Night Essay
Beginning of paper
“From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me.
The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left
me.” Many may know the raw emotion of hurt and anguish, but how
often does that anguish arise from internal conflict? In the
novel Night by Elie Wiesel, the conflict ove ....
Middle of paper
.... the Talmud, and
at night I rant to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of
the Temple”(1). However, once the deportation of the ghettoes
occurs, Elie’s faith begins to grow weaker. On the day of Rosh
Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, thousands of prisoners attend the
services. The air rang with cries of, “Blessed be the Name of
the Eternal!” But in Elie’s mind, he wonders,
Why, but why should I bless Him? Because he had thousands of children burned in His pits ....
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Word count: 923
Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
