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Night, by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography including the maincharacters Elie, his family, and all the victims of theholocaust. The main idea of this book is to get mickle to gain the pain and unworthy of the Judaic people during theHolocaust. Because of cruel incidents, peoples emotions gonumb. They had no lives. The Jewish prisoners went to anylength to stay alive lying, killing, and tied(p) betraying family.Jewish prisoners knew nothing about how to survive thedeadly camp of Auschwitz. Most Jewish prisoners werethrown into ditches to burn if not the right age or if theylooked as well exhausted to work. Elie and his make lied about theirages to pass the first selection. By lying about their ages,they were viewed as more fit to work. The prisoners actuallycame to realize Work is liberty at Auschwitz. Lyingbecame common among the Jews to pass selections. Rationsof sustenance were scarce, thus killing for crumbs wereoccurrences that happened daily. For instance, a son foughthis father for bread. Meir. Meir, my boy beart yourecognize me? Im your father... youre hurting me...yourekilling your father Ive got some bread...for you too...foryou too.... This shows how the Holocaust made peoplegenocidal. Feelings left their souls on the first day at camp,for when someone died no one cared. Family betrayingfamily took place during marches to new camps. A boy andhis father had to run as fast as they could for as long aspossible until the S.S. soldiers said they could stop. Thepenalty would be death if a prisoner decided to slow down.A boy realized his father was weak and starting to slowdown with him and instead of slowing down with him, theboy decided to run faster and leave his father for dead, forhis own protection. Could you even imagine what the