Night
I will show the relations based on Eliezer’s questioning of faith and the relationship between him and his father, Madame Schächter view of the babies being shot and inhumane treatment, the piles of bodies and death in history, and the journey from Buna to Gleiwitz and how it relates to journeys in history.
One of the major themes of this book is Eliezer’s diminishing faith in god, not only from himself having to choose to separate from his father, but the slaughtering of many Jews in these concentration camps. In history, many people have questioned god, examples are the plagues where millions of people died for no apparent reason. The punishment of Jews when they were driven from Israel with Moses. The inquisition where Jews and others were physically abused to “lead them to Christ” and punished if they did not convert. Early Christianity had many protest because of corruption in the church, and obviously World War II in the concentration camps of Germany. Monty Python has a comical viewing of the inquisition were they turned torture into a musical. Although brutal in thought, this comical scene help to get across the importance of the movements by allowing the inquisition to be viewed from a comedy stand point.
While in the train in the first few sections of Night, Madame Schächter looked outside of the train car and saw babies being thrown into the air and being shot by German soldiers. This would be consider the ultimate act of inhumane treatment in today’s day and age. Inhumane treatments has encourage many revolutions over time. In the fourteenth century in Meaux France, many peasants revolted against nobleman to fight for human rights because they were treated with little or no respect. Women in history have been fighting unequal treatment since the beginning of time and are still in a battle today. Women have progressed significantly since er. They are no longer expected to stay in the house, allowed to purchase items for...