie learns to rely on people, not God for mercy. Stein, his cousins husband who brings him parts of rations of bread, and his father's charity are more merciful t...

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... the horror that is living in a camp designed to kill, the inmates got a new perspective on life. When the prisoners of Auschwitz were transported to Gleiwitz, some Germans would toss bread into their train cabins. In an effort to fill their empty stomachs the Jews would fight to the death for a loaf of ... bread. Looking back on this, Wiesel is reminded of a similar experience he had years later. While on a cruise ship, the passengers found pleasure in throwing coins to the poor natives. In ... ...

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... . Without his father, Elie would surely have died in the camps. He lived for his father. When he saw the instances where a son was beating his father for a ration of bread on a train, and where another son was running ahead of his father and knew this yet he kept running anyway, Wiesel began to think to himself how a son can do ... such a thing. This had hurt his spirit even more. Through this he began to feel guilty, especially when he had a heavy heart giving half of his portion of bread to his father who was very ill. One of the main things contributing to the death of Wiesel's spirit...

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... at Auschwitz. Lying became common with the Jews to pass selections. Supplies of food were limited, as a result killing for crumbs happened daily. For example, a son fought his father for bread. The father said Meir, my boy! Don't you recognize me? I"m your father... you"re hurting me...you"re killing your father! I've got some ... bread...for you too...for you too...." This shows how the Holocaust made people betray each other. It was as if Jewish people lost their feelings for each other on the ... ...

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... sweetened. The midday meal consisted of soup with only 350-400 calories. The soup was watery and was served with 'meat' and vegetables. For dinner, they were usually given bread normally with margarine, jam or cheese. With so many rations for food, it led to many prisoners developing symptoms of exhaustion. Thousands of starving inmates would struggle to try to ... ...

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... and guiding prisoners. His life within the camp consisted of rations, black coffee and watered down soup, enough to keep a body alive, not enough to nourish the stomach. "The bread, the soup – these were my entire life. I was nothing but a body. Perhaps even less: a famished stomach." One thought played through Elie's mind along with this monologue, survival. It ... ...

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... from the first night at camp. In a way he gets used to the idea that people are being killed everyday. His life becomes nothing but the worries of getting his bread and soup and making it through the next selection. He constantly worries about his father and then he feels relief after his father is taken away because now he can ... ...

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... stop him from screaming in pain and the when it was over he drug himself to a corner and he ached all over The French girl- she gave Elie a piece of bread and looked at him and said in almost perfect German "Bite your lip, Grit your teeth and wait - Page 52: Idek: was on edge, he was restraining himself with great ... ...

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... as they ride through German towns locals throw food into the cars to watch the Jews fight and even kill over it. Elie witnessed a man trying to grab a piece of bread from his son and in return his son killed him. After this happens Elie's attitude towards his father changes greatly, he sees his father as a burden. When they all get ... ...

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... Hitler was going to do his job and kill all the Jews. When you are surrounded by death, there is no hope. When everyone is so hungry for a crumb of bread that they would kill there own father, there is no hope. In a death camp, THERE IS NO HOPE. ...

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... the same mental pain of losing their loved one in the death camps and both went through the hunger and not being able to eat because of little soup and bread or not finding any food. The differences in their stories are slight but they always come out with the same meaning of trying not to let the Holocaust happen again ... ...

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... he tries to give his son advice on how to survive, he says "You don't want to eat it all at once tomorrow is another day ."(41), referring to his bread ration. By the time Elie's father is on his deathbed the roles were reversed. At this point Eliezer becomes the consoler and his father the consoled. He began answering questions ... ...

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... Elie's father was getting beaten because he could not even go outside to relieve himself, Elie was the one who stook up for him, and gave him his portion of bread so that he would get better. (Pg 104) Elie never gave up though everything that he had to go through. Before Elie started marching he knew that his foot was ... ...

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... no longer think of revenge or revolt. I am sure the hatred continued, but the immediate concern was still only on survival, as it was when the dying men were thrown bread, and killed one another to get a bite. You almost cannot imagine what they were hoping to live for. ...

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... were taken aside and beaten or shot. There was hardly any food, and many people starved. When the people were fed, they gave them a little cup of soup and sometimes bread. Food wasn't given daily and because of all the hardships, hard work and labor, many people eventually got sick. There were a lot of diseases going around. No Bathrooms or showers ... ...

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... it did. If they had believed what Moshe had said they may have been more careful in the steps and decisions they made. They may have savored every ration of bread they had instead of eating it as quickly as possible. They may have saved what food or drink they hadn't finished but because they were too innocent they didn't believe ... ...

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... . In fact, the need for food was so great, many would commit murder just to fill shrunken stomachs, even if it meant killing one's own father for a single scrap of bread. For many, the food shortage wasn't the only problem, but also the cruelty of the S.S. guards. Spontaneous beatings and outbursts of brutality were regular occurrences in the camps in which ... ...

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