Comparison of the Oddyessy by Homer and Night by Elie Weisel
The Odyssey/Night Elie Wiesel is a famous writer, the author of 57 books, the best known of which is “Night”, a memoir that describes his experiences during the Holocaust and his imprisonment in several concentration camps. The events took place in 1941 in Germany. In 1944 German and Hungarian police set up ghettos where all the Jews and other religious and ethnic people were kept, and Elie and his family were kept captive in this area by the Gestapo. When Elie and his family arrived at the concentration camp in Birkenau, he was separated from his mother and sister, whom he later found out, had been killed. It was hard for him to deal with the fact that he would never see them again, and he wanted to give up. Elie 's father kept him going, constantly saying that they would make it, and that he should never lose his faith. They were sent off to Auschwitz where they were put to work. Elie worked in a factory, where he met a lot of people, including a girl from France. He was separated from his father at that time. He was then sent from Auschwitz to Buna with his father. He injured his foot, which caused him to have an operation. After that he went out with his weak father and barely healed foot to march. It was the middle of the winter, and all prisoners were dressed badly. Elie 's father passed away at the camp from dysentery. Elie had to continue going on without his father. They were later rescued at Buchenwald, and Elie was one of the very few to survive. Homer is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet. He is the author of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Odyssey mainly centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his long journey home following the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. In his absence, it is assumed he has died, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus must deal with a group of unruly suitors, the Mnesteres or Proci, competing for Penelope 's hand in marriage. On his way he came
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