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Night: Judaism and Nazis
English 2 Honors 4 November 2012

Complex Conflict
One complex conflict in Elie Wiesel’s Night is the conflict between Elie and himself (Man vs. Himself) that over layers the conflict where the Nazis continuously killed and beat Jews with no sympathy (Man vs. Man). The complex conflict helps to convey the theme Hatred and Death. Elie struggles to be the sole supporter for his father, who is constantly being beaten for unnecessary reasons by the Nazis. Along the journey to Gleiwitz, Elie ran with an injured foot willing to just give up and surrender his life for his foot because such great pains. When Elie saw his father veer near him as they continued their run, Eli saw how” out of breath, out of strength, desperate (Wiesel 86)” he was and Elie stated “My father’s presence was the only thing that stopped me (Wiesel 86). Elie’s comment provides an indirect characterization for Elie as a caring and loving son that would not leave his father to fight alone for he knew he was his father’s future. Due to the fact that Elie contemplated to whether to kill himself or support his father as he hangs on the thread between life and death. The Nazis were aggressive and unsympathetic for their well-being. Elie’s father was struggling to survive the journey for whosoever slowed down or stopped running at the pace were either shot or trampled. “They had orders to shout anyone who could not sustain the pace. Their finger on the triggers, they did not deprive themselves of the pleasure (Wiesel 85)” exploits the theme Hatred as the Jews hold on for dear life that the Nazis feel amusing, “they did not deprive themselves of the pleasure”. The Nazis in fact hated the Jews for multiple reasons and loved how the Jews memory was slowly fading. Due to Elie’s difficult choices and the hatred that the Nazis act upon through the layering of conflicts, Wiesel precisely shapes the themes of Hatred and Death.
Survival
Survival was displayed throughout the book, Night, through Elie and

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