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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 set aside is to get raft torealize the pain and suffering of the Jewish people during theHolocaust. Because of cruel incidents, peoples emotions gonumb. They had no lives. The Jewish prisoners went to any length to stay alive lying, killing, and even 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 pay age or if theylooked too weak to work. Elie and his father lied about theirages to pass the first selection. By lying about their ages,they were viewed as more adapt to work. The prisoners actuallycame to realize Work is liberty at Auschwitz. Lyingbecame common among the Jews to pass selections. Rationsof food were scarce, thus killing for crumbs wereoccurrences that happened daily. For instance, a son foughthis father for b read. Meir. Meir, my boy Dont 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 soak up 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 slack off 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 prompt and leave his father for dead, forhis own protection. Could you even imagine what the