Elie Wiesel’s Night Essay -- Elie Wiesel

There exist sole(prenominal) two types of people in a time of war and crisis, those who buy the farm and those who die. Elie Wiesels novel, Night bear witnesss how Elie, himself, gives tough problems and struggles to survive World War II. Wilfred Owens poem, Dulce et decorum Est, tells a story slightly a young s sometime(a)ier thinking of himself before others during World War I. The poem Mary Hamilton shows how a mother killed her child so she would not get into trouble. Sir toilet Harrington writes about a sad truth in the poem On swindling the poem reflects humanitys selfish tendencies during tough quantify. When people face difficult time they often care about only star person, themselves the need to survive clouds peoples moral and judg workforcet.Elie Wiesel writes about the times when he notices himself being selfish, instead of caring for others. When the Nazis forced the prisoners to run, Elie faces many difficult challenges. Any prisoner who stoppe d running would be shot, or trampled by other prisoners. The young boy, named Zalman, running next to Elie evokenot continue to run. Zalman, trampled under the feet of thousands of men (Wiesel 86) becomes forgotten shortly after he dies. Elie admits, I soon forgot him. I began to think of myself again (86). The war has made Elie realize he can only afford to think of himself or else he will die. Dulce et Decorum Est shows how one soldiers need to survive indirectly causes another soldiers death. From the very origination of the poem the reader sees how the war affects the soldiers. Fighting in the war has time-honored the soldiers, the once young men now bent double, like old beggars under sacks, knock-kneed, coughing like hags trudge through the warzone (Owen 1-2). The men, completely feed f... ...d war show how easily the morals of people can be twisted. When faced with challenging, demanding times people will often choose what benefits them best. The poems and the novel, N ight, show how cruel and selfish humans can be when they feel their option threatened. People will turn against one another in frame to live another day or deny help to a fallen soldier. The harsh truths of humanity leak out in times of war and crisis. At the end of the day, every man has to fight for himself in order to survive.Works Cited Mary Hamilton. Honors Poetry Unit Class Handout. Sir John Harrington. Treason. Honors Poetry Unit Class Handout.Wiesel, Elie, and Marion Wiesel. Night. New York, NY Hill and Wang, a instalment of Farrar, . Straus and Giroux, 2006. Print.Wilfred Owen. Dulce et Decorum Est. Honors Poetry Unit Class Handout.