... made sure they were to be punished for their supposedly wrong doings. Elie Wiesel's novel Night, is about his own family's struggle to survive the terrifying years of the early 1940's. Wiesel exists in a minority of Jews who lived to share his unfortunate and disturbing experiences. Elie, his three siblings, and parents were from Sighet, Transylvania. Most ... there body was shaved off. Next, they were all sent to work. Reflecting on the situation Elie said, "If I was sent to the crematory I would have run straight for the fence and jumped on it (Wiesel 39)." The fences were electrical a...

• Word Count: 2701
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School