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Tragedy In Elie Wiesel's Night
What if your dreams never amounted to anything more than a dream. What would be the point of dreaming that dream? For many Jewish people during The Holocaust dreams were nothing but a lie. The Holocaust took away the their dreams. In turn the lost all reason to hope. Still, there are some people who made through The Holocaust. They were able to accomplish something, as commonplace as living to the next day, through their connections. Elie Wiesel wrote his memoir so that American People could bear witness to the effects of The Jewish people's connections.
American people are stronger when united than apart. Tragedy tends to test the bond between people. For The Jewish people tragedy came during The Holocaust and for America tragedy struck during 9/11. It is not how tragedy hits, but how people react to it. Some people shut down and isolate themselves. While others surround themselves with people for support. It is a common trend, that the survivors of The Holocaust surrounded themselves with others for support. This is an example of what can come from the support of others “I felt a cool hand wiping the blood from my forehead. It was the French girl” (Wiesel, 53). Elie was severely beaten and someone helped. To Elie
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Americans need to have connection with either people god. The American people need each other for support, and they need god for faith. Faith that things will get better in the future. Without this people lose their reason to live. Elie Wiesel relays this message because he has been through one of the worst tragedies known to world. He survived by the connections that he had with others. America has never had first hand experience a tragedy such as The Holocaust. Things tend to be heading in that direction for America, and this is why it is so important to bear witness to the connections that one has with another. Tragedy can strike at any

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